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Lunar Light (2011)

by Penelope Fletcher(Favorite Author)

3.71 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Poison Princess

series

Beautiful Damned

review 1: I am not entirely sure what the fuck this book was really supposed to be about. I get the feeling it was just supposed to be about strange sex...technically beastiality. To each their own, I suppose.I was actually excited to read about a wendigo...but no, that's not what you get here. So don't get your hopes up. What you get is werewolf with a different name that can control the weather. Yeah... Most wendigo are not supposed to take a mate....well it contradicts itself in here. Then there is some strange past for Evangeline that doesn't really add up or satisfy you. Luke's past is a bit more engaging, i suppose because it's dragged to the center, but even then it's nothing worth raving about. And the ending was just not worth any of the read. I won't look further into this... more. It wasn't the worst book, and I certainly didn't hate it. But it did not even touch the tip of the ice berg on my expectations.
review 2: So I was pretty much blown away by how much I liked this little novella. I picked it up for my Kindle because a.) it was cheap and b.) the premise sounded intriguing. As much fun as the PNR genre can be, the whole witches-vampires-werewolves thing gets old after awhile, and everything I know about Wendigos comes from a single episode of Supernatural. (For the record, I think this is closer to Horror than straight-up PNR anyway.)And boy, it was definitely different. First off, you should probably be aware that this is rated 18+ for a reason, a detail that totally flew over my head until I hit the opening pages. This thing doesn't shy away from being dark, gritty, and sexual. Yet these elements never felt like they were there for shock value, but rather because our main protagonist, Evangeline, is pretty dark and gritty herself, and to try and PG-13 it up would hurt more than help. The plot itself isn't overly complex: Evangeline lives a mostly isolated life in the mountains, occasionally shifting into her Wendigo form when she's forced to.It's a form she's disgusted by, since it's VERY bloodthirsty and fond of slaughtering humans. (Sidenote: Wendigos are BAD ASS. Like, there is no way a werewolf could take Evangeline down.) And suddenly, a male Wendigo shows up in her territory on the run from hunters. Gee, I wonder what could possibly happen next.Like I said: not unpredictable, at least to an extent. But what drew me into it was that this is, more than anything else, a character-driven novella. Yes, there's a love interest. Yes, there's sex. But that's not the point of the story. In the end, the story is about Evangeline coming to understand and embrace herself, even the gory and bloodthirsty bits. It definitely raises some interesting questions. I think the shortness of the novella worked in its favor here, since the author is able to touch on the message without launching into soapbox territory. I was also pleasantly surprised by Ms. Fletcher's writing style. Unlike most self-pub'd works, the writing style is polished, flows well, and is easily as good as (if not better than) some traditionally-published works. I'm definitely planning on checking out her other series, Rae Wilder. less

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