That's what I mean when I say the story did not do her much justice at all. The whole point of her being there in the first place was because she wanted to handle things on her own, to prove that she could be independent and not just part of a team. Once he got there, he pretty much took over the entire operation and Stacia was relegated to back-up (super competent - important back-up, but back up never the less). So, of course Declan arrives to help her out.

As I stated above, she is a badass, but she can't handle a pack of rogue werewolves by herself and especially can't do it when there is a witch involved too. At this point, it is fairly obvious this case is too much for her alone. During her investigation she finds out it is not just one, but a pack of rogue werewolves and a witch. Putting the most famous werewolf on the planet in a disguise seemed like a disaster waiting to happen.

One would think that there would be other werewolves around that could handle this issue on the down-low. Her tracking down a rogue werewolf was something that seemed right up her alley, except that because of her fame, she had to go and investigate in a disguise. First, was the narration problem as discussed above. Giving Stacia her own story was a good idea, except it wasn't executed well. Incredibly hot, smart, and probably the most bad-ass werewolf on the planet (because of how quick she can change and how fast she picked up the traits). I don't think this story did Stacia much justice. Maybe the author didn't feel comfortable writing a story from a female point-of-view? I read a review from someone that didn't like Stacia in this book because she seemed to be talking about her emotions to every person she came across, and in the previous books she sort of had a lock down on her emotions. The only feelings that we know about were the feelings she expressed out loud. The narration in this book felt somewhat 'external' to Stacia. We were told about their feelings and thought processes. In the previous books it was from either Chris's or Declan's point of view. There were a lot of 'she' and 'he' but not a single 'I' narration. So the story was about Stacia initially but not really from her point of view. The story starts with Stacia going to investigate a possible rouge werewolf attack as a favor to a New York police detective friend. To be honest, I could not really tell who the narrator was in this book.

So far in the series the narrator has been either Chris or Declan. While I still give the series as a whole 5 stars, I must admit this is my least favorite book of the series so far. Re-listened for the third time this year October 2019

Demon Driven by John Conroe