The Phoenix Pack series has been a completely pleasant surprise and one that I've become pretty hooked on actually. The premise of all the books is that there is one unmated wolf shifter from the Phoenix pack, starting with the Alpha Trey and following through all the unmated male members, finishing with Dominic. The male wolf shifters then either find their true mate or decide to "imprint" (which is basically forming a bond between the two shifters like that of a true mate; meaning they can have children and are connected for life). There is usually some kind of conflict that disrupts the relationship and the bond forming, but this is usually an external pack conflict/human vigilantes that are causing trouble for the pack. I liked that Suzanne Wright did not add a lot of unnecessary drama between the couples.

One of the aspects I enjoyed the most was how each individual book built on the pack dynamic and we saw snippets of all the characters that had been introduced in the previous books. The series also runs parallel to the Mercury Pack series, which is a spin-off series. I would very much recommend reading the books in chronological order of publishing between both series as then you don't get introduced to a new mate before they've become part of the others pack etc. It's only a minor spoiler as it's fairly obvious Suzanne Wright is going to provide HEA with these kind of books.

For this particular instalment, we followed Dominic (wolf shifter) and Mila (a Pallas cat). I really loved how kick-ass Mila was (the whole series has a tonne of kick-ass, strong women, which I loved!). She's feisty and determined, but also realistic and she's not overly dramatic which I really liked. She forced Dominic to confront his fears and was very observant about him and their relationship which I really liked; this served to ground the whole relationship and made it seem more realistic. Dominic has been one of my favourite characters across the whole series as he's fun, flirty and very easy to admire. He comes across as a playboy with a wicked mouth for puny chat-up-lines that has driven every character mad across the series. I really liked how Wright crafted his character across the whole series and showed us the darker and more emotionally vulnerable side to Dominic alongside the fun and flirty attitude he had.

Suzanne Wright finished up the series with a short snippet into the future for the epilogue to round off the series. I was both sad and happy to see this series end as it felt like a natural stopping point and 8 books is more than plenty in this kind of series before they become too standard. Currently this whole series and the spin-off (for UK based readers) is available through the kindle unlimited deal on Amazon so I would fully recommend picking them up, or picking up a trial to read the whole series as they're super easy to sit and get lost in for a couple of hours!