{Review} Hunter's Choice by Shiloh Walker

HUNTER'S CHOICE
Shiloh Walker

Published: March 2010 (originally part of The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance)

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Blurb:
One year ago, Sara’s twin brother and his wife were brutally murdered. By vampires, creatures that can’t exist. But Sara knows better and she’s on a mission to kill as many as she can…until she comes across a man from her past.





My Thoughts:
Hunter's Choice has been on my Kindle for a month or so just waiting for me to give it chance. I gave in. I read it. Then, I read it again. Yes, it was that good.

Sara's on a mission to kill vampires before they get a chance to kill. A year ago, her twin brother and his wife (her best friend) were murdered by a vampire while on their honeymoon. Plagued by nightmares and alone in the world, she fights these soulless creatures. But she's unable to forget the one man who gave her solace after her family was taken from her. The one man who's passion consumed her.

Wyatt has missed Sara every single day since she left. He knows her pain and fears. But, as a hunter in The Council, he has to stop her from killing innocent vampires. In order to do that, he'll have to tell her he's one of the creatures she fears most.

I am hugely picky when it comes to vampire romances. I'm a Buffy fangirl from way back! I needed a support group when the show ended. Then, Mick St. John swept in with his sexy vampire bod and stole my heart in Moonlight. I cried when the show was canceled. This book was like the best of both shows! The Buffy references made me smile. Sara hides her loneliness behind weapons and a fearless attitude much in the same way Buffy did. Wyatt is strong and steadfast in his belief that not all vampires (and definitely not himself) are bad. He made me swoon every bit as much as Mick did.

I will not hesitate to read the rest of Ms. Walker's THE HUNTERS Series. In fact, I think I'll head over to Amazon right now...

Grade: A

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From the Cover:

He needed a killer woman...

Blaine Underhill is one lucky man after having recently escaped a century and a half of imprisonment at the hands of an evil witch. Now he's determined to save his still-enslaved friend, but in order to do so, he'll need the help of one of the world's most lethal women.

She was drop dead gorgeous, literally...

Trinity Harpswell is sick and tired of being a Black Widow. Having managed to go three years without accidentally killing anyone she loves, she's one short week away from freeing herself from this killer curse forever.

When Blaine tracks her down and convinces her to help him, little does Trinity know that the next seven days are going to be murder!

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Snatch this one up while you can!  And then, if you're digging the story, head back to get your copy of TOUCH IF YOU DARE, the 2nd in this series.

Happy reading!

Seduced by the Wolf (Heart of the Wolf, Bk #5) by Terry Spear

“Seduced by the Wolf” is the 5^th installment in the Heart of a Wolf Series by Terry Spear.  It marks the first of her books that I’ve read.  I was excited to get my hands on a new shapeshifter novel!  Since Lora Leigh’s Breeds Series is fizzling out for me (so sad), I’m ready to sink my teeth into a new series!

The first requirement I look for in a great series is Stand-Alone Quality.  Picking up a book halfway through its series shouldn’t leave me confused.  Instead, it should make me want to rush out, or online, to grab up previous works.  The second requirement I look for is Remarkable Characterization.  Not only should the main characters fall into this category, but the supporting cast better too!  To me, those supporting players need to be every bit as great because one of them may be starring in their own book soon!  If they are boring with a capital B then I won’t be continuing the series.  Sadly, this book fell flat for me on both counts.  I found it very difficult to finish.  Let me explain why.

The premise is good.  Wolf researcher, Cassie, lands in Oregon ready to educate ignorant ranchers on the importance of saving wolves. She is stunned to realize she’s popped up right in the middle of werewolf territory, and has caught the eye of their pack leader.  She tries, unsuccessfully, to hide the fact that she’s a fellow werewolf and a royal.  Leidolf decides she’ll make a perfect mate.  She runs away from him – A LOT – but never leaves town because she’s in search of a mama wolf and her pups.

Sounds good, right?  Yeah, I thought so too until I was suddenly thrust into a variety of secondary plots that left my head spinning!

*SPOILERS BELOW*

There’s a lot of running around in the forest where hunters are after them.  Cassie’s fellow wolf researcher, Alex, shows up with the insane idea that they are going to get married and be the perfect team. I say insane because from what I read there’s no grounds for Alex to believe such a thing would ever happen, but he’s tracking her through the forest anyway.  There are a couple of rogue pack members in the forest.  There’s a single father trying like a madman to find a mate. Cassie’s dead cousin, Aimee, isn’t really dead and she’s looking for her in the crowded forest.  Someone gets tranquilized – and then another, and another, and another.  At one point I wondered how it was possible they weren’t stumbling upon each other at every turn!  Then, Cassie and Leidolf have sex – at his cabin in the forest of course – and she’s suddenly deciding she can be his mate if he complies with her wishes, even though she doesn’t trust that he will.  It seemed she was more in lust than in love.  And there’s more – dinner with the pack at Leidolf’s ranch, a bullet wound, a stolen Jag with a crazy wolf sidekick, a mad dash into (you got it) the forest to flee from the sheriff, twins in love with the same wolf boy, and zoo entrapment just to name a few.

While you could say there’s literally something for everyone in this book, I never found my footing within its pages.  If you’re a fan of chaos this is the book for you!  If you’re like me, and prefer a more peaceful reading experience, pass this one up.

GRADE: C