Review: Bold, Brilliant Writing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2013
This is undoubtedly the best werewolf series I've ever read and I've read many! Although the compilation is around 4000 pages, it got me so hooked into it that I read it in 2 days after work. Yes, I hardly slept.The compilation consists of all four books in the series - The Heat, The Strip, The Spell and The Hunt. Each story tells of a unique woman with magickal or shifter capabilities and their romance with handsome and dangerous, previously 'hard to get' shifters. Yes, that is a fairly standard plot. But the beauty of the compilation is not in the plot but in the telling of the tale and the world Killough-Walden created around them. It contains many elements that I look for in a paranormal read - magick, intriguing secondary and peripheral characters and the right combination of fantasy and realism so that a reader is allowed to truly escape into the book while being able to relate to the characters' vulnerabilities.The compilation is not so much a revelation in that it has a new angle to werewolves. I personally found that it stuck to a lot of the tried and tested literary myths concerning these shifters. Reading this was a helluva ride and I won't forget it. In fact I haven't forgotten it although I read this compilation months ago.On a different note, I appreciate what this compilation represents. I admit that when I picked it up I was curious as to what standard of writing obtained Killough-Walden the NY Bestseller status with this series. I was prepared to enjoy it but I wasn't prepared to be sucked into it so thoroughly. It is undoubtedly a must-read for any werewolf fans. I don't think you can truly say that you're a fan of paranormal romance without at least sampling this series. After having read this, I believe that Killough-Walden has earned the accolades that she's achieved. And as an indie writer, I take umbrage in that and just like this compilation 'kicks proverbial', it reinforces the belief in me that indie writers are on their way to making a significant difference in the literary world.Review of Big Bad Wolf by Aneesa PriceAuthor of The Coffin Girls Series and Reviewer at [...]