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The Hunters #1
Declan and Tori
She was just doing her job, tracking down a nutcase who was stalking a young dancer. And then the unspeakable and impossible happened. She was bitten.
A newly turned vampire, Tori is alone and starving and she doesn't know what to do. But she knows who to turn to-gorgeous, mouthwatering Declan-a police detective who has a few secrets of his own.
A newly turned vampire, Tori is alone and starving and she doesn't know what to do. But she knows who to turn to-gorgeous, mouthwatering Declan-a police detective who has a few secrets of his own.
167 pages, Nook
First published October 16, 2003
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Shiloh Walker
201 books2,433 followersHello... thanks for swinging by. I don't log into Goodreads much, so if you have questions, please visit my website to email me through my site.
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My other me.... J.C. Daniels
And an experimental me that I put to sleep. J. Dallas
Bio...
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
To contact the author, please visit her website!
Thank you!
My other me.... J.C. Daniels
And an experimental me that I put to sleep. J. Dallas
Bio...
Shiloh Walker has been writing since she was a kid. She fell in love with vampires with the book Bunnicula and has worked her way up to the more...ah...serious vampire stories. She loves reading and writing anything paranormal, anything fantasy, and nearly every kind of romance. Once upon a time she worked as a nurse, but now she writes full time and lives with her family in the Midwest.
To contact the author, please visit her website!
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January 2, 2012
Holy shit!
Two words that crossed my mind the entire time I read this book!
Erotic. Shapeshifter sex. Werewolves. Vampires. Love and sexual triangles. Revenge. Ghosts.
This book has it ALL.
If you are a Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake series fan, these books are for you!
At first, I was not quite sure what to make of this novel. Instead of fighting inner demons and struggling against the almighty bad guys, the mystery is lessened with the most extremely delicious erotic scenes I have read in quite some time.
From the beginning, this book is filled with lust and an excruciatingly throbbing amount of sex. Rough and demanding. I was very impressed from the first page of this book up until the very last.
Declan, a cop and wolf, knew Tori was his mate from the moment they met. Being refused by her for over 6 months, he continues his attempts at seducing her.
Tori is an interesting woman who finds herself helping a teenager that is terrified of a stalker she claims is a vampire. Unfortunately, when Tori shelters her, she runs into the vampire and bites the dust. Although this paragraph may seem like a spoiler, it's not. It's within the first 5% of this book :p
With an overwhelming and undeniable need to mate often, this book is filled with a constant rollercoaster of new information, working through the animal instincts and a brutally profound craving to mate...Needed as much as the air they breathe. Or don't breathe ...
This is the first time I have read this book. I'm excited to rip myself through this long series and although I have chores today, I can guarantee you that I will make myself lazy in order to read read read!
I recommend this book ONLY to mature adults. EXTREME sexual content. Moderate violence. This book contains an explosive love triangle that will just melt your insides.
Off to read I go ... Until then!
~happy reading!
Two words that crossed my mind the entire time I read this book!
Erotic. Shapeshifter sex. Werewolves. Vampires. Love and sexual triangles. Revenge. Ghosts.
This book has it ALL.
If you are a Laurell K. Hamilton, Anita Blake series fan, these books are for you!
At first, I was not quite sure what to make of this novel. Instead of fighting inner demons and struggling against the almighty bad guys, the mystery is lessened with the most extremely delicious erotic scenes I have read in quite some time.
From the beginning, this book is filled with lust and an excruciatingly throbbing amount of sex. Rough and demanding. I was very impressed from the first page of this book up until the very last.
Declan, a cop and wolf, knew Tori was his mate from the moment they met. Being refused by her for over 6 months, he continues his attempts at seducing her.
Tori is an interesting woman who finds herself helping a teenager that is terrified of a stalker she claims is a vampire. Unfortunately, when Tori shelters her, she runs into the vampire and bites the dust. Although this paragraph may seem like a spoiler, it's not. It's within the first 5% of this book :p
With an overwhelming and undeniable need to mate often, this book is filled with a constant rollercoaster of new information, working through the animal instincts and a brutally profound craving to mate...Needed as much as the air they breathe. Or don't breathe ...
This is the first time I have read this book. I'm excited to rip myself through this long series and although I have chores today, I can guarantee you that I will make myself lazy in order to read read read!
I recommend this book ONLY to mature adults. EXTREME sexual content. Moderate violence. This book contains an explosive love triangle that will just melt your insides.
Off to read I go ... Until then!
~happy reading!
December 24, 2012
I absolutely love Shiloh so I hate to post anything less than a 4 star review for her books. Unfortunately this was nearly a 2.5. It started out really good with the heroine, Tori (spoilers!) being turned into a vampire against her will by an evil vampire, Manuel. She goes to Declan, a wolf shifter, for help and learns she is his mate. For the most part the story line is good, if perhaps half of the sex was taken out and more action/plot was added in. Now I'm definitely a fan of sex scenes. However, not when the woman is covered in dirt and blood (luckily that one didn't last long before a shower), or when she is obviously sore and actually cries out in pain. I'm also not a fan of sex scenes as filler and unfortunately they started to feel that way in this book.
