Review: Surprising
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
I downloaded this as a free e-book, not really expecting much.  I'm not a big fan of present-tense writing, so at first I was hesitant.  But the story is quite compelling: a female were who killed her foster family the first time she changed.  She's traumatized by the experience (duh) and is terrified of her inner wolf.  Due to an injured were appearing on her doorstep, she's slowly pulled into starting to face herself.  It ends with the promise of a sequel (expected release October 2013) and I will definitely be picking that up when it's released.The only glaring snafu that jumped out at me was the use of the phrase "Obligate Carnivore."  If Ember can survive as a vegetarian, then her houseguest is most definitely not an obligate carnivore.  Obligate carnivores die if they don't eat meat.  As she's obviously and omnivore, like humans, Raze is too.  He may have been eating an exclusively carnivorous diet, but that's not the same thing.  Just as eating all veggies makes you a vegetarian not a herbivore.  I also wonder about Raze's behavior.  It's inconsistent with his classification as an "alpha."  I'm hoping that this is covered in book two.But that's just a tiny part in the middle of the book, and I'd definitely give this one a read.