Review: Stray by Rachel Vincent

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Title: Stray
Author: Rachel Vincent
Series: Shifters #1
Version Reviewed: Finished, Paperback.
Website: www.rachelvincent.com
*I borrowed this book from a friend.

GoodReads Summary:

There are only eight breeding female werecats left . . .
And I'm one of them.
I look like an all-American grad student. But I am a werecat, a shape-shifter, and I live in two worlds.
Despite reservations from my family and my Pride, I escaped the pressure to continue my species and carved out a normal life for myself. Until the night a Stray attacked.
I'd been warned about Strays -- werecats without a Pride, constantly on the lookout for someone like me: attractive, female, and fertile. I fought him off, but then learned two of my fellow tabbies had disappeared.
This brush with danger was all my Pride needed to summon me back . . . for my own protection. Yeah, right. But I'm no meek kitty. I'll take on whatever -- and whoever -- I have to in order to find my friends. Watch out, Strays -- 'cause I got claws, and I'm not afraid to use them . . .

Before finding this book, the only Rachel Vincent books I had known of were the Soul Searchers. When I discovered this series, I couldn't wait to read it. Of course, life and other books got in the way and everyone else finished the series before I could even get started on the first.

Now that I have read and finished Stray, I intend to finish the entire series as soon as possible. I began reading this book while in the grips of a reading slump, but the well written plot and characters had me hooked in no time.

I loved everything about this book and really had no complaints. I definitely plan to check out more Rachel Vincent books in the future.


Favorite Character: Marc and Faythe.

Rating: 4 Stars.

Review: Rogue by Rachel Vincent

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Title: Rogue
Author: Rachel Vincent
Series: Shifters #2
Version Reviewed: Finished, Paperback
Website: www.rachelvincent.com
*This book was borrowed from a friend.

GoodReads Summary:

Okay, so cats don't always land on their feet.

I know that better than most. Since rejoining the Pride, I've made big decisions and even bigger mistakes: the kind paid for with innocent lives. As the first and only female enforcer, I have plenty to prove to my father, the Pride, and myself. And with murdered toms turning up in our territory, I'm working harder than ever, though I always find the energy for a little after-hours recreation with Marc, my partner both on- and off-duty.

But not all of my mistakes are behind me. We're beginning to suspect that the dead are connected to a rash of missing human women and that they can all be laid at my feet--two or four, take your pick. And one horrible indiscretion may yet cost me more than I can bear...

The more that I read into this series, the more I fall in love with it. I'm only two books in, but I can't wait to finish the series. I am quickly becoming a Rachel Vincent fan.

Rogue is full of action and suspense and keeps you guessing throughout the book. I had a couple of things figured out half way through, but it was written in a way that had me second guessing my ideas. This is a series that both men and women will definitely love. My husband actually read the series extremely fast. I'm very curious about what happens in the upcoming books, especially if it includes some of the same type of hot, steamy, angry, sex scenes we got in Rogue.

Favorite Character: Faythe and Marc.

Rating: 4 Stars.

Review: Prey by Rachel Vincent

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Title: Prey
Author: Rachel Vincent
Series: Shifters #4
Version Reviewed: Finished, Paperback
Website: www.rachelvincent.com
*I borrowed this book from a friend.

GoodReads Summary:
A battle is coming, and Faythe will not allow the Pride to become prey...Faythe has finally come to accept that she will someday be Alpha of the Pride, and she is hell-bent on changing the sexist Tribal Council from the inside. But first she must ensure that there will still be a Pride left to lead. Her father's role as Alpha is at risk, as is his control over the territory they all love. At the same time, Faythe's exiled boyfriend is under attack from rogues somehow connected to the political schemes of the tribal council. With her world collapsing around her, Faythe must fight to keep her friends and family together, as their enemies conspire against them.

As usual, I was eager to get into the next installment in Rachel Vincent’s werecat series. And as always, I was not disappointed.

There were so many things going on in this book. It just takes you for a ride and makes you wonder what the hell is going to happen next. I never really can seem to figure outwhat is going to happen and that is a really good thing. They keep me guessing.

This book, just like the others, was very well written. There were parts that made me want to scream angry words at Faythe and parts that made me want to cry with her.

I’m extremely curious after the events in this book, of where this series will go from here. There were so many story-altering events and I can’t wait to see how they will be resolved.

Favorite Character: Faythe, Jace and Marc.

Rating: 4 Stars.

Review: Pride by Rachel Vincent

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Title: Pride
Author: Rachel Vincent
Series: Shifters #3
Version Reviewed: Finished, Paperback
Website: www.rachelvincent.com
*I borrowed this book from a friend.

GoodReads Summary:

I'm on trial for my life. Falsely accused of infecting my human ex-boyfriend--and killing him to cover up the crime. Infecting a human is one of three capital offenses recognized by the Pride--along with murder and disclosure of our existence to a human.I'm two for three. A goner.
Now we've discovered a rogue stray terrorizing the mountainside, hunting a wild teenage tabbycat. It's up to us to find and stop him before a human discovers us. With my lover Marc's help, I think I can protect the vulnerable girl from both the ambitious rogue and the scheming of the territorial council.
If I survive my own trial...

Once again, I have fallen into the world of Rachel Vincent’s were cats. And once again, I have fallen in love. The more that I read into this series, the more I realize why so many people love it.

There were so many things that tear my heart into a million directions in this book, especially when it comes to some certain personal relationships. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to skim ahead to the last book just to find out what happens. We all know that I will not and cannot do that, however.

The characters and situations in these books are so well written and so well defined that you easily fall in love with them and ache to know what will happen next in their lives. Rachel Vincent’s world is a hard one to put down and though I’m excited to get closer to the end, I’m also dreading it because I don’t want it to end.

Favorite Character: Faythe and Marc.

Rating: 4 Stars.