Review: Wild and Furious!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
Wild, Furious,Ferocious - - Tantalizing, Adventurous,Capturing story from the Dark Side.An emotional, fictional, story that conclusively causes me to identify with the detective character, Kel, as he struggles with being half human and half taker (vampire). It draws me into the story line as if I am experiencing, first hand, the new and old events of his life at the same time he is desperately trying to understand and learn to live within and balance both life styles.Takers II picks up where "Takers" left off. Kel is a police detective who, not by choice but against his will, was tricked to be changed into a "half-turn," a rare half-human, half-taker (a type of vampire). He is attempting to adjust to his physical and emotional changes while dealing with his need to kill to survive which goes against his own moral moorings and for sure goes against the criminal justice system, which is his employer.The mystery which started in "Takers" goes deeper as Kel learns more about the history of takers and how his own life has been entwined with the Taker race from birth.  Kel becomes deeply attached to the two half-turns that he is helping as well as the taker who he is half bonded to as they continually help one another to survive.  They have all become his rag-tag family.As the mystery deepens, each incident takes Kel deeper into the Dark Side.  Each step down makes him more determined to defeat this dark side. Each incident tends to expose his own Half Taker side to the humans around him, mainly his co-law enforcement association.  He struggles to keep the two lives separated, in the end being forced to cross the lines in his efforts to keep his rag-tag family from the hands of the Taker enemies.Kel, previously a loner, continues to grow as the mystery deepens as he finds himself emotionally tied to more humans. There are plenty of blood dripping surprises keeping the reader hungry for more.  Perhaps there is a little bit of Vampire in all of us. :)A new and unexpected take on vampire noir, this story makes the transition exciting while being kept in suspense. The fantasy that took me away from the hum-drum of my own daily living.  The continual development deeper into suspense by the author is what makes this a 5 star rating.On to "Takers III" - - - - -