2016 Series Read: Eileen Wilks' "World of the Lupi"

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Eileen Wilk's World of the Lupi
Voted as our 2016 series read

Members are welcome to read as few or as many books within this series as they'd like. The series read will run from 1 Jan - 31 Dec 2016 ~ 1 book a month. You may list and track your books here, use the group challenge, or both. It's up to you. **For instructions on how to set up a challenge-specific shelf, see Lauren's post. This challenge will be open 1/1/2016.

Please feel free to share your thoughts on the books as you read. I ask that you use spoiler tags to avoid spoiling something for someone who hasn't yet read the book.

Eileen has listed the series reading order on her website, which includes short stories available for free on her website or within an anthology.

Reading Order (per Eileen Wilk's Website)
"The New Kid" (September 2013) Only available here, on eileenwilks.com
"Only Human" (July 2003) 978-0425189054

I recommend you start the series with TEMPTING DANGER, then come back to "The New Kid" after you've gotten to know Rule a bit. "Only Human" is a short story version of TEMPTING DANGER with slightly different characters and plot elements, so it's not necessary to read unless you want to.

1: TEMPTING DANGER (October 2004) 978-0425198780
2: "Originally Human" (July 2004) Solo e-book: 978-1101578568, Anthology: 978-0515138153
3: MORTAL DANGER (November 2005) 978-0425202906
4: "Brownies" (January 2007) Only available here, on eileenwilks.com
5: BLOOD LINES (January 2007) 978-0425213445
6: "Inhuman" (August 2007) Solo e-book: 978-1101578582, Anthology: 978-0425216590
7: NIGHT SEASON (January 2008) 978-0425220153
8 "Good Counsel" (January 2008) Only available here, on eileenwilks.com
9: "Cyncerely Yours" (January 2008) Only available here, on eileenwilks.com
10: MORTAL SINS (February 2009) 978-0425225523
11: "Human Nature" (January 2010) Solo e-book: 978-1101578568, Anthology: 978-0425231975
12: BLOOD MAGIC (February 2010) 978-0425233054
13: BLOOD CHALLENGE (January 2011) 978-0425239193
14: DEATH MAGIC (November 2011) 978-0425245125
15: "Human Error" (November 2011) Solo e-book: 978-069840657, Anthology: 978-0425243299
16: MORTAL TIES (October 2012) 978-0425254929
17: RITUAL MAGIC (September 2013) 978-0425263365
18: UNBINDING (October 2014) 978-0425263372
19: MIND MAGIC (November 2015) 978-0425263877
20: DRAGON SPAWN (no release date set yet) No ISBN info yet
Titles in all caps are full length novels.
Titles in quotes are short stories.



Book #13, Dragon Spawn, has no release date set

(Wikipedia Series Breakdown)

[~Melissa~]

This is such an awesome series! Can't wait for Mind Magic :D

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

İ only read the first book, should be a good opportunity to rediscover this series.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay! I'd like to read them all again, might read Mind Magic first though. LOL

[Danielle Book Boss]

Oh cool!!! I've been circling around this series for years. I'll take the plunge in 2016!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I'm excited this was chosen too. I read the first three books in 2009 and haven't returned to the series. No particular reason for it -- most likely got distracted by the shiny & new out there. I'm happy to have some motivation to return to the series :)

[Alisa]

I'm excited to see this chosen. I've read the first 5 and then got sidetracked. I love Rule. It will be great motivation to get back in the series and get caught up.

[Rachel-RN]

Maybe this will be my motivation to start this series. I've heard good things about it.

[Gisela]

I enjoyed book 1 and meant to read book 2 but never got around to it. Now I have an excuse to ignore housework and read... LOL

[AH]

Oh I am so jealous of all of you reading this series for the first time. The books are wonderful and so original. Best kept secret in Urban Fantasy.

[Logan]

Everyone has told me great things about this series. Can't wait to start!

[Vivian]

I don't know if I've ever taken a second look at this series, but it sounds really good so I'll take the plunge.

How weird is it that one of the translated versions has the same cover as Moon Called?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I've seen so many dup cover art, but not that one.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

How weird is that! It doesn't fit Lily at all. She's a serious FBI agent not a crop top kinda gal. LOL.

[AH]

Sandra wrote: "How weird is that! It doesn't fit Lily at all. She's a serious FBI agent not a crop top kinda gal. LOL."

Lily would never dress like that. No way.

[Kim]

Are we going to read one full length novel a month (since there are 12 of them) or will the short stories be read as our "monthly" book? This is my first group series read and I'm not sure of how it works.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Ah, I don't know Kim.

My guess is it will be the full length novels. But we'll let Steph tell us, she's usually not on GR on the weekends :)

[Kim]

I went back to the Home Page and clicked on Upcoming Reads and it has the books listed as just the full length novels - Tempting Danger 1/1 - 1/31; Mortal Danger 2/1 - 2/29, etc. I think it will work better that way because we will get to finish the series (at least up through Mind Magic).

