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The Hunters #3 & 4
Hunters: Interlude
Book 3 in The Hunters seriesByron made a promise to his old friend, to take care of the Inherent's daughter. The child has grown up to be an amazing woman. Byron never expected her to take on the duties of helping to run his territory, and he certainly never expected to ache with desire for her. The most amazing thing of all happens when, feeling guilty, he tries to send her away. That night, Byron finds Kit in his bed.Book 4 in The Hunters seriesSeven years have passed since an unknown enemy made an attempt on their lives.It has been even longer since Lori gave her heart to the dark, brooding Hunter who serves at his Master's side. She has held an iron grip on the emotions that rage as other women lie beside him.Though the need for her burns in his very soul, Jonathan, Hunter of the Council, refuses to accept Lori, the enclave's Healer. Feeling he does not deserve her, he fears the darkness in his being will destroy them both. When Jonathan is injured, they are thrown together. She is touching him, tempting him.Jonathan will have to acknowledge that what he sees is not always what is. If he cannot, he will lose everything.The battles are beginning, the enemy has returned. To aid their cause, they seek to enslave the dark soul and devastating strength of a powerful werewolf.Evil is stalking Jonathan.
240 pages, Paperback
First published April 28, 2005
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Shiloh Walker
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My other me.... J.C. Daniels
And an experimental me that I put to sleep. J. Dallas
Bio...
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
To contact the author, please visit her website!
Thank you!
My other me.... J.C. Daniels
And an experimental me that I put to sleep. J. Dallas
Bio...
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
To contact the author, please visit her website!
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January 8, 2012
I have been avoiding this review.
Although the story behind Jonathan and Lori is quite more adventurous and intriguing than the previous book, I still had to force myself to finish it.
Jonathan’s character is wallowing in its misconception that he is dark and evil and unworthy. This of course leaves him having sex with other women in attempt to hurt Lori and push her aside. He loves her, but he cannot allow himself to have her.
Pathetic.
There have been books where this concept thrills me to the core! This is not one of them.
Lori is the younger sister and a healing witch. Everyone perceives her as innocent, dainty and fragile. Can you imagine how irritating that can get? I’m happy how her character progresses as people piss her off. It’s basically a, “I’m not strong enough Well, fuck you all; watch this!”
Running and hunting from some ancient, secret hunting party, The Scythe, Jonathan and Lori must race against time (so cliché baby) to save young Erica, Jonathan’s adopted daughter.
I only recommend this book to bored mature adults. You do not need to read this book in sequence with the series. It is not important enough to bother unless you’re like me and have to read 1..2..3..4.
Strong yet brief and disappointing sexual content. Strong violence and blood gushing frenzy.
This is a short review. My apologies. Regardless of my conclusive opinions of a boos, I should still give the review my time. I'm busy.
~happy reading
Although the story behind Jonathan and Lori is quite more adventurous and intriguing than the previous book, I still had to force myself to finish it.
Jonathan’s character is wallowing in its misconception that he is dark and evil and unworthy. This of course leaves him having sex with other women in attempt to hurt Lori and push her aside. He loves her, but he cannot allow himself to have her.
Pathetic.
There have been books where this concept thrills me to the core! This is not one of them.
Lori is the younger sister and a healing witch. Everyone perceives her as innocent, dainty and fragile. Can you imagine how irritating that can get? I’m happy how her character progresses as people piss her off. It’s basically a, “I’m not strong enough Well, fuck you all; watch this!”
Running and hunting from some ancient, secret hunting party, The Scythe, Jonathan and Lori must race against time (so cliché baby) to save young Erica, Jonathan’s adopted daughter.
I only recommend this book to bored mature adults. You do not need to read this book in sequence with the series. It is not important enough to bother unless you’re like me and have to read 1..2..3..4.
Strong yet brief and disappointing sexual content. Strong violence and blood gushing frenzy.
This is a short review. My apologies. Regardless of my conclusive opinions of a boos, I should still give the review my time. I'm busy.
