Book Review: Wolf Rebel by Paige Tyler

Oh, my stars! “Wolf Rebel” just made the SWAT series more exciting! Wow! Wow! Wow! It just keeps getting better and better.

Alright, this might be spoilery to those whom this book will be the first one they read in the series. But, this is Book 10 and there is already a lot of history. So, if this is your first time in the series, there might be spoilers for the first 9 books. For those who had been following this series, this will be spoiler free.

Wolf Rebel (SWAT)

“Wolf Rebel” is the story of SWAT werewolf Rachel Bennett who in a previous book allowed werewolf hunter Knox Lawson to get away. That action was out of character for any werewolf. Then Knox threw another monkey wrench in the mix when he sought out Rachel for help because he was turning into a werewolf!

Oh, what a conundrum!

And here’s the clincher – Rachel agreed to help him, even invited him to her apartment then hid from her fellow SWAT team members Knox’s real identity.

Now, if this does not make you scratch your head and ask why, you realize that Rachel and Knox are falling in love. And they are sworn enemies! Again, what a conundrum.

Still, believe it or not, the romantic development between Rachel and Knox is actually a subplot. The main plot revolves around Rachel’s headaches and nightmares. And yes, this is a pivotal point not just in the “Wolf Rebel” but the whole series.

In “Wolf Instinct” (Book 9), we saw how the SWAT team decimated their mortal enemy since time immemorial. But even as “Wolf Instinct” ended, we knew that the series has not reached the end yet. Personally, I was expecting that Book 10 was going to be a coming together of all the characters and then a farewell.

Huh! I was totally wrong! Author Paige Tyler is a master of her craft, so she used “Wolf Rebel” to segue our favorite werewolves into a new path. And this new villain is also an enemy of the werewolves from the Old World.

Perhaps, many of you will say, “it’s book 10 already! Isn’t it time to end this?” Maybe, if it is a straight romantic series, yes, 10 books are enough.

But the SWAT series is a paranormal series with romance and a police procedural woven in. So, it is in a subgenre of its own. Also, having more than 10 books in a series is not unheard of. Robert Jordan’s “Wheel of Time” series needed 20 books for the whole story to be told.

Robert Jordan is one of the most influential fantasy writers for this generation and “Wheel of Time” rivals “Game of Thrones” when both were just written works, i.e., before HBO made GOT into a blockbuster.

That said, let me finish this review by saying that I can’t wait for the next installment. I hope Paige Tyler is not tired of writing about SWAT.

“Wolf Rebel” is Rated M for Mature due to violence.