Canyons

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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: Great premise, great characters
Review: P.D. Cacek's Canyons is a worthy addition to the volumes that have been written about everyone's favorite monster, the werewolf. Her research on the behavior of wolves is spot-on, and I completely bought her premise that a werewolf pack lives as one of Denver's oldest families.

I could have done with a little less gore, but really enjoyed the book anyway. Well worth a read.

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Summary: I Went Along For The Ride But...
Review: Tabloid reporter meets real werewolf. What's not to like with that, especially since the story is punctuated with tabloid story titles highlighting important scenes. This is a quick and interesting read. I think that I'd cut the character of Cat a little more slack than some of the other reviewers because, when you think about it, she found herself in some really weird circumstances. Some readers might be bothered by the graphic violence and incestuous relationships (but hey, they're lycanthropes not humans). My problem with this book was the ending. Throughout the whole book, Lucius seems to have some sort of mystical connection with Cat, saving her and pursuing her. The basis for this is never really explained, but it had to be more than her being a you-know-what in heat (which I'm just surmising here, because that was never mentioned). Yet at the end of the book his personality changes completely, and I don't think that the character development that led up to this justifies it. Here's hoping there'll be a sequel (since threads were definitely left hanging) that'll resolve some of my questions. Even having said all this, if you're a werewolf/paranormal genre fan, this book is definitely worth reading.