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Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson Guardian, #1)

Keri Arthur

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Feb 26, 2008 Michelle rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vampires, urban_fantasy, book_club, shapeshifters, ebook, free

THIS, dear readers, is total fluff. if the O-face in shadow on the front cover wasn't enough of a tip-off, let me clear up all doubts that this book is about much more than teh sexaytimes.

that being said, bonus points for Arthur by figuring out that the PNR/UF trope of making time for a quick shag while hiding from the bad guys is utterly silly...unless you have a compelling reason to do so. we meet heroine riley walking home from work (in 6" heels, natch) just about to start the "moon dance" ph THIS, dear readers, is total fluff. if the O-face in shadow on the front cover wasn't enough of a tip-off, let me clear up all doubts that this book is about much more than teh sexaytimes.

that being said, bonus points for Arthur by figuring out that the PNR/UF trope of making time for a quick shag while hiding from the bad guys is utterly silly...unless you have a compelling reason to do so. we meet heroine riley walking home from work (in 6" heels, natch) just about to start the "moon dance" phase of a werewolf's monthly cycle. see, when the moon's about to get big, so does all lupine sex drive, to a level of undeniable biological imperative: this book spends a lot of time with any and all of the characters romping through the sort of no-hang-ups friendly sex that would be the reasonable result of actually being in heat. in between all the supernaturally beautiful people bumping, uh, pretties? there's a mystery to be solved, involving megabillionaire secret cloning conglomerates & illegal designer drugs. it's a fast-paced, fluffy bit of cheesecake, with some touches of interesting worldbuilding that may make future installments in the series more interesting if the ratio of story:sex gets adjusted a bit.

i've never felt the need to put a TRIGGER WARNING in a review before, but there were a couple of things that most definitely qualify. (view spoiler) ...more

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Sep 17, 2009 Nadine in NY Jones rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance-and-mystery

Fun, light entertainment, and for the most part, well-written. Basically, this was better than I expected. I thought it might be a woodenly-written paranormal romance, capitalizing on the success of this genre without bothering to be particularly interesting - it certainly zoomed into triteness quite a few times, and there were many pointless sex scenes, but overall it was a fun page-turner, and I'll read the rest of the series. ...more

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Aug 22, 2015 Kerry (The Roaming Librarian) O'Donnell rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance, paranormal

Sexy and fun, this was a cool series opener, and I'm definitely interested in what comes next for Riley. They absolutely on-purpose left things hanging, and I need the answers almost as much as the characters do! ...more

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