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Mar 14, 2011

Mel rated it:

Reading Full Moon Rising left me confused. I’m not sure how to rate this book: I’m torn between a 2 and a 3 star rating.
There’s one thing I am pretty sure about, though: miss Keri Arthur either had a very strict and conservative upbringing or she was an extremely insecure and overweight wallflower during puberty. Whatever the reason, it seems like she’s been living out her fantasies through her heroine.

Riley Jenson is fan-ta-bu-lous, apparently. She is the center of attention, More...

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Mar 25, 2011

Izabela rated it:

I'm sorry, but this book is just terrible. I seriously regret buying all nine books in the series, because I couldn't even finish this first one. They're going to the second-hand bookstore TOMORROW, lol - no way in hell am I wasting another minute of my life on Riley Jenson and Co.

There's so many things about this book that put me off, but the biggest one would have to be the superficiality ... there's no depth, whatsoever, to ANYTHING - and this makes it very difficult to connect to t More...

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Sep 29, 2011

Kay rated it:

Riley Jenson gets a fairly decent introduction, where she saves a bunch of humans from vampires despite the fact that she is utterly terrified. Physically strong, but emotionally normal. Identifiable. Believable.

And then the entire book goes to hell.

Instead of focusing on the fact that her twin is missing for the first half of the novel, Riley puts on a brave face and gets on with the day-to-day. Huh? Why isn't she curled up in a ball sobbing? Why isn't she taking off the More...

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Jun 28, 2011

FlibBityFLooB rated it:

Re-read June 2011 --- I found myself more invested in the characters on re-read. I'm planning on continuing the series after this re-read.

Original Review:
Reading this was kind of like watching an action movie on basic cable -- it served its purpose and was moderately interesting, but it was kind of forgettable after finishing. That being said, it wasn’t a bad book. It kept my attention while reading it, I liked most of the characters, and the mystery was something that ma More...

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Mar 08, 2009

Karyn rated it:

OK, Weird shit is happening people. Between reading all 6 books of this series one after another, forgetting to get up in the morning to go to work (i don't know does it count as forgetting, if you have 4 alarms and you don't hear any of them because you were awake reading till 5.40 am and had to get up at 8) and then realising it makes more sense to stay home and read until all the books are over, i think I've lost perspective on other important things in life. Like making sure there's enough c More...

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Jan 18, 2009

Cathy rated it:

A very good dark fantasy series. Great lead character, a mouthy half-werewolf/half-vampire. Good mystery that kept me interested. Billed as a romance series and has a lot of sexual situations, but not especially erotic.

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Feb 01, 2011

Zeek rated it:

I tried this, the first Riley Jensen novel by Keri Arthur, but couldn't get into it- I'm realizing I'm really not a huge fan of Urban Fantasy. I need a Happily Ever After with one hero/heroine to root for- the bed hopping ala Laurel K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series makes me insane and this story was stacking up the same way.

I also had a hard time connecting with Riley. So-

passing on this series.

DNF

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Jul 15, 2011

gina rated it:

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Mar 28, 2009

Kelley Anne rated it:

This is one of those books that I'm not really sure how to describe and I am really wavering on what to rate it. Part of me wants to rate it a 2 and part of me wants to rate it a 4, so I compromised and gave it a 3. I enjoyed the action/suspense angle of the book. And for the most part, I like the world that the author has created. But, there were things about how the werewolf world is set up that I absolutely hated. I hated the EXTREMELY casual attitude that is taken about sex. Keri Arthu More...

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May 02, 2010

Nina rated it:

This is the second paranormal romance/urban fantasy series with 'werewolves' that I have read. Besides her constantly thinking about sex, the story line is very entertaining. Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse Series, recommended this Series. I'm on page 194 of 374.

FINISHED! I enjoyed this story very much. I haven't really read a book from a werewolf's POV (besides Twilight). Riley is unique because she is half-were/half-vamp; but definitely more were-wolf. I give thi More...

