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MaryN

First half is great but then...

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2016

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First what I liked. Amimee Easterling writes very well. She draws you in with intriguing characters. Her descriptions are vivid and evocative without being distracting. Her dialogue is natural. She has some creative ideas about the shifter genre. I really like her bloodling concept and the resulting prejudice that goes with it.

When I first started reading, I was excited to find a great paranormal romance. Then I got to the second half of the book.

The main issue with the second half is that it moves too fast. There's this slow build up of the main character fearing the male lead and then resisting her growing attraction to him and then you turn the page and she's decided he's her mate. Basically they go on a couple of dates and then they're a couple.

The first half of the book sets up her father as a sadistic, ruthless monster with whom she has a broken relationship. She goes into self-imposed exile to get away from him and remains isolated for years. When he comes for her to bring her back, she's willing to do anything and betray anyone to stay away from him. But then when the final confrontation occurs, we don't even see it. We just hear that it's happening. And the old guy had good reasons to behave the way he did and he's not as hateful as we were led to believe.

The author misses a lot of opportunities to flesh out what is going on in her characters' world. And there are things that happen that never get explained. Like, one of the characters from her new pack follow her to her old pack and then spends a few nights as her roommate. There's never an explanation of why, or if there is, it went by so fast that I missed it. For sure there's no logical reason, especially in the context of a wolf pack.

Aimee Easterling shows promise as a writer. I think she has the ability to become a shining star in this genre. But this book really needs more work.

txdoc

Awesome werewolf urban fantasy...

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019

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I purchased this e-book in 2014 and thought it was a wonderful “coming into her own” story about a female werewolf trying to live out in the world away from the restrictive patriarchal pack of her childhood. The story is well-written and flows smoothly. It combines romance, adventure, and a host of likeable characters with a suspenseful plot that captures the imagination until the very end. Recently, I was offered the chance to listen to the audio version of the story and happily accepted remembering how enjoyable I had found the story the first time. The narrator, Kelly McCall Fumo, gives an outstanding performance bringing the characters to life. Some narrators choose to distinguish various characters with the use of different inflections, tones, or accents. Ms. Fumo chose to simply read the story in her own soothing voice but still somehow managed to keep the various characters separate. I appreciated the natural pace of her reading as I have found some narrators tend to read very slowly. The bottom line is that the author gives us a delightful story and the narrator brings it to life beautifully. This story can be enjoyed by young or more mature adults as there is no foul language, no graphic violence, and no explicit sex scenes. I have no reservation about recommending this book/audiobook to anyone who enjoys romantic urban fantasy at its finest.

Shayay19

Interesting ideas, entertaining wolf shifter story

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021

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Terra’s a lone wolf; she ran when her old pack wanted to force a mating on her. Plus, she doesn’t like that Alpha wolves can make lower standing wolves do what they want. So, when she meets Alpha wolf, Wolfie, she is not initially happy; even if he seems like a different type of Alpha. Terra finds it hard to control her wolf; the human mind is fighting the baser instincts of the wolf when shifted, so she sort of fears her wolf and changing. She does miss pack life, but there’s too many negatives for her. When her old Alpha gives her an ultimatum, she finds herself seeing that all packs aren’t the same. She’s finally using some common sense.

I liked Terra for the most part; she has a good heart. She’s a bit too woe is me at times; I do not like that she was weak with her wolf and had thoughts wishing she would’ve stayed with her pack and become a baby making machine that keeps her head down. I do like that the main characters are in their 20’s too. The romantic connection between Terra and Wolfie is super sweet; they are adorable together. I think mainly that’s because Wolfie is adorable. For those wondering, the romance is tame; a bit too much for my tastes, but still a lovely romance. Not a fan that he smells like leaf mold and Terra finds it enticing; found that a bit weird. Still liked his quirky personality though, and he a great alpha! He’s mostly in tune with his wolf nature, so some human interactions are odd for him still.

Overall, I found this story interesting and entertaining. The story was a bit slow in the beginning, but about 30 percent in, the story started to flow better. I didn’t care for the ending to this story, and the tease for the next book is already making me disappointed in Terra. I want more strength from her, but hopefully she ends up getting there. Interested to read where these characters end up.

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bwichkan

GREAT READ

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 11, 2019

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Terra is shiftless --- a werewolf uncomfortable in her own animal skin.
A decade after learning to squash her wolf and flee the repressive village where she grew up, the packless ache still gnaws at Terra's insides. But despite her yearnings, she struggles against being reeled back into her old life.
To Terra's dismay, her father and half a dozen of his henchmen finally ambush her and demand her return. Yet they do offer one way out --- hunt down her nephew Keith, teach him to shift, and bring the youngster back into the fold in her place.
Problem upon problem piles up as Terra strives to do her father's bidding. The female shifter has hidden from her wolf for so long that she finds herself unable to change back into canine form, and she also realizes that her nephew is too good-natured to survive for a minute walking in his grandfather's footsteps. Plus, there's an alpha standing in her way who's equal parts enticing and terrifying.
Will Terra be able to relearn her werewolf abilities --- and overcome her morals --- before her father steals away her hard-earned independence? And as that tantalizing alpha reels her in closer and closer, the question becomes --- does she really want to stay away?

