Trial by Fire left me feeling like I was thrown in the dryer and thrown around everywhere. The story starts off full of action and intrigue and mystery from the first page. And it keeps ramping up the suspense and action up to the VERY LAST page. I was honestly worried that perhaps this book would not be as good as the first, but the characters and plot just keep developing and evolving into something more enigmatic and complex. Loving Bryn's personality and character are almost a no-brainer must. What stands out and attracts everyone is her fierce and overwhelming desire to protect her friends, family and pack. She has such a strength of will and character in a way most wish they could match. She fears so intensely at times the possible threats to her pack members that I feel my own heart clench in panic. The plot was solid and complex, not a simple single train of thought, but a tangle of simultaneous plights to be overcome. She solves the "main" obstacle and suddenly there is another one popping up right in it's place. 
 And that teaser of an ending?!?! I suspected she would request "that". The way Bryn feels and her status as alpha, I figured it was a matter of time before she came to the same conclusion I had. Excited to see how things play out in the next and final installment in the Raise By Wolves trilogy.