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The Wolf's (Un)Lucky Fae

By: Michele Notaro
Narrated by: Michael Lesley
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Call it fate, call it luck, but when a powerful wolf shifter walks into my life, everything changes.

Bel

I’ve made some stupid decisions in my life, and one in particular keeps coming back to haunt me. When I keep running into a handsome stranger, I know I should push him away, if only to keep him safe from my mess, keep him safe from me. But something inside of me—my heart, my magic, or my soul—keeps pushing me toward him, offering to make all my secret dreams come true. And I don’t know how to stay away.

Remi

When I travel across the world to open a new business—and get away from my overbearing family—the last thing I ever expect is to find the most beautiful and alluring fae I’ve ever met. I’m drawn to him, and I’m pretty sure if he lets his guard down, he’ll admit he’s drawn to me too. All I want to do is pull Bel into my arms and protect him from whatever he’s hiding. But he’s skittish and suspicious, and I just want to prove to him that he can trust me.

Fate, and a bit of luck, brought us together, and I’m not going to let it or anything else tear us apart.

The Wolf’s (Un)Lucky Fae is a part of the multi-author series, Fortune Favors the Fae. From spicy to sweet, zany romps to epic adventures, there’s something for everyone in this mystical series. Discover destiny and true love and follow the coin on its fickle journey to the next world and a new magical adventure.

©2024 Michele Notaro (P)2024 Michele Notaro
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Like you’re listening to a radio play! Phenomenal

I can’t get over the raw talent of Michael Lesley’s narration in bringing Michele Notaro’s colourful world to life! every character had its own personality and cadence… the range of voices was just awe inspiring! I felt like I was listening to a radio play! A queer soap opera full of fae, shifters, witches, magic battles! Heists! Fated mates! And a mysterious matchmaking coin that appears from nowhere! Absolutely captivating! PHENOMENAL listen! This title gave me all the feels, I couldn’t stop listening!

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Great

I enjoy this action adventure. There was intense moments and excitement around every corner. I also liked the main characters and think they flow together beautifully. The Narrator was perfect for this story.

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Immersive Narration

This was a fun story. The narration was awesome. I was engaged the whole time.

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Wonderful narration!

This is the second book in the Fortune Favors the Fae series. I do love a multi author series! I have not read any other books by this author but this was highly entertaining. Remi is a sweet cinnamon roll and Bel just doesn’t know what hit him when they meet. This was a sweet story of fated mates and an eerie fae coin! I saw there are plans for more books in Guahala so I’m going to have to stay tuned! Michael Leslie is an amazing narrator and did such a great job! I especially loved his accent for Bel.

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Great listen

I read the story when it came out and I had really enjoyed it so I was excited to see that it came out on audio as well. I love the book the series was great they were obviously some books I love more than others this one was probably at the top of the list so I was very excited that it came out on audiobook. I thought the narrator did a great job with this book between giving each character their own traits and courts and all the bits and Bobs that you love but not only that but they had this way of making you feel like you were in the story.

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Great start to a new story

Loved Remy and Bell. So happy the amazing Michael Lesley is the narrator and I enjoyed the narration very much. Looking forward to listening to the next book in the series when it comes.

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really sweet mcs

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(Un)Lucky Fae is an entertaining and sweet story with a warm-hearted but wary fae and a cinnamon-roll wolf shifter who acts like a golden retriever. I really like some things , but it is uneven in several ways. I adored the MCs, and Remi is loving, patient, and understanding. He is the perfect boyfriend with the strong family ties Bel craves. He wants to give Bel the world and believes in him even though Bel has no faith in himself. He also has a strong, supportive friend group, especially his friend Tanyl who is obviously getting his own book. Remi could have been completely boring, but he works for me.

Bel internalized his country's hatred for fae so believes he’s a terrible person, but he’s a good guy who loves his five cousins to pieces and does what he can to help them. Outside of them and his friend, Antoine, he's learned to distrust everyone else. Bc of the discrimination against fae, Bel turned to a crime lord to help his family and is now bound to him. Bel hates that he has to lie, steal and other things to survive, but life hasn't beaten him down. He busks to make a living but also bc his soul is full of music. It brings him joy, and he shares that with his audience.

His relationship with Remi is charming and fluffy, if rocky. Bel is plagued with self-doubt and sometimes anger at Remi’s insistence in trusting him. He’s prideful but not pigheadedly so. He feels unworthy of Remi, and if the bond btw them didn’t cause them distress when apart, he would have ghosted Remi to save him from himself. For his part, Remi is always respectful of Bel’s fears and boundaries. He never pushes and is an open book, which leads to one of the story's weaknesses. Remi believes the best of almost everyone, but Notaro skirts the line of him being stupidly naïve for dramatic effect. The text tries to justify it, but it doesn’t hold weight.

