I bought this book on clearance from Amazon for release. I am so glad that I did not pass it by.

The heroine Elena is a werewolf, more specifically the only female werewolf. (The genes for being a werewolf are passed from father to son, but a woman can only become one if she is bitten and survives the change.) Bitten by a lover, she is just trying to restart live a normal life. Perhaps normal really should be relative.

Written in a highly sensual style, I sometimes laughingly refer to it as soft-core werewolf porn. Despite that (or perhaps because) I enjoyed this book greatly and periodically reread it. I like strong female characters, and the way Elena seems to embrace her own sensuality apeals.

The sequel to this book is Stolen.

Tentative list:

• BooksnBeer (VA,US)**
  
• dark-draco (UK)**
  
• giggogg (UK)**
  
• omly (MA, US)

To be mailed to Booksnbeer on February 15th, 2007.

Received in yesterday's mail. Looking forward to reading about a female werewolf.

I started this one today. It seems to present a twist on the werewolf problem of only once a month. I think I will definitely enjoy this one.

I enjoyed reading this one. It certainly does not glamorize the werewolf issues. I am not sure I believe the only female idea, the Author does have to do some more explaining on that one. The writing does flow and I am pulled into the characters, without liking each one. I like the strong female character and want her to remain with the Pack. I would also like the mutt idea flushed out more.

I am in the middle of the next book and hope there is another one in the series. I'll send these both off together.

This is on it's way to dark-draco today.

Received today - thank you. These look great and I can't wait to read them, but I have a couple of other bookrings to read first (why do they always come together!!). These will move to the top of TBR.

This is the first Kelley Armstrong book I have read and I loved it - these hardback editions are wonderful and I think I may have to track down my own editions to keep. I loved the characters and the story, and read the whole thing in about three days.

My only one bug bear was the Pack and Mutt issue. Surely with a pack of only 6, they'd be a bit more open to new blood coming in, as it were. That all seemed a bit weird to me, but maybe there's an explanation in the next book.

This I've started reading and it seems as promising as the first.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

I never did get a reply from the next person on the bookring list, so omly kindly agreed (ages ago! - sorry for the delay!) that I could release it elsewer. So here goes...

Sent to a fellow bookcrosser as a surprise wishlist RABCK

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I've been on the lookout for this for a few months now because I've got the second in the series.

Thank you to both omly and especially dark-draco, it's going to jump to the top of Mt tbr once I've finished my ring books :-)