There can only be one alpha.
Bryn is finally settling into her position as alpha of the Cedar Ridge Pack—or at least, he... read full description
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Aug 16, 2011
Nic
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Rating: 4.5 stars
Favourite Quote: I could feel his heart beating, feel his mind and thoughts blending with my own as the two of us stood there, bathed in the moonlight and feeling its effects like a drug.
Whoever Chase was, he was mine.
There is a lot of good werewolves books out there but the Raised by Wolves series would have to be my absolute favourite. So I was a little nervous about book two but it didn't disappoint with it pulse pounding plot and awesome chara More...
Favourite Quote: I could feel his heart beating, feel his mind and thoughts blending with my own as the two of us stood there, bathed in the moonlight and feeling its effects like a drug.
Whoever Chase was, he was mine.
There is a lot of good werewolves books out there but the Raised by Wolves series would have to be my absolute favourite. So I was a little nervous about book two but it didn't disappoint with it pulse pounding plot and awesome chara More...
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Jul 05, 2011
Lilibeth
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We return to the best YA werewolf series known to the genre, this is said by Melissa Marr, and me.
Bryn knew all along that the other Alphas that make up the Senate--besides Callum--would come after her at some point in time for the female Weres in her pack. And when Shay comes to the forefront of a new feud between the Cedar Ridge Pack and the Snake Bend Pack, it comes as no surprise. Shay, being Bryn's best friend's older brother and Alpha of the Snake Bend Pack, has instigated the More...
Bryn knew all along that the other Alphas that make up the Senate--besides Callum--would come after her at some point in time for the female Weres in her pack. And when Shay comes to the forefront of a new feud between the Cedar Ridge Pack and the Snake Bend Pack, it comes as no surprise. Shay, being Bryn's best friend's older brother and Alpha of the Snake Bend Pack, has instigated the More...
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Jul 14, 2011
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*Rating* 4.0
*Genre* Young-Adult-Paranormal
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Trial by Fire is the second novel in the Raised by Wolves series which features Bronwyn (Bryn) Alessia St. Vincent Clare as the only human Alpha of a werewolf pack called the Cedar Ridge Pack. She was raised in Callum’s pack since the age of four after her parents were murdered by a rogue werewolf named the Rabid. I’d recommend reading Raised by Wolves first since both books tie in together and you can better understand wh More...
*Genre* Young-Adult-Paranormal
*Review*
Trial by Fire is the second novel in the Raised by Wolves series which features Bronwyn (Bryn) Alessia St. Vincent Clare as the only human Alpha of a werewolf pack called the Cedar Ridge Pack. She was raised in Callum’s pack since the age of four after her parents were murdered by a rogue werewolf named the Rabid. I’d recommend reading Raised by Wolves first since both books tie in together and you can better understand wh More...
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Feb 18, 2012
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**This review (and the book itself) contains MAJOR spoilers for Raised by Wolves. You have been warned.**
Brynn thought spending the first fifteen years of her life living with the werewolves of the Stone River Pack was hard. Turns out being the alpha of her own pack is even harder.
Brynn is still human, she is still a teenager. But she is also the alpha of the Cedar Ridge pack meaning she is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of an entire pack of werewolves--living d More...
Brynn thought spending the first fifteen years of her life living with the werewolves of the Stone River Pack was hard. Turns out being the alpha of her own pack is even harder.
Brynn is still human, she is still a teenager. But she is also the alpha of the Cedar Ridge pack meaning she is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of an entire pack of werewolves--living d More...
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Oct 02, 2011
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Feb 11, 2012
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Feb 11, 2012
Daniela
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Trial by fire is the second book in Barnes' Raised by Wolves series.
In it our Alpha human to a young wolf pack has to face a multi layered plot to undo her status as the only human Alpha to ever exist. Challenging Alphas of other packs, a whole werewolf Senate and a coven of psychics with different abilities are just the beginning as we will learn.
Her biggest struggle is coming down to being human and it still controlling much of ther decision making and the way it sets her apart fr More...
In it our Alpha human to a young wolf pack has to face a multi layered plot to undo her status as the only human Alpha to ever exist. Challenging Alphas of other packs, a whole werewolf Senate and a coven of psychics with different abilities are just the beginning as we will learn.
Her biggest struggle is coming down to being human and it still controlling much of ther decision making and the way it sets her apart fr More...
