Born To Be Wild (The Others, #8)

Born To Be Wild (Novels Of The Others #15)

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Josie Barrett brings out the animal in men. Literally. As the local veterinarian in a town that’s approximately seventy percent Others—mostly shapeshifters—Josie deals with beastly situations all the time. It’s practically part of her job description. But when the werewolves of Stone Creek, Oregon, start turning downright feral, Josie smells a rat—among other, more dangero...more
ebook, 336 pages
Published March 2nd 2010 by St. Martin's Paperbacks (first published February 27th 2010)
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Lynda Tatad
Josie Barrett is the local veterinarian in the town of Stone Creek Oregon. When the local sherriff (why hadn't she noticed how sexy he was before this??) brings in an injured wolf after hours at her clinic, her examination revealed that this wolf was a lupine female. Normally lupines shift back to their human form to heal up an injury like this, and she wasn't healing as fast as an Other normally would.

Stone Creek is an unusual town in that the human population has lived comfortably with their...more
Jacqueline
Okay but not as Good as Others in the Series, March 3, 2010


This book was okay but I didn't enjoy it as much as others in the series, all of which I've read. Josie is a vet in a shifter community but she doesn't treat shifters. Eli is the local sheriff and is a African Lion shifter. There was a bit right at the front where he tells her about waking up in odd places and that he once woke up in a kennel with a bunch of sled dogs. How did that happen? Did someone think that the african lion was a...more
Cindy
Interesting setup - what would today's skinheads do after the 'unveiling' of the 'Others' among us? Yeah, no surprises there - they have a brand new minority to hate. The hero, Eli, is a shifter and Sheriff of a small Oregon town populated with humans and others. The heroine, Josie, is the only vet in town. They meet over a wounded wolf - actually a Lupine in shifted form - Eli brings in. Since the human doctor isn't available she tackles the case but something is seriously wrong, the wolf is no...more
Oleta Blaylock
Well this book was a little bit of a surprise. It isn't set in New York City or Las Vegas. It is set in a small town in Oregon. The book also leaves a number of questions unanswered. I am hoping that I find those answers in a future book. Stone Creek, Oregon is a haven for Others. They live peacefully with the small human population and are very happy with the arrangement. I liked all the characters, both primary and secondary. It was kind of sad that two of the Lupines had to die though. The pr...more
Ally
I was expecting more from Born to be Wild than I actually got but it was still a good story.

Josie Barrett brings out the animal in men. Literally. As the local veterinarian in a town that’s approximately seventy percent Others mostly shapeshifters Josie deals with beastly situations all the time. It’s practically part of her job description. But when the werewolves of Stone Creek, Oregon, start turning downright feral, Josie smells a rat among other, more dangerous critter. Teaming up with the f...more
Maria
This is the 9th book in "The Others" series by Christine Warren. The heroine of the book is Dr. Josie Barret, the town vet in a small town in northern Oregon. The hero is Eli Pace, the town sheriff, who also happens to be a were-lion shifter. Even though they have known of each other's existence, neither Eli nor Josie has really looked at the other person. Trying to solve the mystery of why a lupine was shot and is not healing like she should be, Eli realizes that Josie is his mate and sets abou...more
Silver James
Born To Be Wild took a deeper look at the human/Other politics of Christine Warren's Others world. I enjoyed this book--the human vet and the werelion sheriff had some real chemistry but Josie seemed to lack a little knowledge, especially for someone who grew up in a small town where Others make up 70% of the population. Eli was definitely an alpha male. Overall, I liked the twists in the plots but I had a couple of problems with the storyline. First, two normally highly-intelligent and focused...more
Amber (buriedbybooks)
I think this is one of those books that either clicked with you or really didn't work at all. I loved it, but others--mostly those who have read quite a bit of the series to which this belongs--disliked it...intensely.

I liked the characters. I liked the writing itself. The dialogue is very finely tuned...the characters all banter amongst themselves the way real people who live in a small town do. It felt real for me.

