Mark E. Cooper

A young contemporary woman, an Olympic Gymnast contender in her world, is summoned into the middle of a war in a medieval world by a dying wizard's last spell. I enjoyed the story line, the humor and style in this fast paced story. I'd comment that some work needs to be done on the editing in this book but that aside, I enjoyed the witty dialogue and interaction between Julia and Keverin, the lord of the keep, as she masters her inherent magic.
All in all, I thought the "God Decrees" had an show more interesting plot, was well presented and interesting enough to make me want to read part 2..
Jack Murphy show less

There are freebie ebooks about werewolves and other supers, and there are those authors that are a grade above the rest. Mark Cooper is the latter. I recently read a new book, from a well known bestseller, that wasn't this good. Seriously. If paranormals with a bit of romance and a lot of mystery are your thing, read this series! Each book (I've read 2 so far) has a satisfying ending, the main story arc is intriguing, the characters are carried over, mostly, from the first book, so there's show more no confusing 'getting to know them' chapters. I'm super impressed by this author, and I'm glad to have found him. show less

Inconsistent, repetitive words/phrases, shallow characters, a bit boring. What appears to be an effort to keep the reader guessing actually feels like a disjointed, under developed mess with a distinct lack of endearing characters. I have no idea (1/4 through the book) which character is even the main character. Still & all, truthfully I don't even care.

As of page 132 we have:

1) An uber wealthy Vamp kidnapping and/or coercing/bribing various top scientists to work on some unspecified show more genetics project regard immortality and Fae.

2) A doctor who refuses to discriminate against "non-humans" regarding treatment winds up getting bitten by a wolf and infected. He refuses to cooperate with the Anti Monster League (yeah, I know...lamest name EVER) and the powers that be making himself a target and has to go on the lamb, giving up his medical career and looking for revenge.

3) Is he a good guy or a bad guy super hot Vamp is trying to build an army to protect his ass-ets from the AML. He reaches out to the completely superficial and insecure daughter of the money behind the AML. She of course helps right away without question all trusting and needy.

4) Two thugs go to rip off an old lady and find a were instead. Their decapitated bodies in an alley introduce detective hard ass & her crew on the hunt for a serial killer targeting blonde hookers.

Yes, that covers the first 12 (and a bit) chapters. There is no transition between the above stories, it just abruptly shifts to a new POV. Maybe the author is a George RR Martin fan? That is the ONLY comparison to Martin's writing that can be made...

I've been reading this book for two days and only left off the cop bit a few minutes ago when I decided I simply cannot carry on any longer. And, I honestly can't remember any of the characters names apart from David; the doctor gone werewolf. Not one. They're that utterly forgettable.

In addition, this is one of those books/authors where it's all stuff you already know given stupid names and shoved off as "world building":

Stunners - tasers
Boomers - guns

I can't remember anymore, but they were there. It's like this book has a spell of forgetting on it, I swear! It might be eating my brain as I write.

Lastly, he kept talking about people's "short hairs lifting" over and over and over again. (In and of itself, that would have been repetitive phrasing which is a pet peeve.) Now, I know from context he meant the hair on the back of your neck. But, alas, I think he heard the term "short hairs" and WILDLY mistook what it meant. Short Hairs, folks, are NOT on your neck...at least I hope not. *cringes*

Unfortunately I can't think of anyone I would recommend this book to. Now that I think of it, maybe that is fortunate...for me. show less

A tale set in the future, with the preternatural world crashing into the human world and they don't seem to get along very well. Anyway, Wolf's Revenge is the second book in the Shifter's Legacies series. There is a whole lot of world building in this book. Set up after set up, that slowed the pace for me. It really took over half the book to get to a place where the action seemed to move forward.
Once all of the pieces were in place, the book really took off. There were lots of twists and show more turns that led the reader around all over the place, at least there was sort of a HEA. show less