Joining the Pack

by Lindsey Owens

Zoey is happy in her home with her friends on the east side of the country. She has just recently turned into a werewolf and has practiced her skills ever since she first became one. But when her mother announces some surprising news, which brings her world crashing down around her, she is forced to move across the country with her dad to join his old pack. She meets unexpected family members and is dead set on not joining a new pack of wolves. Where she lived before was no pack territory, so she lived among rogues, she being one herself. What will she do when everyone is sure she must join the pack? Staying away from the pack in their own territory is not an easy task. Hide, run, and avoid at every opportunity. Getting settled and finding a loving new friend may prove a little unexpected for the eighteen-year-old Zoey, but she is accepting this friend, that is until her secret comes out. What will Zoey do when she finds herself attracted to a pack member? Is he going to be the mate her father always talks about? Or will more surprising events arise? ¶

Genres: Paranormal, Wolves, Shapeshifters, Werewolves, Young Adult

354 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2012

About the author

Lindsey Owens is a Fantasy Paranormal Fiction Author and Author Website Designer from South Carolina.

She is currently working on a new Fantasy Serial that centers around a world of Mermaids.

​She enjoys erotica, fantasy, and paranormal romance books of New Adult, Women's Fiction, and Chick Lit genre.

​She is enjoys helping other authors learn and grow!

Reviews

[Radiant · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love and am biased towards werewolf stories..so it was obvious i liked this one apart from the fact that it was written good and there was right amount of drama,romance,adventure and action in it.

Zoey - a werewolf,with kick ass attitude and don't mess with me looks - moves with her werewolf father to his pack to join her grandfather there.. when her non-shifter mother takes divorce from her father.

As if moving miles away from her friends,even though rogues,is not enough she now has to join in the pack..which she has no desire of..and when she meets Xavier the arrogant alpha ..she gets sparks and tingles all over her proving him as her mate.But Xavier is cocky,possessive and full of arrogance who just wants to control more than to understand her..when she thought of MATE all she want was safe and warm,but Xavier is none of it..even though her body and wolf reacts to xavier's she can't accept there is something very wrong with the mating,it's not perfect and all she want is to run away...far far away.

That's when she encounter's Hunter,another alpha and her life changes..he is everything what xavier isn't and what she wants in a mate- a caring and loving partner,a understanding alpha to pack,a sweet brother and a beautiful lover..but can anyone have more than one mate?

Stuck between Xavier and Hunter,zoey has to find her place and she knows that it will only lead to a war,,and one of them has to die to prove himself ...for her..But who?Cos she knows who she want..only not sure if she will get or not!

It was definitely entertaining to read..even the epilogue..though it was hurried a bit.This is a standalone but still i liked the flow.Overall great!
Sri.

P.S:Thanks nadia for recommend though i see u still have to read...lol..i love ur choices of book gal ;)

[Tigrish · Rating 1 out of 5]

So I tried to finish this book, I really did. Unfortunately this is probably one of the worst written books I have ever read. Besides from the obvious lack of punctuation, (in the beginning I figured what the hell I would just imagine my own!) the misspellings of words got so bad that I just started laughing at it at some point, and it made it almost impossible to take the story seriously.

Some examples:

seen where there should be scene
starring where it should be staring
hear where it should be here
alone where it should be along
the ever popular your where it should be you're and vice versa
and last but not least too where there should be to, and to where there should be too!

And these are only a few examples. It's sad when you think about how easily such mistakes could have been prevented with some thorough proofreading.

The story had potential, but the quality just ruins it.

So sorry Lindsey Owens, thanks but no thanks.

Better luck (and hopefully proofreading!) next time.

[Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

How did people give this book 4 and 5 stars? While the story line has potential, this author seriously needs to invest in a good proof reader & editor. When will indie writers learn that words alone do not make a book. Grammar and punctuation allow the reader to actually comprehend the story, otherwise it's just a jumble of words that make no sense. There are a lot of fantastic YA paranormal romances out there at the moment, and unfortunately, this is not one of them.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this book
it was good
i never knew what would happen next

[Chie · Rating 2 out of 5]

i didnt get why she does need to meet xavier , a steamy connection eventually happens with them only to end up with a different guy

[Reading Roots · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the book Lindsey Owens should totally make a second one to this series and it should be about zoeys sons and daughters finding their mates.