Nov 10, 2011
Sharon
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Trial by Fire by Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the second book in the Raised by Wolves series for young adults, and will not disappoint those that fell in love with Bryn and her world in the first book. The book opens with Bryn and her motley pack settling into their new life. Just when everything seems to be settling down new treats arise. A new girl at school and some crazy dreams have Bryn on edge when a young werewolf lands on their doorstep; bloody, beaten, and looking for a savior. Lucas comes f
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Aug 22, 2011
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I was not a huge fan of the first book in this series, Raised by Wolves. As my issues were with the story and not the writing (Barnes is a pretty good writer), I decided to read the sequel, Trial By Fire, because I was curious to see where the author was taking the story. I was completely unprepared for how sucked in I would get by this story!
Trial by Fire starts approximately nine months after the events at the end of Raised by Wolves. As Alpha of the young Cedar Ridge Pack, Bryn is More...
Trial by Fire starts approximately nine months after the events at the end of Raised by Wolves. As Alpha of the young Cedar Ridge Pack, Bryn is More...
Aug 17, 2011
Val
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Great Sequel!
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To be quite honest, with the way Raised by Wolves ended I wasn’t sure how there would be a sequel. It ended in a tightly wrapped package with all the plot ends closed up. I was left wanting to know more but I didn't need to know more. So in the end I was happy to hear there would be a sequel. After reading Trial by Fire, this book absolutely met and exceeded my expectations for a seque More...
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To be quite honest, with the way Raised by Wolves ended I wasn’t sure how there would be a sequel. It ended in a tightly wrapped package with all the plot ends closed up. I was left wanting to know more but I didn't need to know more. So in the end I was happy to hear there would be a sequel. After reading Trial by Fire, this book absolutely met and exceeded my expectations for a seque More...
Jul 28, 2011
Jessie
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When I read Jennifer Barnes' novel Raised by Wolves I was blown away. She created the fiercest, most loyal and amazing heroine then threw her to the wolves (haha) and we the readers anxiously awaited the next page, wondering what Bryn would do, how she would persevere. I was so amazingly happy when I found out that Trial by Fire was coming out. I wanted to see what Bryn would do with her small pack; she is now an alpha, and very powerful in her own right.
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Jul 13, 2011
Paula
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I do believe that Jennifer Lynn Barnes has written a sequel that is better than the first book, Raised by Wolves. Once again, we are in Bryn's world with deadly werewolves and the pack mentality except now Bryn is the alpha...and she is human. She knows that she has enemies, such as Shay, her best friend's brother, who wants the females in her pack so that he can expand his own power. Bryn and her pack find a boy who is caught mid Shift and bleeding on the porch. His name is Lucas, and he is par
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Jun 21, 2011
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Positive: The pack dynamic. I love how Bryn, the human alpha, connects to them all and really knows them. While she doesn't change with they change, she can still run with them, feels the wolf calling, and the pull of the wild. It's a visceral experience.
Positive: The characters. Bryn, the main character, is a very smart, very strong girl who's had to deal with more than any normal 16-year-old but she shoulders the responsibility beautifully. It helps that she has a wonderful support More...
Positive: The characters. Bryn, the main character, is a very smart, very strong girl who's had to deal with more than any normal 16-year-old but she shoulders the responsibility beautifully. It helps that she has a wonderful support More...
Feb 20, 2012
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Trial by Fire is the second novel in the series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes about a human girl named Bryn who was rescued by werewolves when her parents were murdered by a Rabid werewolf.
*SPOILER ALERT*
In this book Bryn is the Alpha of her own pack, consisting of teenagers and children who were kidnapped and turned into werewolves by the same Rabid who killed Bryn's parents.
Bryn and Chase' relationship has blossomed, Ali has made a connection with Lakes dad Mitch.
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*SPOILER ALERT*
In this book Bryn is the Alpha of her own pack, consisting of teenagers and children who were kidnapped and turned into werewolves by the same Rabid who killed Bryn's parents.
Bryn and Chase' relationship has blossomed, Ali has made a connection with Lakes dad Mitch.
One d More...
Sep 19, 2011
Shdnx
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I don't often rate books 5 stars. I have read many books that I liked very much, but they have got only 4 stars from me. I've decided that for a book to get 5 stars from me, it needs to be something more than great - it has to special.
This book is definitely not perfect. I have read books with better world-building, better story, better characters. But somehow this one meant a lot more to me than most of the other books ever did.
The author managed to take everything that was good in More...
