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reading order: the nightshade series by andrea cremer
I am dying to read this series!!!! I think it will fight right into my werewolf obsession!
Per the author’s website about book one:
“Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she’ll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding sacred sites for the Keepers. But when she violates her masters’ laws by saving a beautiful human boy out for a hike, Calla begins to question her fate, her existence, and the very essence of the world she has known. By following her heart, she might lose everything – including her own life. Is forbidden love worth the ultimate sacrifice?”
Rift (prequel to Nightshade; release date: August 7, 2012)
book review: dire needs by stephanie tyler
“The full moon is their mistress. They are predators of pleasure and pain. Feared by humans, envied by werewolves, the Dire Wolves are immortal shifters, obeying no laws but their own bestial natures. Once they were many, but now only six remain, a dangerous wolfpack forever on the hunt…
Rifter leads the pack, embracing the lifestyle and ethics of an outlaw biker even as he battles an ancient enemy who has become a new, powerful force. But with his Brother Wolf raging inside him, howling to be unleashed, he needs to satisfy his hungers. And when he meets a drop-dead gorgeous blonde drinking alone in a bar that caters to both human and inhuman, Rifter’s primal instinct is to claim her.
Gwen has her own desires, long unfulfilled. She hopes a passionate night with the leather-clad, Harley-riding biker will ease her suffering. The seizures that have wracked her body her entire life are incurable—and they’re killing her.
But none of that will matter if Rifter can’t stop the growing threat to them all — trappers who are determined to enslave humankind and use the Dire wolves as part of their nefarious plan.”
My Thoughts:
This book took me a few days to read, there was something about it that kept me from becoming completely immersed, but I’m not sure what it was. I liked it, but as much as I love werewolves and shifters (my guilty pleasures), these ones just didn’t grab me and hold me and make me fall in love with them. I will normally devour a book like this, but I think in this one, the take on werewolves was a little different that what I normally read.
Usually in a book like this, the human and the wolf are one; their thoughts and actions are the same and they use the same thought patterns. In this book, however, the human and the wolf were separate in their thoughts and actions. The human was constantly communicating with the “Brother Wolf” and trying to keep from shifting to let it run free and create havoc. It was like they were two people in one and I’m not sure that I really liked that. In fact, it might be my only complaint about the book. The story was good, creative and new, I just couldn’t get past the whole separate man/wolf thing.
The story itself was really good. The legend of how the Dire wolves were created and why they do what they now do was interesting. I liked how it tied in to what was currently happening in the story, everything just connected really well. I loved how every single character in this book played an important part and was somehow connected to everyone else. There was love and betrayal, demons and witches, ghosts and vampires, and even dream-walking. I mean, this book had everything but it was never overwhelming…it was perfect.
Actually, the more I think about it, the more this book reminds me of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by J.R. Ward (must read). With the elite group within a group who’s purpose is to protect humans and “civilians”. In fact, there were quite a few similarities between the two. The main similarity was the elite group of fighters. In this book you had the Dire wolves, who were immortal and strong and had special gifts to aid them in their protection (sound familiar?). They all lived together in a house, a king that doesn’t want to be king and his wolves, that was “spelled” to not be seen by anyone who’s not supposed to. And then of course, there was the evil, the people who wanted to see the Dire’s dead or use them to advance their research. The bad guys had a pretty big end game plan, but the book left me with quite a cliffhanger, so naturally I have to read the next book when it is released in, I think, November. There are many more similarities between this book and the BDB, if you’ve read them, you will definitely see what I’m talking about!
Oh, and I can’t forget the love story between Gwen and Rifter. Gwen was a doctor with a tragic past who suffered a life of seizures and was about a month away from dying. She met Rifter, the king, in a biker bar and it was immediate attraction. Gwen was having seizures for a reason…maybe she wasn’t has human as she thought? I liked how the story unfolded with her and Rifter.
