Supernatural: Coyote's Kiss [Mass Market Paperback]

In a nutshell: something unnatural is violently murdering people at the Mexican border -- both illegal immigrants and border-crossing officials. The Winchesters' investigation brings them into contact with colorful characters north and south of the border, and involves them with a hunter whose abilities rival their own.

If you're a Sam girl, will you like this book? Maybe, although there's not much in it to appeal to your inner fangirl. It's Soulless Sam who's inhabiting these pages, and as somewhat of a peripheral character.

If you're a Dean girl, will you like this book? Very possibly: almost the entire thing is told from Dean's POV. There's Dean whumpage galore, as well as a variety of other flavors of Dean -- the heroic, the snarking, the lover of Baby, the protector of Sammy. I'm pretty sure the author worships at the Altar of Dean (for which I blame her not at all, because ... so do I), and she's done quite a good job of portraying him in all his multi-faceted glory.

But.

Are you wildly averse to having a kickass female hunter working alongside the boys -- someone Dean is ferociously attracted to, and would pursue if he weren't emotionally tied to Lisa? Think of her as a Buffy-like presence, strong and knowledgeable and extremely capable, but burdened with family issues. (Although visually, perhaps Eliza Dushku is a better fit than SMG.) If that sort of character makes you run screaming for the hills, then you'd best leave this book on the shelf.

If you're game to give this a try, though, I think you'll be more than satisfied. There are a few glitches that should have been beta-ed right out of there: the car having "breaks," and some punctuation and useage problems; the fact that this is a published, income-generating work makes that sort of thing doubly annoying. (I think I noticed about a dozen "oopses," far less than I found in "One Year Gone.") But the story itself is sound, and well-crafted. The author has a fine hand at tossing in colorful, interesting background characters, described in enough quirky detail that I could see them perfectly in my mind's eye. The story moves steadily along, with plenty of mystery and gore and "OMG, how do we get out of this???" moments for the boys. (Okay, DEAN.) I read the book over the course of two days and enjoyed it throughout, without ever feeling, "This person can't write worth a damn" or "Gee...a second draft might have been a good plan." One of her supporting characters, a teenage girl, didn't quite ring true for me, but that's a small quibble. I enjoyed the story enough that I'd honestly love to see it as an SPN Movie of the Week, which isn't something I can say about most of the novels.

It's fun. It's entertaining. It didn't inspire me to throw it against the wall -- and that's a really good thing, since I read it on my Kindle, and throwing a $130 piece of electronics against the wall isn't really something I want to do. If you've got some time to spare, and a yen to spend it with Dashing El Deano, go for it!

Being Latin American and knowing a bit of the Mayan culture ... this is worth the await of not only reading but to also feel its side effects of being a part of a character or feeling that you were a part of the story... its so mind blowing and enjoyment.

My review might be a bit biased since I am a huge fan of anything Supernatural. The books provide a nice bit of drama between actual episodes. I have read 5 books so far and am saving a couple of them for my upcoming vacation. I have yet to be disappointed by any SN book purchase. No, the books aren't perfect and some are a bit 'off' from what you might actually see on TV, but they do offer a good opportunity to escape a TV hiatus.

This book features a strong female lead (Xochi), a mexican 'Laura Croft' if you will. She is the brains of this situation because the setting takes place mostly in Mexico or close to the border where Spanish is king. Obviously this is not the brothers' forte'. The book flows well, although as stated by others, there are some grammatical/editing flaws. The author integrates bits of humor well, as would be expected with a genuine SN story. The 'baddies' are pretty good. They would be really difficult to recreate for an on-screen episode so I was happy to get the feel for them in a book. Soul-less Sam is present, but if you are a huge Sam fan, you'll likely not love this book since he is more of a supportive character here. Sam does play a pivitol role mostly toward the end, but he is certainly not the focus of the story. Dean is represented well. There were only a couple of comments that he made that I thought Dean would not likely say. However, for the most part, Dean was true to character. The ending was as satisfying as any SN episode.

As compared to other SN books, I would say this book ranks towards the top, not my favorite, but still good. It was certainly worth the price of the book. If you need a SN fix, you'll likely enjoy this if you take the previous comments into consideration. Enjoy!

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