Who’d think to bring silver bullets to a wedding? When Isabelle “Izzy” Meyers arrives in Montana and discovers her human foster brother is marrying into the local werewolf pack, she wishes she’d brought an arsenal. Werewolves can’t be trusted, and Izzy should know…she is one. Luke Wyland never planned on becoming an Alpha. He’s still navigating how to protect the pack from the rogue threat … threat that’s been hunting in his territory, claiming his father as one of their victims. Yet the moment Luke lays eyes on Izzy, something primal takes root. Finding a mate who wants nothing to do with him is a complication he doesn’t need, but letting Izzy go isn’t an option.
After a childhood marred by shifter violence, Luke is everything Izzy was raised to hate. So then why does being with him feel so intensely right? With a thinning pack to defend, Luke knows what he has to do: embolden Izzy to unleash her true nature–or risk losing everything.
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An emotionally engaging shifter romance with a thoroughly swoon worthy hero. The heroine’s heartbreaking backstory was handled with the depth and compassion reminiscent of Catherine Anderson. Can’t wait for the next book in the series!
Kari Cole is an amazingly talented writer. Hunt the Moon made me fall in love with Paranormal Romance all over again! Luke is my favorite kind of Alpha Hero! I would recommend this without reservation to anyone who loves Paranormal Romance and especially fans of Jennifer Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Nalini Singh.
I’m really a newbie in PNR romance. This book was a recommendation by a fellow blogger @ Bookish Creation blog and I’m so glad that I picked it up. This is only my second shifter romance and I definitely loved it!!
I don’t know where to start! I loved everything about the book. What makes it even more amazing is that this is the author’s debut novel, something I didn’t know till I finished it
Luke and Izzy, such an explosive and perfect match! Luke is the Alpha in the pack Izzy’s foster brother found his mate. I didn’t really know that the whole mating bond worked with humans as well!
Izzy has been denying her wolf nature forever. She believes that the animal inside her is bad and needs to be suppressed. Luke knows that she is his mate from the first time their eyes meet. However, he’ll have a hard time convincing her about it!
I liked the storyline and the action at the end of the book. Izzy is a true badass and compliments Luke’s personality undeniably!! I’m looking forward to seeing more of them!
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Hunt the Moon by Kari Cole
I received this book from Netgalley for an honest review.
I found out about this book from another author at a book convention. I mentioned I loved paranormal and boom she hooked me up with the author info!!
Again, I am a huge paranormal girl and can be a little picky so trying a new to me author and my favorite genre could be awesome or a disaster!! I am happy to say it was awesome!! I men can we talk about Luke??? HELLO!!!!
Izzy is not ok with being a wolf. She will not let her wolf come out and play. We find out about a loss that Izzy has experienced in her life and how Izzy feels about being a shifter in general…which is not good. Luke and his crew are investigating a bunch of murders that are taking place in town. He is soon discovering there is a lot of deceit and politics in the world he never knew until he reached his current position of Alpha.
I loved the developing characters and learning why our main characters are the way they are. Izzy’s life and history was a bit sad to me where as Luke, I felt his pain and hurt when discovering so much about what is happening to his people.
I look forward to the next book in the series!!
I just visited a brand new world by debut author Kari Cole. This promising new shifter world – Marked by Fate – is well developed with strong, enthralling characters that easily draw readers in and invite them to stay. Kari Cole brought her world to vibrant life with well written descriptions that made it easy to picture the each and every scene as it happens and made it easy for the readers to imagine they are part of the story.
The hero and heroine, Luke and Izzy, of the first book – Hunt the Moon – are easily connected to and have a strong electrical chemistry that sizzles from every page. Their romance is rocky and full of emotional turbulence since Izzy has a very troubled and disturbing past that tugs at reader’s heartstrings but makes Izzy fear Werewolves despite the fact that she is one. Izzy’s characters is definitely a troubled one and the author did a great job of showing readers the past that caused such emotional issues that readers can certainly understand why she is the way she is and it also shows just how strong Izzy is and Luke is sexy and all alpha but with a heart that clearly has what it takes to help Izzy overcome her past and move toward a happily ever after.
The plot is fast paced and full of twists that keep readers on their toes, lots of action to get the adrenaline pumping and lots of suspense to keep readers glued to the pages wondering what will happen next and that’s not to mention that the bad guys have quite a few surprises for this pack as well so there is never a dull moment to be found in this exciting and thrilling story.
