I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted – and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws. But by the time I stood over her … lifeless body, she was a girl again. That’s about the time I went into shock… And that was the moment he showed up.
Now, all I can do is accept the truths that are staring me in the face. One, Werewolves do exist. And two, I was born to kill them.
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Dirty Blood by Heather Hildenbrand reminds me a lot of Twilight, the werewolf version. The female lead here was much better than Bella though, because Tara isn’t a weakling. She’s more capable, strong and independent and easily killed her first werewolf without training. Wes, the Hunter and her counterpart, was an Alpha wolf who was so protective …
It started out so exciting, and I thought we had something rich on our hands. Tara begins by breaking up with her boyfriend and taking off to go home. But on the way, she ends up killing someone and discovering a world she’d only heard about in books and stories. As it turns out, she has a connection to this world that goes back into her genetics. …
If you have been to New Orleans, this will mean a lot more.
I think I’m calling this something like 4 stars.
Reading it, I had a little trouble working out the number of stars my rating would be.
Addictivity is totally 5 stars – after about 40% of the way through, once it really got going, I could not put it down.
However there isn’t much originality, and every single aspect, small or big, I predicted. I …