Review & Spotlight: Wolf's Blade by Clare Dargin
The
Paladins 1
Clare
Dargin
Contemporary, Paranormal, Shifters, Wolves
Heat Level 4,Words 32,000
Content Notes Intense, Extreme Violence,
Non-Sexual Physical Assault
Publication Date 12/28/2015, Liquid
Silver Books
Samantha Dixon rescues a wounded wolf shifter in the
woods near her home … and unwittingly gets drawn into a dangerous game of cat
and mouse with a murderer.
Callum Blake is on the trail of an evil
man who would be king of all wolf kind, no matter the cost … it’s up to Callum
to stop him.
How can Callum fulfill his duty to
protect his pack and save the woman who is destined to be his mate?
Callum Blake growled and grabbed his forearm. He opened his clenched fist as the nails on his hand morphed into long dark claws. He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes as he fought the urge to shift. He pounded the tree and glanced up at the night sky and prayed in agony to the wolf goddess. He pleaded for help. He’d take anything she had to offer if it would provide even the smallest amount of relief.Nothing. The pain continued. He shook his head and grimaced in an attempt to remove the fog that was starting to shroud his mind. He silently cried out to her again.Why are you silent? You’re the reason I took this mission and now you’re allowing me to suffer?His frustration mingled with his physical pain, adding to his misery. The beast fought its way to the surface. He opened his mouth and howled. A mixture of a roar and a yell, it relieved some of the tension within him, but it did not drive away the urge to shift. Leaning against the tree, he dug his claws into the bark, burrowing deep grooves as he exerted his strength against the muscle contraction. His pulse pounded in his ears as sweat poured down on his face. Unlike his wolf self who resided peacefully inside of him, his lycan did not have the same kind of placating nature. It yielded only to the strongest of commands exerted to it from his mind. It was supposed to live in harmony just as his inner wolf, but it refused.For wolf shifters, their human and wolf self were like two individuals abiding in one nature. One innately human, sharing some of the same abilities and desires as regular people only with keener senses and more powerful instincts. The other, their wolf side was wild and untamed. It acted on a gut response, using its innate sixth sense to interact with the world around it. The wolf freely gave into its passions, choosing strength and cunning over calculated reasoning.The lycan, however, was a being whose nature lived far beyond that of the wolf. Not present in all wolf shifters, it was like a curse of their wolf self-causing them to revert to a primitive version of their wolf self. Acting on impulse and rage, the lycan did not use reason or soft emotions like joy, love, and happiness, it understood violence.
Clare Dargin is a multi-published romance author. She has written for several publishers in different genres, including erotic romance, military romance, contemporary, paranormal, and sci-fi. She lives in the mid-west, and when not surfing the web, she is hard at work writing her next romance novel. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and Amazon.
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Those who follow me know that I really enjoy shifter paranormal. There is just something about them turning into a animal that does it for me. We all have our thing. Because I enjoy them so much I was real happy to try Clare Dargin's Wolf's Blade.
I've never read her before so I was really excited to try someone new.
The Story starts off a little slow. I had a slight trouble getting into it. For me the writing is different. I don't know how else to explain it. I felt a little lost yet I understood what I was reading. I was worried that this didn't bond well for me. After a while I did find myself liking the story more. The characters are really good. And I love the idea of Dargin's world. The difference between her regular wolf shifters and the ones that have the lycans in them is very interesting.
All that interesting makes for a better story. In fact, it's what pulled the story out of the just okay pile and put it in the enjoyable pile.
The writer has you really feeling for Callun and all he's going though. He fights to hard to control the best that wants to come out. You will also feel for Samantha. Her loneliness jumps off the pages.
By the time I was done with the book I was really glad that I gave it a try. It's a good start to this series.
If you've read Wolf's Blade or any other book by Clare Dargin I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for visiting with me and happy reading!
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