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kristadeanne's review against another edition
5.0
Wow....just wow this book was just as good as the first!
so compelling and very emotional...
It was oh so hott I loved how Kira was this "cut to the chase, and just fuck me" kinda girl and Ender was just the man for the job:)
The story-line was awesome I loved the connection she had with the animals its was very intresting to read about!
so compelling and very emotional...
It was oh so hott I loved how Kira was this "cut to the chase, and just fuck me" kinda girl and Ender was just the man for the job:)
The story-line was awesome I loved the connection she had with the animals its was very intresting to read about!
daydreamer45's review against another edition
4.0
Tom/Tommy + Kira
Annika + Creed
Hmmm. Is it on purpose?
Annika + Creed
Hmmm. Is it on purpose?
laurenjodi's review against another edition
2.0
Unleashing the Storm
2 Stars
Synopsis:
Kira Donovan is an animal psychic and shares many traits with animals including the need to mate. Once a year for four weeks, she must endure an overwhelming sexual desire and if it remains unfulfilled she will die. ACRO sends Tom “Ender” Knight to either recruit or kill Kira as in the wrong hands her gift can be deadly. Unfortunately, ITOR has similar plans, and Tom and Kira must go on the run at the most inconvenient time – just as Kira goes on heat and Tom is the only one around to satisfy her.
Review:
In one word - disappointing. The plot is mediocre at best and primary characters are not as well developed as in the first book. The sex scenes are excessive and the explanation for them borders on the idiotic. Kira and Tom have little to no emotional attachment for the first 3/4 of the book, which makes their story less romantic and engaging. I prefer the last few chapters were the connection intensifies but it is too little too late.
In contrast, Annika and Creed’s story goes from strength to strength and I especially enjoyed their intensity. The relationship between Dev and Oz, however, did not appeal to me.
The writing is effective and the ACRO world is appealing so I am still continuing with the series.
2 Stars
Synopsis:
Kira Donovan is an animal psychic and shares many traits with animals including the need to mate. Once a year for four weeks, she must endure an overwhelming sexual desire and if it remains unfulfilled she will die. ACRO sends Tom “Ender” Knight to either recruit or kill Kira as in the wrong hands her gift can be deadly. Unfortunately, ITOR has similar plans, and Tom and Kira must go on the run at the most inconvenient time – just as Kira goes on heat and Tom is the only one around to satisfy her.
Review:
In one word - disappointing. The plot is mediocre at best and primary characters are not as well developed as in the first book. The sex scenes are excessive and the explanation for them borders on the idiotic. Kira and Tom have little to no emotional attachment for the first 3/4 of the book, which makes their story less romantic and engaging. I prefer the last few chapters were the connection intensifies but it is too little too late.
In contrast, Annika and Creed’s story goes from strength to strength and I especially enjoyed their intensity. The relationship between Dev and Oz, however, did not appeal to me.
The writing is effective and the ACRO world is appealing so I am still continuing with the series.
rainelle_barrett's review against another edition
3.0
Good book to read if your looking for some entertainment.
boatreads's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED it..... It's sexy and a little funny. Kira and Ender made me laugh out loud
ezichinny's review against another edition
4.0
★★★½
Tom Knight aka Ender was sent to bring in “The Animal Whisperer” Kira Donovan to ARCO headquarters within 48 hours or kill her if she refused. She just had too much power to be left out in society. This normally wouldn’t be a problem since Ender never bonds with anyone. In fact, his longest relationship was 48 hours. So Ender figured he will seduce Kira and/or kill her if necessary. But after having sex with her every 3 hours for a day, Ender comes to see there is more to Kira than ARCO realized and that he didn’t want to kill her. That left Ender with one option: Convince her to come into the fold of ARCO. But Kira is as stubborn as Ender, so he has his work cut out for him. Meanwhile, Kira’s need to mate every few hours was keeping Ender really busy as he tried to stay one step ahead of the Itor operatives also after Kira.
Also in this book, we have some movement with Creed and Annika, Dev and his “ghost” situation. I don’t know if I cared about Dev’s heritage, but I certainly like Creed and Ani, and I was happy that they were taking steps in admitting what they feel for the other. But the bulk of the story was Kira and Ender whom I enjoyed as much as Remy and Haley in book 1.
Kudos to the authors for managing to make the heavy emphasis on sex work because the sex is tied to the character’s gifts. So they aren’t solely having sex for pleasure. I really like this series and can’t wait to read book 3.
