2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Started out great then disappointed, April 21 2010
By Lady Hecate "Lady Hecate" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Crave a Blood Moon (Mass Market Paperback)
I had such high hopes for this book because it started out great. The book had such potential. But when you are passed the halfway mark in the book and the hero and heroine are still in a cage and he is fighting to not eat her, it gets a little boring and does not hold one's interest. I had to struggle to read to the end. There are too many other good books out there to waste your time and with this one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Intense Dark Paranormal That Delivers!!!, Aug 26 2009
By Lark Howard - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Crave a Blood Moon (Mass Market Paperback)
The latest book in Sharie Kohler's Moon Chaser series blew me away. From the gutsy, explosive first meeting between Sebastian and Ruby it was clear this book was going to be darker and even more emotionally charged than the previous two in the series--both of which were terrific. And TO CRAVE A BLOOD MOON delivered in spades!
Ms. Kohler's cover blurb relates the beginning much better than I can:
Imprisoned and tortured by a lycan pack, half-breed Sebastian Santiago is determined not to break. But now they've come up with a cruel plan -- starve Sebastian until he is half-mad with hunger, then force him to succumb to his werewolf instincts by giving him human prey to feed on.
Snatched from the streets of Istanbul, American tourist Ruby Deveraux has already seen the horror of her companions torn apart. Now she is thrown into a dark cell with a shadowy shape she can barely see.
As an empath, Ruby feels what Sebastian feels and, in understanding what's happening to him, changes both their destinies.
The richly painted setting, the evil and sadistic lycan captors, and the hopelessness of the situation are so vividly drawn, it was hard to imagine a love story could grow from such violence and turmoil--both internal and external. Only someone with Sharie Kohler's skill and dead-on instincts could pull off the brutal meeting of these two with such sensual intensity and heart-breaking emotion. And she doesn't pull any punches as they fight soulless lycans and their own inner demons on their way to giving and accepting unconditional love.
The story also incorporates characters I adored from the past books--Sebastian's twin brother and his wife as well as one of my favorites, the ancient lycan, Darius. With a larger battle as a backdrop to the romance, the paranormal world expands and takes on intriguing dimensions that made me want to read the next book as soon as I finished the last page of this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lot more dark and intense than the first two in series, Sep 4 2009
By Susie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: To Crave a Blood Moon (Mass Market Paperback)
To Crave a Blood Moon by Sharie Kohler is the third book in her Moon Chasers series. It differs from the first two in that this one was more dark and intense than the others. I enjoyed reading it. The cover is great too! The story starts out really strong, although the ending is somewhat anticlimatic.
Sebastian Santiago is a half-breed lycan who has been captured and tortured by some a lycan pack. This pack wants him to join their side, but Sebastian refuses. So they decide to bring him a human snack to try to break him down. Enter Ruby Deveraux who is vacationing in Turkey as a chaperone for some foster kids. Ruby is captured by this same lycan pack and thrown in the prison with Sebastian.
But Ruby has a secret. She is an empath so she feels Sebastian's pain. Sebastian can't bring himself to kill Ruby although he is having a harder time controlling his sexual urges around her. Ruby is cut by another lycan, and soon she starts to undergo the transformation to being a lycan. Sebastian knows that her only hope is for the both of them to escape and try to kill the leader of the lycan pack.
When they do escape, Ruby just wants to go back home to Louisania. She thinks that Sebastian wants to kill her now because she is a lycan so she leaves. But Sebastian follows her back to her home. He wants to help her adjust to being a lycan, and prevent her from harming others during the moonrise. But he also can't seem to get her off of his mind. He is drawn to her innocence and empathic ways. But another half-breed lycan is coming their way to extract revenge against both of them.
This is a great story. I can see where she is adding characters and building storylines for future books. My only complaint was that the ending felt rushed and fell somewhat a little flat. But this still a worthy read. 5 stars!