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Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, #1)

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Oct 26, 2012 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: reviewed, audiobook, urban-fantasy

I've been over the 'vampires in New Orleans' trope for a long time so it's no wonder this book languished on my TBR for several years. It was an enjoyable read but I can't say I found anything remarkable about it. Maybe because of the similarities to the Mercy Thompson series, which is one of my favorites, but I wasn't at all impressed.

The world didn't seem that different from other books I've read and I got tired after a while of everybody asking Jane 'what she was.' The Beast POV got tiring af ...more

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Jan 19, 2010 Yz the Whyz rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2010-reads, faith-hunter

January's Pick-It-For-Me Challenge book. Recommended by Mary.

At first I was skeptical when I started this book. I mean another tough Urban Fantasy heroine? But Jane Yellowrock grew on me with every page I read. I can't help comparing her down-to-earth attitude to Brigg's Mercy.

The book has plenty of details, sometimes too much I feel, and it took me a while to adjust when the POV shifts from human Jane to the Beast. The mystery was solid. It kept me guessing until the end. No clear romantic inte ...more

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Dec 25, 2010 Thenia rated it really liked it

Shelves: r-ab, reviewed, vampires, 2011, paranormal, shifters, series, magic, 2019

A story I liked a lot more after reading the short stories preceding it.

Jane Yellowrock is tasked with finding a rogue vampire that's been terrorizing both humans and vampires, and she's got her work cut out for her.

She is in a new town where she doesn't have any contacts, which adds an extra layer of difficulty to her already difficult task, and everybody seems to have their own agenda, so she doesn't know who to trust.

We get to see how she meets Rick, "Bruiser" and Leo, and get glimpses into h ...more

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Jan 20, 2012 Christal rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires, female-lead, urban-fantasy, magic, witches-warlocks-and-mages, lesser-known-creatures, weres-and-shifters, smugglers-thieves-bounty-hunters

This isn't my new favorite series or anything, but I thought it was an enjoyable start to the series. I am glad that I read the short story in Strange Brew first, as it is referred to many times throughout the novel.

When I picked up this book, I was worried that Jane Yellowrock would be a copy of Mercy Thompson. Thankfully, this wasn't the case and Jane has a very unique voice. She is a tea-drinking, motorcycle-riding, vampire-killing, shape-shifting badass. She is fairly dry, but can whip out This isn't my new favorite series or anything, but I thought it was an enjoyable start to the series. I am glad that I read the short story in Strange Brew first, as it is referred to many times throughout the novel.

When I picked up this book, I was worried that Jane Yellowrock would be a copy of Mercy Thompson. Thankfully, this wasn't the case and Jane has a very unique voice. She is a tea-drinking, motorcycle-riding, vampire-killing, shape-shifting badass. She is fairly dry, but can whip out the occassional zinger with the best of them. I felt that her voice was uneven at the beginning of the book, almost kind of annoying. Towards of the middle of the book, Ms. Hunter really found her stride and turned Jane into a heroine to believe in.

Jane also has a twisty, forgotten past that she is just starting to scratch the surface of. Part of this has to do with the entity she shares her body and consciousness with, Beast. The Beast-mode POVs were not favorite. She speaks in short, choppy sentences and thoughts befitting an animal, but less successful in propelling the story along. As the book moves along, I think Ms. Hunter became more comfortable writing in Beast-mode and it became easier to read. The discussions that Jane has with her Beast self provided very interesting insight to her background.

The plot of this book was a bit convulted and the bad guy pretty ambiguous. Nothing really memorable happened and even now I am having trouble recalling specific details. The story itself was a bit bland. The side characters Ms. Hunter introduced were vividly described and characterized, but none that I really fell in love with. My favorite supporting players were two that are never physically part of the story, Molly and her daughter (we only get glimpses of them via phone calls). The men in the story (and there were a lot of them) kind of blended together and I do not buy Rick as a love interest in the least. If I had to pick one, I think I would go with Bruiser.

Having complained quite a bit, I do have to say that I enjoyed this novel enough to pick up the next one. I want to see what happens to Jane and how her relationship with the vampire council develops. I think with a little fine-tuning, the Jane Yellowrock series could definitely hold its own with the likes of Mercy Thompson. ...more

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Jan 23, 2020 Cindi Kelley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, witches, vampires, 2020-read, skinwalker, cherokee

Great damn start to a series. I can't wait to read more. ...more

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Aug 21, 2012 Carrie rated it really liked it

Shelves: library, vampire, urban-fantasy, native-american, witches, shifters, sos-bingo

Jane Yellowrock, is a skinwalker and the only one of her kind that she knows of. No one other then her best friend Molly and, an earth witch, and Molly's family know what she is.

She is a rogue vampire hunter by trade and in this first novel of the series she has been hired by one of the oldest vampires in New Orleans to hunt down a vamp (offensive to term btw) who has been killing other vampires and cops.

Skinwalker had moments where I found myself, skimming the page because it wasn't holding my ...more

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Mar 19, 2020 Marla rated it liked it

Shelves: series, vampires, witches, adult, shape-shifters, horror, made-me-laugh, with-reservations, magic, young-adult

3.5 stars. Interesting first book in a skinwalker/shapeshifter series. Jane and Beast are the only characters featured in this story, besides the vampires in New Orleans where Jane is temporarily working on a job to kill a rogue vampire. Lots of backstory since this is the first book in the series, so I'm hoping that subsequent books will be better and move along more smoothly.

I didn't think it's as gripping or entertaining as the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, but I'm halfway done wi ...more

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Dec 28, 2009 Logan rated it liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook, shifters

When I checked how many pages were in this book, I was shocked. It felt at least twice that long. I really wanted to like this book, but there were too many plots and sub-plots and back stories getting juggled and I had a hard time following it all. Jane's shifts into Beast were distracting and I had a hard time reading those sections. I appreciated the diverse elements of the book, but not a favorite of mine. ...more

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Nov 20, 2010 Deyara rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, char-shape-shifters, time-contemporary, setting-louisiana

Took a couple of tries to get through the whole book, but I did enjoy it once I got pas the slow start. Jane was a bit annoying in the beginning, but I liked her a bit more by the end, and liked Beast quite a lot. I liked the story and the world, and will continue the series.

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