Wolf's Bane

I grabbed this free digital audiobook from Audible.ca because I have enjoyed Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series. This is the first book in a duology spin-off from that series and even though I haven't read all the books in the original 13 book series yet, I've read enough to know who Logan and Kate are and I enjoyed getting back into Armstrong's supernatural world.

Justis Bolding and Austin Rising do a great job narrating this story that features 16-year-old twins Logan and Kate Danvers, children of my favourite Otherworld couple Elena and Clay. Logan and Kate are sent to a supernatural teen leadership conference (away from their famous parents) and are thrust into a setting they didn't expect with teens from other supernatural races. 

The story is told using the dual POVs with each twin sharing their thoughts with the reader. This leads to a bit of redundancy in the story, but you also get each twin's POV on the same issue, so it balanced out for me. I appreciated the inclusion of teen issues (sex, inclusion, gender) that was included in an organic, not in-your-face kind of way that made these supernatural teens not so unlike their human counterparts.

The story has some mystery, romance and intrigue and ends with a cliff hanger that will entice readers into the next book in this series. I enjoyed getting back into Armstrong's well-crafted world of supernaturals. Reading this book has encouraged me to reread the Women of the Underworld series to get reacquainted with Elena, Hope, Paige, Eve, and Jamie ... and the other kick ass heroines of Armstrong's popular supernatural world. 

My Rating: 4.5 stars

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Genre: Supernatural, Teen, Canadian

Type and Source: eAudiobook from Audible.ca

Series: #1 in Otherworld: Kate and Logan

Publisher: Audible Studios

First Published: February 4, 2020

Narrators: Justis Bolding, Austin Rising

Run Time: 8 hours

Book Description from GoodReads: When Kate and Logan Danvers are targeted by a pack of Australian werewolves, they aren’t nearly as concerned your average sixteen-year-olds might be. The twins are werewolves themselves, children of the American Pack Alpha and her enforcer mate. For Kate and Logan, the threat is an opportunity to prove they’re full members of the Pack. Their parents see it a little differently and ship them off to a supernatural teen leadership conference while the adults handle the Australians.

Level-headed Logan is disappointed at the lost adventure but looks forward to making new contacts in the supernatural world. Hot-tempered Kate is furious at being kept out of battle and anticipates a torturous week of team-building exercises. They’re both wrong.

Instead, the twins find themselves thrust into a situation that’s quickly devolving into anarchy. What seems like teen hormones in overdrive becomes something much more dangerous, even deadly. Add in a strange magic-warded cabin in the woods and a local history rife with curses and macabre legends, and it becomes clear this was a really, really bad place to build a camp for teenage supernaturals.