I'm also a fan of m/f/m but this one just didn't make a lot of sense to me. Not only was the Alpha wolf shifter willing to share his mate, he did it over and over. At first to help her break the bond of Manuel, but then just to have that type of scene it seemed. It just didn't mesh well with the characters' personalities from the first couple of chapters.
Overall, a good book if you're in the mood for a lot of hot sex, but not if you want a plausible story with intriguing characters.
I'm also a fan of m/f/m but this one just didn't make a lot of sense to me. Not only was the Alpha wolf shifter willing to share his mate, he did it over and over. At first to help her break the bond of Manuel, but then just to have that type of scene it seemed. It just didn't mesh well with the characters' personalities from the first couple of chapters.
Overall, a good book if you're in the mood for a lot of hot sex, but not if you want a plausible story with intriguing characters.
May 24, 2012
I wanted to like this novella a lot more since I've heard great things about this author. In the end it had too much sex that didn't do anything to develop the characters. Everything was well written but there wasn't enough character development to make me care about Tori or Declan. Nothing about these characters rang true even after they proclaimed their undying love to each other.
I feel it should've been shorter and more focused on Tori and Declan's relationship without the mustache twirly villain or the lonely, but sexy Eli who joins them for a couple of threesomes. It took 168 pages to do what could've been done in 50.
One thing I did like was the little twist on vampires where acidic foods were harmful too them. The setup for a world where supernaturals hunted their own kind seemed interesting also. I'm kind of wondering what happens to Eli but there would have to be more plot than porn for me to continue.
I feel it should've been shorter and more focused on Tori and Declan's relationship without the mustache twirly villain or the lonely, but sexy Eli who joins them for a couple of threesomes. It took 168 pages to do what could've been done in 50.
One thing I did like was the little twist on vampires where acidic foods were harmful too them. The setup for a world where supernaturals hunted their own kind seemed interesting also. I'm kind of wondering what happens to Eli but there would have to be more plot than porn for me to continue.
January 22, 2013
I chose this book because I enjoy Paranormal Romance that includes several paranormals and in this case it was vampires and wolf shifters. While I enjoyed it to a certain extent there were things that didn't quite do it for me.
The story is about a human Private Investigator, Tori who helps out a frightened girl who swears she was attacked by a vampire. Tori's disbelief soon gets challenged when she is attacked too. In her case, the vamp makes it personal because she resists and hurts him. The vamp gets his revenge by changing her and leaving her to die starving and ignorant.
Tori manages to get to a police acquaintance, Declan, for help. He's had a thing for her and she for him, but she doesn't date cops so nothing happens with their attraction. That is until Tori stumbles into Declan's home for help. Declan is more than he has been pretending with Tori. He's a wolf shifter and he recognizes that she has been changed into a vampire- a starving vamp. He gets her over the rough spot and they finally acknowledge feelings and attraction for each other.
In the process of Declan aiding Tori, they learn that she is different from the rest of her kind with abilities and traits that even the oldest, strongest vamps don't have. Declan takes Tori to his friend, Eli, an older vamp to seek answers. Eli is taken with Tori and things get a little complicated because Declan claims Tori as his. Oh, and Manuel, the evil vamp, discovers Tori survived and he's hot for her too just not in the same way or even a good way.
The plot is a little bit of help Tori figure out what's going on with her change and take care of the bad vamp, Manuel mixed with a lotta bit passion and sex first with Declan and Tori and then with Declan, Tori and Eli.
There are short little pieces about the hunters which only told me that they are like the paranormal police force, but it was still not enough to give me a good understanding of who and what they were. There was a more detailed bit about Declan's background. Not much on Tori and little on Eli. I felt slightly disconnected from the characters because of this lack of information which is possibly what troubled me when it came to the relationship(s).
Then there was the three-some. I'm okay with three-somes, but this one felt strange because Declan and Tori were already a couple and adding Eli should have been either to admit him to their loving relationship or he shouldn't have been added at all. The threesome didn't feel right as a result and ended up doing nothing for me, but the trouble was that it took up a great deal of the last half of the book. Others might not have seen it that way and that's fine. Its just how I felt about it.
So, I felt that the book was okay and maybe I'll give the series a further try with the second book to see if more explanations come out about the hunters and maybe feel better about the story if its a different couple that are involved.
Those who enjoy hot passion in their paranormal romance might want to give this one a try.
The story is about a human Private Investigator, Tori who helps out a frightened girl who swears she was attacked by a vampire. Tori's disbelief soon gets challenged when she is attacked too. In her case, the vamp makes it personal because she resists and hurts him. The vamp gets his revenge by changing her and leaving her to die starving and ignorant.
Tori manages to get to a police acquaintance, Declan, for help. He's had a thing for her and she for him, but she doesn't date cops so nothing happens with their attraction. That is until Tori stumbles into Declan's home for help. Declan is more than he has been pretending with Tori. He's a wolf shifter and he recognizes that she has been changed into a vampire- a starving vamp. He gets her over the rough spot and they finally acknowledge feelings and attraction for each other.
In the process of Declan aiding Tori, they learn that she is different from the rest of her kind with abilities and traits that even the oldest, strongest vamps don't have. Declan takes Tori to his friend, Eli, an older vamp to seek answers. Eli is taken with Tori and things get a little complicated because Declan claims Tori as his. Oh, and Manuel, the evil vamp, discovers Tori survived and he's hot for her too just not in the same way or even a good way.
