Okay, I'm gonna be totally honest here and admit that I skipped **Strength of the Pack** after reading it and jumped straight into book 3, **Strength of the Mate**. Why, you ask? Well, because I do this stuff *ass-backwards* a lot, and because **Strength of the Wolf** had the lowest rating on Goodreads. I also wasn't sure I'd like a book about Tim more than this one. I know, I should be ashamed of myself!!I admit that **Strength of the Wolf** isn't my favorite in the series (because that honor b...

Re-read Oct. 2015: Loved it just as much the second time! Highly, highly recommended, but read the first book first.Kendall McKenna has done it again with her second installment of the Tameness of the Wolf series Strength of the Wolf. This book has everything we've come to expect from Ms. McKenna. Real military drama. Complex, interesting, three dimensional characters. An exciting, edge-of-your-seat plot. Off-the-rails, ridiculously powerful, emotional sex between the MCs. You get it all with th...

There are a couple different storylines intertwined in this book. Shifters in the US military and shifter power balances/relationships. Even though this book could be read as standalone, there are reoccurring characters that are heavily featured in this book from the first book, so I recommend reading them in order.It almost felt like the author read reviews from book one saying that wasn’t enough sex. Because she BROUGHT those intimate moments in this book!! However, I liked the slow moving rom...

I didn't love this as much as the first one but it was pretty close.

Kendall McKenna writes some really hot sex with some awesome dirty talk. I approve!

EPIC FAIL. Sadly, given how much I enjoyed the first book in the series, this second book was truly awful. Basically the plot, not to mention character development, suspense and world building, just disappeared under an avalanche of porno sex. My butt was sore just reading about it, and reading about it, and reading about it....

...written on September 11, 20134 Stars - a sequel that doesn't quite reach the level of the first part, but well worth reading - and hot, hot...This is the second installment in a series where we now have yet another fascinating love story. This time it is the Marine officer Tim's luck to find a lover/werewolf (Jeremy) who may not seek, but needs, a firm hand and a mature mate. Because this novel is so much associated with part #1 Strength of the Pack (5 stars from me), I recommend that you fir...

I don't know.. maybe 3.75? Maybe 4? It was good, don't get me wrong... I just wasn't as interested in this book as I was the first in the series. It seemed a lot of the same... and just kinda predictable. Also there was a LOT of sex and normally that doesn't bug me, but it actually got old.
Good read still.

Edit: ALSO I really love Tim. He is super-duper awesome and authoritative and that's totally hot.

2.5I was happy to this story focus on Tim Madison one of the players from Strength of the Pack but it didn't work for me as much as I wished it did. There were a couple of different story lines flowing here. Tim meeting the civilian transitioning True Alpha Jeremy, the overseas attacks on werewolves, Tim's brother Adam and unexpectedly the SOD attempts to use Noah and Lucas' bond for further military operations which is never fully explored here, I'm guessing it's a plot for the next book or fur...

I was so excited to read this book, and it definitely didn't disappoint. Kendall McKenna really does a great shifter story and then she combines it will military men and I can't stop myself from wanting to read it. She knows her stuff. Her books are authentic and read well, I also love the fact she creates her own shifters. Things aren't the same as in other books. It's unique, fresh, and hot.From the beginning I was happy. We saw Lucas and Noah - the couple from book one - in the very beginning...

Shifter wolves. Marines. Wolves WITH Marines? Hell! Yes! Bring on Release day. I agree, YUM!! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3001/26...Loved it. Thought Jeremy was all kinds of sexy with Tim. Speaking of which, the sex scenes melted my Kindle. It's a mess. I know there was other stuff going on...I do know that...like good world building and military intrigue and a transitioning alpha...but did I say it was freaking sexy? Because...well If you want to read a review? Then it's here - http://ontop...