I was fascinated by Izzy and Luke’s story and was captivated by the other characters in this pack as well, so I will impatiently await the release of Vaughn’s story – Touch the Sky – which will be releasing this fall.
Note: Hunt the Moon has explict sex scenes, memories of child abuse, references to rape.
Hunt the Moon by Kari Cole is the story of Isabelle “Izzy” Meyers and Luke Wyland. Izzy has come to Montana for her ‘brother’s wedding. When she arrives with him she quickly learns he is marrying a werewolf shiftier and that he has become a part of their ‘pack’. Izzy too is a Shiftier but she and her twin sister were taught to hide it because they were monsters. It impacted them so much that when they finally were so mistreated by their grandmother they fought back when they were around 12 years old. This put them in the human foster care where she met her foster parents and brother. Although they kept what they were to themselves her sister finally ended up killing herself because of such treatment that they had and how their wolves were monsters. So of course Izzy goes into protective mood for her brother. Luke is the pack Alpha leader and has been longing to meet his mate which turns out to be Izzy. But she is slowly killing herself trying to deny who she is and has harsh feelings toward his pack. I loved this book so much… I wish I could give it a 100 stars!! I couldn’t put it down!
Fast read, I could put it down and book Touch the Sky- anxiously awaiting book 3 too.
I enjoy a good shifter romance with good world building, whether that setting be contemporary or fantasy. I also look for a sexy but plausible-feeling Hero and heroine. Hunt the Moon comes close. Luke is the arrogant alpha of his wolf-shifter pack, though his cockiness disguises his feelings of inadequacy. On the other hand, Isabel his mate, is a genuine plucky female with a horrific childhood that has scarred her mentally and physically. The plot combines two storylines, suspense on top of romance. There are some incomplete plot points and jarring point-of-view shifts that hampered its quality.
Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team
Erica –
Kari Cole is a new-to-me author. Not realizing this was the first in a new series, there were a few times I thought I was reading a continuation and just rolled with it instead of being confused. Now that I know it’s the first book, I wonder if this is a spin-off of another series? There was slight confusion, as backstories were told as if the reader experienced it firsthand in another book, with most of the pack already mated, leaving few to narrate future books, which is one of the main reasons I thought this was a continuation. I just rolled with it, not finding it too confusing as long as I focused on our narrators.
This was a solid paranormal novel featuring the fated mates plot device, where two people meet and are instantly connected. But where this was unique is how Izzy is suppressing her wolf, removing the insta-love/lust connection often used in this genre.
Izzy is in town for her foster brother’s wedding, which is one of the reasons I thought this was a continuation or spin-off, as that seemed like a story that had been told. Izzy never acknowledges she’s a shifter, thinking weres are monsters, including herself, only to land in a town full of weres.
The book was much deeper than anticipated, with grief, guilt, and shame riding shotgun for a handful of the characters. Izzy was an identical twin, Bess having committed suicide due to being unable to handle her wolf side after years of abuse at their human grandmother’s hands. There’re still threads of Izzy and Bess’s backstory left to tell at the end of the novel, which I believe will be voiced by Chicago’s alpha.
Luke is a reluctant alpha, grief over the loss of several of their pack members, including his own father/alpha, has made it difficult for Luke to connect to his new position. Even with his wolfy instincts riding him, he still manages to be a patient hunter.
Murders are occurring around town, the alpha, beta, and gamma are investigating, which is the main focal point of the novel, with the fated mates romance just skimming the surface. Mystery. Murder. Betrayal. Politics. These facets converge to create a well-rounded paranormal novel.
I do recommend and look forward to the next in the series, and I’ll be checking out Kari Cole’s backlist as well.
Dawn –
I felt this story was a little slow to start but once it did I really enjoyed it.
It’s full of angst and heartbreak, you feel it as you go through the journey with Izzy. I enjoyed that the second half of the book kept me on my toes, so many twists and turns.
I liked Izzy as a character. All she had been through and she still refused to be victim or back down, even though she was terrified.
The chemistry between her and Luke was great. I was rooting for them the whole way through.
Not going to lie, Freddie annoyed me quite a lot. He acted like a petulant child for a lot of the book; glad he calmed down towards the end.
I’m excited for Vaughn’s book. I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Hunt the Moon (Mated by Fate #1) by Kari Cole to read and review.