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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy Beast III, September 16, 2008
"Chanku Journey" by Kate Douglas
Shannon, Jake and Baylor have bonded as Chanku. They decide to take a motorcycle trip cross-country for their friend Lucien's wedding in San Francisco. Along the way, they will clarify and define their relationship. As well as, help some old and new friends.
Chanku Journey was a well-constructed tale of shapeshifters and their loves. It is, however, a story that jumps around as you are reading it. There are three stories intertwined and it does detract from the main relationship between Shannon, Jake and Baylor. The myriad of characters goes from one story to another with all parties ending up at the same wedding. Ms. Douglas does give plenty of background on all relationships and characters. As well, Chanku Journey is chock full of interesting sex. I enjoyed Chanku Journey, but ended with a feeling that there were three stories in one and I wanted to read each separately.
"Kiss of the Dragon" by Lacy Danes
Chester Shields is a sexy 300-year-old dragon shifter. He is more than the cute guy working in the next cubicle. While on assignment from the Royals, he finds Nora, his first mate in over 200 years. It is lust at first sight for both of them. Now all Chester has to do is finish his assignment and help Nora realize she is his or die.
Kiss of the Dragon is a different, steamy look at sex with a dragon shifter. Ms. Danes has written about a society that is fighting to survive in the world while still maintaining its own identity in the process. Both Nora and Chester want the same goal but have to get over past regrets to make their relationship work. An entertaining tale of two soul mates finding each other.
"Winter's Kiss" by Morgan Hawke
Kasi Stewart is a big game photographer going to visit her grandma who lives in Japan, a place where she met a mysterious tiger during a snowstorm as a child. A tiger she pledged to marry when she grew up and a tiger she dreams of.
Yuki Shirotara is one of the nearly extinct white tigers. A tiger shapeshifter who is gorgeous, sexy and mated for life with Kasi. He has waited ten years for Kasi to return so he can claim her and claim her he does.
Kasi does not make Yuki's task easy and the hunter becomes the hunted.
Winter's Kiss is a stimulating, refreshing shapeshifter tale. Ms. Hawke not only kept me enraptured with this story but lusting after tiger shifters and salads. Winter's Kiss is a story of finding true love, waiting for it, and having it reignite. A true pleasure to read.
Sexy Beast III was a book that was almost impossible to put down. All three authors have written wonderful characters and refreshing looks at shifters.
Emma
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Well written and worth the time, September 17, 2007
All of these writers do a 'good' job but in the case of the third story, I found it a bit weaker than the other two authored by Douglas and Danes. Lacy Danes story of a dragon is amusing and moves along at a fast clip. I'd give her 4 stars for originality. If you like a fantasy type romance and you can put aside disbelief for a while (I'm a cynic and I managed) then you'll enjoy these stories. I'll look for the rest of the series but I'll be cautious in my purchase. At $10 for a large bound volume, I'm not quite sure it isn't worth waiting for on the used market.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
big disappointment, August 14, 2010
If you haven't read Sexy Beast 1 or 2, then do not start here. The first story "Chanku Journey" is very confusing, piecing together bits of other stories and jumping back and forth between 4 or 5 major couples (or groups). Honestly, not well written, confusing, no plot to speak of and no way to connect with any of the characters because it jumps around too much. The 2nd story "Kiss of the Dragon" is one of the worst I have ever read, and the 3rd story (while the best of the 3 by far) is an extremely shallow treatment of a decent story line. I think this could be flushed out for a great stand-alone novel, but as a short story there things are a bit too pat, too quick, to easy to really allow the reader time to become involved. Very disappointed.
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