Law of the Lycans

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The Mating, The Keeping, & The Finding - By Nicky Charles

The Law of the Lycans series was a nice surprise! I downloaded them free and had trouble putting the book down to let life go on. According to the Nicky Charles’ website, she is still writing and looking to publish more stories in the series so I am really looking forward to reading them.

The twist on the “people” in these stories: Werewolves. The Werewolves live in peace among the humans, because most humans think it is just a myth. But in actuality they work very hard at keeping their identity (hence the name of the 2^nd book). Hunky men, mystery and action… my kind of read.

The great part of this series is that you really have to start at Book #1 to get all the information. Although each book switches main characters, the characterization of the characters begins to develop in the previous books.

The Mating

This was a fast passed book. The language through me off at the beginning since the verbs are the same for canines; (Mating, pups, pack, alpha, beta, etc.). But once I understood that they were not “human” there was no problem. This book is about Kane and Elise who had a politically arranged mating and end up caring deeply for each other. Besides dealing with bad werewolves and misunderstandings outside their relationship, they have to learn about each other.

The Keeping

This book fallows Kane’s ½ brother, Ryne’s, decision to move away from Washington and start his own pack.  The plots from The Mating carried over and so the whole werewolf world is worried about the reporter wandering around looking to interview Ryne. The question is if she is aware that werewolves exist.  There is a lot more information in this book about the background of werewolves and their laws.

The Finding

This book is about Byran’s search for Cassandra (who comes in at the very end of The Keeping). It turns out that some werewolves actually have royal blood, and the royal bunch have special abilities in addition to turning into a giant wolf. In this story Cassie has an interesting inner conflict because she doesn’t want to be a werewolf… of course no one can fight the inevitable – you are who you are. There is a good lesson – Be proud of who you are?

I personally enjoyed the first two books more than The Finding (but it was still a good story and worth reading!) I really hope Nicky Charles continues to offer her books. I am waiting for a new book soon…