~happy reading
July 9, 2019
I'm...perplexed. I'm guessing this was a formatting issue but there's a dearth of scene breaks. It's really distracting - you'll be following a scene and without so much as an extra line space to indicate the scene has ended, you're somewhere else.
Beyond that, the nature of this series so far (I've got this one, another one I just started, and 2 after she switched to mainstream publishing) is that the heroes for whatever dumbass reason, refuse to accept the heroines yet at the same time, act like dogs in a manger about her - well, wolf in the second story in this book. Not something I'm overly fond of, to be honest, and if the two mmps I have (that are buried in Mt Doom so not on hand at the moment) have the same theme, that's pretty much it for me as far as this series goes.
There are things I don't get - some factions are immortal, but not all, so how do cross-species relationships work long term?
Also what is with the fascination with butt secks? The first jackass didn't even bother to use lube.
As for the tales themselves...the first was more or less a PWP - it was v. short, consisted of the aforementioned jackass feeling frustrated because his attempts to alienate the h (who, being a were, knew he was her mate) weren't quite working the way he...well, what WAS he thinking? That he could summons her to a meeting and just happen to have his threesome run over? Her reaction wasn't what he anticipated, although why she let him demonstrate his cunning lingual skills after what he'd just been doing, I dunno. Anyway, after he informed her he was sending her on a 2 year holiday, she threw herself at him, and informed him that if she left, she wouldn't be back. You can guess his reaction, particularly when he went looking for her the next evening and she was gone.
The second one... the H was the were and refusing to acknowledge that the h was his mate, although he did bang her a few times. After he informed her he'd never claim her, she informed him she was going to seek a transfer and refused to go for another round. In the meantime, they were attempting to run down a group of bad guys who were attempting to subvert his will. Somewhere along the line, she decided she'd take down the bad guys even if it meant dying, put him under a sleep spell, and blocked everyone from trying to help her. He had decided by then to stop being an idiot so was freaking out until something was done to modify the blocking spell. The day was saved, the bad guys roasted thoroughly, and yep; he staked his claim right up her tailpipe. At least he did use lube :p
I mean; none of the heroines were what I'd call TSTL. The heroes OTOH, needed their arses kicked, hard. And if that's a theme throughout the series... ain't got time for that.
Beyond that, the nature of this series so far (I've got this one, another one I just started, and 2 after she switched to mainstream publishing) is that the heroes for whatever dumbass reason, refuse to accept the heroines yet at the same time, act like dogs in a manger about her - well, wolf in the second story in this book. Not something I'm overly fond of, to be honest, and if the two mmps I have (that are buried in Mt Doom so not on hand at the moment) have the same theme, that's pretty much it for me as far as this series goes.
There are things I don't get - some factions are immortal, but not all, so how do cross-species relationships work long term?
Also what is with the fascination with butt secks? The first jackass didn't even bother to use lube.
As for the tales themselves...the first was more or less a PWP - it was v. short, consisted of the aforementioned jackass feeling frustrated because his attempts to alienate the h (who, being a were, knew he was her mate) weren't quite working the way he...well, what WAS he thinking? That he could summons her to a meeting and just happen to have his threesome run over? Her reaction wasn't what he anticipated, although why she let him demonstrate his cunning lingual skills after what he'd just been doing, I dunno. Anyway, after he informed her he was sending her on a 2 year holiday, she threw herself at him, and informed him that if she left, she wouldn't be back. You can guess his reaction, particularly when he went looking for her the next evening and she was gone.
The second one... the H was the were and refusing to acknowledge that the h was his mate, although he did bang her a few times. After he informed her he'd never claim her, she informed him she was going to seek a transfer and refused to go for another round. In the meantime, they were attempting to run down a group of bad guys who were attempting to subvert his will. Somewhere along the line, she decided she'd take down the bad guys even if it meant dying, put him under a sleep spell, and blocked everyone from trying to help her. He had decided by then to stop being an idiot so was freaking out until something was done to modify the blocking spell. The day was saved, the bad guys roasted thoroughly, and yep; he staked his claim right up her tailpipe. At least he did use lube :p
I mean; none of the heroines were what I'd call TSTL. The heroes OTOH, needed their arses kicked, hard. And if that's a theme throughout the series... ain't got time for that.