The story’s pace and worldbuilding are also unbalanced. The book feels too long and is repetitive in its emotional beats. It doesn’t incorporate the lingering danger of Bel’s contract or his cousins’ interactions with Remi well. Bel’s remaining family is his life, but Remi only spends limited time with them on two occasions, and the second is taken up with set-up for yet another spin-off book. With all the time spent repeating things or dedicated to fated-mating two other couples, there could have been better integration.

The worldbuilding is full of “but why, tho?” and contradictory info, especially regarding Bel’s homelessness. Bel admits to not being too proud to beg for a job but won’t accept one from a friend who owns a bookshop he loves? It makes no sense that Bel wouldn’t be working there as he was going to Antoine’s before his parents died. I’m expected to believe a grief-stricken, newly orphaned and homeless adolescent wouldn’t ask for/accept a job from his friend and keep refusing for a decade? It also seems out of character that Bel’s pride would take precedence over caring for his family by decreasing their constant worry over him and by having a source of income that could have allowed them to all live together comfortably.

It’s also never explained why fae are so hated and distrusted in this country, but seemingly not the word in general. Did they go around abusing humans and other supernats? Bel says humans consider shifters as fae victims, but why? They’re progeny of fae and humans, but were they treated as slaves? Discriminated against bc of their human blood or being able to shift into animals? How did fae lose so much power/status that they’re third-class citizens now? The king is a dragon. As long lived as he is, does he hate fae too since he allows the despicable discrimination that keeps one group impoverished?

There are also things Remi says that make no sense given how he grew up. E.g., he’s forty-odd with fae siblings, a fae bestie, and a family home in the fae lands but believes all fae have the same affinity for nature? His fae brothers have different affinities but ok. Also, Remi mentions wanting to help the homeless, but there are not even a few lines to suggest civic works he’s thinking about by the end. Remi buys buildings left and right, buying the building Bel’s cousins live in to protect them without a thought. Why not buy an apartment building for fae or create a shelter or community center? They bought a huge house with a garden. Did Remi invite the cousins to live there, especially with the eldest actually having a nature affinity? Did he at least give them a better apartment in the building he bought?

The big bad storyline has a running theme where other ppl owned by the crime boss are suddenly opening up to Bel/being friendlier, seeming almost magical in nature. He exclaims upon it several times, but there’s no explanation or payoff. Also, the antagonist has Bel stealing artifacts from someone for months. He makes some cryptic comment about their ownership and is super pressed about them at the end. What does it mean? Why is he so fixated? Who knows! He’s there to torture Bel, make him do bad things, and give him the third act catharsis he needs to take back his life.

However, the book still gave me all the warm fuzzies needed to ignore the eye-roll inducing nonsense, helped by Michael Lesley’s narration. He’s always good with sass and snark, and conveys emotions so well. Occasionally, his delivery is a bit jarring bc of odd pauses and cadences, and all Remis’ friends sound similar. But the performance is still really good and definitely added to my enjoyment. Despite all my critiques, I’m a sucker for a gentle, patient person giving their loved one the space to grow, and this delivers in spades. Throw in some cute kids with an awesome older brother and a meddling (but not overly obnoxious) family and friends full of love, and I’m all in.

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Very touching story

I finished the audiobook in one sitting. Michael Lesley done a good job and I really enjoyed listening to his narration as always! ✊🏼

It was a first book by Michele Notaro for me and I was surprised by how good it was written (it is always unexpected and very pleasant to find new authors with good books). I couldn’t turn the recording off and done pretty much everything with it on the background that day :)

New world building, fae, werewolves, prejudices, homelessness, cold winter and very talented musician who is trapped because of his promise. And his soulmate who is ready to do anything (very gently) to coax him from his shell and prove that he is enough and deserves all the love. It was heart warming and touching 💛 I love books about incredible but very insecure people 😅 Because reading about their “I’ll give you everything I have” parters is very therapeutic.

There are some really heartbreaking things though, so I’ll warn you about ‘forced’ passing of side characters. I don’t want to be spoilery and it’s usually not an issue for me but this time my heart cracked a bit ❤️‍🩹

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Looking forward to the next

The world is amazing and I’m glad that the characters from other Notaro books make appearances. There are also hints to other storylines which I look forward to finding and reading.

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outstanding character voices

I was excited to experience Bel and Remi's story with Michael Lesley's narration. He's outstanding with character voices. This book offers the opportunity for unique and fun voices and accents. It was an excellent experience. Highly recommend.

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