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Oct 11, 2009

Auntee rated it:

Oh, how I wanted to love this one. I had recently read and enjoyed the author's Tucker's Claim from her Hell's Eight series, and I'm a big fan of her Promises series, so I was hoping that this would be another winner. But after a very promising and exciting start, it just fell...flat. Too many unanswered questions, too much background detail left out, a lot of conversations going nowhere, a lot of terribly unexciting dialogue, and I swear if the hero 'brushes the heroine's bangs off her face' More...

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Oct 18, 2011

Kelli rated it:

I’ve read another book by this writer
Filled with cowboys and prose that seemed tighter
“Pretty good” was my thought
“With a decent enough plot”
“I’ll try again if I want something lighter”

Since audio is surely my bent
And I had credits that languished unspent
I thought "try something new!"
I should have checked a review
I’m disgruntled and now need to vent

The cowboys in this one are all vampire
And the heroine is set to expire
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Jul 29, 2011

Mollie *scoutrmom* rated it:

This is one of those romances where there is a lot of unneeded angst because the hero and heroine don't communicate well enough. I liked the protagonists, the villain, the secondary characters, the plot, and the worldbuilding. I'm just sad the parts didn't add up to a better whole.

The hero is overprotective and has an outdated attitude towards women. Even though his love proves to be able to defeat an enemy, he is later grievously wounded defending her rather than allowing her to More...

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Dec 31, 2011

G rated it:

I wanted to LOVE this book. Turns out out I did like it but I felt a mild disappointment with it, like it's not up to the same standard of McCarty's other books. I did get caught up in the world-building, I did want to know what happens next, and I do look forward to reading Jared's story next---all qualities that make for a good book and that's why I gave it 4 stars. In trying to pin down what it is that left me wanting more, I believe it was all the unanswered questions in this story. There More...

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Jan 11, 2012

Laura rated it:

1/5; 1 star; DNF

Where to begin? Well, the beginning was good. The first little bit where the Allie and Caleb are introduced, the attack by the 'wolf', the 'rescue'. I should have stopped there. I am disappointed because I read other books by this author and really enjoyed them, particularly the Promises series. This book was a lot like a car stuck in a mud hole, lots of noise and muck flying but not much progress. I didn't like the characters and they were poorly developed and More...

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Dec 18, 2011

Kara rated it:

I was excited when I came across this book. I haven't seen too many books with cowboy vampires. About half way through I lost interest and started skipping chunks to finish the book faster. I don't think I missed much by doing this.

One of the biggest problems I had with the book was its tendency to skip ahead in the time line a few days, with no explanation as to what happened. Not a crime usually. But in this story we get a passing comment as to a major event that happened in the mis More...

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Oct 11, 2011

Kasey rated it:

I really wanted to like this book. As soon as I came across it I had high hopes for this one changing my opinion since the only other McCarty book I've tried I didn't really like. I've heard the first books in her series are usually the worst and they get better and maybe that is my mistake, but I really have a hard time really liking the characters a lot of the time.

This one started off good. I liked the set up I already liked the subject so I expected things to just get better More...

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Jan 13, 2010

Fiendishly rated it:

The lure of Sarah McCarty’s novels is that they are deliciously sensual, descriptive, and heavy on relationship. By comparison to other urban fantasy/paranormal novels, Caleb might a bit light on plot, but the overwhelming feeling is that McCarty is taking her time to get the story right, unwinding it slowly and making sure that the connection between her two main characters is solid, grounded. In fact it is McCarty’s cornerstone. Caleb presents well: feisty, sensual, and feral in some action sc More...

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Jun 17, 2011

Vanessa rated it:

This book left far too many questions unanswered and me wondering in the end what was the book about. There is a conflict that the hero and heroine must fight. The Sanctuary (vampires with a God complex) wants Allie (heroine) in their possession. That was the largest unanswered (one of many) question for me. I get that she is different and special and every man in this book wants her, but why. As a character Allie is not impressive. She’s whiney, clueless, and constantly contradicting herself. T More...

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Aug 05, 2011

Missie rated it:

Excuse me while I take a moment to cry my eyes out. Why the tears you ask? Well, if someone had told me that combining my two favorite things ever--cowboys and vampires--would prove to be disastrous, I'd have laughed in their face then rode off into the sunset. I mean, there's no way the combo couldn't be anything but pure win, right?