Tom Knight aka Ender was sent to bring in “The Animal Whisperer” Kira Donovan to ARCO headquarters within 48 hours or kill her if she refused. She just had too much power to be left out in society. This normally wouldn’t be a problem since Ender never bonds with anyone. In fact, his longest relationship was 48 hours. So Ender figured he will seduce Kira and/or kill her if necessary. But after having sex with her every 3 hours for a day, Ender comes to see there is more to Kira than ARCO realized and that he didn’t want to kill her. That left Ender with one option: Convince her to come into the fold of ARCO. But Kira is as stubborn as Ender, so he has his work cut out for him. Meanwhile, Kira’s need to mate every few hours was keeping Ender really busy as he tried to stay one step ahead of the Itor operatives also after Kira.
Also in this book, we have some movement with Creed and Annika, Dev and his “ghost” situation. I don’t know if I cared about Dev’s heritage, but I certainly like Creed and Ani, and I was happy that they were taking steps in admitting what they feel for the other. But the bulk of the story was Kira and Ender whom I enjoyed as much as Remy and Haley in book 1.
Kudos to the authors for managing to make the heavy emphasis on sex work because the sex is tied to the character’s gifts. So they aren’t solely having sex for pleasure. I really like this series and can’t wait to read book 3.
audiobookmel's review against another edition
4.0
Review originally posted at RabidReads.com.
While I enjoyed the first book in this series, I really loved this visit back into the world of ACRO (Agency for Rare Covert Operatives). ACRO is an organization very similar to the X-Men. Somewhat military group where people have different special powers. There is even a group of bad supernaturals, ITOR, which ACRO are up against.
We meet our hero, Ender, in the first book. He is former military (like many of the ACRO agents). He also has abilities like a cheetah. He has great speed, among other things. He is also a bit of a loaner. Even his teammates give him a wide berth. He is very good at what he does, just don’t ask him to attend social functions. He is tasked with bringing in Kira willingly or no. If he isn’t able to bring her in, he has to put her down to keep her out of the enemy’s hands.
Kira is an animal whisperer. She has the ability to actually talk to the animals, some species more than others. The smarter the species, the better her ability to talk to them. This ability doesn’t come without complications. Kira comes into “heat” every spring. She not only has to have sex every four hours, she must have unprotected sex to get the man’s seed in her for these or she dies. She is immune to human diseases, but not animal ones (she had to go to a vet for Parvo once) and she is on the pill to prevent pregnancy. She is not a fan of the “heat” cycle. It is quite the hassle and really makes sex little more than a chore for her.
I really enjoyed this book. While this series has even more sex than most paranormal romance novels (I would call this paranormal erotica), it isn’t out of control. There is still character development and a plot. Even with a character that must have sex every four hours, there are several times where the author kept the plot going with “He serviced her” or “After her needs were met…” Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of sex scenes, but there is also plot and when called for, the author put the plot ahead of the sex scenes, which I appreciate.
These two also didn’t have insta-love. It took a while for the relationship to build. They had to work through all their issues, on both sides, before they were able to come together. There are even times where they split because they think things just won’t work (nothing new in the romance world), where Kira spends a little time with our couple from book one, Riding the Storm.
There are also a few side plots going on in this story that were a continuation of Riding the Storm. We learn more about Creed and Annika. You can see them working through a lot of tough issues between them. It is hard because Creed is the only person Annika can have sex with without electrocuting to death, but there are commitment issues. Creed is looking for more that a general lay.
The other great side story is Devlin, the leader of this merry band of supernaturals. He is trying to figure out who the mole is, so he calls in an old friend and lover, Oz. He needs someone that he trusts implicitly to help him figure how these intimate details of the organization are getting out to the enemy.
This is a fun, action-packed story filled with some really fun supernaturals. I would love to have Kira’s powers to talk to animal (minus the requirement of sex every four hours or death part). I think it would be so cool to talk to animals all the time. The one issue I had with this was that she has a hard time talking to birds, but birds are some of the smartest species in the animal kingdom, so I don’t understand why she wouldn’t be able to talk to them.
While there is a lot of sex in this story, I didn’t feel as overwhelmed by it as I was in the first book. In Unleashing the Storm, I felt that the plot always continued to move forward, even with the sex. When the action needed more attention, the authors were great at mentioning that the Kira still had to have her sex, but it was just the mention and then back on to the plot. Then when it made sense to the flow of the story, there was a very well written sex scene without losing the flow of the story.
While this is the second book of the series, I think you could read this one without having read Riding the Storm first. The good guys and bad guys are very well explained. However, if you want to read the entire series, it might not be a bad idea to read in order, more for the side stories than the main story.