The plot is a little bit of help Tori figure out what's going on with her change and take care of the bad vamp, Manuel mixed with a lotta bit passion and sex first with Declan and Tori and then with Declan, Tori and Eli.
There are short little pieces about the hunters which only told me that they are like the paranormal police force, but it was still not enough to give me a good understanding of who and what they were. There was a more detailed bit about Declan's background. Not much on Tori and little on Eli. I felt slightly disconnected from the characters because of this lack of information which is possibly what troubled me when it came to the relationship(s).
Then there was the three-some. I'm okay with three-somes, but this one felt strange because Declan and Tori were already a couple and adding Eli should have been either to admit him to their loving relationship or he shouldn't have been added at all. The threesome didn't feel right as a result and ended up doing nothing for me, but the trouble was that it took up a great deal of the last half of the book. Others might not have seen it that way and that's fine. Its just how I felt about it.
So, I felt that the book was okay and maybe I'll give the series a further try with the second book to see if more explanations come out about the hunters and maybe feel better about the story if its a different couple that are involved.
Those who enjoy hot passion in their paranormal romance might want to give this one a try.
July 28, 2012
This review was posted at Under the Covers
A couple of things worth mentioning before I get into the review...
a) I loooooove Shiloh Walker, but I admit I've started reading her more current work first.
b) This book was originally published in 2003 under Ellora's Cave. I bought it last year when it was re-released with this beautiful cover, because I'm a cover whore.
c) It's been sitting on my Kindle app for a long time!
When making the decision to start reading a series that already has so many books, in fact this one is officially done, it can be intimidating. But it is encouraging at least for me to know that the stories are relatively short.
I started this book expecting a great story with a little bit of heat. And I got a lot more than I bargained for! From almost the very beginning Ms. Walker was burning up the pages with Declan and Tori! I had to stop to fan myself. I could easily classify this book as an Erotic Paranormal Romance, and it's definitely one of the hotter books I've personally read to date by Ms. Walker.
The plot was great as well. Tori, a human, has the bad luck of coming face to face with a vampire rogue who turns her against her will. She's going through the change and adjusting to her new self and new urges and seeks the help of the only man she felt safe with before, but that also she wanted to stay away, Declan. Turns out Declan is a werewolf, who has known for a while that Tori was his mate, and he is fully prepared to help her in whatever way necessary but also he decided now he gets to keep her forever. And of course he has to protect her from her maker.
As I mentioned before this book is heavy on the romance and the sex, not so much on the world building. Although there is some, I still have a lot of unanswered questions about the world. I think for a short story and what I wanted to read, this book was perfect though.
Of course I have to mention Eli. He's the older vampire Declan takes Tori to in order to learn more about how to be a vampire and to help her, in more ways than one. I loved his character and I'm actually really excited that I get to read his story!
Something worth mentioning, that I wasn't too cool with reading and I almost took a star away from the rating. There is a scene where Tori has sex with Declan while he is...not a wolf, but shifted. Fur, claws, the tongue....yeah. I always run the other way when this happens in a shifter book and I didn't care much for that scene in this book.
A couple of things worth mentioning before I get into the review...
a) I loooooove Shiloh Walker, but I admit I've started reading her more current work first.
b) This book was originally published in 2003 under Ellora's Cave. I bought it last year when it was re-released with this beautiful cover, because I'm a cover whore.
c) It's been sitting on my Kindle app for a long time!
When making the decision to start reading a series that already has so many books, in fact this one is officially done, it can be intimidating. But it is encouraging at least for me to know that the stories are relatively short.
I started this book expecting a great story with a little bit of heat. And I got a lot more than I bargained for! From almost the very beginning Ms. Walker was burning up the pages with Declan and Tori! I had to stop to fan myself. I could easily classify this book as an Erotic Paranormal Romance, and it's definitely one of the hotter books I've personally read to date by Ms. Walker.
The plot was great as well. Tori, a human, has the bad luck of coming face to face with a vampire rogue who turns her against her will. She's going through the change and adjusting to her new self and new urges and seeks the help of the only man she felt safe with before, but that also she wanted to stay away, Declan. Turns out Declan is a werewolf, who has known for a while that Tori was his mate, and he is fully prepared to help her in whatever way necessary but also he decided now he gets to keep her forever. And of course he has to protect her from her maker.
As I mentioned before this book is heavy on the romance and the sex, not so much on the world building. Although there is some, I still have a lot of unanswered questions about the world. I think for a short story and what I wanted to read, this book was perfect though.
Of course I have to mention Eli. He's the older vampire Declan takes Tori to in order to learn more about how to be a vampire and to help her, in more ways than one. I loved his character and I'm actually really excited that I get to read his story!
Something worth mentioning, that I wasn't too cool with reading and I almost took a star away from the rating. There is a scene where Tori has sex with Declan while he is...not a wolf, but shifted. Fur, claws, the tongue....yeah. I always run the other way when this happens in a shifter book and I didn't care much for that scene in this book.
June 19, 2012
The Hunters: Declan and Tori by Shiloh Walker
Tori McAddams is a PI, she doesn’t believe in anything paranormal, it just isn’t logical. Then she takes a case of a stripper, who says she was bit by a vampire and he was now after her.
