The pack is coming out of the shadows—but some of its shifters don’t know how to live anywhere else.
Fallon grew up on the street. She’s a survivor, and her skills kept her pack alive in the darkest of times. Now the sun is coming out, and she has no idea how to be a bird who lives in the light. She’ll do anything to help her baby pack get there, though.
Even if it means returning the shinies she stole from a polar bear.
Highly recommend this series. Hoping there's several more books to come. Please and Thank You.
Author is correct that this series reads best in order. Every story rests upon people and actions in previous books. The core characters of each story so far, Alpha = Hayden, Heart = Lissa, Rebel = Kennedy and Raven = Fallon and Ben. Viewpoints and thoughts of other characters are spread through every book.
Baby packs and gravity beams have more ghost members coming closer to the den. But so many are traumatized by pre-Alpha events.
Revelations of some of the evil done by the previous alpha and his cousin. Lots of tears as more of their actions to isolate and control the pack are brought to light.
Time to go back and re-read earlier stories in light of the new information.
Fantastic news and decisions made as this book ends and the next begins.
New additions to our favorite bear and psychic wolf groups.
After a line in an earlier story I'm very interested in what may or may not happen with Rio and Bailey.
Looking forward to more of the Dunn clan as well.
Still hope to read of Ronan's visit (move) to the pack someday.
Next, but hopefully not last, is Breath.
No triggers but mention of despicable cowardly acts of evil, no sex, no cliffhanger.
Highly recommend this series, so addicting watching these people work together to heal and progress. And so many of the words speak to me, all the quotes I've underlined in this book especially.
Just wow. This was so good. I cried my eyes out, but then was so happy. This series is just beautiful.
You can't just jump into the middle thought - start at the beginning. It's a gorgeous unfolding story of a community, a pack, and each book is like a chapter.
Re-read Aug 2021 I like this series a lot, which makes it really hard to say for sure...but I think this book is my favorite. You get some big pieces of the story here, and there are so many beautiful and touching moments. Devastating ones too. That's kind of the norm for the series, true, but this feels a step beyond. That may also be because of Fallon and her baby pack, who have a really special place in my heart.
Still loving every single moment I spend with this wonderful, heart-loving series. It is not the normal suspense and intrigue but just a lovely, warm, love and family-type story that shows all the ways one can overcome extreme hardship and pain. Food for the soul all wrapped up in a story.
The first non-wolf shifter protagonist story. Fallon is a raven shifter who grew up rough on the streets, and found her mate in the pack a few years before it was taken over by the Shithead Alphas. As she could fly, and had skills as a thief, she secretly helped keep the pack alive during the six years of hell.
I'm still enjoying this series quite a lot, even though it's very slow moving (they still haven't built anything yet!) and mostly low-conflict. Just likable characters slowly recovering from massive trauma and building their found family bonds again.
It’s probably just me being old, but I really struggled with the start of this book, it just didn’t flow, there seemed to be too many characters and sometimes I was confused who was actually talking. It took me a few chapters for it to settle down and to get the rhythm of the story. Overall I enjoyed the book, but at times it felt like it was going over the same ground and not moving on. Also I expected the story to be quite emotionally, but sometimes the sentimentality became a bit excessive.
For new readers of Ms Faye, you should know that she used to write under a different name. Those books were full of whimsy, hope, laughter and looking at the human spirit in a good way. This series has the same elements. Reading them makes a person feel better, while giving a sense of hope to the human condition. I highly recommend this book series.
I don’t have the words for how refreshing this series has been. There’s nothing predictable about it. Fallon's installment focuses on belonging and what it will take for all the former Ghost Mountain Pack members to return to the den or if they even can. Audrey Faye shifted the paradigm for healing. I was so moved by how it all came together and the new possibilities that emerged.
Fallon and Ben made a great team and I really loved how they supported one another as things came to light. The raven shifters were fascinating. Plus, we got Hayden giving Fallon a rock his dad gave him at just the right moment, a great knitting circle, and a celebration for Reilly’s birthday. There are a lot of characters to keep track of but somehow it continues to work for me—and not just because I take notes while reading to keep everyone straight. We get to go deep with the baby packs, while staying tethered to Hayden, Kel, Rio, and Lissa and that helps orient the story for me.
I hope we’ll get more about Ivan and the polar bear shifters!
