It all started with a fake Alpha, a mean pedant, and mysterious portal.
This second book in the series was even more thrilling that the first. I found myself transfixed to this story of two worlds, two hearts, two realities with combined heartbreaks. These lives torn by necessity before they even got to connect, to share, to love as a couple. She is left with doubts about everything, including her, Hedi's place as Alpha by Proxy to this pack of wolves. He is in the land of the Merenwyn, his fate unknown. His return unknown, she can not open the portal. It's been six months of on the edge of the knife living this lie. Waiting for his return, for him to rescue her from this nightmare. Everything is a mess and it's only going to get worse. Karma is one nasty, evil master.*It had many snicker and snort moments with her dealings with Mr. (Ralph)Cordelia, Biggs, and Harry become Hedi's right hands. Cordelia, steps in as the friend to back her up and pin her up if needed. They guide her through the pack dynamics. There is so much to cover up with him being in Merenwyn. Covering her non scent with his to trick the pack into thinking he is still there is one thing that much be done. It is against the treaty to have sent him to the Merenwyn lands, it must never get out. The trio take over many of the details, meetings, and conflicts that arise. The cover up can only go for so long, word finally gets out and major trouble come to call. This trouble will cost them much pain and suffering. Life will never be the same.Just when things gets darker then black. A mysterious Fae, The Dark Mages Shadow, comes through the portal and he hands out darkness, lies, a horrible history and even more trauma to the mix. He has opened the portal and with him comes a shocking and heartbreaking surprise. Trowbridge, he's older and he's not alone, he has a young wolf with him a female that carries his scent. Hedi, at her lowest point is kicked down even lower, her life, her heart and even her position are in question.
What a nail chewing, heart thumping, hair pulling, tear inducing, heart warming, thrill ride ! I love Trowbridge and Hedi. She is a young naive, insecure, oh boy was she insecure* with good reason people be gentle with her. He is The Alpha, strong, steady, unwavering, loyal, sexy sexy, and looks mighty fine naked, which he is often. The supporting cast are quirky, lovable, hatable and laughable. The author did such a fabulous job writing them even the jewelry won me over. This series hits every happy reading happy button I have, twice ! She is on my list of authors not to miss. I can't wait for the next installment in this series. ( )

I received this book, along with the 1st in the Mystwalker series, The Trouble With Fate, from Goodreads.

After reading the debut novel, I dove into this one with anticipation and high hopes. Although I didn't think it was quite up to the first one, I was also not disappointed with it. I say this only because I thought there could have been a bit more depth to the story, especially concerning Robson and Shadow. Found myself wanting to know more of the story there then what was given. Still overall, I found the book very enjoyable and once again found myself comparing the writing to that of Patricia Briggs. The characters bounced to life for me, Ralph being a bit less interesting than Merry, but still a personality all his own. It was very easy to picture each character and not be able to help but grow fond of each one.
I'm looking forward to the third book in this series! ( )

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty: Heidi Peacock’s continuing story and loads of angst.

Opening Sentence: I don’t know why Weres think the moon’s so beautiful.

The Review:

I have previously reviewed book 1 in this series, The Trouble with Fate and my review can be found here and book 2, The Thing About Weres is a continuation of the same story. I strongly suggest that you read book 1 prior to reading this book because many of the characters and plots are intricately woven through both books, and will allow you the best over all vision of this book. This book is definitely not a stand alone and should be viewed as such. Now on to the actual review.

After finishing the first book I was anticipating this book with some relish because I enjoyed and was fascinated by the worlds that I as the reader was thrown into. Unfortunately, most of my joy for this book left in the first 50 pages. Heidi’s story is gripping but she is so mixed up trying to choose between her Fae, wolf and human side that I began to really be annoyed by her.

One of the other strengths in the previous book was the descriptive visuals that Ms. Evans was able to paint. Unfortunately, she seems to have thrown these out nearly entirely and instead we are given angst and more angst. I find this truly puzzling because we were given all those images and descriptions in a book of 344 pages but we aren’t in a book of 422? Call me mystified and perplexed.

