Wolf Mage: An MM Urban Fantasy: Wolf Mage Chronicles Book One

by Blake Jacks

Mageborn. Werewolf. A whole load of trouble! “My plans for the new Year were come out to my friends and get myself a boyfriend, but now I’m two days in and find myself on the run as part of a pack of werewolves who all look like underwear models, discover I have a magical heritage, and have the police looking for me in connection with a murder that I may have committed.” When the New Year rolls round, Oliver Kent is eager for change. He’s a reporter for the local paper in sleepy Castle Cove so taking a night off to see in the new Year seems like no big deal. Except, he blacks out after talking to man in the pub only to wake up at home, naked and covered in mud. Worse still, there’s a dead MI5 agent up at the park. When his editor forces him to go find the story, he discovers that a team of international art thieves known as The Pack are in the area and may be responsible for the death. Even more worryingly, it seems like they might be targeting Oli for some reason. But there’s more to these art thieves than MI5 knows. Oli’s not sure who to trust, including himself. He’s discovering strange abilities that have made him of interest to the pack, abilities that might mean, he’s the one who killed the MI5 agent. Does he accept his part in The Pack and help them retrieve a long-lost supernatural artefact, or do his loyalties lay with the attractive partner of the dead MI5 agent?

166 pages, Paperback

Published February 4, 2022

Reviews

[Tiago Kietzmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is like those old trashy horror movies—so bad that it’s almost good. Well, good no, but entertaining. The problem is, I don’t think it was meant to be in this genre; it seems more like an MM Fantasy. But anyway, you get the picture.

The main plotline is weak but okay: a young, solitary journalist living a boring life in a small town until a murder happens around the same time he meets a strange, muscular guy. Said guy takes him—drunk—from a bar, and he wakes up the next morning in bed, naked and bleeding from the neck. (Not a spoiler—it’s literally the book’s title.) And that’s not all. Yes, he was turned into a werewolf, but he also finds out he’s mage-born, which was the real reason he was picked.

There’s some stuff about him finding a pack and finally feeling welcome, plus the murder mystery and the vague mage subplot, but it all feels weak and sloppy.

In the end, I had some fun reading it, and I don’t regret it. But I’m a bookworm, so among many books, one or two sloppy ones don’t bother me much. However, if you’re looking for a good story—a real MM Fantasy—I’d recommend skipping this one and finding something else.

[James Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will be honest. When I first started reading this book, I questioned whether the whole story. But as I read more it became more interesting. I really enjoyed reading this book. Oliver is reporter for a small town. His life is boring and he wishes for a change. He goes to New Year’ Eve party and wakes up in his bed covered in mud. Plus there is a dead man in the city. His boss has him go investigate the crime for the paper. As it turns out Oliver is involved with the people that killed the man. They are called the wolf pack and for a good reason. Oliver soon discovers that he not quite the same person and he is different. This wolf pack wants him to find a hidden artifact and threatens to hurt an innocent man that Oliver likes. I would read more from this author.

[Ilona Fenton · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have given this more stars of only the editing mentioned by other reviewed had actually been done. Instead the errors were enough to distract from what could have been a good story.
I also wish there had been a bit more effort made in keeping character names straight as at one point Oliver was used for both characters in the scene and it took far too long to figure out who was who.
Overall the premise was promising but I doubt I'll be reading the next book in the series.

[Don · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good story, but there are grammatical errors

One of the chapters repeated the previous one.

I suggest having this edited to fix the errors.

If it did not have those errors, I would give this book a score of 4 stars.

[Stacey Morris]

This book started good

But it got so weird that I could not finish it I just wanted a fun book but this one was too weird

[P Leslie]

DNF I gave up halfway through. Sadly, the book just wasn’t for me.

[Rach Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A different twist to MM and shifters

I honestly quite enjoyed this. The latter parts had quite the Indiana Jones vibe, and I liked the shifter/magical aspects of it too. 3.5 - 4*