The Wolf at Bay

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I loved this one almost as much as I loved the first one. The only thing that really bothered me was that Cooper was SO wishy-washy on what he wanted from Oliver. He spent a lot of time arguing with himself in this book, and it was bordering on irritating. Once he finally got over himself and realized that he does in fact love Oliver, it was much more enjoyable.

Cooper's dad was frustrating as hell, especially when he just kept LYING to his sons. Why not come clean with everything as soon as the body was discovered??? It's not like they were kids anymore – hell, they're both in law enforcement! Bad decisions, there.

I wish there had been more wolf-y bits to this book, but I still really liked it. I'm hoping for way more lore soon, though, because we still didn't get very much in this one. Fingers crossed.

I really want to like this series more than I do. It's well written and plotted, and I appreciate the Jewish representation (one MC is half-Jewish but it's not In Your Face, just occasional mentions about Hanukkah instead of Christmas). But Cooper is such an annoying MC that I can't bring myself to recommend it more. The entire book consists of him afraid to tell Park how he feels until he blurts it out when Park is held at gunpoint during the book's climactic scene. Until then we get lots of “I really should tell him....just not now because Reasons.” Frankly, I'm not too sure what Park sees in him, other than great sex. Maybe it would help if we saw Cooper from Park's POV, but since everything is narrated by Cooper we only see his endless emotional dithering and (self admitted) toxic masculinity. Having read the first two books in the series, I probably will finish out the trilogy with [b:Thrown to the Wolves 42639979 Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf #3) Charlie Adhara https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1549295763s/42639979.jpg 65574581] because there are some major questions left unanswered, but I'm not in any rush.