Review: promising start to a new series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2013
Moonlight (The Moon Series) (Entangled Edge)Lisa KesslerARC supplied by publisher.Rancher Adam is heir to the local werewolf pack. For some time now they've had attacks from solitary jaguar shifters killing humans in the town,  so when he catches the scent of one in a local café he investigates, pack law says they must be killed . One touch and he's really puzzled though...he didn't believe his dad when he told him about how he would recognise his mate but that's just how he feels after touching Lana. But she's not wolf, she's a jaguar. He questions her closely wanting to know what she's doing there and discovers she has no idea about her jaguar side, just thinks she blanks out when the new moon hits...He's confused, he knows he should kill her and yet doesn't want to - his wolf says protect their mate, but the human side finds that hard to accept. To further complicate things she's under attack by a mysterious organisation called Nero. She doesn't know who to trust and whether he's safe, he doesn't want to let her go - well the wolf doesn't anyway- so he stays in contact with her when things quickly het up, gradually giving way to his wolf and getting into some smoking hot, sensual sex scenes with her. Lana doesn't want to endanger him and thinks her attackers will target him, so its a divide with her trying to find out more about her background, she was abandoned as a baby,  Nero and its motives for targeting her, and Adam trying to help and protect her from the jaguars sent to capture her who won't stop at killing anyone who gets in the way, while trying to keep her and their relationship secret from the pack until they can sort out what to do.I enjoyed this book, its got enough content and danger in to keep me absorbed, I love shifter novels and the worlds author create around them and this one seemed to set the scene for what would be a good series. At the end there's a clip of book two - so clearly I'd read right in thinking it had enough content to go on for further novels. Lana was a great heroine, strong and intelligent and yet despite her awful upbringing she was caring and didn't want to place anyone in danger. Adam, he was put in a tight place, knowing the visceral hatred his Pack had for jaguars. There's lots more information coming out that expand the plots, and where the series is going, and that's welcome as I love more complex novels. Clearly Nero and its machinations are going to feature in later books, along with many of the characters we've just met. I want lots of emotion, the sensuality of the scenes between Adam and Lana delivered, but I really wanted more involving others, more tears and more joy. The lows weren't quite deep enough for me, there were a few moments when people were in danger and it came close, and even the events at the end which were sad and moving but they were over with too quickly for me. I need to wallow a bit on the dark times....masochist tendencies I guess.Overall a good read, and I'm keen to read more. As it is its not one I'd re read, but a part of the series if it lives up to the promise then I probably with re read. It's priced at 1.91 for 568Kb, 256 pagesStars: Its tough setting the ground for a series so four for this novel from me.