Tori tries to get some information on this client by calling the only cop in town she trust to give her a fair shake, Declan Reilly, a man whose very voice makes her panties wet, except he isn’t in town, and is not answering his personal cell. She goes out alone and bumps into Dani’s monster, but she is able to shake off his compulsion and manages to put a put a bullet in his face, then runs and hides out in her apartment. She calls Declan again, but he is still not answering. She gets advice from the voice of an old woman manages to survive when Mannuel shows up to turn her.
A week later, Tori makes it to Declan’s place and Declan becomes her first blood meal and they start the affair they have tip toeing around since they have known each other. Declan decided to take her up to Elijah Covington’s place, the one vampire he knew he could trust.
This book was good until this point, at this point Elijah told Declan after Tori’s first real blood meal and he realized that she would quickly turn into a Master Vampire that he had to assert dominance over her or she would look to control and dominate everyone around her, including him. Now this is a woman, a strong woman before, and woman, who by the help of Rosa – Manuel’s mother – had turned herself into the “Huntress” and was going to be a very strong and powerful Vampire; so what did these two alpha men do? The sexually dominated her, did not let her have the control she could have had, Declan could not stand the idea that she would be more aggressive, more dominate than him, so he had to prove to her who was the stronger in bed. This alone made me rate this book a rating of3 stars. Instead of letting her come to her full growth and arguing it out with her as her power grew, he took her sexual power away from her. For other readers this might read very differently, and I hope so, but this is unfortunately how it read for me. I am not sure if I am going to continue with this series or not.
Tori McAddams is a PI, she doesn’t believe in anything paranormal, it just isn’t logical. Then she takes a case of a stripper, who says she was bit by a vampire and he was now after her.
Tori tries to get some information on this client by calling the only cop in town she trust to give her a fair shake, Declan Reilly, a man whose very voice makes her panties wet, except he isn’t in town, and is not answering his personal cell. She goes out alone and bumps into Dani’s monster, but she is able to shake off his compulsion and manages to put a put a bullet in his face, then runs and hides out in her apartment. She calls Declan again, but he is still not answering. She gets advice from the voice of an old woman manages to survive when Mannuel shows up to turn her.
A week later, Tori makes it to Declan’s place and Declan becomes her first blood meal and they start the affair they have tip toeing around since they have known each other. Declan decided to take her up to Elijah Covington’s place, the one vampire he knew he could trust.
This book was good until this point, at this point Elijah told Declan after Tori’s first real blood meal and he realized that she would quickly turn into a Master Vampire that he had to assert dominance over her or she would look to control and dominate everyone around her, including him. Now this is a woman, a strong woman before, and woman, who by the help of Rosa – Manuel’s mother – had turned herself into the “Huntress” and was going to be a very strong and powerful Vampire; so what did these two alpha men do? The sexually dominated her, did not let her have the control she could have had, Declan could not stand the idea that she would be more aggressive, more dominate than him, so he had to prove to her who was the stronger in bed. This alone made me rate this book a rating of3 stars. Instead of letting her come to her full growth and arguing it out with her as her power grew, he took her sexual power away from her. For other readers this might read very differently, and I hope so, but this is unfortunately how it read for me. I am not sure if I am going to continue with this series or not.
June 1, 2012
Amazing, exciting, erotic, tons of sex, sexy and hot! That's exactly what awaits you in the pages of Declan and Tori. Wow!
The chemistry between Declan and Tori is something to envy. Each desiring the other for some time, but hesitant to do anything about it because Tori stands her ground to never (ever) date a cop. One day all of that goes out the window. Tori has come to realize life is to short to live with regrets. Once Declan accepts the truth behind Tori's words that her current situation is NOT the reason why she wants him, he goes at her full force, with no holds barred. He expresses himself with unbelievable passion that he only has for her and she does the same right back for him.
Many surprises and paranormal's are within. Also a very fun, exhilarating and exciting experience to read!
The chemistry between Declan and Tori is something to envy. Each desiring the other for some time, but hesitant to do anything about it because Tori stands her ground to never (ever) date a cop. One day all of that goes out the window. Tori has come to realize life is to short to live with regrets. Once Declan accepts the truth behind Tori's words that her current situation is NOT the reason why she wants him, he goes at her full force, with no holds barred. He expresses himself with unbelievable passion that he only has for her and she does the same right back for him.
Many surprises and paranormal's are within. Also a very fun, exhilarating and exciting experience to read!
July 13, 2011
This is Definitely no Twilight (and that is not a bad thing here)!
This is a new author for me so I didn't really know what to expect. Tori, a PI, is bitten by a 500-year old Master vampire and left for dead. She calls her cop friend, Declan, for help, not realizing the full extent of her situation. A very steamy (definitely not for kids or young adults), and I do mean steamy relationship develops and Declan confides in Tori that he is a wolf. These lovers work together (with help of Declan's vampire friend Eli) to help Tori through her transition and to find the vampire who turned Tori. Story had some dark parts, but for this reader, it was entertaining. What a ride! I will read more of this series.
