Review: Still Loving This Story But Need Karina To Get Stronger
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2014
Here is the deal with this series, it is an ongoing story for the most part.  What that means is that it seems we start from almost nothing and then we move along a timeline where Karina and Jack (and the pack to an extent) become stronger and move more in tandem with each story.Jack and Ivan have a few issues to work out and that was one of the highlights of the book, Karina for all the protestations of how independant and strong she is, obviously is not there yet.  Jack is still learning to be a werewolf so that has to be part of this process.The Jack and Karina almost/sorta/maybe romance seems to be moving forward a small bit at a time, which is what Karina intends for it to be (for better or worse is yet to be seen).  This is a frustrating romance but it is explained in enough detail that you understand why.There are some secrets that come out and they are important to the story and I suspect to the eventual overall storyline.  The use of historical events is always a good idea IMHO since it lends an air of believability to these stories.Here is a part of how I review a book:Rule #1 - Did the author tell the story and was it interesting? - Well the answer is yes, I know where almost everybody seems to fit and who they are, plus I read it all in almost one sitting, so the answer is yes.There are other "rules" and one of them paraphrased is "did the author make the character lose IQ points to move the plot" - this is something many (most?) authors use to get the plot from point A to point B at times and yes it did happen at least once but since it was minor and not overused I let it pass, I have seen MUCH worse.The action is so widely spaced that I have to stop and remember the instances since my immediate reaction is to say there was a lack of action but that is not exactly true but then again this book sets up the next book in addition to the multifaceted plotline so we can't kill everybody off, ignore me since I am a "revenge junkie" and like to see every slight settled with violence <grin>.Bottom Line:  Loved the book, want the next one NOW, the overall plot is still a bit dim but the multiple plots are doing fine and keeping my interest. We now have a bad guy that needs to be dealt with and the continuing story looks to be great if not strung out too long.  Great job of having the romance as an integral part of the story but not having the book revolve around the romance as most of this type of books tend to do.  4 Stars and going (I hope) for a 5 Star finish. Reading both booksWerewolf Interrupted (Werewolf Detectives #1)andWerewolf Rising (Werewolf Detectives #2): A Paranormal Mystery Romanceback to back helped since I was not as enamored with this story after book 1 as I am now so get them both.