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By the end of Haven, orphaned Rain had become a werewolf, or Watcher, and part of the pack in the small town of New Wurzburg, Texas. His girlfriend, Freddie, had kept her position as the soon-to-be Alpha after a bloody showdown. At the start of Havoc, she is about to be installed officially, and their status as a couple seems accepted.
Then a group of strangers, both Watchers and Weavers (people who use magic), from Germany, come into town and throw in some wrenches. At the same time, someone is allowing dead Weavers to return from their graves as revenants, seemingly trying to frame Petra, the town’s Sealer. And thanks to another cookie from the witch who keeps to herself on the edge of town, Rain has a vision that shakes him even more than the possibility of being separated from Freddie: he will be forced to kill her.
A lot is going on in this story. Thanks to events in Haven, the wolves have more friends or allies among the Weavers who are supporting them in their goals to be more independent. So when bad things happen among the Weavers they trust, or thought they could trust, the Watchers are even more on edge.
The book is both strongly a romance between Freddie and Rain and an intense supernatural action tale. It’s been four years since the first book came out, so I decided to reread it before I even opened this new release. I enjoyed the first book on my second reading, though this time I didn’t get the fun of not knowing exactly what kind of tale to expect. The mystery made it particularly compelling. The second book just picked up mostly where the first ended, and it followed a similar formula as the first, which is to be expected, but it lacked the novelty of the first, so I didn’t get into it as much. Still a pretty good supernatural romance.
Rated: High. There are 23 uses of strong profanity, 75 instances of moderate language, about 85 uses of mild language, and 20 uses of the name of Deity in vain. Sexual content is fairly frequent: the main characters have sex frequently, though it mainly is intense kissing and removing clothes and a little bit more detail. Violence happens throughout the story: there are killings and fights and a fair amount of blood.
