Pack: A Novel
Written by Mike Bockoven
Narrated by Pete Simonelli
4/5
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About this audiobook
Cherry, Nebraska, population 312, is just off the highway between the sticks and the boonies. It’s where Dave Rhodes and his friends have lived all their lives. They own businesses, raise families, pay taxes, deal with odd neighbors, and, once or twice a month—just like their fathers before them—transform into wolves.
It’s not a bad life, but when one of the group members goes astray, it sets in motion a series of events that will threaten to destroy the delicate balance that has kept Dave and his clan off the radar. Between a son getting ready for his first transformation—called The Scratch—a wife with sordid secrets, a new sheriff who knows nothing of the creatures in his midst, and a mysterious man in a bow tie with a shady agenda, the middle of nowhere is about to get very dangerous.
Mike Bockoven
Mike Bockoven writes thriller/horror novels while his kids are in gymnastics class or at piano lessons. He lives with his wife, Sarah, two daughters, Emaline and Tessa and an exceptionally dumb wiener dog named Sherlock. You can find him at his website, mikebockoven.com, on Facebook (facebook.com/Bockovenbooks), and on Twitter @mikebockoven. He lives in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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Reviews for Pack
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A unique take on the classic werewolf story. very enjoyable.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kind of boring. Feels like midlife crisiswerewolves? Could've been fun but was just ehh.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interesting mashup of family, horror, adventure, and thriller. Fun characters and a fast plot.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It’s excellent take on the werewolf genre. The story is different but in a very good way. If you like werewolf stories then you won’t be disappointed.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Worth the listen. Nothing super fancy or superficial. Very wholesome. Hope there is another one with that kind of ending.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought that I would never read another werewolf novel, but then, along comes this book by the author of Fantasticland - and I have to read it. A pack of werewolves in the small town of Cherry, Nebraska, live the lives of model citizens. They have their rituals that keep them in check and a long history in the town that keeps them safe. Until there are two murders, a new sheriff in town and the internet breaks the story of the murders wide open. Not only do they find themselves hunted by the law and by evil corporations, but their pack is being by weakened by internal conflicts between pack members, as well.
There is so much good stuff in this book. There's the perfect amount of gore, great characters and enough new lore about werewolves that the entire story felt fresh and alive. I really hope this is the start of a new series - because I am all in.
(A review copy was provided by the publisher.) - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pack by Mike BockovenTold in a folksy narrative with historical tidbits this werewolf genre novel takes place in a tiny central Nebraska town where werewolves coexist rather normally with humans. An incident occurs that puts the small pack on the radar or unethical researchers and then trouble descends not only on the pack but on the town. Getting to know the people, their backstories and the way they interact together was interesting and different from many books I have read that are werewolf based. There is no real romance but there is suspense and some horrific situations that ended with me wondering if this book is perhaps the first in a series that will revisit Cherry in the future and might see the pack leaving for some time to visit other places in the world. There is definitely a mystery that I would like to hear more about related to Josie and her son so do hope there will be at least another book with these characters in it. Thank you to NetGalley and Skyhorse Publishing for the ARC – This is my honest review. 3-4 Stars