Witchblood

A Kitsune Chronicle Story (Kitsune Chronicles, Book 1)

Sebastian Volkov, a fox shifter raised among werewolves, ran from everything he ever loved after a brutal attack that left him fearing his own shadow. That night a single kiss saved his life and left him with fantasies of a man whose face he couldn’t remember. When Sebastian’s car breaks down in a small Washington town, he meets an alpha werewolf who reminds him vaguely of a stranger’s kiss.

A year ago, Liam Ulrich, alpha of the Northern Cascade’s pack, shared a magic-filled kiss with a virtual stranger, the infamous Witchblood child of the most powerful werewolf in the world. Since that night, Liam has been waiting for Sebastian to find his way home. Liam knows that Sebastian doesn’t trust easily, or at all, so he’s going to have to give his prickly mate time and space.

The past Sebastian tried to escape still stalks him, and slowing down gives it time to catch up.

When the werewolves’ ultimate enemy rises up to cast its shadow over them all, Sebastian realizes he will have to stop running or risk losing everything...including his hope of a future with Liam.

Edit: Edition updated to reflect minor character changes, grammatical corrections, and a removal of about 500 words.

©2018 Lissa Kasey (P)2020 Lissa Kasey

Self involved but good

There was quite a bit of repetition and if internal monologuing makes you crazy this book would not be a good match. I became tired of his low self-esteem and things would be repeated from one paragraph to a few paragraphs later. There are several plot inconsistencies and some things that don't make sense. Sebastian is described as darker skinned and the attractive cover image looks more Irish than black Asian mixed with Creole. All that said, I did enjoy the book enough to purchase the second in the series. The reader did an excellent job and he contributed a lot to the success of the book.

Story got lost.

I became lost and muddled around chapter 19. From chapter 20 the story seemed..unconnected to the story to that point (to my perception). I found myself asking, 'what does this have to do with the journey to this point?' I liked a number of the characters. I did feel like it was too long. Maybe if it was concentrated, condensed it might have been improved.

The story wasn't bad, no, it was decent, pretty good. Just not super catchy. I liked the idea of it, the premise.

Narration was good. A nice youthful voice that got well with the main character. That part was enjoyable.

This book is amazing

The story is long and wordy and the character does have a tendency to get side tracked with self deprecation during important moments, I can see why it wouldn't appeal to certain readers, especially older ones, and why some might find it annoying, but I didn't mind.

To me, the character feels modern with old world influences of magic and I enjoy that. This shifter universe is certainly unique and this version of a Kitsune is more original than most others.

The narration was surprisingly enthralling, easy to follow along with and did great with emotional voice inflections.

I personally can't wait until the next book in the series. I'm very excited to see what's next.

Great listen!

This is such a great listen. I really like Seb and Laim's story. Tyler Kent has done a great job with this narration. I like all the voices that he does and he definitely makes me like this story even more. Definitely a great listen

Love his voice and the story

I love this book and was excited to listen. There's only two things I didn't like.
1st- I have to skip any parts where Korissa speaks because I can't stand the way the voice is for her. It's like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. Because I read the book several times before listening, I don't need to listen to her part in the book because I already know what her importance is. If you can get through a high pitched squeaking screeching for a time, the rest of the narration is perfect. The narration for everything is great and with his normal voice, I could listen to him all the time.
2nd- The other bothersome thing is with the story itself. Liam keeps saying how they have time for him to share his history and parts of his life while he expects Sebastion to reveal everything about himself. He knows it frustrates sebastion but he continues to just say, "time". I didn't like that at all.