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She Wulf (Annie Loves Cham #2)

by Sheryl Steines (Goodreads Author)

3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 · rating details · 26 ratings · 20 reviews

Annie Pearce runs through the streets of the city, chasing a demon, the likes she has never seen before. After finally capturing the creature, she works to find out where it comes from and how to destroy the monster. Cham Chamsky follows a lead and discovers a mystery man in the forest near where the demon was found. This is no ordinary man. He is a Viking-a man from the p...more

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Published September 2012 by Sheryl Steines

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Sep 30, 2012 Phaedra Seabolt rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read the first book in this series, The Day of First Sun, about a month ago. The story was unique then and I found this one to be just as entertaining. Annie Pearce and her boyfriend Cham Chamsky are Wizard Guard. They are wizards who protect the existence of the supernatural and keep wizards from abusing their powers. Cham is being groomed to take over the entire department and Annie is considered one of the best wizards they have. Together they are pretty much unstoppable, however now that t...more

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Sep 16, 2012 Suzie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012, a-great-read, america, action, blog-tour-book, fiction, kindle-book, magic, series

When I was offered the chance to read this book shortly after reading Day of First Sun, I jumped at the chance. I could not wait to read the sequel. Day of First Sun was such an amazing book. I wondered how the author would take the following book and keep it as interesting as the first. Well I was not let down by the author. She can through with flying color on this second book. I know you want to know more about the book than listen to my random talk. Okay I will shut up about everything else....more When I was offered the chance to read this book shortly after reading Day of First Sun, I jumped at the chance. I could not wait to read the sequel. Day of First Sun was such an amazing book. I wondered how the author would take the following book and keep it as interesting as the first. Well I was not let down by the author. She can through with flying color on this second book. I know you want to know more about the book than listen to my random talk. Okay I will shut up about everything else.

She Wulf does not start out where Day of First Sun ended. Annie is the same sweet caring person. Cham is now her overprotective boyfriend. They are not partners any longer but they still seem to know when the other needs help.

Do you like paranormal romance? Do you enjoy reading about witches, demons, vampires and magic? Do you think something like Annie and Cham’s story might possibly be real in our time? Is this just an idea from the author?

Honestly, I do not know if it is possible, something like the book could be read. However, I am open to the suggestion. Sheryl has created a book that will take the reader from modern times back to the middle ages. Readers will cheer Annie along as she battles demon after demon, weep when her and Cham become estranged. Imagine themselves as Annie while conjuring up spells. Reading this book will show you the good and bad of magic, the demons that might face. Imagine that you could change the color of a rock from gray to red. Help to heal your partner because he is hurt teleporting from one spot to another on a whim.

Yes, all of the above and more happen in the book. Sound interesting. Then go and get yourself a copy. It is only 99 cents this week. Join me in the journey of reading the phenomenal series that Sheryl is going to take us all on. Are you ready for the fight, the thrill, and the joy of seeing good overcome evil? If so, then start reading, you will be glad you did. The strong characters, the thrill of the plot, will instantly captivate you and the unique way Sheryl has with words.

Thanks for another great read Sheryl.

The Bunnies and I give this book 4 carrots.

I was gifted this book when taking part in a VBT. I received no compensation for reading/reviewing this book. The above opinion is my own and not a paid review. To form your own opinion please support the author and purchase a copy.

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Sep 14, 2012 C.p. Bialois rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Six months after the events of the first book, Cham and Annie are split apart per the rules of the Wizard Guards. Out of the two main characters, Cham displayed a “Father Bear” mentality by not showing the respect or trust to Annie’s new partner by constantly popping in to check on her and help out without being asked. When a strange regenerating demon and viking appear and take Annie to the 11th century, Cham’s forced to deal with being helpless for the first time and for a few days is useless....more

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Sep 11, 2012 Dorine White rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Story- Annie and Cham are back, and this time they aren’t fighting vampires and evil wizards, but chasing demons and witches back in the past.

It all begins when a Viking comes to town. His goal- to capture Annie and bring her back to the 1600’s England to fight regenerating demons. But, due to a mishap, he catches not only Annie, but her new partner Spencer. Together they are taken to a Viking village and introduced to a coven of witches that accidently created the demons that are now killin...more The Story- Annie and Cham are back, and this time they aren’t fighting vampires and evil wizards, but chasing demons and witches back in the past.

It all begins when a Viking comes to town. His goal- to capture Annie and bring her back to the 1600’s England to fight regenerating demons. But, due to a mishap, he catches not only Annie, but her new partner Spencer. Together they are taken to a Viking village and introduced to a coven of witches that accidently created the demons that are now killing them.

In the present time, Cham is going crazy trying to figure out a way to bring Annie safely home. His search through ancient books reveals a prophecy from the past about Anaise, a young wizard female who killed demons. It is a shock to find out that Anaise, is really Annie.