December 5, 2011
The Hunters Interlude (2nd published book of the series by Ellora's Cave) contains 2 stories of paranormal erotica with sexplicit scenes, anal sex and threesome,those of Byron and Kit, and Jonathan and Lori.
Byron and Kit (40 pages)
"He kept waiting for her to leave him.
That was what he needed her to do.
He didn't have the strength to make her leave.
And she was so f***ing stubborn."
And that is the resume of their story. Kit, an Inherent (werewolf that can switch by choice) and daughter of Byron's best friend became Byron's ward after her father's death. She stayed in the vampire's enclave from a very early age, growing and coming to her powers, becoming his second in command and eventually she fell in love with him. Byron (a vampire and the youngest Hunter and Master to run his own territory) secretly yearned for Kit for years but tried to keep her in a distance and not get involved with her since she was his ward due to a promise he gave to her dying father to look after her.
Push comes to shove when Byron decides to send Kit away in France for her to learn more about her mother's people in an attempt to distance himself and cool down his raging lust. Kit gets the wrong message out of this and decides to leave him for good since he denies them their future together as a couple. Byron changes his mind and comes after her.
Short story with lots of sexual heat between the couple that started well and ended rather anticlimactically. The description of the scenes is quite foggy and the timeline of the plot is unclear, as if the editing butchered entire bridge scenes that could help the reader understand what's going on and left the story completely sex-centered.
Guess in an erotica short story what more could one possibly want?
Jonathan and Lori, 176 pages.
Lori, a red-haired Healer witch and sister to Sarel (who we saw in the first book of Hunters, published by Ellora's Cave) is in love with Jonathan (a werewolf that can switch by choice) ever since she stepped foot in Eli's enclave in a tender age. Jonathan wants her but fears more the darkness inside him. After an attack against him by a cult called "The Scythe", the lust and emotions of the two come out in the open. Lori doesn't want to settle for just sex with Jonathan and he doesn't want to offer her more.
When 12 year old Erika, Jonathan's ward, gets kidnapped by the Scythe, Lori and Jonathan go after them. During their road trip both change their minds about what they want from each other, as Jonathan decides to give them a chance and Lori furious decides she doesn't want him anymore. The Scythe is being confronted, Eli and Sarel come to the couple's aid and Jonathan returns home plus one.
I was ok with the fact that Byron and Kit's short story was all about sex despite the cons in the writing, since this is erotica we're talking about. One expects to get a sex-oriented story and leave it at that. The fact though that the author wanted to make Lori and Jonathan's, a story with an actual plot besides the sex scenes, came with a few major problems, and that's why I have to mention that as a paranormal story, it has its flaws. Flaws such as superficial two-dimensional characters that kept switching the narrator's POV making it all the more confusing to identify who speaks every time and under whose perspective the reader gets to experience each scene. Crucial characters that had to play a part in the plot were introduced too late, following the tradition of the general confusion. Many times I had to stop reading mid-scene to understand what was going on. The development of the story was story was fractured and insufficient and the villain went down too easily.
Overall, I got the impression that apart from the writing, Ellora's Cave publishing didn't pay much attention to these stories in terms of syntax, grammar, editing and decent publishing in order to bring out the best elements of SW's writing. And that can be well identified if someone gets to read SW's Hunters series that were later published by Heat with much more improved and satisfying results.
Byron and Kit (40 pages)
"He kept waiting for her to leave him.
That was what he needed her to do.
He didn't have the strength to make her leave.
And she was so f***ing stubborn."
