It’s been a week or so since I finished this book after reading the three that proceed it. I still think about the Great Northern Pack, the society of wolves that feature in Maria Vale’s uncommon shapeshifter series. (If you’d like to know more about this world in detail, Vale spoke to AAR about it…
A well-researched novel about conservation and tiger shifters in Sumatra, J.T. Hall’s Forest of Thorns and Claws highlights the destruction and cruelty caused by greed, poaching, stupidity and deforestation in a supposedly protected rainforest. The main character, Donovan McGinnis, is a vet with English parents who are also conservationists. As a child, he travelled around…
I took a risk selecting Wolf on a Mission. It is book six in the Salvation Pack series and N.J. Walters is a completely new-to-me author. My gamble paid off in this case as I found the book to be a good point of entry for a new reader and I liked the world created…
Reading books like this debut makes reviewing a joy. Finding a promising new author is not only like getting an expensive box of hand-dipped Belgian chocolates and being assured none of the calories will transfer to you, but also that you can share them with the world. Ecstasy for a reviewer! Human Bathsheba Ward has…
There are a lot of great shapeshifter romances out there, and I was particularly excited to find one with a hero who could turn into a dragon. Unfortunately, despite this compelling plot device, this is one of the most disappointing romances I have ever read. Ramsey Gallagher can turn into a dragon, manipulate minds, and…
Rapture Untamed was absolutely a solid read, but lacked the true sizzle of chemistry to leave a lasting impression in my mind. The beginning definitely caught my attention, but as the story wore on, the characters became stereotypical in their roles. Two immortal races, The Mage and the Therians, have been battling Satanan and his…
Though I haven’t read a Christine Feehan novel in years, I feel like I haven’t missed a thing. This is a familiar repeat of past stories. Bogged down by a dull resolution of the plot and detached characters, Wild Fire is a hefty, dense read. Conner Vega has returned to the Panama rainforest after a…
Consider yourself duly warned: Patricia Briggs’ books build on each other, so everything I say from here on out will contain spoilers from books one through four of the Mercy Thompson series. Because the books are very mildly linked, it might also contain information from the Alpha and Omega series. It’s a good thing mechanic…
I’ll say one thing about Jennifer Ashley – she is versatile with a capital V. She has written historical romances, contemporary romances, paranormal romances, and erotica. Pride Mates is one of her paranormals and it begins the series Shifters Unbound. Shifters look human, but they can transform into various animals. In this book, we meet…
Here’s my biggest reaction to this one: A publisher is actually charging $14.00 for this? Seriously? The final installment in the Pack of St. James trilogy is a generic (and completely forgettable) shape shifter romance that takes place in a wallpaper historical setting so broad-brushed that the only way I can tell it’s supposedly the…