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Scarred Resolve (Jacky Leon, #10)

K.N. Banet

Start date: October 1, 2025

Finish date: October 31, 2025

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Jun 15, 2024 Katyana rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle-unlimited, ass-kicking-women, shapeshifters, uf, favorites

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This series is a firm favorite, and I was so thrilled to get back into it with a new book.

As always, I loved the characters, and the evolution of the relationships - Hasan and Subira's family are going through drastic changes, and they're all trying to find new footing. What I really enjoyed about this book was that Subira had a prominent role, and Jacky, Niko, and Davor were on the mission, so we got to really watch their relationship grow and heal. I would never have expected to like Davor as This series is a firm favorite, and I was so thrilled to get back into it with a new book.

As always, I loved the characters, and the evolution of the relationships - Hasan and Subira's family are going through drastic changes, and they're all trying to find new footing. What I really enjoyed about this book was that Subira had a prominent role, and Jacky, Niko, and Davor were on the mission, so we got to really watch their relationship grow and heal. I would never have expected to like Davor as much as I do now. As Jacky told him, it doesn't make his behavior before okay, but she would hope the family would give her a second chance if she had something devastating happen and then became a mean, depressed asshole...and so she was willing to give him a second chance. And I don't think she'll regret it.

It was so great getting more of Subira too, and more of her secrets. I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I have been wondering if her big secret (that she described in the last book as the family's greatest secret) has to do with the first werecat. We know Hasan was changed by him. We know he was a total asshole - Hasan was rattled last book when Subira compared Hasan to him. No one has ever explicitly said he is dead. And so I wonder if Subira has him...contained somehow. Anyway, that's just wild speculation.

This book, according to the author, is book 10 of 15 that she arced out, and it is clearly transitioning us into the last act. The witches have been positioning themselves as the enemy for awhile now, pulling their bullshit under the cover provided by the animosity between werewolves and werecats. But now it's out in the open, and as they all acknowledge, the witches have declared war. And goddamn right they did, doing that shit to a CHILD. I was impressed that it looked like the wolves and cats are going to work together on this. It's logical, because they're in the same boat, but it's impressive that they can put personal shit aside. Though I don't trust Callahan not to take advantage, I oddly have some trust for Corissa. She seems to want to move forward, and has signaled in previous books that she's not as unhappy about Jacky and Heath as Callahan - I think she is looking for proof that the two groups really can thrive together, with Jacky and Heath as a test case. She's as tired of war as Hasan. And she is pained by the deaths of her people, which is so different from Callahan - he seems to see them as expendable pawns, okay to sacrifice for the greater good. The Russian pack is the biggest example of that.

My only quibble is that I wish we got to see Jacky and the Everson pack talk. There is a misunderstanding there that each side needs to resolve, because they need each other and care about each other too much to let it stand. The pack thinks Jacky is so betrayed by Fenris that Jacky doesn't want them around anymore. And Jacky thinks the pack are angry or hurt that she killed Fenris - she is giving them space because she feels like being present would be a constant reminder, and disrespectful to their grief. It would heal both sides so much if they could talk, because right now they're hurting and there is no reason for it.

Anyway, I loved it, and can't wait for more.

****4.5**** ...more

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Jul 02, 2024 Steph rated it it was amazing

Shelves: series-i-love, author-웃, series-ongoing, loaner-amz-kindle-unlimited, favorites-2024, year-read-2024, sos-games-bsb-r25, sos-series-read-2025-jl

Family. Always accepted. Always loved. No exceptions.

I've enjoyed this series from the start and every installment since. As with any series, I liked some more than others. This one was a favorite for several reasons.

😻 Jacky and Heath are an amazing couple! His temperment is a perfect balance for Jacky's and vise versa. His love for her is palpible on the page. They support each other beautifully.

🐺 Landon and Dirk 💕

😻 After the events and changes that occured in Secrets and Ruin, Subira pla ...more

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