The Last Bite

by Evangeline Anderson

LGBT Shape-shifter ParanormalCade is a demon hunter with one distinct advantage--he is also a shifter. His animal side makes him immune to the deadly venom of demon bites. Always a lone wolf, Cade is surprised when a young man named David shows up as his door begging to be trained to hunt and kill the evil forces of the night.But David is pure human with no immunity to protect him from the deadly demon venom. Cade isn't about to turn him since over half of those infected with lycanthropy die. Still, there's something about the young man with the beautiful eyes that calls to him, and Cade decides to train him against his better judgment. He takes David into his home and into his heart but not into his bed--for despite David's obvious desire he can never bring himself to admit his true feelings.Then the unthinkable David is fatally wounded during a demon hunt. Only by risking everything and taking David to bed can Cade save the young man who is so much more than a protégé. For now he must give David The Last Bite--the curse of lycanthropy which will either release the wolf within or kill the man he loves.Publisher's This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find male/male sexual practices

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Romance, Vampires, Paranormal Romance, Fantasy

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Evangeline Anderson is a registered MRI tech who would rather be writing. And yes, she is nerdy enough to have a bumper sticker that says “I’d rather be writing.” Honk if you see her! She is thirty-something and lives in Florida with a husband, a son, and two cats. She had been writing erotic fiction for her own gratification for a number of years before it occurred to her to try and get paid for it. To her delight, she found that it was actually possible to get money for having a dirty mind and she has been writing paranormal and Sci-fi erotica steadily ever since.

Reviews

[Monique · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a novella/short book and I would class it a s a "Gay for you" read. 3 Stars


Demon hunters, Cade and David are in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on what was supposed to be a routine hunt, tracking Demons. Unfortunately they were unaware that the area was also a nesting place and breeding ground for the hell spawn they were dedicated to eliminating. Stumbling onto the nest, unprepared for what they were facing, David is attacked and bitten and unlike Cade, who is a wolf shifter and therefore immune to the demon bite, David is pure human to whom the poison is fatal.

The story is then told in flashbacks, going back to the day they met, when a scrawny 18 year old kid turns up on his doorstep in answer to an advert he place for an apprentice Demon hunter. Cade has no idea why this idealistic kid from the burbs, all 5ft 7inches of next to nothing would want to hunt demons, but despite his better judgement and his knowledge that David did not have superhuman strength as well as not being immune to the demon bite, his inner wolf was calling and he wanted David in his life. The wolf could sense the good in the boy and Cade wanted him too but was not sure why.

This book is about Demon hunters, so you would think that there would be a bit of action, sadly not, although we are treated to quite a bit of sex for such a short read, and they aren't even Gay! Cade, concerned with David's nightmares after a hunting, invites David to share his bed, where he is able to comfort him and relieve any stress from the hunt, he does this by bringing him to release. In Cade's mind, David is his pack and as Alpha he is responsible for him, wants to nurture and protect what is his. David just adores him and wants to reciprocate but Cade is adamant that his motives are simply to care for and protect him. Confused!.....the wolf gets it, the other two are just a bit slow on the uptake. There wasn't enough time in this book to develop the characters or their relationship, it bordered on dipping into a D/s relationship, David calls him Master and he is eager to please and follow direction, in the bedroom he is Cade's Cub and behaves as a Cub would and submits to his Master, this is where it lacked substance and although it was a sweet relationship I would have liked a bit more story.

[Unapologetic_Bookaholic · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 of 5 really...given it was only a novella, but good!

Without giving too much away about this m/m shifter romance novella. It is safe to say that if your looking for well developed, well liked characters, a tight, fast moving plot, an easy yet emotional read (took me a couple hours tops) and the highly praised heat that only Evangeline Anderson can bring to a mere 77 pages. Then you will enjoy this book.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's all about werewolf love... This is a wonderful and unbelievably hot story. The sexual tension and affection between the two main characters (a werewolf and a human) is palpable. If you are a fan of Evangeline Anderson, this is a must-have... and if you are not, give The Last Bite a chance. It is a quick read and you won't regret it.

[Jimmy Hanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good intro into Evangeline Anderson's works, and what I consider to be one of her better novels [or in this case, novella:]. The way David and Cade meet is kind of loose, not quite ridiculous but not even remotely believable either. Both of their reasons for hunting the demons is touched on briefly but never truly gone into detail enough to make us care exactly HOW they got to the point they are, just that they're THERE.

