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Skinwalker (Jane Yellowrock, #1)

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Dec 25, 2010 Thenia rated it really liked it

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

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: magic, female-lead, vampires, urban-fantasy, lesser-known-creatures, witches-warlocks-and-mages, 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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Jun 16, 2012 A book away from an episode of hoarders rated it really liked it

Shelves: first-in-series, pnr-uf-fantasy, read-in-2013

I don’t know for sure but it felt like this book had a bit of “first book syndrome” going on. I felt lukewarm towards it at the beginning and honestly, I skimmed a bit when she was describing rooms. The inner dialogue of the Beast took some getting used to as well.

I did enjoy the characters and I liked Jane. The last quarter of the book really took off and I couldn't put it down until after the epilogue. I liked all the nicknames too, Bruiser and Troll especially. I liked Leo and I really hope ...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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Sep 28, 2010 Adele rated it really liked it

for such a good book. it took me long enough to finish. i was rather frustrated at myself for that beacuse this book was in one word was AWESOME.
i really liked this book. i loved the whole beast and jane interactions. and i love molly.

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