Characters: Fallon is a raven shifter and trader, likely in her late 20s. She’s mated to Ben, a wolf shifter and submissive. Ben is part of the Dunn family who started the Ghost Mountain Pack. Brandy is his sister and their sister Rennie and father Cleve are among the shadow wolves in the forest. Bailey is an alpha wolf shifter; her father was Aaron, the alpha Samuel killed, and she’s Ben and Brandy’s cousin. Myrna’s father was the original alpha and founder of the pack. Hoot’s brother is Grady, a shadow wolf. Kelsey is Rennie’s daughter and Ben’s niece; she has “milk chocolate” skin. Stinky (aka Daniel) is Ruby and Cody (deceased)’s son.
Tressie is a raven shifter and the Desolation Inlet Pack alpha. Martha is the raven beta and Emma Jean is the raven trader.
Kennedy is a 14 year old baby alpha. Hayden is a 32 year old alpha wolf of the Ghost Mountain Pack. He’s assisted by Rio (sentinel, unspecified POC [“dusky skin”]) and Kel (submissive badass, former military, gay or bisexual). Lissa is a submissive wolf, bookkeeper, and mother of 5 year old Robbie, who is a baby alpha and has Down syndrome. Reilly is a 10 year old half-grizzly bear, half-wolf. Miriam and Layla are mates and submissives. Ghost (15, beta) has “milk chocolate” skin. Adrianna is the alpha of alphas, Whistler Pack alpha, and has a PhD in organizational psychology; she’s Hayden’s mother. Reese is a bobcat shifter and the alpha of Lonely Peak Pack. This is set in British Columbia.
Content notes: , anxiety (secondary character), panic attack, past theft, past homelessness, past food poverty, past abuse by former alpha (physical, emotional, verbal, financial), past child kidnapping as leverage against parents and then murder of the child’s father (by abusive alpha), past death of pack members, past military (secondary character), alcohol reference, ableist language, references to off page sex
Intricate, intriguing, painful and gloriously fulfilling. Definitely read this series in order. You will understand nothing if you don't. This one is slower but so complex Ms. Faye's story boards must be legendary. Fascinating to watch the pack heal and adapt and try to come together. Great read.
This chapter in the series was beautiful and definitely gave me all the feels. There were definitely hard moments in the book, where you can feel the emotion pouring form the words. The author did really great writing this story, I think this may be her best story writing of the series. There were new developments and more slow progress within the story so there is definitely something to anticipate in the next book. Overall the story was fantastic but my issues with it were, there are sooooo many characters, it is extremely hard to keep up with - it would be great if the author had a character list and the family trees that we can see - visuals are great. Also I wasn't expecting the story to be told mostly from Fallon's point of view, I know the author is very vested in the baby packs as she calls them but I personally find it hard to transition from one main character to the next when the original main character was the primary for most of the series. It would have made sense it if it was a gradual move to Fallon because I wasn't as invested in her as I am in some of the other characters. But I understand why she chose her so that we can all really feel for the shadows of the clan. Anyway it's a definite read!
I'm enjoying this series and this book was no exception. In this book, Raven, the fourth in the Ghost Mountain Wolf Shifter series, we get more background information on several of the characters and more pack history. Audrey Faye has a way of writing characters who feel like family. People who you'd like to hang out with, love, and be loved by. She does a good job of diving into broken souls who are trying to fight their fears and put their lives back together and of writing the characters who love them and are trying to heal and help in any way they can. One comment, try not to leave too much time between books. There are several characters and relationships here and it helps to be able to keep them all straight. I'm already hoping for another book (or more!) and will read the whole series again when it's complete.
Reading these stories just makes your heart and soul sing with happiness. Guaranteed your breath will catch at least once somewhere in this book and tears of joy follow! Can't wait for the next installment!!!
Raven is the fourth book in the Ghost Mountain Wolf Shifter series by Audrey Faye.
This was the perfect addition to this journey of recovery. Fallon was the connection we needed to see into the hearts of the hidden pack members colloquially deemed as the shadows. We were finally given the story behind all the horror and salvation that led us here. Of how Myrna’s father built this pack, and chose this land. Of the family that led their way before one selfish evil man tore them asunder. Of the true scars left and atrocities committed. Of all that we could only guess at up to this point.