This book is definitely not perfect. I have read books with better world-building, better story, better characters. But somehow this one meant a lot more to me than most of the other books ever did.
The author managed to take everything that was good in More...
Sep 19, 2011
Mercedes
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Bryn might be settling into her alpha position, but there's more than
one 'person' trying to take it away from her. We all knew this was
bound to happen. Bryn is only human, sure she's Resilient, but her
world is filled with werewolves and other special things - saying what
these 'special things' are would be a major spoiler, so I'll refrain.
But I can give a hint, think of Bryn and how she's...scrappy.
Just like in the first book, Trial by Fire is well written and More...
one 'person' trying to take it away from her. We all knew this was
bound to happen. Bryn is only human, sure she's Resilient, but her
world is filled with werewolves and other special things - saying what
these 'special things' are would be a major spoiler, so I'll refrain.
But I can give a hint, think of Bryn and how she's...scrappy.
Just like in the first book, Trial by Fire is well written and More...
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Jul 10, 2011
Sophie
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes created one of my all-time favorite characters, Bryn. You see, while I love a HotBoywithSword, wolf myths usually leave me a little bored. But not in this case. Bryn’s a spirited, strong, teenage girl with an amazing capacity to love. When we last left Bryn in Raised by Wolves, she was a human alpha in charge of a young pack of werewolves who had both males and females in them. This is rare for packs where normally males do More...
Jennifer Lynn Barnes created one of my all-time favorite characters, Bryn. You see, while I love a HotBoywithSword, wolf myths usually leave me a little bored. But not in this case. Bryn’s a spirited, strong, teenage girl with an amazing capacity to love. When we last left Bryn in Raised by Wolves, she was a human alpha in charge of a young pack of werewolves who had both males and females in them. This is rare for packs where normally males do More...
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Sep 26, 2011
Amy ReadingTeen
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I'm gonna start with the negative and end on a positive note.
The negative
~ I needed more! Jenn Barnes is a very good writer and storyteller, however I felt the book was a little slower than I would have liked. I was anticipating the werewolf fights and the romance. There were so many great opportunities to throw in a little kiss here and there between Bryn and Chase. And as for the action/adventure I've come to love and expect in a werewolf book, again, so many oppo More...
The negative
~ I needed more! Jenn Barnes is a very good writer and storyteller, however I felt the book was a little slower than I would have liked. I was anticipating the werewolf fights and the romance. There were so many great opportunities to throw in a little kiss here and there between Bryn and Chase. And as for the action/adventure I've come to love and expect in a werewolf book, again, so many oppo More...
Sep 22, 2011
Kale
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Bronwyn knows a thing or two about survival, not fitting in, and werewolves. She's alpha of the newly formed, rag tagged, Cedar Ridge Pack. And she's human. They are more of the Breakfast Club than a Wolfe pack, the lot of them being mostly kids, but Byn has finally found the place where she fits. Specifically groomed by her former father figure Callum for the role. A new kind of alpha. A new kind of pack. Settling into her new life with her besties Dev, Lake, and new boyfriend Chase, is about t
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Jun 25, 2011
Carrie
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ok this series is just sad...seriously it finally picked up to where they were gonna have the fight/mini war it literally lasted like 5 pages it was the most pathetic fight ever twilight had a better fight scene! and thats screaming pathetic..i love the twilight series oddly enough...anyways it was just like the author was droning on and on trying to turn a short story into a novel...and lucas OMG that was pathetic I COULD OF EVEN CALLED THAT!! and callum sending the trojan horse as a cryptic me
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Aug 23, 2011
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Sep 02, 2011
Kate
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The story begins not long after where the first book in this series, Raised by Wolves, ended. If you have not read that book, please do not read this review as it contains spoilers for that book.
Sixteen-year-old Bryn has settled in as the human, but preternaturally resilient alpha of her small pack of werewolves, ranging in age from toddlers to teenagers. Bryn's three closest friends and most stalwart supporters are still in the pack. First is Chase, a resilient like Bryn who was turn More...
Sixteen-year-old Bryn has settled in as the human, but preternaturally resilient alpha of her small pack of werewolves, ranging in age from toddlers to teenagers. Bryn's three closest friends and most stalwart supporters are still in the pack. First is Chase, a resilient like Bryn who was turn More...