Which is, essentially, a good description of the whole novella; it's not so much what has happened in the past so much as what is happening NOW. David is poisoned and near death, and Cade can save him.

I like how the story was transitioned from 'current' day and back to an instance that happened before, and then back again; Anderson does the separation of scenes well, better than a lot of other readers I've run across. I also like how not everything happened in a wild rush - not EVERY instance of them getting more comfortable and progressive in their relationship happens over the span of a night, a week, or a month. Rather, four years pass with only a few brief scenes of gathering attraction between them.

I would have liked for the whole story to have been longer, for their family histories to be brought up a bit more, their actual fights with the demons, etc. Yet for the point Anderson was trying to put across - in this case, that love can grow despite any circumstance - it was all done extremely well.

And of course the schmexy werewolf aspect of it didn't hurt any, either. ^_~

[Ayanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was good-ish, and then it was okay, and then it became porn for the sake of porn with excuse plot.
And I guess I just have a thing against flashbacks, but still. Flashbacks are a really awk way of telling a story unless it's something like Memento and the lost memories are kind of the point.

On a somewhat unrelated {read: completely unrelated} side-note, I've found that m/m really is rather...idk. Can't find the adjective.
That whole "when you go m/m, you can't go back" kind of thing? I find that with my drabbles/ficlets I simply can't make it not m/m. It was really awk cuz I was trying not to shock my writers' club and struggling...and then going "fuck it" and just writing the MCs gay.

Anyways. Story. Well, 2nd star because it WAS good, you know. Before it, you know, became All-About-Sex...
Oh, almost forgot to mention the wangst. Oh, the wangst. Okay, he's definitely going to live, a'right? He's your LI. There's no way the LI's gonna die. Sheesh.

Anyways, there's a total Beauty and the Beast moment. "NO. Don't die! You can't die! I love you!" *sobs uncontrollably. LI magically comes back to life WOOT. *rolls eyes

But I guess it wasn't bad? Overall...? -Ish?

[Clerah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a hard time getting through this 77 page book. The book overall wasn't that bad I just wasn't really getting into it. Maybe it was because I wasn't really in the mood. Who knows. I'm usually a huge fan of Evangeline Anderson, but this book was kind of a disappointment for me.

What I did think was interesting about this book, is that most of the characters interaction was told through flashbacks. Maybe that is what bugged me, everything was in the past until the last main event. I didn't hate it but I didn't love it either.

[Emeziel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this a second time, bumping up a star. There are few books that capture your attention the same way the second time. And this was even better. I really like this author.

[Bren · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un libro cortito pero de una forma de escribir de una autora que extrañaba.

He leido varios libros de Evangeline Anderson, sin embargo, no considero este libro de mis mejores leturas por el hecho de que la autora tenia una gran historia para contar pero se desperdicia en el hecho de que senti que quiere contar toda la historia de los personajes en ¿cuatro? ¿cinco capítulos? y eso para arruino una gran libro. Hubiera sido interesante conocer mas del mundo, conocer a los personajes desde un comienzo y ver su evolución a medida que pasara el tiempo en la historia pero se conto todo muy rápido y eso no me gusto nada.

Si tengo que hablar de los personajes no tengo tampoco mucho para decir, si me incomodo un poco la diferencia de edad entre ellos porque claramente Cade era mucho grande que David. Personajes con falta de crecimiento en el sentido que no se les muestra una personalidad completa y eso me decepciono un poco. Lo que si rescato fue que la historia tiene su erotismo (en su mayoria de sus libros se encuentra presente) pero no todo gira en torno a eso, no se pierde el foco y eso fue agradable porque no siempre pasa.

Voy a seguir leyendo a la autora porque amo su forma de escribir pero espero encontrarme con libros un poco mas largos y con mucho mas que contar.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

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An extremely detailed blurb tells you most of what you need to know here. Cade is a demon hunter but he’s also a wolf shifter. This makes him even more proficient as a hunter, since being a shifter makes him more powerful and specifically immune to all demon bites.

He has always been a lone wolf, working alone, but after a particularly rough hunt he spontaneously posts an ad on craigslist to find a partner to work with him. After six months he assumes there will be no answer until young David shows up at his door. David is pure human, and only seventeen, but is driven and has a deep desire to hunt and kill as many demons as possible.

For years Cade and David work together, side by side, beginning with David’s intense training as the young man becomes Cade’s protégé. Cade quickly comes to care deeply for David, and is determined to keep him safe despite the high level of danger related to their job. When a hunt one night finds them walking into a nest instead of the one or two demons they had expected, David is unable to fight back the attack and ends up covered in bites that immediately begin to poison his soul. Cade is desperate to help David, but must decide to what lengths he is willing to go to save David.

