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REVIEW: One Bite with a Stranger by Christine Warren

Note: “This book is an expanded version of the title originally released by Ellora’s Cave as Fantasy Fix. It contains new content and can be considered the First Novel of the Others.” Source: Author’s Website

Dear Ms. Warren:

book review I recall reading one of your St. Martin’s books before which I thought had good ideas but I wondered about the execution. I know you have a legion of fans from your Ellora’s Cave days and are probably picking up news ones every day. It helps that your cover was the most striking of the October releases.

I loved the red hair, lips, and font against the white background with the sepia colored wolf on the street flanked by the old fashioned street lights. It was very arresting. I was a bit confused because the street front looks more representative of the twenties than the current time and because neither the hero or heroine are shifters. Why was the wolf there? The plot of the story even revolved around a rogue vampire maker. Cue confusion.

Much of this book is given over to bedroom gymnastics (the first seven chapters of …

REVIEW: Howl at the Moon by Christine Warren

Warning this may be spoilerish.

Dear Ms. Warren:
Book CoverThis is my first book of yours and while I didn’t love this book, I do like your voice so it won’t be my last. In fact, the book was really a B read for me until Page 108 when the heroine does something inexplicable. At one point, I thought you were going to right the ship for me, but it all was lost at the page 256 mark.

I like the world you have filled with shapeshifters, demons, and other magical creatures but I just didn’t like how the story played out. I was never sold that the hero deserved any kind of emotional justice (except maybe the bad kind). I thought that the primary characters acted in contravention with their belief system for no reason.

Samantha Carstairs is the personal assistant of the Alpha of the Silverback Clan. As most assistants, she knows everything that goes on in the Pack and more. Obviously, the Alpha trusts her implicitly. She’s also best friends with Dr. Annie Cryer, a scientist studying the lupine genome. Sam’s position in the …