Review: Interesting Start
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Dark Sentinels by Dariel Raye is a short almost novella book about a werewolf and a wolf-loving vet who has no idea that the wolf she took in was a shifter.I can't tell you how many werewolf books I've read in the last few months that I've been doing book reviews, and I'm not complaining, but it is a popular genre.  Bearing that in mind, it's difficult to come up with a unique topic about werewolf/human love that isn't over-done, and it's tough to put a unique twist on it.However, I'd say that Raye does a decent job of it.  The book is short, but despite the length, the characters are well written, unique and easy to connect to.  While the idea of werewolf is sort of typical and over-done, Raye is able to put a unique version of mythos behind it, and that I appreciated.The writing is very well done, it offers enough detail to keep you interested, but the prose is not overly purple which I've found to be common in this genre.  My only two real complaints is that there were secondary characters introduced which I felt should have had a little more screen time, and the ending was very abrupt.  I understand keeping the readers wanting more, but if you take it too far, people won't continue forward with the series, and that would be a shame.Still, it has everything in the book that people want to read in this genre.  There's tension, mystery, sex, and paranormal events.  I'm giving the book four stars, and really for the price of only $0.99 it's worth checking out to see if the series is something you'd like to get into.  From what i know, there are two published, so pick them up and let Raye know what you thought!