The mystery does end rather abruptly, but I just assumed that the tidying up of...more
Sunnyreader
Nothing groundbreaking for a romance novel or even particularly memorable. and frankly a little too syrupy sweet for my taste but I can't underscore it because while it didn't really inspire much interest out of me it is a well written novel. I liked the both of the love interest for being well characterized and no non-sense especially considering this is a para-romance which as we all know has considerable leanings towards the just plain silly.The author is also not only wrote a plot but even w...more
Matthew
This is what happens when you're in a rush at the library. You end up grabbing the first book you see with a lion on the cover, only to find out when you get home that its a romance novel involving changlings. It was an easy read. I'll give it that, but it was flat and predictable. The worse part about the book is that there must have been over two dozen grammatical and spelling mistakes. It was so bad I wondered several times if anyone at all even attempted to edit it. Wouldn't recommend except...more
Paraphrodite
Another book that's set outside the Manhattan scene. This time in a small rural town where 70% of the population are Others.

Heroine Josie is a vet and gets caught in a mystery when sexy lion shifter sheriff Eli hauled a wounded lupine into her surgery. Normally, the doctor in town looks after Otherkind since they are more closely related to humans than animals, but since the good doctor is away on one of his fishing weekends, and the lupine remained in wolf form, Josie became the default doctor...more
Cindy
Christine Warren's series, The Others, follows the lives of paranormal beings after their "unveiling" (when they formally make themselves known to the non paranormal world). For the most part these books are light reading, fun and laced with humor and romance. They have the prerequisite alpha hero pursuing, and of course catching, the spunky heroine. They very lightly touch on "interspecies" relationships, which would be a modern day metaphor for interracial and intercultural relationships. Howe...more
Tina
2.5 Stars

I recently finished reading Drive Me Wild which was very good. I love the h/h an the book was very sensual. Drive Me Wild was published after Born to Be Wild (so I read out of order). This was not a good thing. Don't get me wrong, Born to Be Wild can be read as a standalone; however, it falls flat in comparison to Drive Me Wild. Had I read this book first MAYBE I would feel differently about this book.

First let me start with the H/H, Eli and Josie. I really liked them individually. Eli...more
Laurie (Bitten by Paranormal Romance)
This book just didn’t do it for me, it's nothing like the rest of the series. If you have never read any of these books in this series and just picked up this one and didn’t like it, please try the others. On one hand though some of you may like it better because it doesn’t carry the high level of sexual content as the other books do.

I really liked Eli and Josie characters, it was the story I couldn’t handle, it didn’t have that excitement as the rest of the series, it seemed to take forever fo...more
Laura the Highland Hussy
4/5 stars This latest installment of Christine Warren's "Others" series was much different from her previous books. This one takes place in Oregon, and deals with a small town vet named Josie, and the local sheriff, Eli, who just happens to shift into an African lion. But the real difference from this Others book is that there is a viral outbreak that affects the lupine shifters only. Once infected, the lupine cannot shift from wolf form, eventually becoming more and more feral, until he is all...more
Danielle
I am definitely a fan of Christine Warren but I found this book to be somewhat of a disappointment after reading Walk on the Wild Side (The Others #5). The story was strangely unfulfilling, don't get me wrong there was a plot and there was mystery but it just didn't jive for me that the story was about one lone Lion-Shifter in a town full of wolf-shifter and the story focused more on what was happening to the wolf-shifter pack versus Sheriff Eli Pace (the main male character). In Walk on the Wil...more
Kaleigha
One of the hardest parts of being an avid reader is waiting for the next installment of a favorite authors' series. I hunt down all the info I can ahead of time, oooh and ahhh over the various covers, and preorder months in advance. What is even harder is when the book comes...and I don't like it.