Back in the past the witches make Annie extremely ill with a potion, telling her that it will help her gain power. But the truth is that it might just plain kill her. Will she survive? And can Cham find a way to bring her home?

My Thoughts- It was good, just like the first one. The character of Annie is strong and independent, while showing a wonderfully loving side with Cham. The portrayal of their romance is so sweet, and the author does a good job fleshing it out, so the reader really does feel like they’d do anything for each other.

The fact that the story jumps to the past is fun. I liked seeing how the Vikings and witches lived. The most interesting part was Annie’s notice of how quiet everything was, and it disturbed her. I think I’d feel that way too.

The story is full of twists and turns. At first you don’t know what is going on with the Viking. As soon as you figure it out, you’re in the past trying to figure out the secret of the witch coven. In the present you’re solving the Anaise mystery right alongside of Cham. And of course, the big mystery is how Annie will kill all the demons.

Critically I did have a few concerns. First off, the title of the book threw me. It’s not very interesting and sounds more like a female cartoon character, than a wizard battling evil. I wouldn’t have picked it up if I saw it on a shelf. I know the author was going for a Beowulf thing, but it didn’t work for me.

Second, there were several errors that should have been picked up by an editor. There is just a handful, but it was enough to throw me out of the book each time.

Last, the author decides to switch to the Viking’s point of view towards the very end of the book- totally unnecessary and out of place.

Overall though, I was impressed that this self published book did such a good job. The story is full and entertaining and a great sequel to the first book. I think both books are worth a read.(less)

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Sep 13, 2012 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Review completed as part of the She Wulf Blog tour. For Prize details and full review see:
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I thought the characters were built up well and the author had definitely made it clear that Annie and Cham will do anything for each other. I liked the whole plot of bringing the Viking in, quite original there and I thought the plot line of going back in time was really unique, I've not read many books that do this and it's really nice to see the contra...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Pam rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-read-in-2012, read-in-2012

I received a copy of this book for an honest review. Anne is trying to get used to working with her new partner Spencer since her and Cham can't work together anymore. Cham has a new partner as well Gibbs. After capturing a mysterious Demon and capturing it. She begins to study and finds its kind hasn't been seen in a very long time. There is also the mysterious appearance of a Viking that showed up about the same time. As the four of them finally meet up with the Viking he grabs Anne and takes...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Lissette rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For as long as she can remember, Annie Pearce has worked for the Wizard Guard in securing criminals and demons that seek to disrupt the world she lives in. Keeping non-magical folk clueless as to the fact that she can work magic hasn't been an easy feat either. The council is adamant that no one must know of their true existence, despite the fact that they use their powers for the greater good.

After a past fiasco causes her to be reassigned, Annie isn't sure as to whether her new partner is up t...more For as long as she can remember, Annie Pearce has worked for the Wizard Guard in securing criminals and demons that seek to disrupt the world she lives in. Keeping non-magical folk clueless as to the fact that she can work magic hasn't been an easy feat either. The council is adamant that no one must know of their true existence, despite the fact that they use their powers for the greater good.

After a past fiasco causes her to be reassigned, Annie isn't sure as to whether her new partner is up to the task. He doesn't know her very well, something she knows she should rectify, but can't quite find it within herself to do so. Spencer is a good guy, but he isn't Cham, her beloved boyfriend and former partner. Cham knows exactly how she works and what she needs, when she needs it. Unfortunately, she'll never have the chance of working with him again anytime soon.

When a demon and a tenth century Viking turn up unexpectedly, it's up to Annie and her team to discover the reasons behind their odd sightings. There's something afoot, but she can't quite put her finger on what that is. At least, not yet. An unexpected talisman also lands within her hands, one that's sure to tie the demon and the Viking together. Unfortunately, time is of the essence, prompting Annie to discover their secrets post-haste before something else goes awry.

Pulled into the past with Spencer in tow, Annie soon discovers that things are much worse in this version of England than they are in the future itself. The city is being overrun by werewolves and she's somehow tied to the situation at hand. Discovering that link proves to be much more daunting than she thought it would be. Yet she knows she'll need to set things straight if she and Spencer are to make their way back home soon enough.

This is the continuation of The Day Of First Sun. In this story, we learn that Annie's life has taken a very different turn. She and Cham have been separated in hopes keeping them apart so that they can better grasp the work they do. The pain and heartache of their separation is very palpable and it makes the reader want to see them get back to working as partners. Granted, Spencer does deserve a chance at proving himself to Annie, something he does quite beautifully throughout the story itself and soon makes reader to want to cheer him on at every turn of the page. While the story does end on a little cliffhanger, I do think it sets the stage for comes next. I look forward to see how the next part of Annie's story truly takes flight.(less)

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Sep 04, 2012 Christie Palmer rated it 3 of 5 stars

This is the second book in a series Annie Loves Cam by: Sheryl Steines and is a YA book. Very well written with interesting characters, world-building and story-line.

