This the fourth of the Alpha and Omega books, and I’m still back a bit from where I’m up to the Mercy Thompson books. Here, the Fae have newly retreated to their reservations, and it seems that some of them are not happy to have had to this. They’re unleashing some of their worst against humans.
Charles and Anna have traveled to Arizona ostensibly to buy Anna a horse, but actually so that Charles can visit an old friend. Joseph is the son of the local Alpha, but not a werewolf himself. They met when Joseph was fourteen. He’s in his eighties now, and he’s actually dying.
Coincidentally, Joseph’s family is brought into the humans’ fight with the Fae, when Joseph’s grandchildren are attacked. While the Marrok had tried to keep the werewolves out of the Fae/human issues, the Sanis are family, and he and Anna are drawn in.
This is a fairy tale at heart, and surprisingly fast paced one. I’m really growing to appreciate this story on the side of Mercy’s story – it’s interesting to see the longer reaching implications of the politics of the situation. These books fall into the urban fantasy/paranormal romance portion of fantasy (based on their covers alone), which I’m fairly suspicious of, but I’m so glad I got over my instant dislike of the Mercy Thompson covers and started reading them.
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