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Summary: Not so Great
Review: I can't give a rounded synopsis of this book because I only made it half way through. The book itself has a good premise, but the characters lack dimension and depth.
Cassidy has hidden strengths and a certain amount of vulnerability that at first endeared her to me. However, by the middle of the book, she hadn't grown up or expanded her personality.
I'm a huge fan of the Laurel K Hamiltons/Katy McAllistars of the world and between books I go exploring for new Authors. I'm sorry to say Susan Krinard doesn't make my list as a must read.
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Summary: I loved it! I am really looking forward to the sequel!!
Review: I cried, laughed, grew angry and wistful while reading this excellent book about werewolves and the ongoing trials and tribulations of trying to keep their people alive and pure. Braden and Cassidy are great characters and the fact that Braden found he could love his "Cause" and have Cassidy was FANTASTIC! I am impatiently going to wait for the sequel and TWIN's lives to unfold. My thanks to Susan Krinard for a great book. I am a lover of wolves so this book was especially close to my heart!
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Summary: WOW I got so caught up in this book I read it in 1 day
Review: I didn't think I was going to like it - I picked it up on a whim and was completely surprised. By the end of the book I was so caught up in the werewolves that I had to run out and buy the second and third books - i just finished the second and liked it even more - I just wished that the second told you more about what was going on with Braden and cassidy.
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Summary: Good reading!
Review: I enjoyed this book from start to finish...great characters....wonderful writing...fascinating plot...looking forward to the next one!
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Summary: Pick this one up to read!
Review: I have always been a fan of Susan Krinard, especially with her bent towards writing stories about the paranormal. TOTW did not disappoint me. Braden and Cassidy's story was well written and a delight to read. Ms. Krinard goes out of her way to strongly define her characters, giving the readers insights on why they behave they way they do. (And not just our hero and heroine, she sets up the stage for Braden's sister and brother's story too.) Although Cassidy might start out too trusting and innocent for my tastes, her character does grow and learn from life. Many times writers miss character development and that makes for a stale story. The time and thought that went into Braden's character development is obvious. The struggle Braden goes through for the length of the story is at once heart wrenching (we all know that deep down he wants to do what is right, its just defining what "right" is) and frustrating (damn his grandfather anyway). It's hard to have such a strong character become vulnerable. I have but one criticism of the book. This is a story about werewolves, their relevance in society, their laws and mores, their ethics, their hierarchy, basically their very existence. Although we get some feeling of this through the choices Braden must make as leader, I did not feel like I really got to know the werewolves themselves. I got the feeling that seeing them as werewolves was almost peripherary to the story (except maybe for the climatic end scene.) There was very little changing from human form to werewolf form. It was always there on the outside of the story but never really made it to the inside. Overall, keep up the great work and I look forward to the next story.
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Summary: LOOKING FORWARD
Review: I have read both of her previous books on wolves of the manly kind and loved them. I haven't read this one yet and am really really looking forward to it. She is a great author. Terri.
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Summary: Wonderful, Masterful
Review: I just bought this book this morning.I was soon totally immersed in the lives of Braden, Cassidy ,Mattias and the rest of this lovable cast. This book makes an exciting continuation to her previous werewolf stories... or should I say prequel. Susan Krinard has a knack for creating very real characters that you can empathize with.Her imagery makes you feel like you are right at scene watching the action unfold. I can't tell you how many times I started talking to the characters out loud when they did something absolutely clueless. All in all , if you love a well constructed book with a heavy dose of fantasy get this book .
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Summary: Great Paranormal Romance
Review: I Love this book.The story of Braden Forster and Cassidy Holt.Braden learns that Love can be just as important as the Cause of preserving the werewolf race.It kept me reading late into the night I am glad to finally to read a book with a great ending. The good thing is that there are two more books in the trilogy
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Summary: Light but interesting.
Review: I really loved the plot, the heroine is a werewolf who is unable to change, the hero is leader of the werewolves, carrying out a werewolf breeding program to concentrate the blood of his people and save the race. How painful it must have been for him to prove his dedication to "the Cause" by promising the woman he cares for to his brother as part of his duty, because he was thought to be infertile. Spellbinding. Yet I wasn't wholly satisfied. Most werewolf tales take place in the wilderness. Susan's other werewolf tales are no exception both contemporary tales taking place in the Americas. This story took place in Victorian England, I could have been truly different, but wasn't. Besides being the leader of the werewolves, Bradon is the Earl of Greyburn, a peer of the realm, there was so much potential there. Consider the irony of greedy human debutant's setting their caps for the enigmatic and handsome earl, while his sole focus is making sure none of his people breed with humans. By making all the major players, hero, heroine, siblings, even the villians werewolves the author isolated them as surely as if they were living in that vast American wilderness. The remaining two stories in the series return to the American West, though still in historical time period. I feel like an opportunity was missed here. I would still recommend the book and will certainly purchase the others. ~L. Tramposch - PNR reviews
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Summary: I'm really looking forward to the next book(s)!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed Touch of the Wolf. I like well-written paranormal fiction, and the characters in this book are appealing, three-dimensional, and very--well, they would be insulted if I called them "human," but you get my drift. In the author's note at the end of the book, Ms. Krinard proposes not only two more novels in this particular series, but tying all of her werewolf novels together and spanning several generations--up to the present. To me, this is a marvelous idea. I've noticed below that some of the criticisms of this book center around the fact that there wasn't enough room to fit in the story, the romance, and all of the details on werewolf daily life that readers would like to know. If there were an entire multi-generational, multi-national saga, just think of all the interesting little tidbits Ms. Krinard would be able to include! Publisher, please take note!
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