Sep 22, 2011
Julia
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What a gormless gimlet. That's the 'heroine' of this novel. She couldn't lead the queue at the bus stop put aside a Were Pack. She's immature, inexperienced, daft, impulsive and human. All qualities which go a long way to inspiring contempt in any leader, put aside a quasi-dictatorship. Let's face it, a very implausible heroine who might inspire devotion and loyalty, but not a charismatic leader by any stretch of the imagination. No savvy, not clever.
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Jul 05, 2011
Jessica
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Jennifer Lynn Barnes' Trial by Fire was a good sequel to Raised by Wolves. My memory regarding the first one was sketchy at best but the important details were brought up again and I was able to read smoothly through the book. And overall I felt it was okay, it was good just not as good as the first one in my opinion.
I guess there was just more to the storyline or something in Raised by Wolves. Trial by Fire has its storyline, Bryn is trying to adjust to her new role as alpha and has More...
I guess there was just more to the storyline or something in Raised by Wolves. Trial by Fire has its storyline, Bryn is trying to adjust to her new role as alpha and has More...
Aug 08, 2011
Tara
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Well the spelling is definately better than the previous book which I count as a blessing. If it means anything I started this book at about 2 or 3 pm yesterday and well finished it today (which happens to be the next day). I probably would have finished this book earlier if I wasn't so tried. Anyways...The only thing I found to be problematic in this book was that alot of the problems you could pretty much guess what the outcome was before they happend like fore example Valerie turning out to b
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Jun 18, 2011
Carole-Ann
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I thought "Raised by Wolves" was a brilliant story, and nothing could surpass it; but, my goodness, this one comes close!
Bryn, the Alpha of her small pack (and human too!) gets entangled with a coven of psychics who are in league with Shay (Devon's brother) who wants the female weres of Bryn's pack. There are a lot of twists and turns, but nothing detracts from the edge-of-the-seat plot, and the writing is exceptional.
Devon and Lake are super side-kicks and some More...
Bryn, the Alpha of her small pack (and human too!) gets entangled with a coven of psychics who are in league with Shay (Devon's brother) who wants the female weres of Bryn's pack. There are a lot of twists and turns, but nothing detracts from the edge-of-the-seat plot, and the writing is exceptional.
Devon and Lake are super side-kicks and some More...
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Jul 08, 2011
Greta
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For most of the book, I felt the story to be likable but not exactly all that fascinating or unique. Some parts even sent off story-violating warning signs. For instance, why on earth did the coven even let Bryn step foot into their home? It seems a little idiotic to me that the book's antagonists would do anything of the sort. Unless the antagonist was really supposed to be that stupid.
However, it was in the last couple of chapters of the book when I actually felt the story had some More...
However, it was in the last couple of chapters of the book when I actually felt the story had some More...
Jul 18, 2011
Karen
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Trial by Fire didn't quite match the intensity of Raised by Wolves for me. I love every single character and how this is a story more about pack and family bonds than romance. Even though I KNOW there are strong bonds and feelings within the pack there is very little time for any of the relationships to deepen or become more complex. There are almost non stop problems. For every moment Brynn and Chase get to be alone they are quickly interrupted. Brynn's awesome kick ass best friend Lake is woef
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Feb 10, 2012
Beks {Just Another Teenage Bookworm}
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So the majority of you probably already know that I didn't particularly enjoy the first book in this series, Raised by Wolves. If you didn't already know that, you do now. I just thought the writing style was too simplistic and the "romance" too unrealistic.
Nothing's changed. If anything, I disliked Trial by Fire even more. Because we're now past the introduction of characters, the story kind of fell flat. I know it usually goes in the opposite direction but I guess this bo More...
Nothing's changed. If anything, I disliked Trial by Fire even more. Because we're now past the introduction of characters, the story kind of fell flat. I know it usually goes in the opposite direction but I guess this bo More...
Jun 23, 2011
Jordan
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Same as usual- you definitely need to have read Raised by Wolves, and prefferably need to have read Trial by Fire 'cause you know I'm gonna give spoilers.
In all honesty, it was the ending that made this a 5 star rather than a 4. Kind of the opposite of the last book I read, eh?
I decided in this book I really love what Bryn and Callum have. I appreciated the not-father-daugther-but-close relationship they have, but it really punched me this time around. Callum and his psyc More...
In all honesty, it was the ending that made this a 5 star rather than a 4. Kind of the opposite of the last book I read, eh?
I decided in this book I really love what Bryn and Callum have. I appreciated the not-father-daugther-but-close relationship they have, but it really punched me this time around. Callum and his psyc More...
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