Claws Bared Blood of the Pride edition by Sheryl Nantus Paranormal Romance eBooks
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Book two of Blood of the Pride
Rebecca Desjardin, a P.I. and cat shifter, doesn't normally find herself in strip clubs. But a popular male dancer has been murdered in Pennsylvania, and it looks like the work of a shifter from the local Pride. Rebecca has a duty to help protect her kind—and she needs to find justice for the dead.
Her impromptu trip leaves her boyfriend, reporter Brandon Hanover, unhappy. He's only just come to terms with the fact that she's a Felis, and their relationship is still so new… Rebecca is determined to deal with the murder first, then deal with their future.
As her investigation unfolds, she's met with grudging cooperation and half-truths. Does the Pride want her to find justice, or help them hide a killer? Frustrated and unable to shake the sexy local shifter who says he's on her side, Rebecca can't seem to scratch out the truth—at least not on her own. But when Brandon shows up, is he there to help or to mark his territory?
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Claws Bared Blood of the Pride edition by Sheryl Nantus Paranormal Romance eBooks
Should be rounded up to 4 on Amazon, though down to 3 on Goodreads: I did like it; just with reservations.I found the solution to the male stripper's death to be cleverly unexpected, and the challenges of investigating despite barricades of Pride secrecy believable, but I could've done with a bit less male posturing and possessiveness. I especially would've preferred the heroine not to have been briefly (but repeatedly) tempted by the seductive advances of a local shifter, even if his dismissiveness re. humans bothered her. Was a triangle really necessary, given that it's danger and determined courage which finally cement her relationship with Brandon by the end?
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Claws Bared Blood of the Pride edition by Sheryl Nantus Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews
Book two, urban fantasy. Rebecca is an outcast Felis who can't shift. When she's called out of town to solve a murder, she quickly finds herself in murky water with a large Felis clan that has permeated both the police and town council. A good mystery, but it was the developments in Rebecca and Bran's relationship that I really enjoyed.
Claws Bared was a really good read, that kept me guessing till the end. I loved the romance between Rebecca and Brandon, especially after he meets up with her to lend a hand in her investigation. The pacing was good and I really enjoyed the ending.
My only real problem with the book is mostly my fault, since I haven't read the first book. With Rebecca going on the case at the very beginning I didn't feel very attached to Brandon throughout the first part of the book, and if I'd read the first book I think I would have felt differently about him. By the end it didn't matter too much because I grew to love him. I'd recommend reading the first book, Blood of the Pride, first, to get the full effect.
Overall really good read. Loved the mystery and figuring out who the murderer was, the author did an excellent job of keeping me wondering. I'd love to go back and read the first book because I feel like I've missed out on another good story! I'd recommend it, especially if you like a good mystery and enjoy a good shifter PNR.
***eReview copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley for my Honest review***
Rebecca Desjardin has a problem. She's a Canadian private eye, she's a Felis, an ex-member of the local (Montreal?) cat shape-shifting Pride who still can't make the complete change to her inner Cat, and she's in love with Brandon Hanover, a human, and an investigative reporter.
Rebecca is an ex-member of the local Pride, because, not being able to totally change, she was brutally expelled, and now twenty years later Rebecca has been dragged back into the Pride's politics, first with a murder of a local Felis member in "Blood Of The Pride", and now with "Claws Bared", a human who may have been killed by a Feris member.
Jess, the tough leader of the local Pride, is now contacting Rebecca for another job. It seems that a male stripper for the Penscatta, near Pittsburgh, PA, exotic bar "Cat's Meow" (!) has been murdered. And it was a pretty nasty death, he was mauled and torn. It's obvious that a Felis, not a human, has done the deed, and an outsider, with insider skills, is needed to investigate.
And how can Rebecca to say no to Jess when she asked Jess asks politely for a favor? Not Rebecca, and besides, Jess never asks politely, and arm twisting can only be by the most liberal measures be considered asking for a favor, and so, reluctantly, Rebecca is off to Penscotta to investigate another murder, and to get involved, in a foreign Pride's sticky politics.
The murdered man is Michael Hansa, and he was a favorite of both human and Felis females alike, although oddly enough, he didn't seem to be seeing anybody, either in the biblical or social, manner.
Again, Nantus doesn't skip on the mandatory urban fantasy examination of the local Felis society, unfortunately, Rebecca's still an outsider, and has to prove herself all over again. Oh yes, and she's single. So, young Felis stud and widower Trace Carson is appointed her shadow, to see that she tows the line, and eventually, and he has ideas about where he, and what he considers an available female Feris, should go in their relationship, even if the relationship is more in his mind than Rebecca's. Eventually, loneliness gets the better of Rebecca, and the situation between Trace and Rebecca will get a bit sticky, as with this second novel in the Rebecca Desjardin series, Rebecca is forced to make the decision, her life on the outside, or a life with a Pride. This decision is the one decision that will change Rebecca's life, and which will also be the fulcrum to an eventual clash between Trace, Brandon, and the local Pride, as Brandon makes the decision to fly down to Penscotta to help Rebecca. Making a sticky situation that much more sticky, as it is Felis custom to eliminate any, and all, of those who suspect who they are.
