Elizabeth's Wolf, by Lora Leigh
Supernatural Chick Pr0n

Hmmm... what can I say about this book? It's probably the best plotted of all the Breeds books I've read so far (although, to a certain extent, that's kind of damning it with faint praise), and probably a little better written than the other three I've read before.

Like all the other Breeds books, it falls into the genre I'd call 'supernatural chick-pr0n' (although I believe the technical term is 'paranormal romance' or possibly 'paranormal erotica', depending on your point of view). The best description I've heard of the series as a whole is Dark Angel if it were R-18 rated.

This book should, however, carry a giant honking warning that if issues of consent are a trigger for you, stay well away from the story - it never actually devolves into non-con, but it does skirt the lines pretty damn closely at times. Repeatedly. The male lead also spends the first third of the story bordering on stalking behaviour, which made it a little difficult for me to cast him as a protagonist in my mind's eye during that section.

That being said, there is something of a plot, and there are some good scenes that I really enjoyed. I got a real kick, for example, out of the scenes in which our male lead, Dash (the eponymous Wolf) is taking Elizabeth, the female lead, through a series of personal training and combat training lessons (go figure? Personal training as a good Starfire-button? Who'da thunkit?!). Yeah, yeah, I know, it probalby won't be such a hook for anyone but me; but hey, I did enjoy it, and I'm writing the review.

And despite not being a particularly kid-friendly or gods-help-me, *maternal* individual, I actually liked the kid in the book, Cassie - Elizabeth's daughter (and I liked the fact that *finally* we had a female lead in a Lora Leigh book who *didn't* start off as a virgin!). To be honest, Cassie was, at times, easier for me to identify with than Elizabeth was - odd, but there you have it.

So yeah. All in all, I think I'd give this one a 5/10... not awful, but not up there with my favourite supernatural chick-pr0n authors either. And that's my first book review for 2009.

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