Joely Skye

should i have probably started at the beginning of this series? yes. did i start with this one first anyway? yep. have i now conned myself into reading the rest of the series to see what absolute nonsense trey was getting up to amidst other stories? unfortunately for my ever-growing to-read list, yeeup

love non-wolf shifters, so seeing the differences between trey and jonah's experiences was neat. jonah's personal growth was interesting to journey through. would enjoy seeing them in the show more future once they've had a chance to settle down proper and get some solid downtime show less

This is my second Skye book, bought after I read the very good Feral, and this one was even better. So Skye is a definite new author for me, always lovely to find! Marked is heavy on plot, has erotic moments but they are certainly not the core of the book, though the relationship between Alec and Liam is. Alec is human with a weird experience in his past, and Liam, well Liam is odd. Alec doesn't know that Liam is a werewolf and Liam doesn't know that Alec has meet a terrible pack of wolves show more who marked him for prey/evil play. However they meet and with beautifully written difficulty manage to connect. One consistent criticism I have read of Skye is that she finishes her books too abruptly and with that I agree, she needs a 10 page epilogue rather than bang, now the book is over. But her world is fascinating, her men haunted and longing for connection, and their way of relating feels entirely real, within the heightened reality of the book. I'm going to buy up her backlog asap! show less

This urban fantasy stars a cat-shifter named Callie. She's left her work tracking down rogue shifters and decides to try to find her foster sister.

When she locates Ruth she learns that she is under the control of a Minder. Callie had never heard of Minders, humans able to control people's behavior.

Callie learns that her sister is under the control of a young Minder named Scott and in the care of Dev who is another of Scott's people. Scott has good intentions. He wants his people to be happy show more and healthy, but he's been influenced by the stronger members of his pod and goes about things the wrong way.

Dev has cared about Scott since he was his mentor in Big Brothers. But Scott's habit of "pushing" Dev has almost broken his mind.

Callie, who hasn't spent much time as a human recently, is confused by the situation she encounters when she locates her foster sister Ruth. She only knows that she cares for her sister and Dev and wants to get them away from all Minders.

She and Dev begin a relationship which helps Dev break out of Scott's control. But he still feels a need to protect Scott. Callie isn't sure if that is Dev's own feelings or something Scott imposed on him. And neither is Dev.

This was an interesting urban fantasy story with a woman who has a difficult relationship with her puma other self and who encounters a group she's never heard of but knows she doesn't like. show less

I really enjoyed this novella about a werewolf girl who lives as a wolf and has amnesia so bad that she can barely remember one day to the next until she meets the hero when he rescues her from a wolf trap. This is a really different take on the whole werewolf thing. She is very vulnerable and struggles to fit back into the human world in order to be with him. Just as good the second time around.