I had two firsts with Hancock's Wilderness. One, I read it as an e-book on Borders e-reader and it's my first Nocturne Bites book from Silhouettes. I have to say though I like the e-reader, didn't love it, that was the best part of this experience. Wilderness was insulting.
I love, love, love paranormal romances a lot. I read all kinds of it and I know what I like and I know when the author is giving me their all. If this is Hancock's all, she needs literary Viagra to keep me satisfied. She brings to us....a interesting alternative world where the paranormal and those like them come to the foreground after a universal illness. Those who became ill were not entirely human. This leads us to the insecure Tess who is on a crusade to help the oppressed. In comes Colin, alpha wolf. She helps save him and in doing so she is now a target of the authorities; they both have to run.
Sounds good, right? It could be accept that the book doesn't give enough detail, reads like an outline for a bigger and better book. This is a book for teenage girls. They wouldn't mind the over the top language, the lack of needed detail and the bits of unbelievable devices.
Yes, it's a paranormal romance. There is a certain amount of suspension of disbelief. However, there has to be enough connection to the human condition to make the choices the protagonists make. I don't ever root for anyone, care for anyone and I ended up putting down the book.
This could be a great story if there was more to it. As is it, it's training wheels left for 8th grade readers.
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