Roxy Mews

First off I should say that I "know" the author. Well, in that way that you can only know someone online. Which is part of why I put off reading it for a few weeks after I got it. I was afraid, "what if I don't love it?", but I should have known better.

I knew it would be hot, I even figured it would be well written, but I didn't count on it being so much FUN. I sat down last night intending to read a couple of chapters, get a feel for the story, and ended up reading the whole thing, start to finish, and wanting the next one, like, NOW.

So the meat of the story is this: Amber is a werewolf. She wasn't born that way, she was turned a long time ago, in an attack that killed her mother and her sister, leaving only Amber and her father alive to pick up the pieces. Now, many many years later, Amber's father is a pack Alpha, and Amber is once again going through college (hey, at least it ain't high school!), where she lays eyes on one stunning piece of hot man, and everything inside her goes into overdrive. Uh oh, someone's got a Mate!

Even bigger shocker is this- her mate is a vampire! Dun Dun Dun! Oh, not just a vampire, he has some wolf in him too, an almost unheard of wolf/vamp hybrid. Things just got complicated in Amber's happy little world, and the more she and Jake interact(and fuck, did I mention there's lots of good, dirty fucking to be found?) and learn about each other, the more complicated things become.

I guess my only real criticism is that I'd like to have known more- more about the wolves, more about the vamps, more about Amber's life between being turned til now, and maybe more of Amber and Jake falling in love, beyond the mating lust. I understand the mating heat thing, I get it, I like it, but I still like for a bit more time to be spent on the getting to know you and love you outside of your cock and wicked tongue parts.I could easily have seen myself devouring another 50-100 pages of this world and this couple. But I guess that's why it's called book 1?

This story reminded me a lot of Shelly Laurenston and Mary Hughes. Snarky heroine, alpha male who is actually quite to die for, and it's tough to believe this is just a debut novel. I can't wait to see the stories Roxy gives us once she's got a bit more time and feedback under her belt.… (meer)