[Jillian Ridall · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! And I love all the POV's of the other characters. So cute!

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book!

[Kaffi · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am a sucker for a good werewolf/fated mates story. I love the whole concept of there being your one true love who is made just for you. Now, through into that mix that your fated mate is an incredibly hot, protective and dominating (in a good way) alpha male, and I’m all in to read that romantic tale! Having said that, this book has all of those things and also, in a way, two epilogues to wrap up a wonderful HEA ending. The second to last chapter gives us a great wrap up to the story and would have been a great ending, but then the author gives us one more chapter, almost like a bonus chapter, that is in the form of a wonderful epilogue.
I also really liked the fact that the author not only used many of the classic werewolf myths, but also threw into the mix a new angle to make it more interesting.
Now having touted the positives, I must unfortunately delve into the negatives. This book needs serious editing/proofreading. If I like a story enough, then minor editing issues don’t bother me too much and I would normally take off one star for having numerous errors, however, I felt that I had to take off two stars due to the amount of errors. I would easily give this story 5 stars if all of the editing issues get fixed.

[Audrey · Rating 1 out of 5]

So the book started out ok, but then it quickly crashed and burned. First it seems as if the author took every Were lore they knew and tried to add it into the book. Pick one maybe two and stick with that. The book can't be everything. It didn't work, the characters were never developed into anything-- couldn't even call them surface level and the story constantly jumped. Then the premise of mates was used-- mates are forever, but within the first 5 chapters one of the male leads drops there mates. WTF! how can that work for your story line. Without spoiling a larger point detail-- it doesn't, it didn't. There were also several spelling errors though out the story hear instead of here. I was going to rate this higher, but i simply couldn't after I thought about it. The story has potential, but needs to be cleaned up and reprised in several areas to be a goodread. Nice try giving it a go though.

[Julie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I won this through a Goodreads giveaway.

This story could have potential, but the grammatical and punctuation errors were so abundant that it was difficult to enjoy. There was also a lot of repetition as you switched from one characters POV to another's. There was not a lot of cohesion between the different stories and characters.

Many of the characters in the book should have been built up more - her father and grandfather are prime examples. Why did there even have to be a mom in this story at all? that was pointless.

I guess if you are really into werewolves you may enjoy this, but be warned of the many errors.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. It was a good read although I did have a bit of a problem following it at times due to the punctuation. I found the story slow and sluggish in some places and confusing in others (total changes in her families personalities, a total change of one characters description as well as one characters name) however I did complete it and would have to say that it is "ok" rather than "I liked it". Lindsey Owens has potential and I would like to see future work from her.

[JJBMocha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is going to be hard to finish. The kid is so annoying.
1.5 stars

I did finish the book. It wasn't terrible just ok but I think that I gave 2 stars to better books than this one. The first half has been just crazy, I wasn't sure if everyone was supporting the crazy guy, the bully. Close to the end suddenly everything changed , our girl behaves more normal she meets the normal nice guy, her father and grandfather changed personalities and support her new mate. I am not sure what happened here. Disappointed :(

[Lori Barnes · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Shifter stories, I really do, but I had to struggle to push through this story.  And I mean "PUSH".  Throughout this book I wanted to just put it down and delete it from my library.  The plot line is decent, but the grammatical errors were too much for me to forgive.  The writing was very amateur and in great need of editing. Though I have to seriously admit I liked the plot line.  Lindsey had a great  story line, the execution leaves a lot to be desired.   

[Sophie · Rating 2 out of 5]

So cute! a few mistakes though, 'Shelly' turned into 'Stacey' at one stage and Hunter's wolf went from being slightly smaller that Xaviers to much larger than him.

[Myra Espino · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love the story but there are some errors that sometimes i find it hard to read and understand some parts..

[Georgeanne]

Too many grammatical errors for me to bother with.