Lycan Warriors, Book TwoHe's the worst of the bad, the deadliest weapon of them all, except to her…then he's the gentlest teddy bear.Liberty was the first member on the lycanthrope team of soldiers-for-hire. Her specialty is technology. She's seen every member join, some of them to stay, others to leave — permanently. One colleague has always managed to make her lose her legendary cool. Unlike her, Cupcake hails from a humble background, hasn't a credit to his name and lets people think he's just a mountain of muscle, all brawn and no brain. Liberty knows better and has lusted after the quiet, towering lycan with the serious eyes for years, silently wishing he'd just make his move. But he hasn't so far, even if there are days she swears there's a bit of fire in his pale eyes, a hint of longing in the way he glances at her when he thinks she's not looking.
Mother, spouse, older sister, writer, ex-soldier, high school drop-out, dog owner (or dog owned), half couch potato, half intermittent jogger, wannabe renovator and avid reader who watches too much television, sinks too much money in clothes, likes animals more than humans, recycles, wore braces, never downloads copyrighted stuff, was a nerd without the grades, has a belly laugh that turns heads in theaters, can't stand bullying, is mother hawk more than mother hen, votes even if candidates aren't that great and thinks formal education is highly overrated (probably because she has none).
The second in a series that follows closely where the first Lycan Warriors left off, here we find the members of Solomon's old crew, Liberty, Cupcake, and Dragana stranded on the spacestation Antioch while they wait for Liberty's rich family to smuggle in optic nerve implants so Liberty can regain her vision.
I found this story much more enjoyable than the first, primarily because of the story of Cupcake and Liberty and their long-held love that finally explodes during the richly detailed action scenes towards the middle and end of the book. The relationship between Liberty and Cupcake, the techy girl and the oversized bodyguard, strongly reminded me of Shelly Laurenston's Go Fetch!, at least superficially. An excellent read, and I am looking forward to the next.