Review: Loved this. Time flew as I read this, and it left me wanting more of the same. Kind of Twilight-y, yet not.,
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2012
I downloaded this, despite it being aimed at a YA audience, as it was a freebie. I turned out to be one of the best tales I've read in a while, and whilst I've a child of the target age of this novel, I didn't feel as if I was too old for this.It's a blend of the supernatural and the paranormal, with a young girl, Riley, who's just lost her twin, going to stay with her gran for a bit, to try to get over her loss and grief. Whilst she's there, she learns that though her parents are human, she's of leopard-shifter ancestry, and she also meets Hunter, main male of the pack, who's apparently her destined mate. Oh, and her gran just happens to be the matriarch of the pack and beyond, and she's to take over that role some day.So, it's a lot for her to take in at only 17, and still reeling from the death of her twin, but with the help of Hunter, and the mysterious magic of their race, she begins to heal, to accept her future and destiny, she falls in love, and embraces her new life, new role and destiny.At times, the innocence of the love affair, Hunter's gentleness and protectiveness, and his determination not to rush her, harm or compromise her, or sway her into becoming his mate, made him seem very much like Edward Cullen, but Riley had more backbone and was more independent-thinking than Ms Swan. I like that they didn't just fall into bed, or fall into 'I love you' too soon, and when the admission of love on her part did come, the timing and importance to an event in the tale, were 100% spot-on.This did have an epilogue, and it was decent, but the tale left me wanting more, it was that good. I'd have liked to know how quickly their pack life together starts, if they face any more battles, including her parents, who have no idea that their human genes have birthed a shifter, how their romance pans out, what they have to face, especially as there are not only challenging shifter males in this, but the Infecti, which as the name implies, are the baddies.Not getting quite the epilogue that I'd have liked didn't at all detract from this tale; I just wish I knew for sure that there will be a sequel...or two or three or...