She Who Hunts the Moon
Vargrborn Legacy, #1
Jay R. Wolf
Publisher: Self-published
Publication date: July 16m 2026
Genre: Paranormal Romance
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In the Alfarie court, a daughter born without magic is not an heir. She is an embarrassment, and Sarai Silverthorne has spent her life being treated like one. So she sets her sights on the one thing no one else has ever managed to do.
Kill the Wolf King.
Kayde Bjornson knows war with the Alfarie is coming. As leader of the Valkara, he will do whatever it takes to protect his people from the kingdom that has hunted wolf shifters for generations. But, when Sarai is pulled into his territory, her presence threatens to destroy everything his family has built.
Among ancient gods, brutal traditions, and wolves bound to human souls, they uncover a truth that could spark Ragnarok itself.
As the deadly Lunar Hunt approaches, Sarai is forced into a trial meant to awaken the beast sleeping beneath her skin.
If she fails, the hunt will kill her. If she survives, she may become something far more dangerous than the monsters she once swore to destroy. And Kayde may be the only one who can help her survive it.
The moon is rising, and whatever lives inside Sarai is beginning to wake.
My thoughts…
I really enjoyed the mix of Norse mythology, wolf shifters, and the overall world that the author created. This isn’t just your typical shifter story where our main character learns she’s secretly a shifter. Oh, no. This story is so rich with history, that it’s so much more than just a “coming of age” shifter novel.
This story is told mainly in Sarai’s point of view but we do get a handful of chapters from Kayde. While it doesn’t give us too much insight into his character, it does show us just how much is riding on his shoulders and how having Sarai, an enemy, in his territory is affecting his pack. He tries to help Sarai, knowing she’s about to enter the hunt, and could die if unprepared for it. However, the entire time he’s keeping his wolves in line from attacking her, while also restraining himself as well.
From Sarai’s character to a little girl named Else every character brought so much life to the story. No character fell flat. They all added depth and richness to the story the author was telling. As Sarai learns about her heritage, we, too, are given a crash course of this history. Only, every side seems to have their own version. So it will be interesting to see how everything plays out in the next book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I’m not usually someone who has the attention span for long books, and at over 550 pages, this one’s size did worry me. However, there’s so much to learn and pay attention to in this book, that it didn’t feel like it was over 500 pages. I will definitely be keeping my eyes peeled for the next book in the series because I need to know if some of my suspicions are correct.
