Review: 3.5 stars - wish it was longer...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2013
I love Laurann's books....haven't read one to date that I didn't!This one was a little different...second time she went down the path of vampires and werewolves (I am not counting her shifter series), which feels like a bit of a departure from the norm (1st was in the anthology "Something Wicked This Way Comes Volume 2" and was very lightly connected to this one).  Here we have a mixed vampire / werewolf named Chase, who meets Jasmine (a human realtor) while looking for property for his pack so they can run free. She immediately wants him but he doesn't pursue her and we don't find out until he rescues her from a rogue vamp almost a year later that he felt the same as she did.  He wanted to protect her from his world of "Others", only she got caught up anyway.  While hunting a rogue vampire, Chase found her being held prisoner by that very same, newly made vamp who was kidnapping and feeding women slowly to death because he "liked" it.Unfortunately, Jasmine was far too close to death when she was rescued so Chase gave her his blood to help her heal and gave her too much....so it was mate (which he wanted anyway), or have Jasmine turn vamp (from his vamp side). He didn't want her to never see the sun again, and mating would allow her the longevity and other strengths Chase had without depriving her of the sun.  And really, he wanted it....badly.  Unfortunately Chase also had his enemies, being part vamp and part werewolf afterall....so all was not sunshine and roses.  The plot progresses along those lines.The story was lite on plot depth and character development, and I think if it were longer, that would have been taken care of, hence 3.5 instead of 4 or higher.  I love Laurann's writing style and this is no exception - you feel good reading her books - alpha male, not too over the top, strong female who can stand her own ground, never coersion - just nice, healthy, erotic persuasion!This one is a good, lite, fast, feel good book with all you would expect from a seasoned and strong writer!  I highly recommend to anyone wanting to escape for a little while!!