9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Had a hard time getting into this book, March 18, 2007
This review is from: Howling Moon (Tales of the Sazi, Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
I really enjoyed the first book about Tony the assasin, and "Captive Moon" about Sazi coucil member Antoine the Magnificent. However, I had a difficult time following the characters in this book.
Raphael has been assigned to a help a newly bitten leopard/cat to a new Sazi life. I still don't understand why a wolf would be teaching a cat and why try to merge her in a wolf pack as well. That was a badly written plot device. As was the heroine's name, "Catherine", now shortened to "Cat", makes me want to roll my eyes.
An old homicidal psychopath has been targeting women who look like the woman that he once loved. Cat is now caught in the crossfires because of her resmemblance and her resistance to his charms. While Raphael is training her to become a Sazi, Cat must be on guard all the time from the murderous killer and from antagonism of a wolf pack. On the other hand, Raphael, newly promoted Alpha of the wolf pack must bring pull reel in all the pack members is defiance. It's a trying time for both the hero and the heroine.
Unfortunately, everything about this story was either boring and confusing, and at some point I just started skimming to get it over with. I had a difficult time understanding the whole bonding thing, and back history. Psycho killer hates Raphael because the love of his life, Fiona, bonded to Raphael. Isn't Fiona mentioned in a previous book and already bonded to someone else? Now Raphael was either mated or bonded to the previous wolf Alpha, Lucas's wife, Tatya. Except Tatya left Raphael to marry the Alpha. Don't wolves mate for life? What caused 2 men to instantly want to bond w/ Cat, the heroine? Is bonding a pre-destined soul thing? If you bond to a person who doesn't bond back, can you still bond to another person? The whole thing just did not make sense. After the black mail evidence was taken care of, why wasn't a real assasin like Tony, used to off the bad guy? I'm still not certain why Raphael was forced to retire from Wolven force either.
Of all the Sazi books, this book is the worst in the series. I did not care for any of the characters, the plot, or the world of the wolf pack. Raphael as a tow truck business owner just doesn't cut as much of a romantic figure either. His powers of a secondary alpha didn't seem that impressive since the whole wolf pack ignored his orders and weren't really that afraid of his punishments. Despite killing his own pack members, no one was afraid of him. Not great alpha material in my opinion. The happily ever after ending was a little over the top as well. Does the only thing that make a man an alpha the ability to breed and change shape at will make him an alpha? Aren't wolves territorial? Does another pack using an alpha from outside seem realistic?
I would not recommend this book. Avoid this one if possible, as it doesn't really contribute anything to the overall Sazi world.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Non-romantic "romance" book, February 10, 2007
This review is from: Howling Moon (Tales of the Sazi, Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
I found this to be the most non-romantic "romance" novel I've ever read. My gripes: key plot points centered around the hero's previous "mates" (this isn't for life?) and women (yes, plural) he had children ("puppies") with. Sorry, but what a major turn-off to this reader! Yuck!
I think any reviewer would agree that the majority of this book was centered around plot...the romantic storyline was a tiny part of the story. I think these authors are talented, but need to be reclassified into a paranormal fiction category.
I loved the authors first book, which kept me dragging through this one. Wish I could get those hours of my life back!
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Seriously disappointing, January 7, 2007
This review is from: Howling Moon (Tales of the Sazi, Book 4) (Mass Market Paperback)
I had hoped that we were going to go back to the standard of writing and storyline that was shown in the first 2 previous books 'Hunters Moon' and 'Moon's Web'. No, this book is just seriously dreadful. Too much pointless details, the book is crammed with useless details - at one point we're given details of the main female going food shopping, filling up her trolley, and then paying for it and then carrying it blah blah blah. There was so much useless details I kept forgetting what the main storyline was suppose to be! I didn't care for the writing, it started to feel that a 15yr old had written parts of it, and badly. There was no romance, the sex was really bad. The characters came across as weak and the main male character as useless. Actually I ended up rooting for the serial killer - I'm not going to give out any spoilers - but all these super intelligent beings couldn't come up with an idea years ago on how to deal with him???? Seriously, don't buy, get out from the Libruary, save your money.
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