And that is the resume of their story. Kit, an Inherent (werewolf that can switch by choice) and daughter of Byron's best friend became Byron's ward after her father's death. She stayed in the vampire's enclave from a very early age, growing and coming to her powers, becoming his second in command and eventually she fell in love with him. Byron (a vampire and the youngest Hunter and Master to run his own territory) secretly yearned for Kit for years but tried to keep her in a distance and not get involved with her since she was his ward due to a promise he gave to her dying father to look after her.
Push comes to shove when Byron decides to send Kit away in France for her to learn more about her mother's people in an attempt to distance himself and cool down his raging lust. Kit gets the wrong message out of this and decides to leave him for good since he denies them their future together as a couple. Byron changes his mind and comes after her.
Short story with lots of sexual heat between the couple that started well and ended rather anticlimactically. The description of the scenes is quite foggy and the timeline of the plot is unclear, as if the editing butchered entire bridge scenes that could help the reader understand what's going on and left the story completely sex-centered.
Guess in an erotica short story what more could one possibly want?
Jonathan and Lori, 176 pages.
Lori, a red-haired Healer witch and sister to Sarel (who we saw in the first book of Hunters, published by Ellora's Cave) is in love with Jonathan (a werewolf that can switch by choice) ever since she stepped foot in Eli's enclave in a tender age. Jonathan wants her but fears more the darkness inside him. After an attack against him by a cult called "The Scythe", the lust and emotions of the two come out in the open. Lori doesn't want to settle for just sex with Jonathan and he doesn't want to offer her more.
When 12 year old Erika, Jonathan's ward, gets kidnapped by the Scythe, Lori and Jonathan go after them. During their road trip both change their minds about what they want from each other, as Jonathan decides to give them a chance and Lori furious decides she doesn't want him anymore. The Scythe is being confronted, Eli and Sarel come to the couple's aid and Jonathan returns home plus one.
I was ok with the fact that Byron and Kit's short story was all about sex despite the cons in the writing, since this is erotica we're talking about. One expects to get a sex-oriented story and leave it at that. The fact though that the author wanted to make Lori and Jonathan's, a story with an actual plot besides the sex scenes, came with a few major problems, and that's why I have to mention that as a paranormal story, it has its flaws. Flaws such as superficial two-dimensional characters that kept switching the narrator's POV making it all the more confusing to identify who speaks every time and under whose perspective the reader gets to experience each scene. Crucial characters that had to play a part in the plot were introduced too late, following the tradition of the general confusion. Many times I had to stop reading mid-scene to understand what was going on. The development of the story was story was fractured and insufficient and the villain went down too easily.
Overall, I got the impression that apart from the writing, Ellora's Cave publishing didn't pay much attention to these stories in terms of syntax, grammar, editing and decent publishing in order to bring out the best elements of SW's writing. And that can be well identified if someone gets to read SW's Hunters series that were later published by Heat with much more improved and satisfying results.
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October 30, 2011
I read one of the Hunter books that I found quite good, so I found some of the earlier books, expecting the same. I am disappointed so far in Shiloh Walker's weird writing style. The stories are not well developed, nor are the characters. There are stretches that really tell a tale, and then, with no segue, she jumps to the next scene. I hope the next volume is better written. This feels like lazy writer syndrome.
September 24, 2012
Good stories, really hot sex scenes, but poorly edited. She jumped from one scene to another, with different characters with barely a paragraph indent. I understand that this was an ebook originally, but I had hopes that they would have edited it before releasing it in paper.
March 15, 2010
much like book 1 & 2 not as much story - lots of sex
October 27, 2010
Not a great series, but I keep sticking with it.
March 8, 2011
Great! I love the mixture fantasy, fate: the one, love and sex.
June 13, 2011
I am truly enjoying the Hunters series. I am slowing acquiring the rest of the books.
I love the witches and vamps. They are the best.
I love the witches and vamps. They are the best.
May 28, 2009
One of the first ebooks I read, and one of my favorites!
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