I first discovered Evangeline Anderson through her story The Assignment, which I read near the beginning of my foray into m/m fiction. I loved the story and got immediately engrossed in the characters. I have read several of Anderson’s stories and when I wanted to read a werewolf tale I picked this out of my TBR list. What I didn’t know is what this story held in store for me. It’s not a typical werewolf story by any means. The most important thing is that Cade is a demon hunter, and being a shifter is another piece of his arsenal of protection against those he is driven to eliminate.

The story has a very fast-paced feel and is constructed like a web. It begins in the present, as Cade is trying to get David to safety and aide. The story jumps to the past, telling the story of how Cade and David met and what they have been through over their years together. The flashbacks are a mixture from Cade’s point of view and others from David so there is a good balance between the two. The flashbacks are all driving to their current predicament in the present and that’s where the ending comes in.

I liked that this isn’t your typical shifter story, that there is a detailed paranormal aspect that is integral to the story. Anderson integrates many of the facets that are typical of shifter stories but picks a few to really focus on such as the submission of pack members to the alpha and the connection and bonding among pack members. Cade has for so long been a lone wolf, but the appearance of David in his life creates his own pack.

There are intense feelings between Cade and David, ones that neither man is willing to admit to, which is common within Anderson’s stories. Both men have to admit their feelings before they can move forward, which is not an easy task.

I enjoyed the story quite a bit and didn’t put it down until I reached the end, but at times I wanted to strangle both men. There is a lot of sexual content in the story well before either of them have admitted how deep their feelings run. And here is where my biggest frustration enters the pictures. This is an issue that I am finding is common to quite a few stories in the m/m genre which is both frustrating and disturbing.

He had long ago stopped thinking of his protégé as straight, but he didn’t think of David as gay either. He was simply a lost kid who had come to Cade for guidance and somehow taken hold of his heart. And Cade himself was simply a lone wolf — someone who had never needed anyone.

The men care for one another, struggle to admit they love one another. But they aren’t gay. Cade gives David a handjob and a blowjob and makes David submit by inserting the head of his cock into David’s ass. But they aren’t gay. David has found his way into Cade’s heart and David would do anything for his mentor and alpha master. But they aren’t gay.

I understand that often it’s hard to pick a label for a character, as labels can be restrictive and too rigid, but I do not understand why an author who writes a story about two men who love each other feels the need to make it abundantly clear that the men are not gay. It’s the “yeah they aren’t straight but they totally aren’t gay” aka “gay for you” mentality that I’ve read often in books and I just don’t understand. And the real problem with this element of stories is that it usually lowers my overall enjoyment of a story.

That is what happened here as well, and a story that overall I did enjoy quite a bit was lessened by the author’s insistence that the characters “aren’t gay”. They seem quite gay to me, and the assertion that they aren’t makes it seems that there is something wrong with the characters being perceived as gay and sheds an unfortunate, but unavoidable, homophobic light on the story. I question why an author would include something like this in a book being marketed as LGBT. I understand that the majority of readers of a book like this will be straight women, and I would hope that readers would recognize how derogatory and exclusionary comments like those are. The story would have been perfectly fine without the “don’t forget these boys aren’t gay” insertions, and I argue that it would have in fact been better.

It’s very possible that many readers will not stumble over the “gay for you” addition to the plot, and will enjoy the characters and the sex. I did like the story but my overall impression is unavoidably tainted.

[Jakki Frances · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this one. So I generally know EA from her fabbo KINDRED series, and so this was a big difference but a good one. It's quick, it's interesting and it's heartfelt and hot. What's not to love.

[Danielle Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book.

[Linda Jaejoong · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cade ist ein Dämonenjäger und kann sich in einen Wolf verwandeln. Er lebt alleine und hat vor langer Zeit sein Rudel verlassen. Eines Tages steht der junge David vor seiner Tür und möchte Cades Partner werden. Er ist sich nicht sicher ob er ihn ausbilden soll, denn für einen Menschen kann der Biss eines Dämons tödlich sein, trotzdem nimmt er David bei sich auf und bildet ihn aus.