I am a huge fan of most of the Others books. I didn't like Ava's story, but since I couldn't stand her as a charcter throughout the whole series, I just figured it was a one-off deal. So, hopes were hig...more
Kyndall
This was my first book from this author. Let me say that I love Josie, I love the way she stands up to the sheriff, not letting him boss her around like so many other alpha shifters in this genre. Her dialogue was always great, and always entertaining. At about the 75% mark (can you tell I read this on my Kindle?) this took a big turn, and not for the better. First of all, the sheriff is really under developed, and as the book goes on you really don't learn anything significant about his persona...more
Jess
I liked it okay, but this will probably be my least-like book of the 'Others' series. I felt it was missing some of the elements that make her stories so unique. It also felt like the author was rushed. I get that this will be a continueing line of a story (she introduced to many new mateless characters for it not to be), but I felt like the suspense part of the plot was incomplete. Don't worry Christine Warren. I'm still going to read everything you put out.
Sarah
I didn't care for this book as much as I did the others in her series. It is more of stand alone, and though it takes place in the same world, it doesn't feel connected to it. This seemed more like a thriller type book that just happened to have shapesifters, where as her other books have been more paranormal in nature. The end seemed kind of rushed as well and it just wasn't as fun as her earlier books.
Fiona
Watching Josie and Eli's attraction grow while working together to solve what appears to be an epidemic of sorts in the shapeshifting community was a treat. Josie isn't afraid to go nose to nose with the sheriff whom also happens to be a were-lion when she doesn't agree with him. Which is exactly what he needs. Lots of fun moments mixed in with the serious, which makes it an enjoyable and fast paced read.
Jennifer
This was a really good read. There were a small amount of passion scene's and a good amount of humor. Though I will say that I couldn't keep up with the context in many area's because my education level didn't achieve the same level as the authors. Otherwise, what I was able to keep up with, was great. I would highly recommend this for Paranormal Romance readers.
Denise
I've come to enjoy the Others series, but I found this book to be disappointing. The characters were interesting, but nothing seem to flow - it was either dragging or forced. I hope the next book is better. I'm wondering why, too, she went away from including characters from other books in her more recent ones. I liked the wolves (i.e., Graham) and the NYC setting.
Kristin
The ending SUCKED!!!! It was like the editor realized it was too long and did the shortest, lamest action scene for the ending. I had to double check that the last few chapters and/or epilogue weren't ripped out. This book would have been great if they hadn't squished the ending into nothing. Nothing to show that things worked out, etc. Very very disappointed!!!!!!!!!! None of her other works are like this.
Kayla
I'm not going to lie, this isn't my favorite book in the "Others" series. However, I will say that this book was action packed. The romance was still just as sweet, hot, and steamy at times. To be honest though I would have rathered her continue with the main characters In the first several books, but it is what it is. The main issue is that these books were not released in order.


Judith
I am an unmitigated Christine Warren fan!! She knows her stuff, writes with wit and intelligence, loves strong characters, good story plots, and develops the plot with care and skill. She truly has, it appears to me, the heart of a romantic and it shows in her work. This is a worthy addition to her accomplishments.
Stacie
Josie is a vet when an injured wolf is brought to her and she finds a strange virus in the wolf's system. The local sheriff Eli Pace is also a were-lion. He realizes that Josie is his mate and wants to court her. But first they have to find out what is causing shifters to become sick and turn feral.
Jacque
This book just didn't click for me. I started out loving this series but the last few haven't been good reads for me. It seems odd that the two main characters live in a tiny town yet never met each other before the incident occurred. The story line was slow and I didn't seem to care about the characters.
Catlin
The most engaging part of this story was the fact that Steppenwolf was the constant soundtrack in the back of my mind everytime I picked up the book. Apart from that I'm afraid it just didn't capture my attention in the way I wished it would (it was just too samey and predictable for me).
Dakota
The book was ok but considering this is the last book chronologically in the series it ended a bit abrupt and not as much closure as I would have liked. I like the characters both main and side so I would have wanted more. Beginning was slow buildup in the middle was good but the ending was a bit disappointing
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Born and raised in coastal New England, Christine Warren lived in the South and the Mid-Atlantic before hopping to the other side of the country to take up the life of a transplant in the Pacific Northwest. She completely bypassed those states in the middle due to her landlocking phobia. Hmm, need to research a scientific term for that...

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