And once again, Sheryl Nantus takes a different tactic than most writers of urban fantasy, and, besides doing shape-shifting felines and their Pride politics proper; she also doesn't skip on the mystery and suspense elements of her novels. And while, we all tune in for the urban fantasy angle, and, let's be honest, for the strong female lead character, what keeps readers like me coming back for seconds and thirds is what is the backbone of this story. That is, the murder investigation, and the socio-political elements of what powers the plot; which involves one serious culture clash, as the murder brings to a head the clash that will occur when an outside situation comes into contact with an intentionally secretive society, or group, that runs itself by its own rules and laws, and how such a society would go to any length keep its own identity and secrets.
Thankfully, Nantus doesn't rush things, she takes her time to develop her story and she paces it well, but she doesn't overstay here welcome either with a four hundred, or more, page tome, she tells her story, develops her characters, ties up all the loose ends, and then she goes home to plan the next adventure of Rebecca. And the print is also nice sized, making Nantus' book easy to read.
On the positive side, I liked Nantus' examination of these micro-societies, and her look at this local Pride, and how different it was than Rebecca's, and how it tries to continue its seclusionary habits, while still continuing to be active in local government and politics.
Rebecca Desjardin is a hell of a strong character, although she comes across as a bit confused here, even though that doesn't stop her from letting loose with her inner snark. Not surprising, as for twenty years she's been ignored and ostracized by others like her, and now suddenly she is getting some grudging respect and attention; but will this go away if she decides to do what she considers what is right, instead of what would be considered politically expedite?
And this is what I liked about Rebecca, she's bullheaded enough to do what she considers right, even to her own detriment. With this, she's definitely in the classic pulp gumshoe mold. She's the symbolic hero fighting the establishment for justice for the underdog or the would-be-forgotten victim. I haven't read them, but based on what I've seen on the telly, Nantus' novels seem to be influenced by Kelly Armstrong's novels, and the television show "Grimm", and none of this is a bad thing.
On the negative side, I can believe in shape-shifters, and all that goes with this, for the sake of the novel's story, but that these hard-bodies can eat a steady stream of carbs and fat and never gain a pound? Yeah, I just don't believe it.
Also, just what cartoons have Nantus been watching? After about the three-quarter mark this novel starts developing some serious testosterone poisoning. After a while it seems that the primary men of this novel all seem to be acting like out-of-control horny bunnies while channeling rabid wolves. And while it may seem romantic for women to have men fight over them, wouldn't they be rolling their eyes if men constantly wanted women to have catfights over them? On the other hand, those of us that were disappointed by the failed soufflé that was the action of the last novel will get certainly get some more robust fare this time.
Oh, and if this were a male stripper bar, instead of being called the "Cat's Meow", shouldn't it have been called "The Barking Dog"?
These books, if you are interested, are now being reprinted in inexpensive paperback by Harlequin through their Carina Press imprint, and while it certainly helps, you don't necessarily have to read the first book in this series to enjoy this one.
"Whodunit" fans will be left slapping their foreheads like a V-8 TV commercial from bygone days when the murderer--and the murder weapon--come to light. But that's not why I enjoyed this book.
Like the first book, this was another study into the lives of a woman and her man dealing with what life has thrown at them. Reb is Felis, but given she's only shifted once in her adult life (and then under duress) begs the question--is she *really*? That comes to the fore early on as she has to deal with a Pride from another city, another state, another country, another culture. As she struggles her way through the thorny questions Bran must come to terms with what he is to her. What *they* are to one another, as a couple, and what they're not and likely never will be. Though neither of them will ever stand accused of being shrinking violets, that's for sure.
Finally, romance fans will surely swoon at Bran becoming so delightfully alpha toward the end of the book. While his doing so navigates treacherous waters between what it means to be human and what it means to be Felis, he goes boldly forward believing doing necessary for him and Reb both. Though each of them seem eminently pleased with the, uhm...outcome.
Should be rounded up to 4 on , though down to 3 on Goodreads I did like it; just with reservations.
I found the solution to the male stripper's death to be cleverly unexpected, and the challenges of investigating despite barricades of Pride secrecy believable, but I could've done with a bit less male posturing and possessiveness. I especially would've preferred the heroine not to have been briefly (but repeatedly) tempted by the seductive advances of a local shifter, even if his dismissiveness re. humans bothered her. Was a triangle really necessary, given that it's danger and determined courage which finally cement her relationship with Brandon by the end?
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