Carly's Book Reviews: Ilya and the Wolf by Rory Ni Coileain: Review Excerpt #holiday #giveaway @RoryNi

Monday, December 15, 2014

Ilya and the Wolf by Rory Ni Coileain: Review Excerpt #holiday #giveaway @RoryNi

Cover Artist: Paul Richmond

Ilya and the Wolf

by Rory Ni Coileain

Genres: M/M, Erotica, Paranormal, Romance

Ilya is so deep in the closet he’d find Narnia if that weren’t a decadent Western story. Volyk, a wolf who carries the blood of the ancient oboroten’, shapeshifters, longs to show him the way out, but if Ilya follows the wolf, two lives will change forever.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package "Celebrate!".

And the angel said unto them, be not afraid...

Ilya was not afraid. Enraptured, yes. Entranced. But not afraid. He had been ready for death when he closed his eyes in the wolf’s embrace. Instead, he was whole, and awake, and in the arms of a man more handsome than any angel. Volyk’s long thick hair was the brown and gray of the wolf’s pelt, his cheekbones angular, his lips full. And his eyes were the same beautiful fiery amber as the wolf’s.

Maybe he had only dreamed the wolf. Or maybe he was still dreaming. Surely he had done nothing in his life to earn the gift this moment would be if it were real.

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is an extremely short story, but sometimes the best things come in small packages. Despite the length, this really worked for me. The characters are emotional, the contrast of hate vs. love, and the magical elements made this paranormal romance a touching story well worth reading. With a healthy dose of sexy and a bit of humor on the side, ILYA AND THE WOLF is a well rounded Christmas delight.

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Rory Ni Coileain majored in creative writing, back when Respectable Colleges didn't offer such a major, so she designed it herself - being careful to ensure that she never had to take a class before nine in the morning or take a Hemingway survey course. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa at the age of nineteen, sent off her first short story to an anthology being assembled by an author she idolized, got shot down in flames, and found other things to do, such as nightclub singing, for the next thirty years or so, until her stories started whispering to her. Now she's a lawyer, a legal editor, an Irish dance teacher, the mother of a teenaged son, and amanuensis to a host of fantastic creatures who are all anxious to tell their stories.

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