Now don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy this book. We learned more about Heidi, the necklace she was entrusted to care for, Merenwyn and Threall. Not to mention Robson Trowbridge is back even if only in Heidi’s dreams. We are also given a look at Heidi’s style as the Alpha by proxie and it isn’t pretty, but I think it truly reflects Heidi as a character.

We are introduced to three new key characters in this new book, and they have direct impact on Heidi’s journey. One of them helps explain her past, one helps explain her present and the final one impacts her future. The interesting part is that this realization only came to me as I was typing this review, which is a shame because this does weave directly into Heidi’s journey and directly correlates with her actions in the present and future.

Some of the outstanding secondary characters in the first book are here, but they seem to push the story along and don’t have any direct impact on the reader, which is unfortunate. I was truly looking forward to getting to know Cordelia, Biggs and Harry, and we got glimmers instead of a vision about their past or what made them stand with Heidi against the rest of the pack.

So the final word is that if you have read book 1, The Trouble with Fate, you should definitely read The Thing about Weres, but please note that not all of your questions will be answered. In addition, there is a third book in this series, The Problem With Promises, so do not expect a happily-ever-after in this book because you will be disappointed. I do believe I will continue to read at least one more book in this series hoping that Heidi and Trowbridge do get their well deserved happily-ever-after story.

Notable Scene:

Gorgeous grimaced and pulled his fingers free from his damp locks. “Why does it always have to be water? I hate water.”

“You know, you look so real in my dreams. Sometimes I think—“

“That you’re not dreaming. Well, check the list, Heidi Peacock. Am I wearing any clothing?” Trowbridge ran his hand down his gleaming chest, sliding it along the landscape of all that lovely taut flesh, to disappear under the water. “That’s a definite no. Do you know what happens to skin when it stays in water for a long time? Things get shriveled. Important things, like—“ He frowned, his hand busy under the water. “God, they feel like stewed prunes.”

My mate pulled out his dripping paw, inspected it with a fierce scowl, and gave his hand a savage flick. Droplets of water sprayed—bulwhip of diamond beads. “Why here? We could have this conversation anywhere else. You know—“

“I know. Weres can’t swim. You hate water.”

FTC Advisory: St. Martin’s/Macmillan provided me with a copy of The Thing About Weres. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review. ( )

Full Review to be posted soon:


Hedi is once again in the midst of trouble, her mate is stuck in the fae lands and she has to deal with pack politics which is becoming to get ugly. But after losing her magic to a fae ghost and getting tied to a tree when the werewolf authority comes to investigate that she has been lying the past 6 months. She is shocked and elated when a portal opens up and that her mate Trowbridge is back and he has brought back some companions, a werewolf called Anu and her long lost twin brother.


I enjoyed this followup to The Trouble With Fate although I found this was much slower paced and less action-packed to the first book which was one of the quibbles I had with that book. But I also felt this book was very much like a filler and the action only got going towards the final third part of the book. I did like the revelations and twists in the plot especially concerning Hedi and what it means to be a mystwalker, but I found that I was missing something that I really enjoyed in the first book. However, I loved the interactions and humour between the main cast of characters especially Cordelia. While the sexual tension with Trowbridge just sizzled and Lexi provided an interesting dynamic to Hedi's development.

Even though I didn't like this installment as much as the first book, I think it has cemented me in following the series because that ending has definitely got me hooked for the next book! ( )

I did not get this book. Ok so I know the paranormal genre is still new to me and this may not have been the best choice of book for a novice such as myself, but I really didn’t enjoy one thing about this book. In my opinion, it was hard to understand and read. It was really unbelievable — yeah, yeah, I know paranormal is not real, but this was just really outlandish. It was way too “paranormally” for me. The book centers on other worlds and realms and crossing over. I simply could not follow the story line and just simply did not enjoy this book. I was expecting a book more about werewolves, but truly I was left asking myself what is the thing about weres.

Rating: 2

Heat Rating: Mild

Reviewed by: A. Lyn

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