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The Madison Wolves #8
Wolf Watch
Zoe Young, an environmental activist, spends her days recording the activities of the wild so that she can help protect it. When her cameras catch Elisabeth, Zoe is mesmerized and sets out to learn who she is. Unbeknownst to Zoe, Elisabeth and company are also plotting to find out just who she is -- and why she wants to know so much about them.
Wolf Watch is told in large (several-chapter) pieces from Zoe's perspective and Elisabeth's. All our friends from the Fox stories are here: Michaela, Lara, Angel, Scarlett, Karen, and Portia (the newest enforcer for the pack). Told after the events in Fox Lost, this new series explores the lives and loves of others in the Madison Pack.
This is a novel of 73,000 words.
Wolf Watch is told in large (several-chapter) pieces from Zoe's perspective and Elisabeth's. All our friends from the Fox stories are here: Michaela, Lara, Angel, Scarlett, Karen, and Portia (the newest enforcer for the pack). Told after the events in Fox Lost, this new series explores the lives and loves of others in the Madison Pack.
This is a novel of 73,000 words.
300 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 27, 2014
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Robin Roseau
114 books213 followersA writer by avocation, Robin has a renaissance interest in many areas. A bit of a gypsy, Robin has called a few places home and has traveled widely. A love of the outdoors, animals in general and experimenting with world cuisines, Robin and partner share their home with a menagerie of pets and guests, although sometimes it is difficult to discern who is whom.
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February 13, 2015
I have no idea why I keep doing this to myself.
So we find ourselves again in Madison. Another painfully serious main character is falling in love/stockholm with another painfully abusive paranormal creature. Seriously, that's the plot. This is the eighth book, and if you haven't got with Roseau's program by now then you're never going to. These books desperately need to stop taking their premise seriously.
I shall be blunt; the duologue is still clunky and stiff (albeit this novel is substantially better edited than the others), the power dynamics are still as uncomfortable, and the characters have drunk from the heady cup of self-righteous twaddle down to the last drop. They repeat each other's full names endlessly, like they're worried they'll forget it otherwise in the fifteen second interval between each instance.
Even worse were the cheap shots planted by the author in the text to his many detractors. I have no problem with cisgender men writing lesbian fiction, and I think the brewhaha over this overshadows a more important discussion; the fact that Roseau's corpus is consistently problematic. In whichever of the four(?) pennames he writes under, the relationships he writes are incredibly abusive. Rape and violence tend to be his staple, but in this novel the characters are merely deceptive - one taps the others' phone and keylogs her computer, for fuck's sake. If by any chance the author is actually reading this - your "dominant" characters more correctly "coercive". None of this is acceptable simply because both participants are female. Please stop.
One final thought; I must admit, when I was steeling my courage to read this novel, I browsed the previously left reviews. ybnrmalatall left this enigmatic line; "The romance was few and the law was many." After reading the book... yes. Yes, ybnrmalatall, you are entirely correct - the romance was few and the law was many. Salyut.
Summary; this book was free on Kindle Unlimited, and I still feel like I overpaid.
So we find ourselves again in Madison. Another painfully serious main character is falling in love/stockholm with another painfully abusive paranormal creature. Seriously, that's the plot. This is the eighth book, and if you haven't got with Roseau's program by now then you're never going to. These books desperately need to stop taking their premise seriously.
I shall be blunt; the duologue is still clunky and stiff (albeit this novel is substantially better edited than the others), the power dynamics are still as uncomfortable, and the characters have drunk from the heady cup of self-righteous twaddle down to the last drop. They repeat each other's full names endlessly, like they're worried they'll forget it otherwise in the fifteen second interval between each instance.
Even worse were the cheap shots planted by the author in the text to his many detractors. I have no problem with cisgender men writing lesbian fiction, and I think the brewhaha over this overshadows a more important discussion; the fact that Roseau's corpus is consistently problematic. In whichever of the four(?) pennames he writes under, the relationships he writes are incredibly abusive. Rape and violence tend to be his staple, but in this novel the characters are merely deceptive - one taps the others' phone and keylogs her computer, for fuck's sake. If by any chance the author is actually reading this - your "dominant" characters more correctly "coercive". None of this is acceptable simply because both participants are female. Please stop.