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Oct 05, 2011

Catherine rated it:

Riley Jenson is very special, for she is a werewolf / vampire hybrid, which is a very rare natural occurrence. She works for the Directorate of Other Races alongside her twin brother, Rhoan, which is an organisation to help keep humanity safe and keep in check the non-human races of the world. Things for Riley ‘heat up’ as the full moon is near and her need to mate burns in her veins, but it isn’t all pleasure for her. Being attacked by clones and unnatural cross-breeds sends Riley into a spiral More...

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Jul 23, 2011

Pansy rated it:

I really wanted to like this book. I did not totally dislike it but it did not keep my attention. The beginning of the book grabbed my attention. Riley Jensen was an ass-kicking vampire/werewolf who danced to her own beat. By the middle, my enthusiasm went down.

She and her brother were kicked out of their pack because of their mixed breed and stayed together and formed their own pack. Riley's brother is an enforcer and she works in the same department as sort of gopher. Riley's brothe More...

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Apr 17, 2008

Esther rated it:

Full Moon Rising is for a more mature audience, revolving more around explicit and inappropriate content than necessary. Despite the fact that the blurb on the back of the book informed us about the heat of the full moon and its effect on Riley, the dhampire - half Vampire, half Werewolf - protagonist, I wasn't warned about the extremeties I had to encounter while reading the book. I thought that this book would have an interesting plot with all the distractions of a deliciously irresista More...

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Dec 16, 2008

Jess rated it:

I liked this book, but the only reason I didn't give it more stars was because I didn't really like how the werewolves were portrayed in the story. I found it slightly annoying that the characters kept bringing up moon fever, and how they are basically slaves to lust every full moon. But I wasn't that annoyed that I didn't enjoy the book, and I will read the next one because Riley is an intriguing character.

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Aug 03, 2008

Jaime rated it:

I couldn't put this book down!! This is the first book in the Riley Jenson Guardian series. Riley is half werewolf/half vampire, but her werewolf half is more dominant. She has a twin brother, Rhoan who is the opposite. His vampire half is more dominant.

One evening Riley senses her brother is in trouble, and when she reaches her home she finds a very attractive and very naked vampire on her doorstep named Quinn. His memory patchy, but determined to wait for her brother to return. More...

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May 18, 2008

Sayuri_x rated it:

This book has been sitting in my TBR pile for ages. I finally picked it up and I have to say I really enjoyed it, even with the almost constant sexual overtones in the book.

Now I like my nookie in my paranormals as much as the next girl. Hey I love Nalini Singh and Meljean Brook along with Erin McCarthy and JR Ward so a prude I am not but there is HUGE amounts of sex in this book, but it fits as it is part of the universe and the characters we are following.

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Mar 21, 2009

DarkHeart "Vehngeance" rated it:

I'd heard nothing but glowing reviews about this series, but I'm not sure. I question the use of rampant sex as a plot device outside of erotica, but I may be in the minority here. Riley is a likeable enough character, and I liked Quinn. The premise was interesting, but it did seem like Riley was either fighting for her life or having sex 95% of the time - which didn't leave a lot of time for further character development. I will read the second book though and see if it pulls me in enough t More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Angie rated it:

A slight change from the usual paranormal romance. The werewolves are a horny bunch, but still believe in finding a soul mate. This is the first book in the series, I think, and so I imagine it continues to follow Riley (from who's POV the book is written), her brother Rhoan, her lovers, and her enemies. The plotline grows, and pieces of it become resolved while other parts figure into the next book.

Sometimes a single POV can be limiting, but it wasn't bothersome in this case. While i More...

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Jan 19, 2012

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Oct 30, 2011

Teresa rated it:

First off I am not really sure what I think of this book.
Riley is a vampire werewolf hybrid who works for an organization called the Directorate which was created to police the supernatural races. When a gorgeous and naked vampire shows up at her door step claiming to be her brothers friend and need his protection she does not trust him. Especially since she can sense that something is wrong with her brother. But she is unable to get in touch with him since he is on a mission for the Dir More...

