Rapport

Wolf's-own #2.5

by Carole Cummings

A short story set in the Wolf's-own series.

Life for an immortal can get a little dull. But Skel has just found a new spark of interest in Wolf's new Null, and he's taking another look at life, love, the world, and Kamen Malick.

NOTE FROM THE This was meant as a free gift to the readers of the Wolf's-own series. It is not a 'teaser', it is not a 'lure' to try to get new readers to buy the rest of the books. It is purely and simply a background story that readers asked for, provided to them in thanks for their support. If you have not read any books in the series, you will neither understand nor enjoy this short.

Thank you.

~Carole Cummings

Genres: Fantasy, M M Romance, Romance, Paranormal, Short Stories, LGBT, Gay

20 pages, ebook

First published April 23, 2012

Reviews

[Serena Yates · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting look at the past of some of the characters in this series, set in a dark and seedy inn. It was a little confusing - like much of the first and second books (a purely personal issue which may not affect anyone else), but added some backstory which might come in handy in the future.

[La*La · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

Too short to be anything, but I love Malick, and I'm glad to get to read about him some more.

p.s. Skel and Asai deserved each other.

[Seregil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short story about how Skel and Malick met for the first time.

[Michelle Kaye · Rating 2 out of 5]

Part of series - and shouldn't be read as a stand-alone.

Very very short, and as I am unfamiliar with the world didn't do anything for me, felt more like a chapter out of a larger story.

[Trix · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nice story. Put a ...'human' face to Skel and defined a bit more clearly the relationship between Skel, Asai and Malick.

P.S.: I do like Mal's protectiveness towards mere humans.

[Bernice · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't care less about Skel and his POV in this did not change my mind but I liked seeing Kamen from his perspective.

[L.M. · Rating 4 out of 5]

So short!!! But was still nice to get a look into Malick's past.

[Thistle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lala summed up this story in their review:

"Skel and Asai deserved each other."

While I enjoyed seeing this missing scene, man, Skel was just not a character I enjoyed spending time getting to know. (But hey, we did get more time with Malick, which is never a bad thing!)

I can't see this story working for anyone who didn't read the first two books, so start with them, then give this short story a try.

[Elaine White · Rating 4 out of 5]

** This review is word-for-word as that within the review for the Wolf's-Own bundle **

POV: 3rd person, one character POV
Star rating: ★★★★☆

While it's interesting to see Skel for the first time, in his own POV, the short doesn't really add anything to the overall series. Malick is as mysterious, cheeky and yet wounded as he's always been, only with more of a 'newness' about it than before. Skel is just as manipulative and arrogant as Asai, too wrapped up in his own sense of power and his own needs to really care about anyone else. The only thing it did do was make me wonder why Malick even bothered with Skel, how he was able to feel such affection for someone like him and if, in the long run, it was only because Skel caught him at one of the most emotional moments of his newly immortal life.

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Favourite Quote

“The look could have been anything from disdain to interest to humor to threat. Rose and thorn in singularity. And yet still, the pulse of potential violence thrumming from Kamen was like a live thing.”

[Mara Ismine · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is pretty impenetrable if you haven't read the series (and I can't guarantee that it isn't impenetrable if you have). I picked it up as a Dreamspinner freebie and was getting interested in the world and the characters when it ended. Yes, I know it was a short story and I now know that it is part of a four book series, but it just ended without any hint of resolution. Twelve pages of hints about this strange world and the end is an invite to drink together?

Maybe this meeting is significant in the grand scheme of the series and fills in a plot hole, but it isn't a satisfying read-alone story.

[Lady*M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is not an independent story - you'll understand it only if you've read the first two books in the series.

A nice look into Malick's past and the beginning of his relationship with Skel over which Asai looms like a bad omen. The two make a nice contrast - a newly turned Temshiel with a soft spot for humans and the arrogant one concerned only with the Balance. The beginning of a beautiful friendship. XD

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd call this more of a flashback. It won't make sense to you if you just read it on its own. You have to read them all in order for this one to work. It was short and sweet not really necessary to the storyline if you don't read it. Just a glimpse of the interaction between Skel and Malick.

[Tamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too confusing since I haven't read any of the other books. There was so much being fit in that I didn't understand. I think if I read the first two I might have a better chance and this story might get a better score.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was included at the end of my copy of book #4 in the series. It was a short, interesting scene where Skell and Kamen first meet. Also provides a different glimpse of Asai. You definitely must read the first two books for this to make any sense at all.

[Tailtiu]

free at Dreamspinner

[Mtsnow13 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was a teaser...

[Yvonne · Rating 2 out of 5]

Got this as a free ebook - very confusing if you haven't read any of the other books in the series. Am still not quite sure what it's all about.

[Em · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very short read, but good to fill in some of the gaps about Kamen Malick and Skel !!!

[Rachel]

*downloaded for free on ARE

[Jimmy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I should have read the note from the author, because I would have been warned that I would not understand what was going on or enjoy this read. She was right. Always listen to the author.

[Scarletine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Infuriatingly short.