Cade ist als Gestaltwandel Immun gegen Dämonen Gift. Eines Nachts passiert dann das unvermeidliche, David wird bei einem Angriff stark vergiftet und ringt mit dem Tod. Cade muss sich nun entscheiden, entweder lässt er ihn sterben oder er gibt ihm den letzten Biss. Wobei das Risiko besteht das David die Verwandlung nicht überleben wird.

Das Buch beginnt nach dem Angriff der Dämonen. Cade ist verzweifelt und bringt David zu einer Freundin, vielleicht kann sie ja helfen. Ich hatte mich gefreut das nicht viel drum geredet wird und das anscheinend gleich die Action beginnt, aber zu früh gefreut. Dann kaum hat er David in Sicherheit gebracht beginnen die Rückblenden.

Versteht mich nicht falsch, ich fand es gut das wir gesehen haben wie die beiden sich kennengelernt haben, aber es blieb nicht bei der einen Rückblende. Und das Buch hat nun mal nur ca. 68 Seiten und da war kein Platz für Rückblenden. Dadurch ging der Hauptfokus der Handlung, nämlich der letzte Biss, vollkommen unter.

Währende dem letzten Biss müssen die Beiden nämlich Sex miteinander haben, was ja eigentlich der Hauptfokus des Buches ist. Aber nein, es wurde zu viel rum gelabert, sodass für den Biss und die Verwandlung nicht mal 5 Seiten übrig waren. Ich habe beim lesen immer nur gedacht, "Komm doch endlich auf den Punkt und laber nicht so viel rum".

Fazit: Nicht wirklich spannend, zu wenig Action, zuviel unnützes Gerede und zu wenig Erotik. Der Sex und die Verwandlung waren die Gründe warum ich das eBook gekauft habe, leider war davon kaum etwas zu sehen und das was war, war auch ehr unbefriedigend. Das eBook lohnt sich für das Geld auf keinen Fall. Auch umsonst würde ich es mir nicht holen, die Autorin hat einfach das Hauptziel außer acht gelassen und dadurch ist die Handlung trocken und super langweilig!!

[Elisa Rolle]

Cade is a werewolf and a demon hunter. Thanks to his supernatural nature, he is immune to demon bites and so he is a very good demon slayer, but he is alone. He chose long ago the hunter life to avenge the death of all his family and even when an alpha proposed him to be part of a pack, he refused. Now years later he has a chance to not be alone: David, a very young guy, barely eighteen, asks him to be his apprentice.

Cade takes David in and makes him "pack", and for Cade this means treating David like a cub, embracing him at night when the kid has nightmares and giving him a blow job or two when he is agitated after an hunting... well for sure David likes the treating and he would be happy to reciprocate, but Cade seems to believe that if he allows to the kid to go even further in their sexual exploration, he will be scared by the idea to be "gay". All right this is maybe one of the thing I don't exactly understand: how can Cade believe that David is not gay? The kid likes to much what they do together and he also tried in the past to reciprocate when Cade was sleeping, and only cause Cade interrupted him, the kid didn't finish. And then he is too eager to do more to not being desperately in love and totally gay.

In the end the decision is taken to Cade, since David is badly wounded and only becoming a werewolf he could survive. If he manages to remain alive through the changing...

The story is not very long, less than 80 pages and it has a strange structure: the main story is a night on Cade and David's life, the night when David is wounded; throught the night both Cade and David remember how they met and what they shared in the past, to at the end of the night, arriving to the finally decision: turning or not turning David? And since it seems that bodily fluid exchange (of every nature) allows a better changing, the procedure can be pretty erotic... bordering in almost hard!

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[mlady_rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite as good as the last two books I read by this author. The book kind of jumps into the middle of the action and tells the back story via flashbacks. I've seen that work successfully. I'm not sure it did this time.

It reminded me of the writing adage, show don't tell. I think the flashbacks did too much "telling" how much the couple was in love, and not quite enough showing.

The "demons" also reminded me quite a bit of "Supernatural", which I initially enjoyed, but have soured on. It's bad when a show gets too weird for me. *g*

Overall, decent read, but not as stand out as "Slave Boy" and "Eyes Like a Wolf". I'm sure I'll give this author another go.

[Ale Rivero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una mezcla perfecta

Adoro las novelas sobre seres paranormales y también las de relaciones M/M, y esta es una mezcla perfecta.
Evangeline vuelve a deslumbrar con su fantástica manera de plasmar los sentimientos más profundos que pueden anidar en el alma de un ser humano y también de otros seres.
Los más conocidos seres paranormales, hombres lobo, vampiros y demonios se unen en esta corta pero emocionante historia que tiene como protagonistas a Cade, el cazador solitario y David, su aprendiz.
El amor se construye paso a paso pero para que florezca la semilla debe estar plantada allí, y las situaciones de alto riesgo solo hace que los sentimientos afloren a la superficie.
Otra imperdible historia de esta magnífica autora.