While I enjoyed the first book in this series, I really loved this visit back into the world of ACRO (Agency for Rare Covert Operatives). ACRO is an organization very similar to the X-Men. Somewhat military group where people have different special powers. There is even a group of bad supernaturals, ITOR, which ACRO are up against.
We meet our hero, Ender, in the first book. He is former military (like many of the ACRO agents). He also has abilities like a cheetah. He has great speed, among other things. He is also a bit of a loaner. Even his teammates give him a wide berth. He is very good at what he does, just don’t ask him to attend social functions. He is tasked with bringing in Kira willingly or no. If he isn’t able to bring her in, he has to put her down to keep her out of the enemy’s hands.
Kira is an animal whisperer. She has the ability to actually talk to the animals, some species more than others. The smarter the species, the better her ability to talk to them. This ability doesn’t come without complications. Kira comes into “heat” every spring. She not only has to have sex every four hours, she must have unprotected sex to get the man’s seed in her for these or she dies. She is immune to human diseases, but not animal ones (she had to go to a vet for Parvo once) and she is on the pill to prevent pregnancy. She is not a fan of the “heat” cycle. It is quite the hassle and really makes sex little more than a chore for her.
I really enjoyed this book. While this series has even more sex than most paranormal romance novels (I would call this paranormal erotica), it isn’t out of control. There is still character development and a plot. Even with a character that must have sex every four hours, there are several times where the author kept the plot going with “He serviced her” or “After her needs were met…” Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of sex scenes, but there is also plot and when called for, the author put the plot ahead of the sex scenes, which I appreciate.
These two also didn’t have insta-love. It took a while for the relationship to build. They had to work through all their issues, on both sides, before they were able to come together. There are even times where they split because they think things just won’t work (nothing new in the romance world), where Kira spends a little time with our couple from book one, Riding the Storm.
There are also a few side plots going on in this story that were a continuation of Riding the Storm. We learn more about Creed and Annika. You can see them working through a lot of tough issues between them. It is hard because Creed is the only person Annika can have sex with without electrocuting to death, but there are commitment issues. Creed is looking for more that a general lay.
The other great side story is Devlin, the leader of this merry band of supernaturals. He is trying to figure out who the mole is, so he calls in an old friend and lover, Oz. He needs someone that he trusts implicitly to help him figure how these intimate details of the organization are getting out to the enemy.
This is a fun, action-packed story filled with some really fun supernaturals. I would love to have Kira’s powers to talk to animal (minus the requirement of sex every four hours or death part). I think it would be so cool to talk to animals all the time. The one issue I had with this was that she has a hard time talking to birds, but birds are some of the smartest species in the animal kingdom, so I don’t understand why she wouldn’t be able to talk to them.
While there is a lot of sex in this story, I didn’t feel as overwhelmed by it as I was in the first book. In Unleashing the Storm, I felt that the plot always continued to move forward, even with the sex. When the action needed more attention, the authors were great at mentioning that the Kira still had to have her sex, but it was just the mention and then back on to the plot. Then when it made sense to the flow of the story, there was a very well written sex scene without losing the flow of the story.
While this is the second book of the series, I think you could read this one without having read Riding the Storm first. The good guys and bad guys are very well explained. However, if you want to read the entire series, it might not be a bad idea to read in order, more for the side stories than the main story.
bodebeabay's review against another edition
5.0
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Genres: Adult, Crime, Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense
4.75 Stars
I read this back in June of 2015.
There aren't many books in this co-authored series, but what there is of them is absolutely.....
Delicious.
This is the 2nd book in the series and the mc's are fantastic.
The chemistry is steaming hot.
The suspense and the danger is non-stop.
I fell in love with this series.
I just wish there were more of them.
The world build and
Genres: Adult, Crime, Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense
4.75 Stars
I read this back in June of 2015.
There aren't many books in this co-authored series, but what there is of them is absolutely.....
Delicious.
This is the 2nd book in the series and the mc's are fantastic.
The chemistry is steaming hot.
The suspense and the danger is non-stop.
I fell in love with this series.
I just wish there were more of them.
The world build and
reginaexmachina's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this book was definitely better than the first of the series, not that the first was bad or anything. I think you just felt more connected to the main couple better in this. I do warn people though that there is a male/male relationship in this series if that isn't your cup of tea. My only complaint is I like the couple Annika and Creed a lot, and felt like I wanted a bit more of them. Otherwise, I thought the book was great.