Book Review: Wild Games by Reece Barden

 

Book Description

Book 3 in the Alpha Games series!!!

Round 3 of the Games kicks off, with the best of the best from packs across the realm competing to win a territory of their own. With tensions high, it's not just tempers that are getting hot.

Camille Black is an enforcer, sent to investigate a conspiracy at the Alpha Games, when she finds a problem she can't ignore: Jax Reynolds, the alpha's broken brother, a wolf so dangerous he's chained up at night, and even his own pack think he's too far gone to be redeemed.

Jax has spent years convinced his beast is a curse, and too feral to be saved. The last thing he wants is a fated mate, he'll only drag her down with him. He'll do anything to protect her, even if it means rejecting the one bond that could save him.

But as a dark magic plot threatens to tear the games apart, and someone inside the competition is determined to make sure Camille doesn't get in the way of their mission, Jax is forced to help the woman he's trying to push away.

The only thing Camille can trust is her instinct, which tells her this wild wolf shifter is worth saving… and worth claiming.

A dual POV, MF, wolf shifter romance with all the feels. Fated mates, enemies-to-loves, dominant alpha males and the women who drive them wild.

My Review

Camille is trying to find a stolen magical artifact but she's also an enforcer sent to investigate the Alpha Games for a problem, so she goes to the Reynold's territory to help find the person using magic in the games for whatever purpose they are doing it. 

Jax is Alpha Reynold's younger brother, his wolf is out of control most of the time, so much so that he has to be chained up at times when he can't control his wolf. All at once Jax knows that a female wolf shifter is near and that she's, his mate. But he knows he can never have a mate, broken that he is, he doesn't trust himself or his wolf enough to take a mate, so he watches her instead. But when Camille can feel him watching her, she calls to him and instead of coming to her, he retreats which hurts her and throws a cold blanket on her emotions. 

Camille has already been rejected by one male who she thought was going to be her mate, she refuses to make a fool of herself with another male who doesn't want her. Camille can sense him when he gets close, but she keeps her cool when they meet face to face. She has to work with Jax since he's the one who first sensed the magic being used and informed his brother, the alpha. Them working closely together is hard for both of them since the mate bond is pulling them together. 

When Dean and Camille think up a way to get the person using the stolen artifact to show themselves, it puts Camille in danger and Jax doesn't like that one bit. She puts herself in danger to find out who is behind all the drama but she and the others helping her get a huge surprise when they find out who it is. 

Poor Alpha Dean Reynold's has a lot of his plate with all that going on and also trying to get the Alpha Games done and finally geta winner out of the games. He's vowed to never have the games in his territory again but other alphas are watching how the games go so they can do something similar in their territories, so this won't be the last we see of the Alpha Games. 

Jas and Camille finally find a way to be together when she convinces him that he's not so broken that he doesn't deserve a mate. 

I really loved Jax and Camille is exactly who he needed. He and his wolf were never in sync before because of all the abuse he suffered but once he and Camille found each other he and his wolf had to work together at times in order to help her and keep her safe. 

I loved this book as much as the first two books. 

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. 

I've read the first two books in this series and loved them, you can read my reviews of those books below. 

Rogue Games

Savage Games

Disclosure: I was given an e-ARC of this book via the author but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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