Review: Intrigued, yet puzzled
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
The tale that began in The Lady in the Mist around Tyler Loflin and Sonja Brooks continues. Waking Up Dead is the second installment of the Western Werewolves series by Catherine Wolffe. Just as I did with book 1, I again find myself feeling uncertain as to my overall connection with this one.I was glad to have moments where a little more history regarding the werewolf theory in this tale came up, yet it seemed not enough for me. The same with the vampire history in regards to THIS tale. I am struggling with the hows and whys, which is making the story lack a sense of realism for me. There are moments when the flow is great, then it suddenly stops. I am not sure how to explain it really. I found in this book that there was a little too much repetition regarding past events Sonja and Tyler had been through. I would have preferred to see more of current dilemmas or future plans. There is much broad alluding to things, but no set "this is what we see and what needs to be avoided". Where I am usually a fan of romance or foreplay scenes in a book, in this one there were more "wishful thinking" and daydreaming moments than seemed necessary. This is just me though.What threw me most was how quickly some of the "action" scenes progressed. A LOT of things happened in very short spans of time, to the point of asking "what just happened?" I like a little surprise and whatnot in a story, but some of what goes on in this one is jumpy and sketchy. If it was a movie, it would be strobe light still shots. That is how I felt with it. As with the first book, this e-book also has some writing issues. Names are used wrong in places, mis-spellings, etc. The author may want to consider edit revisions, it could help the flow of the book.Again this is only my impression, other readers may not see what I have. I AM still intrigued with the general tale, curious to see where the author is going with it. Even though I am having some trouble following her, I DO want to continue the series.