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Danny Lee #1
Half Wed Moon
Danny Lee has a problem, and it's bigger than the demon she has just managed to release on the New Jersey populace. Danny is a magi wolf; the only magi-infused werewolf in existence and her life is a constant battle between her inner beast and her mage sensibilities. Danny's brother has gone missing and the price for information that may lead to his release-her freedom. In order to secure his safety, Danny must rejoin the pack that she deserted five years past . and the pack Alpha that she has tried so hard to forget. Armed with information, determination and a whole lot of magic, Danny ventures into foreign territory in search of her brother and lands in the arms and under the fangs of one irresistible master vampire, a vampire who has no intention of letting this stubborn and independent magi wolf get away. But Danny whose independence means everything to her, and who cannot think past her split soul, has much more on her mind than the sexy and mysterious vampire who would love to get a bite in. Can the wolf in magi's clothing and the Machiavellian vampire find love amidst war, pack politics and a possible fairy invasion?
284 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2006
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Mara Lee
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January 3, 2009
Here's the thing, with the extreme popularity of all the paranormal romance/erotica books today, if you're gonna write in this genre then you need to make sure your story is different enough and sustainable...while still providing a full story in each book. At least that's my opinion. And Mara Lee's "Half Wed Moon" didn't do such a bad job with this at all. There were a few rough patches for me and I thought I was left hanging a bit, but it was certainly good enough to keep me reading and I'll keep an eye out for the other books in this series from Liquid Silver Books.
Danny is a magi werewolf. Sounds cool, yeah? Well it's not! All her 'specialness' has gotten her was a crappy family life and powerful males wanting her 'services' and abilities for them. Sure they say they want her, but she knows that what they want is access to her powers and abilities and to her, that's just a cage of a different sort. What Danny wants is freedom...freedom to make her own decisions and life without having to continually compromise. When she receives a package that contains her brother's finger, she's pissed! She's also determined to rescue him from whatever fix he's gotten into now. But in the process, she'll have to face two Alpha packmasters (who both want her powers) and a couple of Master vampires (who both want her powers), not to mention some wicked Fae (who might want her just as a 'pet'), good and bad witches, and one pissed off Demon. How did her life get so f&^ked up?
There were a few rough patches where I thought the editing might have been a bit better, or I would have liked to see some additional 'fleshing out' of the plotline, but I'm hoping the next book might make those spots a little clearer. Mara Lee has a vivid and creative imagination and has written a story that pulled me in and kept me going.
One note of warning: The book is marketed as an erotic romance, but I've read several mainstream-published romance books that were just as hot. Unless she turns up the heat considerably in her next book, I wouldn't exactly call it erotica...just hot!
Danny is a magi werewolf. Sounds cool, yeah? Well it's not! All her 'specialness' has gotten her was a crappy family life and powerful males wanting her 'services' and abilities for them. Sure they say they want her, but she knows that what they want is access to her powers and abilities and to her, that's just a cage of a different sort. What Danny wants is freedom...freedom to make her own decisions and life without having to continually compromise. When she receives a package that contains her brother's finger, she's pissed! She's also determined to rescue him from whatever fix he's gotten into now. But in the process, she'll have to face two Alpha packmasters (who both want her powers) and a couple of Master vampires (who both want her powers), not to mention some wicked Fae (who might want her just as a 'pet'), good and bad witches, and one pissed off Demon. How did her life get so f&^ked up?
There were a few rough patches where I thought the editing might have been a bit better, or I would have liked to see some additional 'fleshing out' of the plotline, but I'm hoping the next book might make those spots a little clearer. Mara Lee has a vivid and creative imagination and has written a story that pulled me in and kept me going.
One note of warning: The book is marketed as an erotic romance, but I've read several mainstream-published romance books that were just as hot. Unless she turns up the heat considerably in her next book, I wouldn't exactly call it erotica...just hot!
May 26, 2008
Again, though my work is in this genre, this is not my usual reading fare, so my rating may seem a little harsh. But this is just not the sort of story I generally set out to read.