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Yeah, I have (full) books 1-12 marked as our upcoming BOM for each month throughout 2016. Of course, you're welcome to read the novellas and share your thoughts on this series read page, if you'd like. :)

[Kim]

Awesome! I'm looking forward to reading a complete series throughout the year.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I just ordered the first book.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay Erin, hope you like it :)

[AH]

Erin (Paperbackstash) wrote: "I just ordered the first book."

You're in for a treat. It really is a wonderful series and it needs to be promoted. Best of all, there's plenty of books to read while you are waiting for the newest one.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

AH wrote: "Erin (Paperbackstash) wrote: "I just ordered the first book."

You're in for a treat. It really is a wonderful series and it needs to be promoted. Best of all, there's plenty of books to read while..."

Great, I hadn't heard of it before for some odd reason. It should be here soon.

[D.G.]

I read the first book in the series and I've been meaning to get to the rest. I'll join you guys starting in Feb! Maybe I'll read the novellas in the meantime. :)

[ShoSho]

Sounds great I'm in.

[Dragana]

I heard great things about this series, so I'm in to. (One of mine new year resolutions is to read more uf.) :)

[D.G.]

Question...are we going to a get a thread for each book?

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Well, we didn't for The Hollows. So I'm guessing not, unless you see some merit in that D.G.

[Lauren]

Put a hold on book #1 at the library. Should get it in the next week or so.

[Rosina]

Got my copy from the library cant wait to start and discuss...

[Minuska]

I just started reading this serie at the end of 2015 so happy to join :)

[Minuska]

I wonder, how can anyone go only 1 book per month.. it would have to be a really bad series for me to read less than 5 a month...

[Steph, Serious series addict]

DG, you're welcome to create a thread for any/all individual books in the series, if you'd like to chat about them that way. If you want to do that, we can create a SERIES READ folder for easy reference.

If the chatter stays in this thread, I ask that spoiler blocks are used whenever necessary to keep those new to the series from being spoiled.

Minuska, you're welcome to read ahead. We host one a month, but I definitely understand how hard it can be to hold off on a series where all books are available.

[Dragana]

I have finished reading .
This is the first time I am reading this series and the first half of the book was really tough. A lot of characters and a lot of things going on. When I got the hang of it whos-who (especially in police department) and whats-what it got better.
In short: first book didn't exactly blow my mind, but I see potential for it to be a very good uf series. I will definitely read more.
Until next month... ;)

[Raquel (Rocki)]

I also just finished the first book I am glad this series got picked to read otherwise I would have never picked up this series and it does have a lot of potential I really enjoyed the first book.

[AH]

*pacing in the background* - Glad you are all enjoying this series. The world building is so nicely done and you are all in for a treat. While there are a lot of characters to keep track of, you'll see that there are a few to keep an eye on.
Enjoy!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I read 1-3 in 2009, so I'll need to re-read those to refresh my memory.

Anyone listened to the audiobooks? How's the narration?

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*]

I haven't started yet but I got the book in the mail and it's ready for me to read.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Finished my re-read of #1 today.

I'd forgotten so much of what happened, esp since I first read it in 2010. I enjoyed it so much I went from 4 stars to 5.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I'll be interested to see how my rating changes, if any. I originally rated it 3-stars, but I can't remember much.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

That's it, I didn't remember as much as I thought I did either.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:)

[Lauren]

Book came in from m the library so I'm starting today

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay!

[AH]

I'm waiting for some kind of discussion here...hmmm...(as I am trying to remember what happened in this book)
What do you guys think of Lily and Rule?
What about the pack politics and structure?
The world building?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I've just started my re-read of book 1. I'm really enjoying it. I'll jump into the discussion when I've finished.

[Rosina]

I'm on chapter 4 and cant wait for the work day to be over....been thinking about Lily and Rule all day.....

[Lauren]

Comments up to chapter 4 (not including):

Interesting portrayal of the interactions between the humans and the werewolves (and perhaps other species). As expected there is prejudice and bias, of course, there is also bias against female detectives too...

The fact that (view spoiler)[there are no female werewolves reminds me of Bitten (hide spoiler)]

Not sure what to make of Rule yet. I don't like the (view spoiler)[messing with another guy's wife thing ... makes him a candidate for the anti-hottie harem

It is intriguing that he is the heir when he is not the eldest son. (hide spoiler)]

I'm assuming there is some sort of past history between (view spoiler)[Ginger and Lily (hide spoiler)]

[Rosina]

I managed to squeeze in some time to read and just finished Ch 6.

My mind keeps drifting to other series Psy-Changeling & Mercy Thompson. Not sure why.

Loving it so far. I like the detective and squad room aspect. Makes me think of Law & Order. I keep hearing the music in my head when I read those scenes.

Lauren (view spoiler)[ The situation with Ginger must have something to do with Lily's relationship with her boss, who she met at 8 years old. (hide spoiler)]

regarding Rule (view spoiler)[ I wondered the same thing why he is heir if he is not the eldest. So far I am liking him. I think his relationship with Lily will be a good one to read about as the series progresses (hide spoiler)]