Rise of the Alpha (The Rise series) : Helen Dhanoya

The first book from a new author. A good start to a new PNR series.

This is the first book from new author, Helen Dhanoya. It’s the first of a PNR series focusing on a group of wolf shifter packs in the USA. The book contains scenes of moderate violence and some scenes of a sexual nature. 

The story centres on 20 year old Alpha, Dahlia, who is the first female Alpha in their region. Dahlia’s parents were murdered when she was in her teens and she went to live with her grandparents. Following the kidnapping of her grandmother by the same group that murdered her parents, Dahlia is forced to take on her Alpha role much sooner than planned in order to fight this enemy and rescue her grandmother. 

The story has a good level of complexity with enough action and characters to keep it interesting. The writing improves as the book goes on and the author gains confidence. There is some character growth and development through the book. 

I enjoyed this story. As this is the first in the series, I am hopeful that we will see continued improvement in writing and that this will be reflected in character development and on that assumption, I would read the second book.

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