Book 06 Nov 2006 07:16 pm
Full Moon Rising
Full Moon Rising is a paranormal romance by Keri Arthur. By paranormal romance, they mean it involves vampires and werewolves. Our heroine, Riley Jensen, is a half-breed of Werewolf and Vampire. This book sucked me in. I stayed up late to finish it, and was thrilled from the first words through the end.
This woman is a hilarious author. Even in the kinky sex scenes, Keri kept the writing fun and I would definitely say that she stayed away from the obvious and often cliche world of romance novels. Keri made the characters fun and sexy and confusing and their interactions were wonderful to read. This is however a romance novel. Part of Keri’s world is that werewolves go into “heat” at the full moon. The week before the full moon they basically need LOTS of sex and then the actual night of the full moon, they transform fully into wolves. This “heat” concept is definitely a large part of the romance part of the novel.
Australian author Arthur’s fast-paced fantasy-romance, the first in a new series, introduces part vampire, part werewolf Riley Jenson, who works for Melbourne’s Directorate of Other Races, as does her twin brother, Rhoan. When Rhoan goes missing, a naked yet powerful vampire, Quinn, appears on Riley’s doorstep and asks for her aid. Riley and Quinn team up to find Rhoan, investigate the mysterious deaths of Directorate agents and determine who’s been creating vampire and werewolf clones. Despite their mutual attraction, Quinn—once heartbroken by a werewolf lover—will never fully trust another werewolf, but that doesn’t stop him from helping Riley through the lust that engulfs werewolves in the days leading up to the full moon. Strong, smart and capable, Riley will remind many of Anita Blake, Laurell K. Hamilton’s kick-ass vampire hunter. While Arthur (Beneath a Rising Moon) occasionally loses control of her plot as she sets the stage for later books, and some romance readers may be put off by the lack of monogamy, fans of Anita Blake and Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse vampire series will be rewarded.
-Publishers Weekly
If you don’t enjoy romance novels, then you will definitely not enjoy this book. If you do enjoy them however, and don’t mind vamps and weres, then you should check it out!
Also, if you do like it, and become as addicted as I have become, have no fear! There are further adventures to be released in February (Kissing Sin), March (Tempting Evil), and April (Dangerous Games).
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