On The Prowl is an anthology of sorts that features Alpha & Omega, the prequel to the Alpha & Omega series by Patricia Briggs.
The werewolf Anna finds a new sense of self when the son of the werewolf king comes to town to quell unrest in the Chicago pack- and inspires a power in Anna that she’s never felt before.
Reading On The Prowl was totally not a planned thing. Â I was a few hours into the audio book for Cry Wolf (Alpha & Omega series #1) when I started e-mailing back and forth with Ginny Lurcock. Â She has already read the series and wanted to know what I thought about Charles. Â Well, I took that opportunity to spew my frustrations with the book. Â I love Patty Briggs!! Â She’s an amazing writer who creates amazing characters. Â Here I was, 3 hours into an audio book, the FIRST in the series, and I had NO CLUE what was going on. Â I had never had a problem with missing details in any of her previous books that I had read and I couldn’t understand how she could disappoint me so! Â
When I read her response, I could see Ginny’s face on the other end of the World Wide Web. Â I imagine a face of exasperation and “Ummmmmm, hello?!?!?!?!” as she informed me that I was missing a step. Â I started with Cry Wolf completely skipping the prequel that explains all of the events that you are unceremoniously dumped in the middle of. Â I immediately grabbed On The Prowl and started reading as soon as I got home last night and finished it up this morning. Â It answered every single question I had and completely restored by short lined loss of faith in Ms. Briggs.
Alpha & Omega is actually a kind of hard story to read. Â The content is hard to imagine and rather painful to read through the eyes of Charles. Â Between his instant protectiveness and the painful details of Anna’s prior treatment, it is just hard to read through at times. Â
As with everything else I have ever read by Patricia Briggs, it is brilliantly written. Â The writing style is classic Briggs – easy to read with enough detail to paint a perfect picture. Â
Since it is a novella, it just kind of feels like the missing chapter from the beginning of Cry Wolf. Â
I am going to slap a big juicy 5 stars on it. Â I am very much looking forward to proceeding on with Cry Wolf now. Â Having all the details gives me a completely different outlook on the way things are going in Cry Wolf and also gave me a fresh dose of hatred for the pricks from Anna’s Chicago pack. Â
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