This is a new author for me so I didn't really know what to expect. Tori, a PI, is bitten by a 500-year old Master vampire and left for dead. She calls her cop friend, Declan, for help, not realizing the full extent of her situation. A very steamy (definitely not for kids or young adults), and I do mean steamy relationship develops and Declan confides in Tori that he is a wolf. These lovers work together (with help of Declan's vampire friend Eli) to help Tori through her transition and to find the vampire who turned Tori. Story had some dark parts, but for this reader, it was entertaining. What a ride! I will read more of this series.
August 23, 2012
This was a little too Anita Blake for me.
Anıta
= Vampire Executioner - something about her was "different"
= In love with Jean Claude (a Vampıre) and Rıchard (Werewolf Alpha)and others. But has 3somes a lot
= Has sex a lot
Tori
=Just turned into a Vampire who has special abilitıes
= In love wıth Declan a Werewolf Alpha
= Has sex wıth Elijah (a vampire)- leadıng to 3somes.
I feel like i may be judgıng too harshly but there wasnt much storyline inbetween the sex. (I have no problem wıth the sex that was written FANTASTICALLY!) I just didnt get told much else about the hunters.
Undecıded if I wıll read the next book.
April 8, 2012
This is Tori's story. She has a really bad day after trying to help a young stripper. A really bad night which finds her at the limit between death and life. Torrence falls in love with Declan (shifter hybrid) and then has a bit of a three-way with Eli (vamp). This had too much sex in it. I felt like the story was rich and nuanced and didn't really need so many sex scenes. Although they were well written and varied in all types of sex acts. I would have liked to know more about what Tori became. This was less then two hundred pages, but delicious quick read.
This was free on the AllRomance site for April Earth day.
2 and half stars
This was free on the AllRomance site for April Earth day.
2 and half stars
January 10, 2016
Um...ok, that was quite porny...
I thought this would be like the Kit-Colbana-Series, because it is by the same author.
But it wasn't.
Not at all.
It was very short. There was no build-up, no tension or suspense.
And then it progressed to porn quite fast.
Regular sex, anal play, anal sex, oral sex, and then threesomes in different constellations.
I was waiting for the orgy, but that didn't happen :)
So this is NOT a romance (one of the rules of romance is imho that the hero/heroine don't have sex with anyone else after they did connect...).
I thought this would be like the Kit-Colbana-Series, because it is by the same author.
But it wasn't.
Not at all.
It was very short. There was no build-up, no tension or suspense.
And then it progressed to porn quite fast.
Regular sex, anal play, anal sex, oral sex, and then threesomes in different constellations.
I was waiting for the orgy, but that didn't happen :)
So this is NOT a romance (one of the rules of romance is imho that the hero/heroine don't have sex with anyone else after they did connect...).
August 1, 2019
Um, what the hell did I just suffer through?
I try to think of something good to say about every book I read, but I really cannot think of anything for this one. The small amount of plot I could ferret out was bad, the characters were poorly created and had no depth, and the sex scenes made me cringe something awful.
I mean seriously, there was so much talk of cream in this book that I thought they were on a dairy farm or something...
It was just not good.
I try to think of something good to say about every book I read, but I really cannot think of anything for this one. The small amount of plot I could ferret out was bad, the characters were poorly created and had no depth, and the sex scenes made me cringe something awful.
I mean seriously, there was so much talk of cream in this book that I thought they were on a dairy farm or something...
It was just not good.
May 23, 2016
Was good. Not quite what I expected
December 10, 2023
I really enjoyed this book. I've read several of Shiloh Walker's books, but this is the first of the Hunters series. I'm bit sure what took me so ling to try this series. I wish I'd started sooner. I will continue on with it. I can't wait for Eli's book.
March 26, 2017
The story was meh but who cares about a story with sex like this? Wow! It was super steamy with all kinds of fun kinky stuff going on including a menage scene. Read it for the sex & skip the story - lol.
January 6, 2014
"The Hunters: Declan and Tori" by Shiloh Walker. Book 1 in The Hunter series. A novella.
I will prefix this review by saying this is the first time I've read anything from Shiloh Walker. (And what an introduction!)
I really don't even know what to say about this novella but...sex! Lots and lots of sex! Pretty much the whole way through. Two-somes and three-somes. I think there was maybe 2 or 3 parts that focused on the bad guy's part of the story which, come to think of it, still involved sex but less so than the main characters. It's an easy storyline to follow because really not a lot happens storyline-wise. The gist...
****SPOILER**** Don't read past this if you don't want to know what happens ****
Declan is a werewolf that has fallen for Tori since the first time he's met her...as a human. Now she's a vampire...or is she? They have sex...repeatedly. She needs help, so he brings her to his friend Eli, a Master vampire. They have more sex. Declan and Eli basically decide Tori is "special" and must break her bond to her sire and kill him. Everyone has a lot of sex together. Then Tori defeats her sire. They find out what Tori really is. (I won't say to keep some suspence going....but I really thought she'd get a better name for what she is.) More sex.
**END OF SPOILER**
LOL! That's pretty much it! I rated this story as 3 stars because I actually did like it. I had to remind myself to keep an open mind juring the whole thing and that the characters are "creatures" and very liberal.
I am going to read the next book about Eli because now I have a morbid curiosity to see what happens to him! If the next novellas are anything like this one, at least I can say I'm prepared. LOL!
I will prefix this review by saying this is the first time I've read anything from Shiloh Walker. (And what an introduction!)
