Review: Filled with colorful characters and imagination
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2012
From the start I was taken with Ms. Winters vivid imagery and imaginative characters. Glorianna is a Veela, a demi-goddess whose kind are driven by their sexual desires with cursed results. Anyone who loves them dies. She's also a shape-shifter who can take the form of a wolf. She risked suffering the curse by falling in love. During the course of their relationship, Baldur, her lover, gives her a powerful ring that makes the wearer immortal. Vulnerable without the ring, he's murdereed. She blames her curse and is bent on avenging his death.While searching for her lover's murderer, she takes the form of a wolf and falls into a trap set by a werewolf sent to kill her. Alex, the werewolf can't complete the act and saves her. He too carries the burden of guilt for causing his wife's death. Together, he and Glorianna work to destroy the man responsible for the death of Baldur, Alex's wife, and one of the villains planning to kill Glorianna.There's a host of interesting characters both good and bad. Curse of the Wolf is filled with twists and turns. On more than one occasion the reader wonders who can poor Glorianna trust? Ms. Winters background in archaeology adds even more color to an intriguing story. This is the second work I've read by her. The first was a short story, The Devil's Angel, which I enjoyed as well. I look forward to more from this author.