Wrong.

I really don't know where to start in explaining all the ways I was supremely disappointed with this story.

I guess I'll be More...

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May 23, 2011

Heidi rated it:

I really enjoyed this new series from Sarah McCarty!

Allie Sanders is spirited, sassy and passionate. Her quick wit and defensiveness is very comical. It's obvious she has a bunch of brothers, it seems the Johnson boys will just fill into place nicely. I think she will be a great mother and wife to Caleb. I am interested to find out why her abilities are so limited. If its because she is pregnant or because she is something else. Her psychic ability is very interesting, I can't wait t More...

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Jun 07, 2010

Cindy rated it:

Good read, good enough that I plan to keep both books in the series and hope for more...

I read Jared first and although it is a direct sequel to this one order doesn't seem wildly important. Because I'd already read Jared some 'secrets' and 'questions' were already revealed but not enough to impact the reader's enjoyment.

Characters are a bit sketchy, especially the support ones. The heroine has more issues than a magazine rack, complains that our hero keeps trying to ru More...

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Jul 31, 2011

Elizabeth rated it:

I'm not sure what exactly I want to say other than this book to me felt like twilight for adults. Caleb can walk in the sun and his brother all have certain powers too like super smarts (Slade), reading minds (Jared), and super strength (Jace). I'm pretty sure I got them right though I might be off on Jace and Jared. There is Allie who works a the bakery and is special to Caleb in fact by the middle of the book it seems every man wants her. Though why is apparently only know to the author. A More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Brittney rated it:

My first experience with Sarah McCarty's work was her Hell's Eight series. My feelings about those books were somewhat mixed, but because I liked to them on audiobook, I'm still not quite sure it my reaction was the writing or the narrator or a mixture of both. I decided to give the Shadow Wranglers series a chance. I also listened to this on audiobook, and I was actually pleased with the narrator because I enjoy her work on another series that's a personal favorite.

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Jan 30, 2011

Kelly rated it:

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book. On one hand, I want to know how the other brothers end up with their happily ever after and how Allie fits into the new world order that the bad guys are trying to create. And yet, there were times while I was reading this book that I had no idea why things were happening. It was like the author decided to skip over a few scenes and let us fill in the blanks. I don't need every little thing spelled out for me while I'm reading but I do expect th More...

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Jun 22, 2010

Melindeeloo rated it:

Caleb (Shadow Wranglers) - liked the beginning and the idea of vampire cowboys, but the back and forth dialog between the leads (she asserting her stubborness and independence and he attempting to assert his control to keep her safe) was tiring - I put this down half way through not intending to finish but I did end up picking it back up and the rest of the book is action packed - they run afoul of an evil vamp - but I don't even know how to sum up my reaction to the rest of the story, it wasn' More...

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Oct 12, 2009

Felicia (Ferishia) rated it:

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Sep 27, 2011

Mrs Condit Reads Books rated it:

The first time I read Sarah McCarty’s Caleb, Book 1 of The Shadow Wranglers, I finished it not entirely clear what this book was about. It’s a very long book with really long conversations, lots of thrilling action, heroes who are big, sexy and very Alpha, and a complex plot about shape-shifting vampires and werewolves.
Caleb was published in 2009 and that’s when I first read it. After I finished I read a number of reviews trying to get some insight to the story that I may have missed and t More...

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Sep 01, 2010

July rated it:

Caleb (Shadow Wranglers) book 1, Well lets see a book about cowboys who turned vampires who hang out with werewolves. That about is the back drop. Then comes along the Allie who is always trying to get Caleb to notice her. She runs a bakery and he even bring himself into the shop to eat her pastries at 5am. Um vampires don't eat. So he must really want to be around her. Then late one night she is attacked by a wolf and another wolf comes to her rescue but he is almost killed. But then she knows More...

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Nov 29, 2011

Christi rated it:

My Review:
I did not dislike this book and with the things that I heard about it before reading it, I was worried that was going to be the case. There were things in this book that did really bother me though, but we will get to those in a while.

This is an interesting world that Sarah McCarty has come up with. The Johnson's are four brothers that are all vampires. Caleb was the first to turn and, in his thirst when he first changed, he converted all three of his brothers...somethin More...