I really don't even know what to say about this novella but...sex! Lots and lots of sex! Pretty much the whole way through. Two-somes and three-somes. I think there was maybe 2 or 3 parts that focused on the bad guy's part of the story which, come to think of it, still involved sex but less so than the main characters. It's an easy storyline to follow because really not a lot happens storyline-wise. The gist...
****SPOILER**** Don't read past this if you don't want to know what happens ****
Declan is a werewolf that has fallen for Tori since the first time he's met her...as a human. Now she's a vampire...or is she? They have sex...repeatedly. She needs help, so he brings her to his friend Eli, a Master vampire. They have more sex. Declan and Eli basically decide Tori is "special" and must break her bond to her sire and kill him. Everyone has a lot of sex together. Then Tori defeats her sire. They find out what Tori really is. (I won't say to keep some suspence going....but I really thought she'd get a better name for what she is.) More sex.
**END OF SPOILER**
LOL! That's pretty much it! I rated this story as 3 stars because I actually did like it. I had to remind myself to keep an open mind juring the whole thing and that the characters are "creatures" and very liberal.
I am going to read the next book about Eli because now I have a morbid curiosity to see what happens to him! If the next novellas are anything like this one, at least I can say I'm prepared. LOL!
November 2, 2014
I liked the beginning. Tori is a PI who helps a young woman escape a vampire. She fights him and is turned against her will. She meets up with Declan. Both have been attracted to each other, but never acted on it. Sexy times ensue. Then it all went downhill once they went to Eli's house.
I didn't like the added sexual relationship with Eli. It was creepy and I felt unnecessary. I would have liked more attention paid to plot (like what are Hunters, the Huntress legend, etc). Some of the wording in the sex scenes made me cringe. I felt there was a question of consent a few times as well. Several of the scenes didn't feel loving. Several of the word choices had me laughing. Not sexy. And what's up with all the anal play?
"...spearing his hands through her hair and guiding her resistant mouth back to his cock."
"But Tori relaxed her throat as much as she could, taking his length in, inch after inch, until her airway was blocked." (Sexy, right?) Then there's this a few sentences later- "...to deep hard ones that bruised her throat."
"I don't know if I've ever sodomized a hole that damned tight before."
"...while he jack-hammered his cock inside her..."
"...stretching her to the point of pain."
"...gripped her waist as he forced her face down over a chair..."
"...both men limited her control of her own body."
NOT counting ass; anus and anal were used a total of 11 times; add another 6 for hole; another 5 for rosette. (Yes Tori's anus was called a "pink rosette.")
I didn't like the added sexual relationship with Eli. It was creepy and I felt unnecessary. I would have liked more attention paid to plot (like what are Hunters, the Huntress legend, etc). Some of the wording in the sex scenes made me cringe. I felt there was a question of consent a few times as well. Several of the scenes didn't feel loving. Several of the word choices had me laughing. Not sexy. And what's up with all the anal play?
"...spearing his hands through her hair and guiding her resistant mouth back to his cock."
"But Tori relaxed her throat as much as she could, taking his length in, inch after inch, until her airway was blocked." (Sexy, right?) Then there's this a few sentences later- "...to deep hard ones that bruised her throat."
"I don't know if I've ever sodomized a hole that damned tight before."
"...while he jack-hammered his cock inside her..."
"...stretching her to the point of pain."
"...gripped her waist as he forced her face down over a chair..."
"...both men limited her control of her own body."
NOT counting ass; anus and anal were used a total of 11 times; add another 6 for hole; another 5 for rosette. (Yes Tori's anus was called a "pink rosette.")
April 6, 2016
I thnk this book would have been much better if it were longer. A lot longer. I wanted to really like it, but it staggered all over the place for me. It seems to rely too much on thinly-veiled infodumps to explain things and I got bored reading all those long paragraphs to learn about Declan's past, what Tori was supposed to be, and the like. The story is also kind of a bunch of sex scenes strung together with bits of story moving it along to keep it from being simple stroke material. It got a litle tiresome. I wanted the story to move already, not learn what everyone was doing while bopping one another chapter after chapter. I know it's an erotic romance, but um, it's supposed to have story as well, right? And Ms. Walker uses the word rectum. In a love scene. Ick! Why do authors insist on using this word in a love scene? How is making me think about poop sexy and arousing? All it does is gross me out and make me want to leave that particular scene before they decide to go for something even more disgusting. The fight at the end was a little too short and way too easy for the bad guy's final defeat for such a big build up as well. If you're going to make the bad guy this scary and terrible in talking him up, don't make him fall over in the breeze in how easy he's defeated at the end. It's sad and kind of disappointing. Can't she at least break a nail? Something? I liked the story enough to continue with the series to see where it's going, but not if it's going to be this one book after another.
January 24, 2012
This is the first book in the Hunter's Series which at present I have only been able to fin in Ebook format, that's not to say you couldn't find it in paper back just that I had horrible luck. This book starts out with Tori who is a private investigator. A women shows up to higher her and all hell breaks loose after. I hate giving away plot in my reviews or rewriting the description from the back of the book I find this redundant when I'm looking for a review. So I will say this the book has fast paced action, and romance. After everything goes to hell for Tori she finds herself needing Declan's help more than ever. I think the romance happens so fast in the book because both characters have been carrying a torch for the other for quite sometime and when they find themselves in danger they realize how much it would suck to loose each other without even having a chance first. There is quite a lot of hot steamy sex in this book, it might have been over the top if it wasn't so much a part of the dynamics to their relationship. Over all I really liked the start of the Hunter series and will be reading the second one soon.
