Review: 3.5 stars - By the light and dark of the moon
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2013
When werewolf Adam scents a jaguar in the diner in his home town he's ready to 'take her out' to protect his pack from the enemy, but when he touches Lana everything changes - and when she discovers the reason for her monthly blackouts Lana trades one set of problems for another: Shapeshifting cat instead of insane person - good , but being sought by another murderous jaguar - not so good.I really liked the idea of the alternating POVs for the hero and the heroine, but the execution of the idea interfered with my enjoyment of the story. The problem was that the switching with each chapter was jarring to me and pulled me out of the flow of the story - it didn't help that even though I've learned to tolerate it in my UF reading, I am not a huge fan of first person POV in the first place - especially not in a romance.I think that had this been third person with the reactions of Lana and Adam a little more integrated during the love scenes this would have probably won another star for me because there were some things that I really liked about this story. I am a fan of the enemies to lovers trope and Adam's finding a mate that his pack 'will never accept' is a great obstacle to their HEA, especially when it estranges Adam from his twin. And I really liked the secondary characters in the story - the other jaguars were really interesting and even before the teaser for the next book I 'knew' who the next pairing was going to be.So issues aside, I still enjoyed this story, though I think that it probably will have a greater appeal for UFers who like some romance with their action (since UF and first person tend to go hand in hand.)