Review: Consumed

Reviewed by Jen
 

Why didn't anybody tell me about this series?  Seriously.  This was a really good paranormal romance.  And it would have been undoubtedly even better if I had read the three books that came before it.

Katie is a cougar shapeshifter who has been in love with Jordan all of her life.  But her pack-leader always treated her like the little girl she was when they first met.  She left the pride 10 years ago, to help hunt shifters who had become infected with a virus that mutated them into beastly werewolves.  Katie, herself, was hit by the virus, but for women, the result is an inability to shift.

Jordan always knew about Katie's girlhood crush on him. It was part of the reason he let her go all those years ago... to see if the feelings would stand up over time and the distance.  He thought there was plenty of time to see what would happen between them. He never counted on being infected with the werewolf gene himself.  Now he has only days to get his affairs in order before he descends into madness.  Part of that means getting Katie back to the safety of the keep.

Of course, once Katie and Jordan are back in each other's orbit, there is no denying they are supposed to be together. The sexual tension is off the charts.  The two of them want each other so much, but Jordan considers himself too damaged for Katie now.  Sex could be dangerous and mating is completely out of the question.  Katie wants Jordan any way she can have him. And what if mating could help him?  So they're in this tug of war, but at the center is real love --and a whole lotta lust.  Once we do get to the sex, it's really, really good. Primal and hot at times, gentle and loving in others.  Everything I wanted.

There's much more to the story. A werewolf targeting Katie.  A war among supernatural species.  A wealth of secondary characters, some carrying over stories from previous books, while others are laying foundations for books to come.  It's rich and fast paced.  My only issue was that it was a lot to take in as a new reader, especially the history of the war and the virus.  But I did get a good grip on it over time and it was worth the effort. If anything, it makes me want to go read the series backlist. I will definitely be reading the future books. I hope Katie's feisty friend Maggie gets her story next!

Rating: B+


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Consumed

by Rebecca Zanetti

Release Date: June 26, 2012

Publisher: Kensington