October 30, 2013
I didn't like this as much as the previous short stories. The sex just didn't feel right. I've other books with threesomes, even more (I love Anita Blake). But this seemed like two guys taking advantage of a young, sexually awakened vampire. Of course, she likes it, but that doesn't mean she realy wants it. And if Declan really loved her he'd want to spend some time with 'her' not just her body. Thats what it felt like. They both 'loved' her body, not 'her'.
The sex took away from the really good parts of the story, where her 'Master' was trying to take control of her and she learns what she really is. I would have like to see more that part of the story. Ms walker could have had a really great story if she'd elaborated on the real story instead of just writing a sex orgy.
Ms Walker should take a lesson from the readers of the Anita Blake books. She should have read the reviews and saw that the majority of Anita Blake fans didn't like the middle ones as much and were leaving the series. We want the vampire action story, not just alot of uncontrolled sex.
Best part: Rosa speaking in Tori's mind and guiding her in what to do as she becomes a vampire.
The sex took away from the really good parts of the story, where her 'Master' was trying to take control of her and she learns what she really is. I would have like to see more that part of the story. Ms walker could have had a really great story if she'd elaborated on the real story instead of just writing a sex orgy.
Ms Walker should take a lesson from the readers of the Anita Blake books. She should have read the reviews and saw that the majority of Anita Blake fans didn't like the middle ones as much and were leaving the series. We want the vampire action story, not just alot of uncontrolled sex.
Best part: Rosa speaking in Tori's mind and guiding her in what to do as she becomes a vampire.
June 14, 2010
I presume you know what the book is about. I'm letting you know what I liked or disliked about it.
I'm sure glad I went ahead and read this piece by Ms. Walker. It was good, much better written than Through the Veil. This book was much clearer, fast moving, and with little (certainly tolerable) repetition.
It's a short story really - 127 pages. Costs almost twice as much as a full length novel.
I was really surprised and really pleased with the heat written between the characters. where in the world was Ms. Walker's heat and decisive "naughtiness" in Through the Veil? I'm seriously interested in reading more of The Hunter's series.
By the way, I think it was the omniscient, 1st and 3rd person voice that Ms. Walker used in Through the Veil that caused the over excessive repetition. It's the only way I can explain the "Claude VanDamn (sp?) effect each of the scene's had in her book. You know - seeing the judo chop three times consecutively from three different angles.
Very much missing (thank God!) in this book.
I'm sure glad I went ahead and read this piece by Ms. Walker. It was good, much better written than Through the Veil. This book was much clearer, fast moving, and with little (certainly tolerable) repetition.
It's a short story really - 127 pages. Costs almost twice as much as a full length novel.
I was really surprised and really pleased with the heat written between the characters. where in the world was Ms. Walker's heat and decisive "naughtiness" in Through the Veil? I'm seriously interested in reading more of The Hunter's series.
By the way, I think it was the omniscient, 1st and 3rd person voice that Ms. Walker used in Through the Veil that caused the over excessive repetition. It's the only way I can explain the "Claude VanDamn (sp?) effect each of the scene's had in her book. You know - seeing the judo chop three times consecutively from three different angles.
Very much missing (thank God!) in this book.
November 17, 2014
Declan a cop, and also a werewolf wants Tori, a PI, as his mate. He isn't having much luck persuading her to go out even though he knows she wants him. He doesn't know she has a thing against dating cops.
Tori saves a girl who claims she was bitten by a vampire, which of course is just ridiculous. Investigating leads her to someone 'other' and she shakes off the odd feelings and shoots him and runs.
Declan isn't available cause he's out of town and she must face the 'vampire' only with the help of her gun and the strange voice in her head which tells her what to do to survive the coming attack.
There is quite a bit of sexy time, both m/f & m/f/m, in this short so if that isn't your thing, I'd move along. If it is, enjoy.
Really enjoyed this first in series story which I've had on my tbr for a long time. Don't know why I waited so long.
Tori saves a girl who claims she was bitten by a vampire, which of course is just ridiculous. Investigating leads her to someone 'other' and she shakes off the odd feelings and shoots him and runs.
Declan isn't available cause he's out of town and she must face the 'vampire' only with the help of her gun and the strange voice in her head which tells her what to do to survive the coming attack.
There is quite a bit of sexy time, both m/f & m/f/m, in this short so if that isn't your thing, I'd move along. If it is, enjoy.
Really enjoyed this first in series story which I've had on my tbr for a long time. Don't know why I waited so long.
December 17, 2013
Engaging writing style and interesting story, but it was oversaturated with sex scenes.
By this I mean that it resembled a porn movie, wherein the characters meet, have sex, take a shower, have sex, go out to visit someone, have sex, encounter a problem, solve it by having sex, celebrate by having more sex, go to sleep and wake up, have sex, fight evil, recover by having sex... You get the drift.
