Category: Author Shyla Wolff

REVIEW: Shadowed Origins by Shyla Wolff

3/5/2015

Title: Shadowed Origins

Author: Shyla Wolff

Length : 257 Pages

Genres: Paranormal Romance

TBR Reviewer: Victoria

Rating: 3 Stars - A Good Read

Heat: 4/5 - Smoking

This book picks up pretty much on the heels of the first book, and continues with the intertwining-plot/stories that worked so well the first time. Kyley's still terrified (and rightfully so) of Roth finding her again (which he does), but thankfully Taylor's there for her. After the rescue, they work together to try to figure out what exactly Roth is up to. Kiera is still in love with Carlin (yay!), but haunted by the glimpse she got of her doppleganger and wants to find the other woman who looks so much like her. The conclusion is pretty exciting and left room for another book (which I do want to get my hands on).

OMG, the sex (the good sex, not the oh-so-horrid incident) is SMOKIN'. The plot is rich and engaging, but in the end, the solution with Roth was too easy for me (hence the 3-star), along with the Kiera/Kyley just instantly bonding and becoming buddy-buddy within minutes, given how bad Kyley's been wounded in the past by her only other known kinsman. There were a few questions, including why neither remembered the other, that I don't think were even addressed, but perhaps that's coming in the third book.

Definitely this is an author to watch as she grows this series and her paranormals.

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REVIEW: Shadowed Horizons by Shyla Wolff

1/13/2015

Title: Shadowed Horizons

Author: Shyla Wolff

Length : 275 pages

Genres: Paranormal Romance

TBR Reviewer: Victoria

Rating: 4 Stars - Recommended Read

Heat: 3/5 - Blush Worthy

There's a lot to this book, two very separate plots and I will admit for a while I considered rating this book lower than 4 simply because I failed to see how or why we needed the alternating stories (though toward the end they sort of intersected), but in the end, I just sat back and enjoyed the ride.

Plot One - strongly a romance, it's the story of Kiera and the man she's protecting (though until the story starts, Carlin hasn't been aware of the shadows that dogged his footsteps to keep him safe). She's never been so attracted to a man before and consider she's been raised by a group of men, she really doesn't have a lot to go on on how to flirt with him. I found Kiera's waffling over what to wear and how to approach Carlin hilarious. Carlin - buff surfer computer geek = awesome in my book.

Plot Two - This ties into the Kiera/Carlin story because their abilities overlap and the organization they're involved with is the same. However, there is almost no overlap in the story itself aside from a couple of interactions. This is Kyley's story, who's been abused horribly by the monster who calls himself Roth (human looking, nice to look at but truly sick inside). She manages to escape from Roth who's taken her to dinner (she's so abused he can do that without worrying too much about her attempting to escape), thanks to a group at the restaurant with psychic abilities. Her own abilities have been stifled for so long, she has no clue what she's capable of. She ends up slowly falling for one of her rescuers, Taylor, though because of the abuse, that relationship will take ages to develop in future books.

It's hard to summarize this book without giving too much away, so suffice to say the characters are wonderful together, fully developed and the villains worth booing and hoping they die. The women have backbones (even Kyley, given she has the guts to break away from Roth, knowing what will happen if she tries and fails) and the men are more than capable of being their equals.

Completely enjoyable and I look forward to reading more.

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REVIEW: Shadowed Origins by Shyla Wolff

REVIEW: Shadowed Horizons by Shyla Wolff

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