Quinn and Kellan

Quinn doesn't really feel like he belongs anywhere, although he has a loving home with his aunt. But he is different from the townspeople, yet he can't put his finger on that different. When wandering wolf shifters set up camp near Quinn's hometown, he quickly meets Kellan and he senses that Quinn is different. At first he thought he smelled his kind, but Quinn is human. Quinn is also very enthusiastic about Kellan. You can directly feel the sparks between the two and I liked the chemistry that exists between the two.
But humans aren't supposed to be with shifters. Do the two even have a real chance? Then, when animals are killed in the immediate area, a disturbance begins to spread. Who is behind it? There's a reason people don't take too kindly to shifters.

The author's writing style is easy-going and entertaining.
Kellan and Quinn are really cute together, which was fun to listen to right away. I liked the two of them from the beginning.
The story itself is quite nice and varied, but quite predictable after a short time. However, that didn't diminish the listening pleasure at all.

Hamish Long narrated the audio book and I didn't know him until then. but he did an absolutely wonderful job. He read with highs and lows and brought the emotions across believably. Also, I thought the dialect he used for making characters was just adorable. Hamish Long is totally easy to listen to and he has a talent for making the listener absolutely sink into the story because of his narration.

I listened to the audio book in just two days and highly recommend it!

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Shifter romance with a difference

I’ve read many shifter books and this one felt fresh and new with it different take on shifters and the society they - and the humans - live in. I especially like how the shifter culture is depicted. Quinn and Kellan are a great couple and I was really rooting for them. The title of the book is a bit of a give-away, I would have prefered not going into the book with that, but overall this was a great listen.

I adore Hamish Long’s narrations and he’s excellent as usual in this book.

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Interesting twist on shifters

Quinn is human and has never felt comfortable in his own skin or like he fit in anywhere.
Meeting Kellan, a wolf shifter suddenly raises questions.
The connection and chemistry between them was instantaneous and off the charts.
A threat for Quinn brings danger, action and intrigue.
Hamish Long did an excellent job bringing this wonderful story and characters to life.

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Who needs Matthew Lloyd Davies??

Good narration as per usual from Hamish Long/Joe Jameson. Female voices [Matthew Lloyd Davies...take note], different accents including Welsh [again, MLD take note]. UK authors : There are much better British narrators out there, please make use of them cos I won't be buying the audios of your stories while he [MLD] narrates and YOU are losing custom. Thanks for using Hamish/Joe, Jay Northcote.

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Enjoyed this one from Jay. 4 stars from me.

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Kellan and Quinn

Kellan is a shifter, who turns up in Quinn's town. The two hit it off and young love blossoms. Sweet young love, even when the town turns on the shifters, they survive. HEA. Very enjoyable

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Heart Warming.

I loved the story. The blossoming relationship between Quinn and Kellan is adorable and the characters even in a shifter narrative are totally relatable. The narrator truly made this a great listen though. He had me hooked when he narrated the Older gossiping Welsh Grandmas and did great characterisation for each of the characters. Hope he does more books for this author.
Highly recommend this as a nice listen with a HEA.

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a different take on shifters

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted the audio file of this book.

Quinn has lived in Wales his whole life. He knows of shifters and their nomadic lifestyle. He also knows that they suffer a lot of prejudice. Meeting Kellan, a wolf shifter who’s camped out in the valley, throws Quinn out of sorts: MORE out of sorts that he usually feels. Their attraction is obvious, but Kellan knows he can’t have Quinn. Quinn is human and wolves and humans do not mate, do they?

I usually write a bit about the book first, then the narration, but sometimes I can’t do that because my reviews often take a life of their own and this is one such time.

Hamish Long narrates. It's so nice to NOT have an American accent in your ear, you know? Long’s talent is only just coming to my attention, and I LOVED the narration of this book. His reading voice is deep and clear, and I had no trouble keeping up with the tale. His voices for the different characters were, I thought, spot on. With a mix of Welsh, non-descript English accents fitting for nomads and even an American accent thrown in, they were varied but accurate. The voice for the rogue wolf was major creepy, but very apt. Long gets across all of Quinn’s continuing changes and feelings, and all of Kellan’s need for Quinn, but knowing he can’t have him, and how much it breaks Kellan to realise that he might have to walk away.

My only niggle, and it’s a personal one, rather than a technical one, was that at first, I thought it was Quinn and Calum, not Kellan. But at some point, there was a marked difference in the name’s delivery, and I noticed Kellan more. Might just be me and my rubbish hearing though.

The story itself is well written and well delivered. Different enough to be interesting and to totally hold my attention from start to finish. And trust me on this, that’s a tricky thing right now! (major book funk!) While I twigged something was a little different in Quinn early on, how that all played out was not how I thought it would.

The rogue wolf was called an omega here, and that’s different to other wolf shifter books and I did like that some things were tipped on their head, I really did.

Not especially heavy on the smexy stuff, but plenty of steam! It’s not really needed here, I don’t think. Quinn and Kellan have passion and attraction and that comes across well enough. It is violent though, when dealing with the rogue and I think that was needed.

Long seems to have narrated a fair few of Northcote’s books, I might have a few more hours listening on my audio list now!

4 stars for the book

5 stars for the narration

4.5 overall but rounded UP for the blog.
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An awesome shifter story

I thoroughly enjoyed this story! The narrator did great voices and I always know who was “speaking”.
The story about two boys falling for each other was sweet if a little predictable. An extremely happy, sappy ending, which I love.

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An interesting and different shifter story.

I first read this book back in September 2017, right after Hurricane Irma blew through the area where I live. Because of that little storm, my review of The Half Wolf never made it to the Xtreme Delusions blog. The recently released audiobook has given me a chance to correct that. The hurricane may also have had something to do with how well I remember this. 😊 In any case, as has often happened for me, my rating of this book increased from a 4 to a 5 after listening to it.

Hamish Long has performed several books for Jay Northcote and I love everything I’ve listened to that he has performed, including a title under his other name of Joe Jameson (I highly recommend Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall). The second name isn’t a secret as he revealed it quite a while ago on Facebook.

Hamish did an amazing variety of voices and accents for The Half Wolf – each of them very distinct from one another. I really can’t say enough good things about his performance.

My review from nearly 4 years ago holds up very well so I’ve only made minor revisions to it.

The Half Wolf is a different shifter story from others that I've read. With the plethora of shifter stories available these days, I consider that a good thing.

Kellan is part of a gypsy-like shifter pack. Quinn is a young man who works for his aunt; his parents are dead. When Kellan comes into the store where Quinn works, he is intrigued by the unusual scent that Quinn has. The two strike up a friendship that soon turns into more.

I liked the dynamics of this story; there seem to be a lot of metaphors for the lack of acceptance that people who are different face every day in real life. Quinn was brought up to accept shifters while many people in his town do not like them and don't want them around.

It's sad that it takes a major crisis for the townspeople to see that the shifters pose no threat to them. Unfortunately, this is how things often happen in real life as well.

This was a very enjoyable story from an author whose work I like more with every book of his that I read.

A copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author/narrator.

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