Review: Intriguing Shifter Tale
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
Hunger Moon is the second book of the Norse Werewolf series, Loki's Wolves, by Melissa Snark. I didn't read the first book, so I can say with some authority that Hunger Moon works as a standalone. There weren't too many moments when I found myself scratching my head wondering what was going on and those moments faded as I worked my way deeper into the book.Victoria Storm is alpha for her pack. She's devastated because she's having a hard time keeping them alive. Beset from many sides, they deal with threats to their survival. A Norse goddess sends Victoria to a small town in the low Sierra area of northern California to find a particular man.Arik Koenig, the man Victoria is sent to find, isn't exactly the perfect fellow. He has a number of problems including his arrogant son, a dead wife likely murdered by that same son, and a few other issues to boot.Watching Victoria wend her way through multiple obstacles was an interesting journey, as was the placement of Norse gods and werewolves side-by-side. There are other iterations of supernatural characters, too, reminiscent of some of Neil Gaiman's stories. A majority of paranormal romance readers would find this story quite readable, although it might have a shade too much violence for some.