Secrets Within Secrets...

Kiss of the Silver Wolf is the first book in a series about werewolves and the Jinn/Genies. Love werewolves, but not a big fan of Genies/Jinn, romance or otherwise, and was hoping for something to change that opinion. Unfortunately, this was not the book to do that.

The story had a different take on werewolves, but the people and the small town of Eden were strange...almost cult-like, which didn't make for a great werewolf read for me.

As far as "Them" or the "Other", there was little information here,which I also found strange. When a reader doesn't understand all of the characters and their backgrounds and motives for what they do, it's difficult to give good ratings and/or great reviews. Too many questions made it almost like one of those serial books that I do not like. Wish I could have liked The Kiss of the Silver Wolf more...as they say, I wanted to like it.

Review copy provided via Reading Alley in exchange for an honest review. ( )

HOT HUNKY WEREWOLF
BEAUTIFUL RESEARCHER
MYSTERIOUS CREATURES
AND SECRETS, SO MANY SECRETS!

STORY LINE:

Author Sharon Buchbinder sets the stage for this book with a murder at a mine shaft in Eden Kentucky. Homeland Security is in charge of the operation and something goes very wrong resulting in a death. At this point, I realized this was not the average werewolf story I had read in the past. Ms. Buchbinder has set the stage for an action packed werewolf romance.

Zachariah Abingdon and the wolf pack are on their monthly run; this time it is a run for their lives to they escape certain death. These two scenes set the stage for author Buchbinder's story-line.

Zach has waited for his mate since the first time he saw her photograph, he is growing impatient with the wait and his wolf is demanding its' mate. Zach is lonely and yearns for a companion, lover, and children.

Charlene Johnson has just lost her parents in a bizarre auto accident. Charlene, alone with a severely handicapped brother, no money, and out of options returns to her mother's home town, Eden, Kentucky. Eden is the one place her mother warned her to not go near; secrets upon secrets, upon secrets, was her mothers mantra about this town.

What follows is a different take on the werewolf story, as we have evil jinns, a woman who does not know her families true history and a sexual attraction to Zach that is instance and intense. Come along with Zach and Charlene as they love, discover the answers to secrets and mysteries, and fight a life or death battle.

CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, AND DEVELOPMENT:

Author Sharon Buchbinder created a paranormal romance in which she dates the existence of werewolves and jinns back to early biblical times. She has included everything needed to create an intriguing paranormal romance; mystery, secrets, vile jinns, and a town of wonderful and colorful werewolves; Ms. Buchbinder even included Homeland Security and an agent with a surprising last name; Ms. Buchbinder added a tad of mystery involving this agent.

Ms. Buchbinder started this book with a bang, and from the first pages, you realize this is an intriguing tale of werewolves and jinns with a different slant than you have read in the past. Ms. Buchbinder hooked me in those first pages and I read this book straight through.

Ms. Buchbinder's plot is intriguing and well-developed, as she weaves the threads of the story-line together. This book has a lot of action, mystery, secrets upon secrets, and hot steamy love scenes. The sex scenes and descriptions are explicit; keep in mind werewolves have some animal characteristics. As I have stated in other book reviews, if the sex scenes are too explicit for my taste, I skip over those parts and get to the meat of the story-line.

Though a short read, Ms. Buchbinder pacing, plotting, and development were solid and on target for the length of the book.

I found the story-line refreshing as it did not follow the usual werewolf tales. The characters in this book were well-developed. Ms. Buchbinder packed a lot into a short read that will leave you wanting more. I hope this is a series as I could see several possibilities Ms. Buchbinder incorporated into the story-line for future books.

RECOMMENDATION: 4 STARS

This book has a great story-line, well-developed characters, and a plot that you will love. I recommend this book for young adult and adult due to sexual content and violence. Anyone that likes a solid paranormal romance will love this book; I look forward to future works by Ms. Buchbinder.

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Kiss of the Silver Wolf had me on the fence. The more I read the more I liked it but it never blew me away.

Originally I found Charlene to be somewhat self centered. She was off at college working on her PHD and didn't really care about what was going on at home or with her disabled brother. That all changed when her parents were killed in a car accident. Charlene stepped up to the plate and took care of her brother.

Now Zack I liked him for the most part. I did think that he was rushing it with Charlene. Zack knew he loved her and she was his mate but I felt that everything hit Charlene at once. She had to learn about werewolves, her family history, and accept Zack as her mate. I just felt that Zack should give her time to accept one thing at a time before he asked her to marry him. Zack was eager and in love, and that made him act quickly.

The minor characters in Kiss of the Silver Wolf were also great. I really liked Special Agent Elianna Solomon. I found her to be feisty and would love to have heard more about her. I also liked Rebekkah and Jethro were interesting also, especially as they helped Charlene learn about the family history and where they came into it.

Overall I found Kiss of the Silver Wolf to be an interesting story. I found the beginning to be a little slow but as you read Kiss of the Silver Wolf it gets better. The ending was by far the best part. ( )