Paperback, 368 pages
Expected publication: February 7th 2012 by Signet Book
ISBN 13: 9780451236098
Source: Publisher, for the purposes of an honest review
Genre: Paranormal Romance, shifters
Series: Moon Shifter #1
Stars: 4
Flames: 3
When readers first meet Ana her pack
has been drastically reduced in size by an attack via poisoning. This has left
her and her fellow pack mates vulnerable. The poisoning only took the lives of
the males, pregnant females, and the mated females who could not go on without their
mates. Ana knows that this is a very bad situation to find herself in. She
knows that if she goes to the Council for assistance they will just send a male
pack her way to take over. She is also getting threats from a neighboring pack
Alpha who is all too eager to step in and take over. Taggart is so eager that
he actually attacks Ana.
Connor and his brother Liam had lived
amongst Ana’s pack fifty years ago. After hearing about the poisoning he
quickly returns to her with an offer of protection. He has established himself
as a strong Alpha to a pack of warriors in his time gone. He can offer her the
protection that her pack is in dire need of. This will also allow Connor the opportunity
to pursue the woman he walked away from fifty years ago.
Ana and Connor made for an interesting
romance. He comes off way too pushy in the beginning giving her doubts about
his motives. I loved the chest pounding Neanderthal that Connor could be at
times. Those types of Alphas always make for an enjoyable read. Ana’s a strong
heroine and once she reaches her limit with Connor she shows her own Alpha
side.
The main conflict between the humans
and the shifters is a very real conflict. The shifters stay away from the human
population as much as possible due to hateful discrimination. The humans have
known about shifters for twenty years, but most still have negative feelings
for that which they do not understand. Of course you have the supremacist types
that have taken the hatred to the extreme and have begun attacking. I liked
this added conflict to Alpha Instinct.
Hate crimes and discrimination are a very real problem. It made connecting with
the characters so easy. They are dealing with a threat that could affect
anyone, not just the characters in a fictitious book.
Reus sets up several future books for
this series. She introduces many characters that have important roles within
the pack. Readers get to eagerly wait for the attractions and turmoil to pan
out in books to come. I am certainly looking forward to more books in this
series. Alpha Instinct has a great
mix of action, conflict, and sexual tension of future couples to assure that I
will buy the next book as soon as it hits the book store shelves.
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