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Summary: Disappointing & predictable.
Review: After checking out the reviews here at amazon.com, I thought I'd be in for a good read. Unfortunately, I was wrong. The plot wasn't that original: Girl gets saved by werewolf, girl falls "in love," girl is stupid and is eventually in need of being saved again, etc. This usually doesn't bother me, but the predictibility of it all made it seem dull. The ending was especially disappointing. I guess I'm just a sucker for "happy endings," or at least semi-happy endings, but this left me unsatisfied and bored. It wasn't that bad of a book, I just expected more.
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Summary: Entertaining werewolf story
Review: Although I agree with some of the other reviewers about this book being a bit graphic on the werewolf attacks, they fit with the story. I enjoyed the tongue in cheek humor used by the author when her main character, Cat Moselle keeps seeing headlines from her paper as the events are happening to her. I will be looking forward to a sequel, as the author ended the story with that expectation. One thing I did find interesting that I didn't notice mentioned by the other reviewers, was the idea of diffences-weremen & werewolves-also the family interaction was interesting because it was more like animals. Anyway, I enjoyed it & would recommend it for anyone looking for a dfferent type of werewolf story.
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Summary: Clever and gruesome!
Review: Cacek had me totally enthralled with this witty and very violent
werewolf "romance". C.K. Moselle a tabloid reporter finds herself
in one of her ridiculous stories when she is saved from being shot to death by drug-up juvenile by a werewolf!After her lycanthrope savior kills her attacker and flees, C.K. called Cat and her photographer,Ed; they discover that Denver is the battleground between two competing werewolf clans and one of them is terroizing Denver with some brutal murders; and she is the prize! Cacek's gripping horror novel slides from satirizing the sleazy tabloid business to gothic romance between Cat and her werewolf lover Lucius to full-blown graphic horror as the author describes the werewolf attacks in gruesome detail.The dialogue was especially funny as Cat sees her life become more like one of stories and she imagines the headlines about it! the characters also were great like noble Lucius as he tries to fight his attraction to Cat while protecting his Clan and clearing his name from the brutal murders committed by the rival werewolves!Ed-Cat's cynical photographer friend a hilarious dirty old man with a few secrets of his own!Scooter, Lucius crippled twin brother who glides from sarcasm to self-pity. Fans of Laurell hamilton (like I am)is delicious brew of witty dialogue, gruesome gory and steamy romance!
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Summary: Who Needs Character development?
Review: Can anyone explain to me what the motivation of the central character was? For some reason we are supposed to believe that some kind of bond exists between Cat and Lucius but the nature of this bond is never explained. Why are they drawn to each other?
Supposedly suprising plot developments are seen coming a mile away. (Guess who else is a werewolf?) And the attempts at humor in the tabloid headlines interspersed throughout the book are groaningly awful. Lastly, the climax degenerates into a gory, splatterpunk-wannabe bloodfest. The reviews for this one led to me expect so much more.On the plus side, the story moves along at a swift pace and the dialogue is well written and witty (the thudding attempts at humor aside.). I would just like to have seen the characters fleshed out a little more and the plot strengthened. I know that creating a novel is hard work. I'll give Cacek credit there. But I'd really like to know what makes the central character in any novel tick. No explanation is given here and I suppose we are just expected to ignore that and get lost in all the bloodletting. If you want to read the real thing, try S.P. Somtow's "Moon Dance." (Curiously enough, Cacek cites that vastly superior novel on the Acknowledgement page.) To sum it up, I just couldn't connect with this novel. There is an obvious setup for a sequel and I'll hope for better things. It does appear that Cacek has the chops. It just didn't come together on this one.
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Summary: One of the worst books I've ever read
Review: Canyons is fast paced, exciting, horrific, and darkly humorous. It reminded me of a TV series--I think it was Night Stalkers, or something like that only the show had a male jounalist. I enjoyed Cat as a character, but didn't find her to be as strong as I'd hoped, yet the ending of this novel made me think that another Novel will follow and I'd like to see (read) how Cat developes in that one. Also enjoyed Lucius and the discriptions of the werewolves. And the 'bad' werewolves were truly vicious, physically and verbally. I look forward to reading Cacek's next book as well.
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Summary: Very Enjoyable Read.
Review: Canyons is fast paced, exciting, horrific, and darkly humorous. It reminded me of a TV series--I think it was Night Stalkers, or something like that only the show had a male jounalist. I enjoyed Cat as a character, but didn't find her to be as strong as I'd hoped, yet the ending of this novel made me think that another Novel will follow and I'd like to see (read) how Cat developes in that one. Also enjoyed Lucius and the discriptions of the werewolves. And the 'bad' werewolves were truly vicious, physically and verbally. I look forward to reading Cacek's next book as well.
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Summary: Tabloid writer and werewolves-gruesome
Review: Cat Moselle is a writer for one of the worst of the tabloids, so when she witnesses a real werewolf attack, all she can think about is her byline and the story on the front page. Helped by staff photographer Ed, she seeks to expose the Denver Werewolf who has been attacking people in the city. On the other hand, she is very intrigued by the man behind the werewolf, he isn't the type to be involved in such brutal killings. This started out very well and the overall plot of the story is good, but I was turned off by the incest and some of the violence. The ending could have been better also. This one has potential, maybe the sequel, if there is one, will be better.
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Summary: Tabloid writer and werewolves-gruesome
Review: Cat Moselle is a writer for one of the worst of the tabloids, so when she witnesses a real werewolf attack, all she can think about is her byline and the story on the front page. Helped by staff photographer Ed, she seeks to expose the Denver Werewolf who has been attacking people in the city. On the other hand, she is very intrigued by the man behind the werewolf, he isn't the type to be involved in such brutal killings. This started out very well and the overall plot of the story is good, but I was turned off by the incest and some of the violence. The ending could have been better also. This one has potential, maybe the sequel, if there is one, will be better.
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Summary: Easy read, but predictable
Review: I agree with the other reviewers on the account that this book was very gory--especially when so much of it centered around juveniles. I found Cat (the main character) pretty annoying in her gullibility and, with the exception of the ending, the whole story to be extremely predictable. Which is why I'm baffled with myself on the account that I finished the book in one sitting and then I went to see if Cacek wrote this as the first in a series. Yes, I actually want to continue reading these books (that is, if it is a series). Like all those other stupid humans that slow down to stare at horrible car crashes, I'm drawn to the violence and animalistic behavior Cacek showed in her characters. Considering the fact that she protrayed her characters as more animal than man, causes me to understand the ending also. Being a dog owner I know that male dogs do not "set up house" with a female dog--they'll only want her bad enough when she's in heat.
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Summary: I wish i never bought it
Review: I decided to give Canyons a chance after reading the back flap. It had an interesting premise, and I love horror books, especially with a romantic twist ....what completely grossed me out was all the incest. The main character, Lucius, not only has children with his mother, but has sex with his daughters as well. ..it literally made the bile rise in my throat.
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