Review: Wow - Awesome!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2014
Beasthood is book one in The Hidden Blood Series by A.Z. Green.  This is the first book by Ms. Green and wow, is she off to an amazing start!  It is a very interesting and different look into the werewolf or shifter world, their laws, their community, their relationships.  I was gripped immediately by the prologue.  Wow!  And the rollercoaster didn’t let up until the final page.Jasmine Barker had a good, happy life with friends she adored and parents that loved her.  But everything changed that night.  The night she woke up covered in blood.  She thought it was a dream.  But it felt so real.  And where did all the blood come from?  And ever since then, she is afraid to close her eyes.  The nightmare is always there.  She is forced to go to therapy but that isn’t helping.  She can’t talk to her friends about it.  And then, all of a sudden, an Aunt she never knew existed comes into her life claiming to have been estranged from her father and that they have finally reconciled.  She offers to take Jaz away for a vacation.  That getting away will surely help.  But this is one vacation that most definitely didn’t turn out the way she thought it would.Jaz is taken to Deer Creek.  She is basically locked in a room and held prisoner.  They claim its just until they can explain to her who and what she really is.  That she was adopted.  That her blood parents used to be part of this community.  That she has another side to her, a side that is beyond her wildest imagination.  That she is really a were, a beast.This book is full of twists and turns, of hidden agendas and traitors.  But also strength, acceptance and even the possibility of love.  I enjoyed watching Jaz as she first fought and then slowly accepted what she was.  She was strong and brave, even with all she was forced to handle.  I am still not completely sure what they are, if it’s a classic werewolf or a form thereof.  But, I was kept on the edge of my seat throughout, wondering who she could trust, what would happen next.And of course we have the strong, sexy pack leader, Nik Driver.  There is a connection to Jaz’s family that will shock you.  And there is a strong attraction between Nik and Jaz.  Could she be the possible mate to the pack leader?This book was fast paced and intense.  I loved every minute of it.  Thank you so much to A.Z. Green for allowing me to read this for an honest review.  I can’t wait for the next book.