Book Log 43/2009 - On the Prowl
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jaceyPatricia Briggs & others: On The Prowl (an anthology)
Four stories:
Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs
Inhuman by Eileen Wilks
Buying Trouble by Karen Chance
Mona Lisa Betwining by Sunny
Four variable stories all involving paranormal romance combined with some kind of were-style shapechanging, though not necessarily werewolves.
I bought the book to read the first story in the new Charles and Anna werewolf series by Patricia Briggs in which a secondary character in the Mercy Thompson series takes centre stage. Charles, the son of the Marrok (werewolf leader) and his tough enforcer suddenly shows a softer side when he's sent to Chgicago to investigate the wrongdoings of the resident pack in which Anna, a newly turned werewolf, is being ill-treated. On discovering Anna is not a submissive wolf but is, instead, a valuable omega who can calm down aggression in weres, Charles realises that the pack is in deep trouble and ends up dispensing justice and winning a mate. Patricia Briggs' usual quality - maybe not quite as good as the Mercy Thompsons, but it's nice to read something else in Mercy's world.
Eileen Wilkes' Inhuman was a bonus because I liked the writing and the characters. Kai has a secret - she's telepathic - but her neighbour, police officer Nathan has an even bigger secret. Not only does he have magical talents but he's not even human. Luckily he's in Kai's side. Like Alpha and Omega this is the prelude to a novel-length story - 'Night Season' - which I'd now like to read.
They definitley started with the best, but 'Buying Trouble is still a tolerably good story. Claire (a fiery redheaded mage according to the blurb) works in an auction house where magical artifacts are the stock in trade. Unfortunately her unscrupulous boss decides that she's going on the block herself. In trying to escape she teams up with Heidar one of the dark fey, crosses over into the otherworld and discovers her own fey heritage.
Last and definitely least is Mona Lisa Betwining, a poor excuse to write about sex. Halfway between wooden 'erotic' fiction and unlovely porn this is totally disappointing and about as unerotic as a fit-tab-A-into-slot-B sex manual. No - seriously - it was crammed full of sex but there was little or no romance. The plot line is a vague excuse for sex from the front, non-penetrative sex and sex from the back - more or less in that order with the occasional touch of dominance thrown in. Mona Lisa, newly made Queen of the Monere (moon-basking shape-changers) is called to answer to the Council for previous actions resulting in... er... more sex. This reads like it follows on from a novel I haven't read or would ever want to read, but there's no indication if that's really the case. It makes Vampire Shagging novels look subtle. Not for me.
Four stories:
Alpha and Omega by Patricia Briggs
Inhuman by Eileen Wilks
Buying Trouble by Karen Chance
Mona Lisa Betwining by Sunny
Four variable stories all involving paranormal romance combined with some kind of were-style shapechanging, though not necessarily werewolves.
I bought the book to read the first story in the new Charles and Anna werewolf series by Patricia Briggs in which a secondary character in the Mercy Thompson series takes centre stage. Charles, the son of the Marrok (werewolf leader) and his tough enforcer suddenly shows a softer side when he's sent to Chgicago to investigate the wrongdoings of the resident pack in which Anna, a newly turned werewolf, is being ill-treated. On discovering Anna is not a submissive wolf but is, instead, a valuable omega who can calm down aggression in weres, Charles realises that the pack is in deep trouble and ends up dispensing justice and winning a mate. Patricia Briggs' usual quality - maybe not quite as good as the Mercy Thompsons, but it's nice to read something else in Mercy's world.
Eileen Wilkes' Inhuman was a bonus because I liked the writing and the characters. Kai has a secret - she's telepathic - but her neighbour, police officer Nathan has an even bigger secret. Not only does he have magical talents but he's not even human. Luckily he's in Kai's side. Like Alpha and Omega this is the prelude to a novel-length story - 'Night Season' - which I'd now like to read.
They definitley started with the best, but 'Buying Trouble is still a tolerably good story. Claire (a fiery redheaded mage according to the blurb) works in an auction house where magical artifacts are the stock in trade. Unfortunately her unscrupulous boss decides that she's going on the block herself. In trying to escape she teams up with Heidar one of the dark fey, crosses over into the otherworld and discovers her own fey heritage.
Last and definitely least is Mona Lisa Betwining, a poor excuse to write about sex. Halfway between wooden 'erotic' fiction and unlovely porn this is totally disappointing and about as unerotic as a fit-tab-A-into-slot-B sex manual. No - seriously - it was crammed full of sex but there was little or no romance. The plot line is a vague excuse for sex from the front, non-penetrative sex and sex from the back - more or less in that order with the occasional touch of dominance thrown in. Mona Lisa, newly made Queen of the Monere (moon-basking shape-changers) is called to answer to the Council for previous actions resulting in... er... more sex. This reads like it follows on from a novel I haven't read or would ever want to read, but there's no indication if that's really the case. It makes Vampire Shagging novels look subtle. Not for me.