And then one raven, lacking in the understanding of her self worth and love those around her offer up so deeply, helped lead us all into the end of the beginning. Because now Ghost Mountain and the shadows have a new meeting ground. And even if the new den isn’t built yet, the land it will come to rest on isn’t tainted by past horrors and traumas. It’s a new breath of possibility soon to be fortified by only good good memories and intentions.
This was a bit of a struggle to get through. The first 30% was ... no ... the rest was a big yawn 😴
I was SO hopeful after the first 2 books, and then it just plummeted 😖
The author's got stuck on a few words that she's constantly repeating, and the fluidity of it all falls apart. In all honesty, it feels very childlike written, and should be marked as a read for 8-14 year olds.
The fourth book in the series and I have thoroughly enjoyed every one so far. Looking forward to the bdxt steps the pack makes to becoming whole again.
3.5 stars Zon/ 3.2 GR because of lacking research on ravens; otherwise 4 Zon/3.7 GR.
It may be silly of me to get so hung up on a not-really-critical point (only in conversation, not even witnessed/ present), but it's slipshod (taken in by the internet misidentification of a corncrake photo, I presume) and biologically implausible to say baby ravens are fluffballs running/hopping around soon after hatching, when the actuality is that corvids — being smart creatures with a lot to learn — are born as helpless as humans are. Every time hypothetical fluff or fuzz was mentioned, it ruined my suspension of disbelief. Other than that, though (and we don't even meet any members of the distant-neighbors raven pack until near the end)... I was concerned at first that this book would be harder to get into than Heart or Rebel, since the *featured* member(s) of the cast this time out had barely been introduced before, keeping their distance from the main den, but Fallon and her sub-pack ("baby pack") band of vulnerable misfits grew on me quickly. There are also still plenty of scenes narrated by Hayden, Kel, Rio, and Lissa, among others. I like the paradigm-shifting solution found in the end, and there are lots of great scenes along the way, many showing respect and loving care for each traumatized pack member's needs. It was satisfying to finally find out all about what Samuel's vicious overthrow of the previous pack leadership entailed, tragically destroying the Dunn family (the survivors including, Bailey, Kelsey, Fallon's mate, and more). I'm a bit torn whether Fallon's self-doubt as to her worth and belonging as an ignorant, former-thief raven amid the wolf-pack she'd barely been accepted into before it was torn apart, is over-repeated or merely enough for sympathetic understanding of how far she needs to come. There were a few minor typos this time, and one inconsistency, where an action of Mikayla's was later attributed to Brandy, but I'm still quite eager to see this pack continue to recover and move forward. Shelley is to take center stage next time.
This is based on a review copy directly from the author.
Please read this series in order! If not, you will be hopelessly lost.
I wasn’t sure I was going to take to the satellite pack headed by Fallon the raven. But I did. The character development and intertwining of story lines kept me up well into the night reading this in one sitting.
We find out a bit more about why the Dunn family is so broken, and why Kelsey’s mother isn’t in the pack. We get a good dose of old(er) favorites as well like Reilly and Rio.
As usual, I wanted to curl up with the series from start to finish and fill in all the details that are woven in so subtly that you forget to pay attention to them the first time.
If I have one complaint, it’s that we didn’t get treated to the Dunn family tree that Myrna provided Hayden. Very spoiled reader of historical series here!
This story gets better with every book. The folks peopling the stories are three dimensional, which I find unusual and enjoyable. This is not your typical shifter story. The alpha is not super macho and hotly sexy; he’s a leader with heart. The others -wolf, bear, cat, and raven- are not stereotypes. They are human and individual, with hearts and brains, hurts and history. I usually make it partway thru a series, get tired of the tropes, and move on. I raced thru the first four books and am impatiently waiting for the next chapters in this series. Recommended for folks who are interested in a post apocalyptic, rebuilding story with brainy pre-teens, brave teens, loving elders, and some odd but loving relationships. (A raven and a wolf?) You’ll know what I mean when you meet everyone. Have fun!
I have read these stories over and over and find new meaning each and every time. Ms. Faye brings together inspiration and growth to a world that was crumbling with evil as it's leader. She shows how family and new comers shake that foundation to rid it of evil and bring about true heartfelt family. In Raven she tells how family isn't just those born into it but also those that earn that place. Fallon earns more than a place as a family member she earns her cape as a hero who would do anything to protect the childern, the elders and the shadow members of her family. Pack is family and Fallon knows this. Read this wonderful series and watch the family grow from individuals to couples, to groups to FAMILY. I am very much eagerly awaiting the next book Breath to find out more about a group of people who becomes a PACK, a FAMILY!!!