This book in particular might have been more to my taste if it had more cinematic description in the narrative and less dialogue. Much of the description that was in the book was vague or generic, with words like "beautiful" or "stunning" used with the sense that they should be taken for granted. There are quite a lot of powerful Alphas in this book, and they and all the rest of the characters tend to be somewhat loquacious for my taste. I favor the strong and silent Alpha types, the intriguing characters with smooth, quiet surfaces and very deep and troubled waters, but there aren't any such characters in this book. Every character says a whole lot more in a situation than I think I personally would have done.
Also, the words the characters speak seem to be a mix of a stilted formal style and a more crass modern vernacular, which was a little disconcerting for me. I know what the author was trying to do, illustrate how old the vampires or the fairies are, but it needed more consistency or focus. Plus, the rhythms and syntax didn't seem to be very well defined in each of the characters so that one character's line could have easily been another character's line.
The main character Danny seemed unwavering in her prickly, angry, brash, and irritated attitude that I found it hard to like her and couldn't understand why anyone in the story did. She was always contrary or insulting, always inciting conflict, and yet people either lusted after her, were amused by her, or were indulgent with her. I know she was meant to be a kick-ass heroine, but she often bordered on being a ball breaker.
As for the story itself, the first half of the book is focused on the fact that Danny's brother is missing and that she must find him. But once he is found and he goes away again, he is never mentioned again, as if all the angst Danny went through over his initial disappearance is long forgotten. So I felt the ending lacked that bit, and that lack only made it obvious that the missing brother was merely a device to get Danny to go from one pack to another, then to a vampire's area and to the land of the Fae.
That said, I think there's a lot of potential here. Even with the spare descriptions, I can imagine the visuals the author must have had in mind while writing this, and they're reminiscent of the movie Underworld, in a way. And now that I've read this book, I picture a different face for the heroine as well, something more fitting than the one I've put on the cover -- maybe not quite so clearly Asian but maybe more Eurasian, and maybe not quite so sweet and soft but maybe with a harder, more serious and steamy expression.
All in all, an interesting story idea.
Finished reading May 25, 2008.
This book in particular might have been more to my taste if it had more cinematic description in the narrative and less dialogue. Much of the description that was in the book was vague or generic, with words like "beautiful" or "stunning" used with the sense that they should be taken for granted. There are quite a lot of powerful Alphas in this book, and they and all the rest of the characters tend to be somewhat loquacious for my taste. I favor the strong and silent Alpha types, the intriguing characters with smooth, quiet surfaces and very deep and troubled waters, but there aren't any such characters in this book. Every character says a whole lot more in a situation than I think I personally would have done.
Also, the words the characters speak seem to be a mix of a stilted formal style and a more crass modern vernacular, which was a little disconcerting for me. I know what the author was trying to do, illustrate how old the vampires or the fairies are, but it needed more consistency or focus. Plus, the rhythms and syntax didn't seem to be very well defined in each of the characters so that one character's line could have easily been another character's line.
The main character Danny seemed unwavering in her prickly, angry, brash, and irritated attitude that I found it hard to like her and couldn't understand why anyone in the story did. She was always contrary or insulting, always inciting conflict, and yet people either lusted after her, were amused by her, or were indulgent with her. I know she was meant to be a kick-ass heroine, but she often bordered on being a ball breaker.
As for the story itself, the first half of the book is focused on the fact that Danny's brother is missing and that she must find him. But once he is found and he goes away again, he is never mentioned again, as if all the angst Danny went through over his initial disappearance is long forgotten. So I felt the ending lacked that bit, and that lack only made it obvious that the missing brother was merely a device to get Danny to go from one pack to another, then to a vampire's area and to the land of the Fae.
That said, I think there's a lot of potential here. Even with the spare descriptions, I can imagine the visuals the author must have had in mind while writing this, and they're reminiscent of the movie Underworld, in a way. And now that I've read this book, I picture a different face for the heroine as well, something more fitting than the one I've put on the cover -- maybe not quite so clearly Asian but maybe more Eurasian, and maybe not quite so sweet and soft but maybe with a harder, more serious and steamy expression.
All in all, an interesting story idea.
Finished reading May 25, 2008.
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