Literally, read this one in 8 hours. I couldn't put it down! ( )

A regular teen thrust into the deadly wolf-shifter world, but wait, there's more. Twists galore, adventure, and done quite well at that. The characters are consistent and although the sheer volume of death defying adventures beggars belief, it is definitely exciting. ( )

So I didn't go into this book with any expectations except wanting a light fun read that's exactly what I got ( )

Held in NOOK and BOOKS APP on iPhone and mini-iPad. READ, enjoyed, recommend.

FROM BARNES & NOBLE: Jaque Pierce was a typical seventeen-year-old Southern girl, enjoying the summer before her senior year of high school in Coldspring, TX. But when a mysterious foreign exchange student from Romania moves in across the street, Jacque and her two best friends, Sally and Jen, soon realize the last two weeks of their summer break are about to get a lot more interesting. From the moment Jacque sets eyes on Fane, she feels an instant connection, a pull like a moth to a flame. Little does she know, the flame to which she is drawn is actually a Canis lupus-a werewolf-and she just happens to be his true mate, the other half of his soul. She also doesn't realize Fane isn't the only wolf in Coldspring. Just as Fane and Jacque are getting to know each other, another Canis lupus reveals himself and tries to claim Jacque as his own. Fane will now have to fight a crazed Alpha for the right to complete the mating bond, something that is his right by birth. Far from home, in a foreign wolf's territory, Fane will have to rely on the love he has for Jacque to give him the strength to defeat his enemy, a deadly wolf hell-bent on proving Jacque belongs to him. ( )

3 1/2 stars


I read the book mainly because it was about wolves and it was a free deal on Amazon. The Story line was quite good and in my opinion a bit unique and different from the usual urban fantasy lit. It was easy written, you can read it without much thinking. It is what i call a fluffy book.
However: like some other readers, the author switches back and forth between POV's. I usually have to re-read that paragraph to make sure i did not miss anything.
This book is about 17 year olds with cell phones etc, so i assume it plays in fairly recent times. I really dont know many, or any for that matter, 17 year olds that listen to Willie Nelsen or Lynard Skynard. Get a bit more with the times. I cringed every time those teenagers listened to their favorite music and....again.... really? Willie Nelson?
Also there was was too much yapping and gabbing going on between the characters. I dont mind banter between characters ,and Jen and Sally were certainly refreshing , but that much yapping, can only be called space filler. There were lots of times i skimmed over pages and pages.
Next, i believe the beginning of the story line would have been more believable if the events in the book were spaced out to several weeks or months and not mere 5 days.
i understand, that it is the whole wolf, romanian, old-fashioned thing, but no one, except for characters in dime novels talks like that.
These were my main complaints about the book.
I found Jacque a bit "out there' but Sally and Jen were delightful.

I wish i could give 1/2 stars. So i am able to only give 3 stars, I t would be more like 3 1/2 stars. Will i continue on the series? Sure why not, but i will not be rushing through like with some other series i have started. ( )