The following 3-star review was posted to Amazon and Goodreads on 4/21/18:

Wolf Boys is the story of two young American men, one who becomes Mexican Cartel enforcer and one who becomes a Laredo cop. It is also the story of those same Cartels and their spread onto American soil. Both stories are more than interesting, but its attempted to tell the latter through the former isn’t entirely successful, feeling very forced at times. That, and the writing, are what really drag down the book. The writing is shockingly bad for a journalist. Journalists often struggle to keep things interesting over the length of a full book, but the prose is usually good at a sentence and paragraph level. Slater indulges in a lot of really bizarre figures of speech.

Some of the best parts show much things have changed over time. When Garcia joined the Laredo Police Department, it only employed about 200 officers. Cops bought their own guns and crime was light. It was like policing a rural area. A lot of people and drugs were being smuggled across the border, but largely without violence on either side. Oh how things changed.

Long story short, Slater covers a fascinating corner of unfolding American history, but the premise never really works, and the prose is sub-par.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of Wolf Boys via NetGalley.

Epic, non-fiction saga of the volatile history involving North Mexico's cartels, as well as, the US Law Enforcement's ongoing battle. We follow the rise of Law Enforcement Officer and two Sicario's who are intertwined in this expansive narrative - filled to brim with historical data and current news regarding the drug business, political and criminal figures alike, and the valued land that sets the stage for Wolf Boys. Not to be missed.