A primitive start to what I know will be a great series. ( )

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I love Lora Leigh's Breed series and this, the first, is probably my fav.

Callon Lyons, the hero, is uber Alpha (his genes were spliced with a lion, of course he's alpha) and I was hooked from the beginning scene! ( )

2008-06-29

The breeds series has been very successful for Lora Leigh, but I don't love them like others do. This is the first of the series, setting the ground rules. It has internal inconsistencies which annoyed me (you die if separated during mating frenzy, but then it is revealed that another character was separated during her mating frenzy and she's alive and well... so how did that happen?) I found Merinus' 'superhero' brothers a bit much, but also Callan's refusal to let her speak to them annoying.

I like how the characters - Callan and Merinus (and what kind of name is Merinus? It's so particular and they never explain that either) struggle with the idea of being addicted to each other, and then having to help each other through the addiction, though it seemed worse for Merinus (the female, and non breed) than it did for Callan. And only though helping each other do they fall in love, though Merinus capitulates quite quickly. There's lots of sex, and it's explicit, but there's lots of plot too, for once the two are balanced. I guess I didn't befriend Merinus or fall in love with Callan, so this book isn't a keeper for me. This is the second time I've read it and I don't need to read it again. B-

Reread again (so I lied!) 2009-11-21 and I agree with this review ;) The brothers are annoying, but there is an underlying tension which works. I think earlier Lora Leigh's are better than the later ones, and certainly the breeds series has ceased to work for me, but I'm keep ing this one, I may well reread it in 2-3 years and it's passed the reread test for now... ( )

not very good. I liked book 3 of this series and Dawn's awakening. but this one. Callan was annoying and I so like him in other books. disappointing. ( )