This is the story of Terra Wilder who is 27 now; She left her home and wolf pack ten years ago.
Her father who is the Alpha of her old pack has tracked her down and given her an ultimatum.
Terra has made herself shiftless by locking away her wolf side in her mind for the past 10 years and now needs it.
This is definitely different from other shifter novels which I like about it.
Good plot, great characters and can't wait to see how they develop.
Really good story and can't believe it's a first novel.
Recommend reading.

I. Peterson

Werewolf fiction: De-fanged

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2017

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If you've read other shifter/werewolf series, you might find this offering a bit lacking bite (yes, pun intended ;) It's pleasant enough, not offensive, but there is also hardly any action. There is conflict, Terra's uneasy interactions with her inner wolf, for one, and then, there is her relationship with her own dad, which borders on abusive. This should have been the source of more angst, more fighting, yet not much happens. Terra's escape from her father would make one think that she's independent and strong, yet she's moping around and wishing she was back home, under her father's thumb, popping out werewolf babies on command. This really made me dislike her. Her counterpart, Wolfie, is soooo nice and such a goody two shoes that, while you can't hate him, he doesn't make you fall in love with him either. As an alpha, he really should have more pull (and, yes, more bite too).

The story is short, I read it beginning to end in just a couple of hours or so. Every event throughout the book gets wrapped up nicely and without much turmoil. If you're looking for Werewolf Lite story with no blood, gore, fighting and your preferred pace is more drip from faucet than a tsunami, this book just might be for you. Personally, I won't be continuing with the series.

Clare O'Beara

Shiftless

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 8, 2017

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The tale of a werewolf who fled her pack and repressed her wolf, only to be found years later, is detailed and full of angst. Women come off badly, unable to resist the alpha, unable to control much about their wolfish nature of shifts. But this girl worked at it and was shiftless for a decade. She didn't make friends, aware of being an outsider. Then she gets sucked back into pack politics, assigned to help her nephew through his shifting. If she doesn't she'll be made to mate one of the pack wolves. So the threat of forced marriage and the possibility of a pregnancy going badly wrong are in her mind as she travels. Werewolves, in this tale, are hidden from the rest of the world.

I would like to see a woman more in control of her fate, but I recognise that this is not how the author thinks werewolf packs would evolve, given the nature of wolves. I really don't see how a 'bloodling' - a baby born in wolf shape - would kill its mother, given that wolf pups don't kill theirs. Otherwise the dynamics are well thought out, and the dual mentality of the shared natures is well depicted. This is more of a thoughtful tale than an action one and the tensions are interpersonal.
Unlike some lycanthropy stories there isn't a gruesome murder to solve nor is it necessarily for adults, but I'd recommend it for older teens and adults.

This is an unbiased review.

Deborah

Enjoyable shifter read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2015

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Having just read a dark and difficult series I decided I needed something light and this book stood out after all I do love a good shifter romance and the reviews for this were all really good.
It's an enjoyable read and surprisingly the first book by this author, it's difficult with so many shifter books out there to find something different, in most books shifters are born in human form and stay that way until their first shift which varies depending on the book and the author, this is also the case here as well for the most part but here we also have 'bloodlings' 10% of werewolves are bloodlings, most of these are put down at birth, these are the complete opposite of the normal wolf since they're born in wolf form which can be traumatic for the mother as I'm sure you can imagine and have their first shift to human form about the same time most shifters are taking wolf form, interesting variation. These bloodlings are also more in touch with their wolf since they've spent their early years in this form.
While I enjoyed this book I was never really hooked, one of the problems for me was I didn't feel any real connection to Terra, I never really bonded with her and therefore I found it difficult to truly care about her and while I liked Wolfie and his pack I never actually felt any real connection between Wolfie and Terra either.
So while this was an enjoyable shifter read it's only 3 stars from me, I'm sorry if this seems negative it's not meant to be I find the majority of free reads fall into this category.

Emma B

Not bad.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2017

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I managed to read all of this book, the other Aimee Easterling one didn't fare very well. This is her first I believe. The annoying writing style of little dialogue and most of the action occurring in the protagonist's head has been solidified it would seem in subsequent books; it was readable in this first book she's written. An interesting story and I'd quite like to read the second in the series but only if it's available on KU which it currently isn't. There is some repetition of language which gets a bit tedious- lots of 'parsing' going on and a 'packless ache' in her stomach, for example. The romance between Terra and Wolfie was also a little passionless. But not bad.

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