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Jun 14, 2011

Paradoxical rated it:

Overall thought? Oversexed, but sort of an entertaining read. The fact that for a week around every full moon the main character, and every other werewolf, feels the need to have lots and lots of sex is laughable. Period. But hey, I can suspend my disbelief and just go with it.

Things that don't make so much sense? Why the majority of vampires think it's a-okay to walk around smelling like dumpsters. There were a few who take showers, but a good portion of them don't, apparently. Why More...

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Mar 12, 2011

Majanka rated it:

Riley Jenson and her twin brother Rhoan are what people would call hybrids. They are half-vampire, half-werewolf, an unexpected result from one night when their mother (who happened to be a werewolf) was raped by a newborn vampire. Although cast out from their pack because of their differences, Riley and Rhoan manage well in the outside world. They share an apartment together, and both work for an organisation that specialises in Other Races. However, Rhoan is a guardian within the organisation, More...

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Jan 29, 2011

Bronwyn rated it:

I enjoyed this story, the first of the Riley Jensen series. Riley and her twin brother Rhaon are Dhampire's, a rare hybrid that are half vampire/half werewolf. Riley is more werewolf and Rhoan is gay and is more vampire. They were kicked out of their pack at 15 because they are half breeds and the pack leader did not want them in the pack any longer. They work for the Directorate of Other Races (like a police force but for supernatual beings - and they have their own set of rules).

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Oct 16, 2010

Tracy rated it:

~* 3.5 Stars *~
Riley Jensen is a half-werewolf, half-vampire dhampir with a love of her wolf heritage and overall contempt for most vampires. She's a liaison for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races - an aussie equivalent of the FBI for supernaturals. When a naked vampire turns up in the doorway of the apartment Riley shares with her fraternal twin brother, Rhoan, her life takes a turn from office worker and ramped up party girl werewolf to reluctant...very, very reluctant guardian. But s More...

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Aug 15, 2010

Laura rated it:

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May 14, 2010

Sarah rated it:

Riley and her twin brother Rhoan both work for the Directorate of Other Races (an organisation that protects humans from the supernatural races). Rhoan is a Guardian meaning he is on the front line when any of the supernaturals start causing trouble but Riley doesn't want to be a killer and is happy with her admin job. When her brother goes missing Riley is worried - other guardian's who have disappeared recently have all turned up dead and she can't bear the thought of anything happening to R More...

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Feb 14, 2010

Andrea rated it:

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Jan 01, 2012

Aimee rated it:

i really enjoyed Keri Arthur's series of books with Riley Jensen as the reluctant Vampire/Warewolf Hybrid who finds herself in a whole heap of trouble when her twin brother goes missing (he's a Guardian and works for an organisation that helps keep the peace between humans and other world creatures) and bodies start piling up, an amnesiac hunky Vampire appears at her apartment, and she is reluctantly dragged into the murky world of the Guardians in order to find her brother and work out why some More...

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Dec 15, 2011

Rimma rated it:

The story is of a young woman half vampire and half werewolf Riley. Who works for an organization “Directorate of Other races” who control and police the supernatural races and its activities. While she is a merely an office worker, who’s boss really want her to become one of the "guardian/ secret agent/often would be assassin" role in the organization. She on the other hand values her independency and do not want to become part of the organization main forth. However, her strong f More...

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Jun 23, 2011

Ivy rated it:

Riley Jensen is a half-werewolf, half-vampire dhampir with a love of her wolf heritage and overall contempt for most vampires. She's a liaison for Melbourne's Directorate of Other Races - an aussie equivalent of the FBI for supernaturals. When a naked vampire turns up in the doorway of the apartment Riley shares with her fraternal twin brother, Rhoan, her life takes a turn from office worker and ramped up party girl werewolf to reluctant...very, very reluctant guardian. But she swears any work e More...

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