Lavinia Lewis
has a gentle skilled writing style, which always keeps me nudging the pages
over. Set
in Wales, ‘Forgiving’ has a definite air of confidence about it and
the words reach out from the page to toy with our fears, emotions and
imagination. In keeping with the cover art, Lewis creates a world of ware
wolves living near the forestry, and with it she brings a very atmospheric
society to life. This is the second book in the series and typically I didn’t
read the first (that’s next) but it didn’t detract from my enjoyment of Liam
and Aled. 
Human, Aled
has suffered at the hands of a ware wolf—his late stepfather, and is upset his
mother wants to remain with the pack. After a good meeting with the new pack
leader, Aled still feels afraid and resentful of pack mentality. Things don’t
seem to have got any better when Aled is bitten by a wolf, and he starts turning—not
quite what he planned for the future.
The wolf who
has bitten Aled is Liam, his mate. Liam has lost his brother and is fighting to
overcome grief, which shrouds each day. Aled is the first person to begin
lifting the heavy cloak of sadness from Liam. I don’t do spoilers, but the
story is not without the Lewis humour even in an emotional ‘dark place’ where
the characters find themselves. Can Aled forgive Liam for turning him? If you
like a moving story told by a skilled writer, look no further Lewis’ ‘Forgiving’
is all you need …