I enjoyed this book much more than the first one. The characters are evolved from the first book and that gives you some more buy in to the characters.

From the first sentence it is an action packed story that makes you want to turn the page. Annie is a character that you can relate too. You can't help but love Cam for the mere fact...more

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Oct 08, 2012 Leah rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have to say I think this is better than the first one. I mean, Day of First Sun was fun and exciting, but for some reason I liked She-Wulf more. I think the writing has improved and the story flowed more easily. Also, I found the pacing to be just a tad bit faster and it wasn't too difficult not to be pulled in by the story because something was always happening. Must be why I finished this book rather quickly.

I liked that the main characters, have grown in some way, although they have also gr...more

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Sep 29, 2012 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars

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In a nutshell, I liked Sheryl Steines' She Wulf in terms of plot, but I wasn't entirely sold on other aspects of the book. I believe some of this is due to my having skipped book one of the series, but that other aspects were somewhat underdeveloped or explained.

Many reviewers have claimed to feel real chemistry between Annie and Cham, but I didn't see it. For much of the novel it seemed a very one sided...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Carmen rated it 3 of 5 stars

My review is based on a copy that was provided to me for a blog tour.
You can also find the review on my blog here.

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First off, I have to admit that I did not like this one as much as I had hoped I would. The premise sounded interesting and like there would be a lot of action, but somehow I wasn’t quite pulled in and I had problems with parts of the plot. That said, the novel shows solid world building and there were descriptive passages that made me sigh with happiness and wi...more My review is based on a copy that was provided to me for a blog tour.
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First off, I have to admit that I did not like this one as much as I had hoped I would. The premise sounded interesting and like there would be a lot of action, but somehow I wasn’t quite pulled in and I had problems with parts of the plot. That said, the novel shows solid world building and there were descriptive passages that made me sigh with happiness and wish the whole book was written that way.

When I first started reading She Wulf, I was not aware that this book is a re-telling of Beowulf from the perspective of a woman as hero. Sure, the author has taken liberties and set the book in the present day with a time-travelling adventure element, but many aspects of the old legend are still in place. This brings me to another aspect that I liked about this book: the world-building was very well done! I know a bit about England in the 1000s from my Old English course and actually translated a part of Beowulf, too, and Steines did a good job at bringing that world to life in a believable way. Also the Wizard Guard (some kind of magical police), their lifestyle, and the magic Annie and the other characters can do was well thought through and made me want to know more of how the wizards interact with ordinary humans and about their history.

My main problem, though, was that I just couldn’t connect with any of the characters, so quite often I didn’t really care all that much about what was happening to them. The novel is written in the third person, which makes sense because the perspective alternates between Annie (stuck in the past) and Cham or one of the other wizards in the present who are trying to get her back. Though I prefer first person narratives, I usually have no problem connecting with characters portrayed from a third person perspective if the reader still gets believable insight into their feelings and thoughts. But here, I somehow felt more like a distanced outside observer. Another problem with giving the reader such an omniscient perspective was that many new discoveries the characters make are told twice because both groups, past and present, need to find out about them. This made me feel like the book was dragging, especially in the middle.

Maybe if I had read the prequel and knew how Cham and Annie got together, I would have cared more about them and rooted for their relationship. But having only read She Wulf, I didn’t really see any chemistry between them and was largely indifferent to Cham’s grief when he was left behind in the present. I wished he would stop moaning and moping around her desk and actually do something, like the others! I lost count of how often he cried or had tears in his eyes. I like it when men show some feelings, but he just came across as weak and unable to take action on his own. I cared more about Spencer, Annie’s newly assigned partner, who always looked out for her and took care of her when she got sick in the Viking’s village. Later, when it is revealed that Annie is part of an ancient prophecy and actually supposed to be in the past to fulfill her destiny, I must admit that I didn’t understand why it was so important that Cham get to her at all. I felt like he didn’t trust her to get the job done.

What I enjoyed was that part of the story was told from the Viking’s perspective! I really liked his voice and the glimpse inside his head I got with that, and it was interesting to see Annie through his eyes. Generally I liked the parts that dealt with the Viking village and their relations to the Coven of magicians (the two don’t really get on). Both groups kept secrets from Annie and Spencer and trying to figure out who was friend and who was foe kept me guessing. I also liked the descriptions of the demon attacks on the village a lot, they were realistic. The way to defeat the demons, though, was something I thought the Coven should have been able to figure out on their own, without bringing in help from a thousand years in the future.