I wasn't sure how to rate this as it's perfectly fine if it were presented as erotica, and it is undeniably well-written. The sex scenes are hot. Unfortunately, the oversupply of sex scenes actually started to bore me a bit and I found myself skipping over them after a while to try to get to where the plot was actually moving along.
By this I mean that it resembled a porn movie, wherein the characters meet, have sex, take a shower, have sex, go out to visit someone, have sex, encounter a problem, solve it by having sex, celebrate by having more sex, go to sleep and wake up, have sex, fight evil, recover by having sex... You get the drift.
I wasn't sure how to rate this as it's perfectly fine if it were presented as erotica, and it is undeniably well-written. The sex scenes are hot. Unfortunately, the oversupply of sex scenes actually started to bore me a bit and I found myself skipping over them after a while to try to get to where the plot was actually moving along.
June 3, 2014
I tried to give this series a chance, reading books one, two and part of three, but it is entirely too juvenile. Being a huge fan of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series I had hoped that I had come across a similar series in which each book would be the love story between two individuals but no. There is little to no character development and the "intimate" scenes read like a teenage boy fantasizing during puberty. I recognize not all of us enjoy the same predilections but come on every single encounter either starts or ends with anal? I also wonder, what virgin woman is gung-ho on threesomes right out of the gate? This series, at least the first three books, are simply porn on paper - and this is from someone coming off of the 50 Shades trilogy.
February 4, 2017
Tori is a PI and when she rescues the victim of a Master Vampire, she becomes his Prey and he turns her into a vampire left to starve and die. Or did he?
Declan is a Hybrid Wolf who can shape shift at will, he has been flirting with Tori for quite a long time but she holds back because he works for the police force. After her attack from the vampire, she seeks him out and that's when she finds out that he isn't human and that she too is now a Hybrid. Declan becomes her first feed and it turns out that they are fated mates. Not knowing enough about the vampire hybrid, Declan goes to his close friend Eli for advice.
This book is suitable for 18+ due to the adult contents.
Declan is a Hybrid Wolf who can shape shift at will, he has been flirting with Tori for quite a long time but she holds back because he works for the police force. After her attack from the vampire, she seeks him out and that's when she finds out that he isn't human and that she too is now a Hybrid. Declan becomes her first feed and it turns out that they are fated mates. Not knowing enough about the vampire hybrid, Declan goes to his close friend Eli for advice.
This book is suitable for 18+ due to the adult contents.
December 21, 2015
"DeClan and Tori" by Shiloh Walker. Check this out guys. I love, love, love this book. I've read it four times. The heroine Tori is a detective on the hunt for a rapist but instead runs into a vampire. She shoots him and now he's out for revenge. She tries to contact DeClan for help but was instead helped by a friendly ghost. Unfortunately she was turned into a vampire. She found DeClan (who is a powerful werewolf). They needed the help of Eli (a Master Vampire). If you love suspense, danger and erotic sex (threesome), this is the book for you. This book is my favorite in the Hunter's Series. Wish it was longer.
January 12, 2011
If you like menage, paranormal exhibitionism/voyeurism, casual sex, borderline bestiality, and a wolf who claims 'Mine' but doesn't do a damn thing about proving it... then this is a book for you.
I'm a big fan of Shiloh Walker's work but this was just the oh-so-wrong book for me, so my review has nothing to do with the writing or anything of that nature but directed moreso to the substance therein. I was determined to finish but by the end I was left growly, pissed off, disgusted, and in desperate need of a palette cleanser.
I'm a big fan of Shiloh Walker's work but this was just the oh-so-wrong book for me, so my review has nothing to do with the writing or anything of that nature but directed moreso to the substance therein. I was determined to finish but by the end I was left growly, pissed off, disgusted, and in desperate need of a palette cleanser.
October 5, 2014
Although I like the concept of the series this book, along with the next several, is just too full of gratuitous, raunchy sex. A lot of the sex scenes are just thrown in, they are NOT romantic and are not needed to advance the plot. Believe me, I enjoy good sex scenes, but these are just over the top in my opinion.
Once you get to "Hunting the Hunter " later in the series (book 8) the books get a lot better. Unfortunately to keep up and understand what's going on, you n
eed to read them all, in order.
Once you get to "Hunting the Hunter " later in the series (book 8) the books get a lot better. Unfortunately to keep up and understand what's going on, you n
eed to read them all, in order.
October 10, 2012
Having read Shiloh's Broken series and book 1 of her FBI series, I was curious about her take on the werewolf/vampire/shapeshifter genre. Oh. My. I have never read anything like the sex scenes in this book. It made me uncomfortable but I couldn't stop reading. I know this is the first in a series and so I am hoping maybe the 2nd one will make more sense to me. I gave it 3 stars instead of 4 because I liked it ~ I'm just not sure yet if I REALLY liked it. Still love Shiloh Walker but I'm going to wait a couple of days before diving into book 2 from this series.
October 12, 2012
Enjoyable overall with some fun and interesting worldbuilding. However, having read later books by Shiloh Walker, I can definitely see how her writing has grown. Still, it was nicely naughty and it had a wonderfully #NakedWerewolf. I do like my #NakedWerewolves.
This book was a free ARE download I picked up 04/08/12 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
This book was a free ARE download I picked up 04/08/12 for the Why Buy the Cow? reading challenge.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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