Plot: Wild Instinct is comprised of three connected stories of
rogue werewolves who find their mates. The first and longest of the
stories is that of Garrett who is a rogue werewolf who has longed
to be a part of a pack. He finally has his wish granted by Wyatt
the alpha of a new pack called Haven. Haven is a different sort of
pack that doesn't exclude those wolves who have human heritage or
special abilities. T along with his best friend Curran and another
defender Daire (they're the most lethal and deadly warriors) must
protect three women who are on the run from a rival pack. So with
three warriors and three women I'll leave it to you to guess what
shenanigans they get up to, but safe to say they all pair off and
face appropriately difficult challenges along the way. Good thing
they all seem to have nifty superpowers that come into play as
needed to overcome plot obstacles.
The good: It's short.
The bad: Seriously, what the heck is this crap??? How did this get
by an editor???? While reading I just couldn't make sense of the
situations and the reactions of the characters and in some places
even the dialogue didn't make much sense. The ending of Garrett's
book stops dead, pretty much in the middle of a love scene which is
interrupted by somber talk of the heroine's missing son and then
it's just over. Hun?
Initially I thought that maybe this was an anthology of her work
and these were excerpts from a larger book because there seemed to
be huge chunks of missing plot. Then I thought ok, maybe I just
missed a few pages, I re-read (shutter) and that wasn't the case
either - it just was that poorly written. This is just bad, bad,
bad. The dialogue is wooden, the plot is inconsistent and the
interaction between characters is so far fetched that it's almost
laughable.
Try: If you're looking for a paranormal romance series featuring
weres and some lighthearted fun try Shelly Laurenston. It's good
fun.