Overall, this novel shows great ideas for creating a magical world parallel to our own, good historical research, and a well-structured plot arc. The characterization and some of the story-telling narrative aspects just weren’t for me. I think I’m not romantic enough. If you’re a fan of lovers parted and trying to find a way back to each other across space and time you should give it a chance though. The mixture of demons, old English lore, wizards, magic, portals, spells, and time travelling is pretty unique!

I don’t like giving this one a ‘meh’ review, but I also want to be honest. I hope I could provide a fair assessment of what I thought were the strengths and weaknesses of the book. Judging from some of the other reviews I’ve read I think it just wasn’t my cup of coffee.
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Sep 10, 2012 Charlotte Babb rated it 4 of 5 stars

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I found the method of communication between the time periods clever. The characters are interesting and well-motivated, but I found the pace of the story slow for a thriller type of plot. Being transported back to medieval times would cause more culture-shock than they express even with the universal translator amulet. I did like the way magic is handled, both in everyday use and for large spells involving many people. Grab a copy for a good evening’s read. Let me know what you think.
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Sep 10, 2012 Sam Kasbrick rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, blog-tour, september-2012

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I will start by saying that I did not care much for this book. It is filled with action, and yet I found myself bored. I can't quite put my finger on why this is, because it is practically non-stop action scenes for the first few chapters and doesn't slow down much after that. But, still, I was bored through pretty much the entire novel.

I couldn't connect with any of the characters, which made the story less interesting to me. The characters are developed well enough, but I just didn't fin...more

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Sep 13, 2012 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars

What She Wulf gives us is a Harry Potter type world where a whole sub culture of supernatural beings is governed by the Wizard Government in America. This government has it's headquarters in the heart of Chicago. The huge building that houses all branches of this sub culture's government, along with schools and anything else you can think of to cover wizard type affairs, is masqueraded into a nondescript building. That of course we mortals have no idea exists.

The story centers on the lead charac...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Sarah (Head Stuck In A Book) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, review-copy, blog-tour, fantasy, owned-and-read

After finishing The Day Of First Sun I was eager to get to this book and continue on with Annie and Cham's adventures.
Steines' writing has improved with this second book in the series, and it was definitely more adventurous and nail-biting than the first.
Annie and Cham are lifelong friends whom finally admitted their feelings to each other in the previous book, have now been partnered up with other people, but Annie and Cham aren't your everyday ordinary people, they are wizards working for the...more

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Sep 10, 2012 Emlyn Chand added it

Annie Pearce has been trained to combat and capture the dangerous paranormal creatures living alongside humans. When a werewolf rampages through a peaceful neighborhood, Annie does everything in her power to sedate and bring it in to Tartarus Prison, a place where anything from demons to vampires are held. Despite the capture, Annie isn’t pleased. The werewolf, a female, is dressed as though from another era, and didn’t come to the twenty-first century alone.

Just as she tries to piece together w...more

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Sep 29, 2012 M. Fenn rated it 2 of 5 stars

I received an ebook copy of Sheryl Steines’ new book, She Wulf, in exchange for my honest review as part of this week’s Novel Publicity whirlwind blog tour. At first blush it looks like the story would be right up my alley. Strong female lead, demons, time-traveling vikings: I’m there.

Steines’ second book in her young adult fantasy Annie loves Cham series follows the adventures of wizards Annie Pearce and Cham Chamsky as Annie is kidnapped back into the 11th century to fulfill a prophecy and bat...more

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Sep 16, 2012 Naomi Leadbeater rated it 5 of 5 stars

Day of First Sun was one of the first book reviews I did after I started blogging again this January.

I'd like to think I've gotten better since then & here's why.

Day of First Sun was a spectacular read, but I don't think I went into depth as much as I could have. So, for She Wulf, I've decided to be more thorough.

I'll start, with the prologue, and by stating that the narration of this book reads like Poe. It is descriptive genius at its best.

Thick white clouds gathered at the center of the

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Dec 09, 2012 Tee loves Kyle Jacobson rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-books, blog-tour-review, sep-2012

She Wulf is a great book. I did not read book one but you really should read it because it introduces the world in which Annie lives in and what she does to protect it. In She Wulf Annie is chasing down a demon that she is not familiar with. Once she captures this demon she realizes that something is wrong. She is not sure what it is but she knows their is something off.

Then Annie is kidnapped and brought into the 11th century by The Viking.Annie will have to figure out a way out of the 11th cen...more

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Sep 09, 2012 Rachael Woohoo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-favorites, 2012, book, ebooks-i-own, review-copy, romance

Enjoyed this one ^__^ Review to come.

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Sheryl Steines is equal parts driven, passionate and inspired. With a degree in English from Wright State University, Steines dedicates time everyday to her art. Her love of books and a quality story drives her to share her talent with her readers as well as make the time to talk to book clubs and students about her process.

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