Taming Heather - Cariboo Lunewulf [Paperback]

First off, I could only make it through about 50% of the book, so I will summarize from there...

Heather is a reporter looking to do a story on werewolves. Werewolves have just recently made their existence known to humans and as with most new interactions between different races, or in their case, species, their is quite a bit of tension. Heather is looking to exploit the situation by reporting a story from a tabloid angle on them, the werewolves, that is.

It starts off with Heather intruding upon a werewolf funeral video taping it, she is caught by Marc and all of their interactions start from there. As they interacted with one another they learn about each other misconceptions of the others race/species and the writer tries to stir up these poorly developed emotions between the two.

The title of the book is "Taming Heather" which implies curbing her wild state to something docile, subdued, harnessed, etc., which means Heather is wild, a rebel, and whatnot, this is not the case. From this title you would gather that their would be a lot of challenges going on between the two, a lot of tension, that Heather would at least have some back bone, again, not the case. At least a little combustion between the two here and there. There was no taming, there was nothing to tame and by no means was she a spitfire, Heather did everything he said from jump. That completely let me down and was very disappointing, especially considering it was in the product description.

The leading male was repulsive as well. He's a male chauvinist, he physically forces her around, manhandling her at every turn, ordering her around and she is okay with that, more than okay, turned on, completely aroused.

Now as for the writing, it is very crude--and that is okay for a story that doesn't allude to it being passion driven, it is also very immaturely written and mediocre at best. I do regret purchasing the book.

honest opinion here.

I have read an anthology of Ms. O'Clare's, but not a full novel, and so was curious as to how they compared. There is no comparison; although I
love anthologies, as I can get a chance to meet new authors, there is no
room for character development. The novel allows for the that developed
where you can feel a better connection.

Good points -- I loved the way the relationship developed between them; and of Heather seeing the werewolves as monsters to then batting for
them against the editor of the paper. I liked where Heather has to look
at herself and see where the werewolves were more honest than she was in expressing their attitudes toward others. They were willing to state their attitude toward others; didn't hold back their opinion. She, on
the other hand, didn't want to examine her attitude about her
relationship with Marc. That to me was an aspect thatI felt is important for many to look at, our relationship with others, are we being as honest as we should about it?

Bad points -- I was expecting Heather to be a bit more stubborn in
fighting against the dominance of Marc, and I was expecting him to be
more uber alpha, but not disapointed in the relationsip. Taming is to
take something that is wild, or out of control and gentling it. Heather
wasn't as wild as I expected her to be, to be as defiant and willing to
submit to Marc. Marc wasn't as dominating as I expected him to be, I
was expecting more alpha, he is a strong character, but I was expecting
more of the "I am boss".

In giving it a rating from one to five, I would give it a four, as it had a lot going for it, romance, depth of character in that they examined their own viewpoints and they why they felt and believed as they did. No psychoanalysis, but an acknowledgement of their past and how it affected them (nurture/nature).
(I definitely need to get out of the classroom more often)

Another reviewer stated he was bossy, overbearing and such.
Well, that is what he is supposed to be. This is a paranormal story; the males in many of these stories are bossy, dominant, overbearing, do "strong-arm" the women. That is why readers of pnr love these guys.
There is a difference between being alpha and being abusive. Marc never hit her, he never harmed her. He dominated her but he didn't make her feel less of a person, there was no belittling of her, of telling her she was of no valaue. In fact, he made it clear that she was everything to her.
You want to see dominance, read one of Lora Leigh's Breeds stories, the males there are uber, uber alpha, and I LOVE them. Wish I had one of them in my bed!
Marc is one hot male, and I would take his alpha behavior any day of the week, or even weekend!

Heather Graham is a very ambitious reporter. When she stumbles upon information about local werewolves, she believes she can make her career with an in depth story. During a reconnaissance field trip, she is discovered by lunewulf Marc McAllister. Even though she is frightened of Marc, she is equally attracted to him. He agrees to educate her in their traditions and history. As she spends time with him the heat between them grows, and before they realize it, the fire spreads out of control. Soon they are acting on the animal lust between them wondering what the future holds for them.

This was a pretty good book, but the plot wasn't fully developed. Heather and Marc are both very strong willed characters, but she finds she likes being overpowered by his supreme strength. The sexual passages sizzle, but since the story is lacking, it remains only an okay read.

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