The Final Familiars Book Club

Celebrate Naught November with The Final Familiars by reading Dire Bound by Sable Sorensen!

This event is free for club members to attend, but we ask that members consider purchasing from the establishment where the event is held. We love showing these small businesses our support!

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She’ll risk her life—and her heart—to be one of them.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped—stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting—Meryn’s world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.

Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.

Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her—everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife…and the halls hide dark secrets.

It’s bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.

‘Tis the season to get festive and bookish! Join us for a holiday social where we combine two of our favorite things: good books and questionable knitwear.

Here’s how it works: bring a new or gently used book wrapped so no one can see the cover and attach a little extra love to the front. A small token like a bookmark, sticker, tea bag, or any fun surprise will do! We’ll swap them blind-style, so everyone leaves with a mystery read and a smile.

Optional but highly encouraged to wear your ugliest holiday sweater. The more jingle bells, pom-poms, and tinsel, the better!

The book for December is TBD! Vote for the book choice on 30 November 2025 via our Instagram story. @TheFinalFamiliars