Cry Wolf by Charlie Adhara

Don’t miss this thrilling installment in Charlie Adhara’s suspenseful paranormal mystery series, Big Bad Wolf. Agent Cooper Dayton never thought anything could be harder than solving murders. Until he had to plan a wedding. After taking down an old adversary, Agent Cooper Dayton of the Bureau of Special Investigations has earned a break. Not that planning a wedding to his sexy shifter partner, Oliver Park, is necessarily stress free, but it’s better than worrying about the ominous warning, delivered months ago, that Cooper’s life is in danger. When he’s dragged to an event by his family, Cooper braces for an awkward evening, but instead finds himself in the middle of an ugly feud between Park’s ex and a rebel pack leader. What was supposed to be a quick outing turns into a full-blown murder investigation after the pack leader ends up dead, Park’s ex goes missing, and Cooper and Park are sent a series of disturbing wedding gifts that are somehow connected to it all. The list of potential suspects is long, and with the bodies piling up, Cooper must turn to the one person he trusts the least: the villain he’s already put behind bars once and who has nothing to lose by lying and everything to gain if Cooper is out of the picture—for good. Big Bad Wolf Book 1: The Wolf at the Door Book 2: The Wolf at Bay Book 3: Thrown to the Wolves Book 4: Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Book 5: Cry Wolf

Thrown to the Wolves

This is probably my favourite MM paranormal series and I'm glad that Adhara has kept writing it.
This was a great addition to the series. The mystery was more interesting than the last book's and there were less characters and personal drama to take away from the main plot that they're detectives. The wedding plans seemed a little ridiculous - Cooper obviously has a lot of internal issues that don't really seem to have an origin besides his own head - and Park seemed a bit more meek than in past books, but overall I really enjoyed it.

4.5 stars. I give Charlie Adhara a lot of credit, especially considering how lukewarm I was about this series in the beginning, for showing tremendous growth in her MCs and their relationship. Cooper and Park are solid as a rock now. For the first time in five books, I wasn't afraid that Cooper was going to screw something up with his now fiancé Park. In fact, several times they reached peak #RelationshipGoals by demonstrating trust, love, and even (gasp) honesty. They've come a long way from the start when it took Cooper an entire book (and the threat of imminent death) to tell Park that he was in love with him. The mystery case du jour features numerous dead bodies and several blasts from the past, but again just when I expected some jealousy I was pleasantly surprised to see that the dynamics were very different. An intriguing secondary character from [b:Thrown to the Wolves 42282304 Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf, #3) Charlie Adhara https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1543564163l/42282304.SY75.jpg 65574581] has an important part to play in this book and I would not be surprised to see him headlining his own series someday. And although we already knew about Cooper's unusual talent that makes his relationship with Park so special, there are new dimensions uncovered that might take Cooper's standing with the wolf community to a new level (deliberately being vague to avoid spoilers).From a man of action who would rather be knocked unconscious than admit to having feelings in [b:The Wolf at the Door 36480253 The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1) Charlie Adhara https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1515447921l/36480253.SY75.jpg 58190977] to someone who can easily tell Park that how much he has enriched his life (and admit that he has been helped by therapy!), Cooper has undergone more emotional growth than almost any series character I can recall. If I were reading all five books in a row, I might have seen the brilliant arc that Adhara had sketched out for this unique MC, but taking them a year at a time, I admit I missed the point until now. I'd like to reread the entire series, with the knowledge that my strong desire to slap Cooper will eventually abate, to be replaced by admiration and respect for the person that Park helps him to become. Brava Ms. Adhara, you were one step ahead of me the whole time. ARC received from Net Galley in exchange for objective review.