[Laylatusakeena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is about the demon hunter that fall in love with his protege. The demon hunter is a tall-dark-lone wolf and the protege is a young innocent boy with desire to hunt demons for shake to revenge his sister's death. Anderson develop their relationship as master-apprentice until then be as lover. After their last hunt, the protege was hurt badly on the verge of death and his master has to take the last bite to save him. This story is full of darkness, I think (lol) and i'm so carried away while reading it. Once in the past, I've made story with the plot just like this but I've never finished it (lol) I guess I have to continue write it again after I've got lot of aspiration from Anderson ;)

[Barb ~rede-2-read~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the story of Cade, a werewolf and demon hunter and his young protege David. The story spans a brief period in which David is bitten by a nest of demons and will die unless Cade changes him to a vampire, assisted by an ancient undead woman, or to a werewolf, a process that is very painful and could easily result in his death.

Flashbacks provide the meat of the story as to how their relationship developed over the last four years. Cade loves David and vice versa though it's never been verbally expressed.

I really liked the pace and development of the story line, and I'm always happy to see a HEA.

[Heather C · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was hesitant to read this because it was so short and being paranormal...I was afraid it would be very underdeveloped.  But the author actually did a pretty good job with the world building IMO. 

The story basically starts in the middle and we get the backstory through a series of flashbacks from each character's POV. I usually hate that, but this time it worked for me. It showed the progression of Cade and David's relationship up to this point.

I really liked the erotic twist on how one is changed into a shifter. Very hot! 

I only wish this would have been much longer and could have included some of the demon fight scenes. 

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
I like this better than "The Assignment" -- maybe because I have a soft spot for werewolves? :p. Anyway, I really enjoy the flashback thing. I know some people don't but I like it when the author goes back and forth between present and past -- to see that the past matters when it comes to shaping the present (when it comes to characters or relationship). Plus I think David is adorable and Cade is likeable as well. And I totally enjoy the fact that it's not too heavily clouded with sex scenes. I'm tired of reading stories that are only about sex.

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this well written short story. I was worried that the blurb sounded to involved for a 77 pages story and that things would feel incomplete or rushed. Instead the author used very well timed and appropriate flashbacks to give us a well rounded story.

I normally really dislike flashbacks as they are not necessary for the plot or they are ill timed and I am frustrated about being taken away form the present moment action/angst. However this author used flash backs p-e-r-f-e-c-t-l-y.

[Da'ad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot get enough of Angeline Andersen. Ever! Her romances do not repeat themselves, even as they induce the same deep, warm satisfaction and ache in your belly at the amount of love and luuuurv in her books. And all that delicious angst, that manages to add spice to her books without overwhelming the dish...er...I mean story. Yum!

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I honestly can't say anything bad about evangeline anderson's books, i just love them all.

However, the only down fall for me is that I read so many books that I can't remember ALOT of them, therefor it takes an amazing book that I literally can not put down for me to remember it, unfortunately this was not one of those books.

[notyourmonkey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just another werewolf vampire hunter in love with his as-yet-unturned protege who he eventually has to a) turn and 2) bonk. Also, what is up with this author's repetition of the I-put-my-wang-in-you-but-only-a-little-bit-so-we-haven't-had-sex-yet trope?

[Meggie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked re-reading this short novella. The text flown fast and end was easily predicted. The plot wasn't unique and to undeveloped for my taste and the ending was rushed. In general it was easy story, but tt could definitely be longer.

[Fairy / Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe it's not exactly 3 stars (2,5?), cause even if I liked it, I guess, it was rather silly ;) Oh, well, extremely silly. It looks like sometimes I have a fondness for books which are not smart. It happens :D

[LD Durham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple story that I thought was delivered well. I liked the new way of looking at lychanthropy and demons. Nice.

[Lexi Ander · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would rate this 3.5 out of 5. I liked the story line and the ending was what I exspected but I enjoyed everything inbetween.

[Carolyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

very sweet love story;

[Manda · Rating 1 out of 5]

Blick. i suppose not the worst I've ever read, but no redeeming qualities.

[SassySami · Rating 5 out of 5]

These two men were perfect - dedicated, strong, and caring more for the other than for his own needs...