So, while I wouldn’t rate this as the best werewolf book I’ve ever read, I still liked it and enjoyed it. I will be reading the next book as soon as it comes out for sale because I have this funny feeling that each book will center on a different Dire brother and his mate. How can I resist that goodness?!
Weekend treasures!!!
I had an awesome book buying weekend!!! I’m so excited and can’t wait to dive into them!!!!
Kindle Downloads
Seithe by Poppet (free)
Fury by Anya Bast (free)
Tranquility by Anya Bast (free)
Love is Darkness by Caroline Hanson
Nook Downloads
The Mating by Nicky Charles (free)
The Finding by Nicky Charles (free)
The Keeping by Nicky Charles (free)
Print Books
Dire Needs by Stephanie Tyler
Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs
Spider’s Bite by Jennifer Estep
Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep
reading order: the changeling series by dani harper
Per the author’s website about book one:
“He roams the moonlit wilderness,his every sense and instinct on high alert. Changeling wolf Connor Macleod and his Pack have never feared anything —until the night human Zoey Tyler barely escapes a rogue werewolf’s vicious attack.
As the full moon approaches, Zoey has no idea of the changes that are coming, and only Connor can show her what she is, and help her master the wildness inside. With her initiation into the Pack just days away and a terrifying predator on the loose, the tentative bonds of trust and tenderness are their only weapons against a force red in tooth, claw … and ultimate evil.”
reading order: the shiver trilogy by maggie stiefvater
Per the author’s website about the series:
“For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf — her wolf — is a haunting presence she can’t seem to live without.
Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human…until the cold makes him shift back again.
Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy with a murky past. It’s her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human — or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.”
Reading Order: Alpha Pack series by J.D. Tyler
Per the author’s website about the series:
“A Top Secret team of shifters, founded by a group of former Navy SEALS, employ their Psy and shifting abilities to seek out and eradicate the world’s most lethal human and non-human predators. These men are thrill seekers whose appetites for danger are equaled only by their unrepentant, raw sexuality.
Yet these tough warriors are hesitant to engage their hearts, and fear they’re destined to forever walk alone. Their universe is a dangerous place, their lives constantly at risk, futures uncertain. But they’ll brave hell itself to claim the mates they love…”
Black Magic (novella)
Black Moon (**release date: December 4, 2012)
Book 4 title and release date TBA
Book 5 title and release date TBA
Reading Order: The Nightkeepers series by Jessica Anderson
Per the author’s website about book one:
“The last king of an ancient race of magi must team up with a sexy Miami-Dade narcotics detective in order to reunite his scattered warriors and fight the gods of the Mayan underworld. Wielding ancestral blood magic, the king must choose between his duty to avert the 2012 apocalypse and his love for the woman who is the gods’ destined sacrifice. “
Crystal Skull (novella found in On The Hunt anthology)
reading order: charley davidson series by darynda jones
Per the author’s website about book one:
“Charley sees dead people. That’s right, she sees dead people. And it’s her job to convince them to “go into the light.” But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e. murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she’s been having about an entity who has been following her all her life…and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.”
For I Have Sinned (novella)
reading order: wulf’s den series by marisa chenery
Per the author’s website about book one:
“When Roxie and her friend, Candice, decided on a girls’ night out she didn’t realize the Wulf’s Den would be more than she had anticipated. But Roxie soon learned to expect anything. The presence of a super-abundance of super good looking men surprised her and when the best of the bunch stared at her as if he wanted to devour her, surprise turned to amazement.
Beowulf recognized her as his mate the instant she crossed his path and her scent filled his lungs. But he had to overcome one hurdle. She was not one of his kind–a werewolf. He had waited for years to find his mate and he would claim her even if she was a mortal. He would soon teach her all about werewolves.
Roxie is caught up in strange events. Archaic markings appear on her wrist, and strong forces threaten to tear her away from her love as two other male werewolves try to claim her as their own. Would Roxie and Beowulf be able to keep the bond love had forged or would they lose each other forever?”
