Review: Bitten By Deceit, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 7, 2013
I was so excited when I saw this book by Shawntelle Madison that I practically ripped it from the computer. I have absolutely loved what I have read of her so far. What I didn't notice was that it was a Novella and a really short one at that. I have a hard time with Novellas because I read really fast, absorbing the characters into myself rather than actually reading.. So Novellas tend to make me angry. Why? Because just as the absorbing starts, the book ends.That being said, Bitten by Deceit tells a wonderful story of two people who have made choices that took them away from each other but know deep down where it matters that when it's time for someone to have their back, the only one who they can count on is each other.Shawntelle does an excellent job of telling Emma Parer and Kyle Benton's story in just a few short pages. She makes me feel deeply for Kyle, understand Emma and loathe those who tore them apart. I know we are supposed to hate the villain, Liam but I also found myself with a healthy sense of dislike for Emma's sister. A girl who is never seen and only mentioned with what is supposed to be glowing terms. BUT as a sister myself I saw a selfish greedy girl who wanted played on her sister's insecurities rather than support her dreams.Kyle had been driven from the pack after a fixed fight for dominance. He had been beaten, battered and bruised with a blown out knee (by the goons associated with his opponant) the day before the fight. Then he was expected to fight and win. When he lost he was driven from the pack, the pack that until that day had expected him to lead them. When he asked the love of his life to step up and leave with him she chose the pack. Yeah, he deserves to be just a wee bit bitter.Emma Parker, chose family over love. She stayed behind to make sure her pack was secure to protect her sister and to play it safe. Yet when the world went crazy and Liam was cursed by a black witch.. who did Emma run to? Yep you got it Kyle. While she was beset with remorse she still betrayed him as far as I was concerned. I was just downright angry at her. She choose poorly..But sometimes we do that. We make bad choices, we betray those we love and we fail them. Emma realized that the only person who could save her and her pack from the evil that Liam had become was the very man who should have been leading them to begin with. The only man she had loved.. so she turned to him and because he was a man of worth.. he allowed her back in and worked with her to fight what was destroying the very people who had turned against him.An excellent story.. too bad it was just TOOOOOOOOOOOOO short..ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Bitten by Deceit provided by netgalley