Cari Silverwood does this whole post-apocalyptic, huge peen kinda story really well. I mean, just so very well. Her worldbuilding is so fantastic. You can practically smell the smoke and feel the Lure.

Vargr is a beaster. He hs been injected with nanites to turn him into an ultimate weapon against alien invaders. He has wings and saw a woman falling from the Top of a scraper where the Ghoul Lords live. No one has ever escaped the GL, so he's not sure that Cyn is a human or isn't a plant placed by the GL.

Cyn, OTOH, has no memory of the past five years, heals so superquick, has a tattoo that says maelstrom on the back of her neck, and one of an octopus in a much more... delicate and obscene location. And that's all we know about her. That's all she knows about herself.

I love the dichotomy of Cyn. She goes from I'm so sweet and innocent to I'm going to rip out your still beating heart and eat it in about .02 seconds. I really like that about her. Both sides of her personality are really authentic, and are really just very much her.

I'm less sure about how I feel about Vargr. I think I'm going to change how I feel about him from moment to moment. ( )

4.5 stars

One of the best things about this author is her ability to create a world that is unlike anything else that I have read. Regardless, of the series, each world is always different. She does not ever regurgitate the tried and true from her previous book and seems to like the challenge of starting from scratch. There are some elements that are the same; a fierce female that take no names, well-endowed heroes that defy what any normal nether region should be equipped to handle, and painful sex with a touch of BDSM. What more can a reader ask for?

From the first page, I couldn't help but think that this author continues to push my comfort zone. Which, is ironic because this is definitely not as hardcore as some of her other books. Yet, anytime tentacles are brought into the mix and that there is a possibility that the villain has the capacity to eat whoever is on the other end of one of the tentacle appendages and I am instantly questioning if she might have finally gotten even more extreme in her writing. The answer to that is no. To be honest, I am not sure there is anything that can push me to not enjoying this author.

I enjoyed the stellar characters and story as I usually do. Even though this story is unique and has great potential as the series progresses it is not my favorite that this author has written. I didn't fully get one hundred percent invested in the story. However, that is not to say that this still wasn't good. I would still recommend this for anyone that likes to dip their toes in the sci-fi world with naughty steam thrown in. Trust me when I say that this author will never let you down. ( )

This has got to be my favourite to date of this authors work.
I bloody adored this like so much and am now gagging for my next fix of this amazingly addictive story, thankfully that's not too long as the next ones out mid-December.
This was such an exciting and interesting premise a sort of post-apocalyptic sci-fi with smexy bits.
Set against a post-apocalyptic landscape in the aftermath of an alien invasion, Ghoul Lords have conquered the planet and are using the human race for breeding and food.
Keeping them enraptured and contained with the Lure a sort of thrall.
In a last-ditch attempt at fighting back, the beast horde was created a genetically engineered experiment to produce superior human warriors spliced with unknown DNA.
At this moment this horde and limited humans are all that's left of humanity and they are now hiding in the shadows from the Ghoul Lords just attempting to survive.
Cyn a human of unknown origins awakens from the Lure, finding herself on the roof and a prisoner of the alien overseers she becomes the first to ever break free fleeing and damaging a ghoul lord in the process.
Falling from up-high she is rescued and plucked from the sky by a winged saviour.
Vargr is one of these engineered experiments and to keep her safe from the lure bondmates her before taking her home to his tribe.
well, this was all sorts of fabulous and I enjoyed this immensely.
We are introduced into this imaginative world gradually with zero info dump and this story unfolds with Cyn, Vargr and also some Rutger (another Beast fascinated with Cyn) all taking there turn centre stage.
This had just the right balance between action and heat I also really appreciated the character dynamic, the encounters here sizzled with there intensity spotlighting the incredibly chemistry.
I also especially liked the dub-con play between the characters this was all sorts of hot hot hot.
There was so much going on here in terms of story direction and mystery and this managed to capture my attention completely.
I liked where this went and how we left things and my god that thrilling finale was all sort of edge of your seat.
Ever so excited about this new series and this introduction into it was brilliant from start to finish.
This was a five star read all the way and is one I highly recommend it was a non-stop addictive journey and there wasn't one thing here that I actually disliked.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Vargr (Beast Horde #1).

Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com

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This has got to be my favourite to date of this authors work.
I bloody adored this like so much and am now gagging for my next fix of this amazingly addictive story, thankfully that's not too long as the next ones out mid-December.
This was such an exciting and interesting premise a sort of post-apocalyptic sci-fi with smexy bits.
Set against a post-apocalyptic landscape in the aftermath of an alien invasion, Ghoul Lords have conquered the planet and are using the human race for breeding and food.
Keeping them enraptured and contained with the Lure a sort of thrall.
In a last-ditch attempt at fighting back, the beast horde was created a genetically engineered experiment to produce superior human warriors spliced with unknown DNA.
At this moment this horde and limited humans are all that's left of humanity and they are now hiding in the shadows from the Ghoul Lords just attempting to survive.
Cyn a human of unknown origins awakens from the Lure, finding herself on the roof and a prisoner of the alien overseers she becomes the first to ever break free fleeing and damaging a ghoul lord in the process.
Falling from up-high she is rescued and plucked from the sky by a winged saviour.
Vargr is one of these engineered experiments and to keep her safe from the lure bondmates her before taking her home to his tribe.
well, this was all sorts of fabulous and I enjoyed this immensely.
We are introduced into this imaginative world gradually with zero info dump and this story unfolds with Cyn, Vargr and also some Rutger (another Beast fascinated with Cyn) all taking there turn centre stage.
This had just the right balance between action and heat I also really appreciated the character dynamic, the encounters here sizzled with there intensity spotlighting the incredibly chemistry.
I also especially liked the dub-con play between the characters this was all sorts of hot hot hot.
There was so much going on here in terms of story direction and mystery and this managed to capture my attention completely.
I liked where this went and how we left things and my god that thrilling finale was all sort of edge of your seat.
Ever so excited about this new series and this introduction into it was brilliant from start to finish.
This was a five star read all the way and is one I highly recommend it was a non-stop addictive journey and there wasn't one thing here that I actually disliked.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Vargr (Beast Horde #1).

Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com

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