Review: Lone Wolf (Tobin Tribe Series Book 3) by Caitlyn Coakley

Lone Wolf by Caitlyn Coakley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Tobin’s Torn in Two

There is discussion of child abuse, in this book, which occurred in the past, so if this subject matter triggers an adverse emotional response, it may be worth staying away from this one.

There’s quite a lot of turmoil in the Tobin camp during the course of this book. You really do need to have read the previous two books to understand the family and their dynamics, so I suggest you read those before this one. Shane is one of my favourite Tobins. He is 6’8” and the youngest in the family. He is the butt of all his brothers’ jokes and his father hates him. His mother’s love is unquestionable and he got support from his parent’s best friends and their daughter, Stephanie, who was the subject of the first book in this series. He is sweet and kind and feels like an outcast from his own life.

Lissa is Nicole’s younger sister. Her connection to the Tobin’s is a little tenuous as Stephanie’s other half, Ethan, was in foster care with Lissa and Nicole, but he was forced to leave them behind when he aged out. He never forgave himself and since finding out about the abuse Lissa suffered after he left has tried to make it up to them. Lissa is a bit of a mess, emotionally, and has got into trouble many times, which thankfully Ethan has managed to minimise the consequences of. When she meets Shane at a Thanksgiving dinner, they end up having sex and instead of it being the usual casual hookup they were both expecting, it meant a lot more.

This isn’t really your typical romance novel. The relationship stuff seems remarkably straight forward given they are both so messed up, but most of the drama comes from the other things in their lives. The family drama being front and centre. I felt so sorry for Shane for the pain he’s experienced over his life for things that were not his doing, and how lonely he’s felt inside a big boisterous family. He needed someone like Lissa to grab hold of him and lift him out of his sadness and stand up for him.

I have to say that I found the ending a little unsatisfactory. Not because of how it left Lissa and Shane, but how it left the family drama side of things. I know the next book is due out in a couple of weeks but I want to know what happens next now!

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