Audrey Faye’s Ghost Mountain Wolf Shifters series continues with book 4 Raven. This is a series that must be read in order to keep track of what has happened prior to the series start and the growing cast of characters. I absolutely loved Raven with all her fierceness and scars. Ben is a perfect mate for her and I enjoyed seeing the interactions between her baby back and all the wonderful characters from the previous books. I love how the author conveys the sense of family/community. This book pulled at so many of my my emotions from tears to laughter. I highly recommend this book and the previous books in the series. I received an advance reader copy.
Despite the events of the first book, I'd actually still call this the darkest of the lot. I just wanted to gather all the ghosts up and hug them :-( Must be hard to be Hayden and not be able to really do anything for them.
I do miss hearing from Hayden more though. I understand why he couldn't be the main character in this or the last book, but I miss him. I really grew to love him in the first novel, and wish we could have heard more from his point of view in these later books. As a general rule I don't mind having so many different viewpoints in one book, but there will always be some I'd rather hear from than others.
This book is the fourth in the Ghost Mountain Shifters book. The main character we haven't really met before. She is Fallon a Raven and former thief and street person. In this book we find out one of Samual's more heinous crimes against the Dunne family, the ethos of which reverberate to this day and Fallon's surprising solution. We also get to meet another set of neighbours. As Fallon's Raven would say, this book is Shiny! One request though. I think we need a character list to keep all the various members of the different packs straight.
I stumbled on this series of books and an so glad that I didn't pass it by. Sure, it's not full of a lot of the things I look for in the books I use as my escape, but it is a very good story that continues to evolve and grow, and it's so very good at evoking an emotional response. Like the other books in the series, I didn't want to put it down and I didn't make it through without shedding a few tears. I cannot wait to read the next and hope that there are more to come in the series.
All of the shifters in this series are written with depth and personality, even though, they are broken in mind and spirit. My favorite part is how Adrianna Scott has immense shifter power and get still has a soft heart for those mistreated. She loves her son for sure. Hayden wants so badly for the pack to feel safe. Fallon figured out a good way to help everyone.
Really, if you're reading this series you know what to expect. Growth of a character, growth of the pack. It's really a lot like reading a fanfic with hurt/comfort, domestic fluff tags.
Raven - Fallon's story Raven shifter Fallon, grew up on the streets. Flying over Ghost Mountain territory she saw Ben Dunn, and the wolf looked shinny to her raven, and she literally dropped into his arms and was welcomed into his pack. When Samuel destroyed her new home, she took to the woods with her mate, taking the pack healer and her bear mate along with Ben's big sister. They have been taking care of the packmates left behind in any way they can. Keeping the pups fed. Brandy's anxiety has kept them in the forest. They have formed their own baby pack. Adding Mikayla, a shy just out of her teens, sentinel from Bailey's wolves and Reuben another wolf who struggles like Brandy. Fallon had to steal at times to feed the pups. She is trying to make restitution. The biggest is to the Alpha of the polar bears. Ivan became friend to their pack when he agreed to act as Eamon's jailor and his roar brought them peace. Fallon was not as carful as she thought and Ivan finds her. He only wants her story to add to the story of the coins she stole. To the polar bears, her story is one of honor. Lissa's pebbles are still rippling. They brought Ravi home to his mate and the daughter he never new. They brought old friends of the pack, Reese, the bobcat Alpha, and the cats of Lonely Mountain back. The teens of Lonley Mountain and the pups and cup of Ghost mountain are renewing their childhood friendships. Now the new Raven alpha whishes to forge a stronger friendship with the pack. Fallon is scared, she knows nothing of Ravens. Tressie, her beta Martha and Emma Jean the trader that the pack have been working with, only offer friendship and are more then happy to teach Fallon about her heritage. It starts with a bead for the half Raven Wolf that will be soon joining their pack, along with another pup. Hayden, Kel and Rio know all about Raven chicks. Tressie's Ravens are happy to bring their chick to the pack to help the pack get ready. Merna tells Hayden the Packs story. The pack makes a big decision to help in their healing. The are moving their den. A move that help some of the wolves living in the forest to feel safe again. Great series. PG-13 rating. Not a stand alone, books need to be read in order.