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Oct 28, 2009

Sarah rated it:

The beginning was interesting and everything started off ok - then it just got sucky. I was expecting this to be really good because I really liked Running Wild. I really had to push myself to finish this one; it was like a chore.

The story was all over the place and suddenly things would be happening and there was no lead up or the lead up was totally different. And honestly - vampires can only do SOOOO many things, they can't do everything (shapeshift, be psychic, be fertile, g More...

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Nov 07, 2010

Darcy rated it:

I was excited to read this book as this author is one of my favorites, but I was disappointed it. Allie wasn't all that likable for me and I got very tired of her insecurity, which went on until the very end. I also didn't think the "cult" vampires got explained very well. So many times the brother's past was alluded to, but wasn't fully explained either. I did like the weres in the story, I want to know more about why Derek's clan is so friendly with them and I want to know more More...

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May 22, 2010

Emily rated it:

This was my first foray into the world of books by Sarah McCarty, and I'm sort of in the middle of the road at this point. The story was kind of lukewarm (minus,) the characters were really detailed and well done (plus,) the dialogue was almost painful to read at times, and not in an emotional way (big minus, ) but the happily ever after was genuine and sweet (plus.)

Caleb was a rancher who was turned to a vampire in the 1860s. He ended up turning his brothers as well, and they're sti More...

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Mar 29, 2011

Lisarenee rated it:

This was the author of Wild Instincts. I liked this book much better, although she still uses words I would much rather she would not. About 3 cowboy vampires from the 1860's who are now living in the present. They can shape shift and mainly keep to themselves, until Caleb meets Allie. The story starts out with Allie trying to capture more of Caleb's attention by wearing a wonder bra. When she gets little more response than usual she decides to give up. On her way home, she is attacked by a wolf More...

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Feb 28, 2011

Deidre rated it:

Well my high hopes fell short on this one. Don't get me wrong I liked it but did not love it as I wanted to. This book gets off to an exciting start that sucks you in and make you keep reading but then it ends a few chappys in and gets confussing. It is almost as if there is another who took over writing...hmmm...the writing becomes disjointed and I found my self not being able to follow the conversations or what was going on stopping and going back a few paragraphs to reread cause I thought I m More...

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Nov 29, 2009

Nada rated it:

This book deserves 3.5 to 4 stars, and I am leaning towards 3.5 more so than 4 stars.

When I first bouight this book I was so excited, it had two things that I love, cowboys and vampires. I thought to myself you can not go wrong.

I enjoyed the book, and I will probably read others in the series, when they come out. But it was not the best paranormal romance I've read. To tell you the trueth I was little bit disapointed, I expected more.

The story line was More...

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Mar 24, 2010

Missy Ann rated it:

Ummmm, yeah, wow. Not good. In fact bad, really bad. I'm a big McCarty fangirl. I own everything she's written (well the published stuff) and this book reads like bad fan fic. It's McCarty's style, but terrible.

Think of it like this, you go to the store to buy some toothpaste. When you get home your realize that instead of Colgate, you've purchased Cogate the Chinese knock off with anti-freeze in it. That's how I feel about this book.

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Jan 03, 2011

Kat rated it:

Ranchers! Vampires! Ranchers who are vampires! Yep, hell of a fun premise and story. It starts out with a bang, when Allie is attacked by a "wolf" and saved by Caleb. Allie is quickly drawn into the world of vampires and her increasing attraction to Caleb. Allie can be annoying at times, but I liked that she dealt with her fear and uncertainty with humor. And Caleb was just so freaking yummy. (I really like the cover of this book - helped me to get a good picture of him in my mind.) Th More...

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Oct 24, 2011

Liska rated it:

En realidad 3.5. l libro demoró demasiado en ponerse algo interesante y habia partes en las que siceramente me perdia porque el dialogo entre los personajes me confundia, a veces no sabia quien decia que. Le voy a dar la oportunidad a los demas libros de la saga porque ya finalizando el libro fu´r que se puso algo interesante, Además de que he leido libros de Sarah McCarty que me han gustado mucho.

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Oct 09, 2009

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Caleb is a rancher who also happens to be a vampire. Allie works in a bakery and every morning Caleb comes in to get her bear claws. She wants his attention but he acts like he does not notice her. One night Caleb saves her from a pack of wolves. Then she ends up coming to his rescue. She has to take him to his ranch where his brothers live and finds out they are all vampires.

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