Review: Fast, Fanged and Fantastic!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
Get your passport ready! Cloaked in Fur by T. F. Walsh is taking us to Romania and the Carpathian Mountains, where deep in the woods, a pack of wulfkin live. Nearby, mankind is totally unaware of these shapeshifters' existence, but something has been maiming and killing people and all evidence leads to some kind of wolf or other large animal. But animal expert, Daciana, knows better, because she is a member of the pack living outside of the pack restrictions in the city. Wulfkin always stick with their own kind, but Daciana is different and now she has fallen head over heels in love with a human, Inspector Connell Lonescu, a detective investigating the brutal murders, many of whom are connected to Daciana. Being a possible suspect could endanger the pack, so Daci must find and stop whoever is doing the killing, because it is not normal, not even by wulfkin standards, and she must do it without revealing who or what she is to Connell. Is that even possible? Must she choose between her pack and the man she loves? Lives are at stake and time is running out in more ways than one for Daciana, as she risks her own life to save those around her.Is Cloaked in Fur just another paranormal romance? Nope. Sure we have the hot human guy, the hot shifter girl, secrets, deceit, life-threatening events, wayward loyalties and love, but there is never a stop in the action and it felt real! Emotions run high, the tension between the two main characters is almost sweetly and desperately heartbreaking. T. F. Walsh has done a marvelous job of painting a fresh face on the genre from that first leap into the story to the last page, her writing is crisp and intense. Ms. Walsh's ability to make me draw mental images of the backgrounds and walk along with Daciana was amazing. Her characters are well-defined, and fit together like perfect puzzle pieces. The strength of Daciana's and Connell's characters was completely believable with their flawed edges. I completely enjoyed this book from start to finish and look forward to more from this author!