One final thought; I must admit, when I was steeling my courage to read this novel, I browsed the previously left reviews. ybnrmalatall left this enigmatic line; "The romance was few and the law was many." After reading the book... yes. Yes, ybnrmalatall, you are entirely correct - the romance was few and the law was many. Salyut.
Summary; this book was free on Kindle Unlimited, and I still feel like I overpaid.
April 18, 2023
OK, So!
What would you do if someone found out your biggest secret. Worse still you don't know if they told, or were going to tell anyone.
Well Elisabeth, Lara's sister and head of security is filmed changing in the woods. And I don't mean her clothes.
Zoe, a human environmentalist discovers their secret while filming an eagle's next on the edge of their property.
Now I feel they acted out of fear. But I still feel they were out of order.
Read, make your own mind up.
Enjoy!
What would you do if someone found out your biggest secret. Worse still you don't know if they told, or were going to tell anyone.
Well Elisabeth, Lara's sister and head of security is filmed changing in the woods. And I don't mean her clothes.
Zoe, a human environmentalist discovers their secret while filming an eagle's next on the edge of their property.
Now I feel they acted out of fear. But I still feel they were out of order.
Read, make your own mind up.
Enjoy!
May 31, 2022
Finally!
I was starting to wonder about Elisabeth and why she remained single. It makes sense. It was just hard to imagine her having anything resembling a soft side. Although she learned to treat Michaela with some serious kid gloves and also helped her keep the relationship from crumbling with her sister between Michaela and Lara. I sort of felt that Elisabeth may have had a bit of a crush on Michaela. But I guess, it’s more about the love she shared with her sister.
I was glad to see Elisabeth get some attention. Too bad they treated Zoe in such poor taste. You would have think that they would have learned by now. I can’t wait to see how this goes between the two of them. I like Zoe. She’s smart and she experienced awe and love at first sight.
I was starting to wonder about Elisabeth and why she remained single. It makes sense. It was just hard to imagine her having anything resembling a soft side. Although she learned to treat Michaela with some serious kid gloves and also helped her keep the relationship from crumbling with her sister between Michaela and Lara. I sort of felt that Elisabeth may have had a bit of a crush on Michaela. But I guess, it’s more about the love she shared with her sister.
I was glad to see Elisabeth get some attention. Too bad they treated Zoe in such poor taste. You would have think that they would have learned by now. I can’t wait to see how this goes between the two of them. I like Zoe. She’s smart and she experienced awe and love at first sight.
June 22, 2024
Something happended... I wasn't planning on reading about the wolves but I love Elisabeth, can't say this was justice.
September 9, 2014
Book 8 in the Madison Wolves series and the first one to star someone other than Michaela and Lara. This time, it's the story of Zoe (a human) and Elizabeth (Lara's sister - werewolf). The story is told from their individual perspectives. The human perspective on meeting and getting to know a were is especially interesting. I felt that the ending is not quite complete though. Hopefully there will be book #9 to show how the relationship eventually develops.
November 20, 2023
Zoe Young, an environmental activist, sets up spy cameras to catch poachers that have been bothering an endangered eagle nest that is just on the edge of the Madison Pack land. What she accidentally captures on film and her amateurish attempt to engineer a meeting so that she can meet her accidental film star stirs up an anthill she might not survive.
June 5, 2025
Poor Zoe
Poor Zoe is all I can say. When she finds out about the wolves, she just wants to know them. But she has to go through some stuff to get to that side of friendship.
On to the next book.
Poor Zoe is all I can say. When she finds out about the wolves, she just wants to know them. But she has to go through some stuff to get to that side of friendship.
On to the next book.
September 14, 2014
3.5 stars
January 30, 2016
Enjoyable Read
I really liked this book. I think it may be my favorite in the series. I like Zoe and love that Elizabeth finally got her own story.
I really liked this book. I think it may be my favorite in the series. I like Zoe and love that Elizabeth finally got her own story.
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