Last Wolf Standing (Silhouette Nocturne) | Rhyannon Byrd

Last Wolf Standing (Silhouette Nocturne) | Rhyannon Byrd | Solid Series Starter...An Entertaining Read!

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	Last Wolf Standing (Silhouette Nocturne) Rhyannon Byrd Silhouette, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 15 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Last Wolf Standing

This is a great three book series. I read all three and enjoyed them all very much. I liked them so well that after checking them out at the library, I then went and purchased them for multiple readings.

Solid Series Starter...An Entertaining Read!

Mason Dillinger swore out loud the moment he caught her scent. He knew in that instant that his life would never be the same. Finding his life mate in the middle of a blood run was the last thing he expected and the timing could not have been worse. Torrance's life is now in danger and his enemies won't hesitate to use her to get to him. An undeniable force compels him to protect Torrance and claim her as his own, but Mason has seen firsthand how love can destroy a person and he wants no part of it. Torrance would forever have his loyalty, but he will never give her his heart.

Torrance Watson can't understand her immediate attraction to the tall handsome stranger in the café. And now that she knows the monsters of her childhood nightmares are indeed real, her instincts tell her to run. But running isn't a smart thing to do when a rogue werewolf is lurking in the shadows waiting to make her his next meal. Torrance will have to trust Mason to keep her safe though she suspects that he is withholding something from her. As danger closes in on them, she can only hope to escape this nightmare alive...and with her heart intact.

Mason soon realizes that keeping Torrance at arm's length is easier said than done. Loving her would make him vulnerable in ways that he refused to allow, but there are some things that are beyond his control. When Torrance is taken by a crazed killer, Mason is nearly driven mad by rage and grief. Determined to rescue his life mate, he challenges the rogue werewolf to a death match - a brutal battle in which Mason will draw his strength from an unexpected source.

LAST WOLF STANDING starts off the Blood Runners series with a heartwarming story about the power of love and overcoming one's fears. Appealing secondary characters and the knowledge of an enemy within the pack set the stage for subsequent installments. Readers who enjoy paranormal romance in a contemporary setting should definitely check out this series.

~*Courtesy of ParaNormal Romance Reviews*~

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Eh......

Rhyannon Byrd's Last Wolf Standing stars Torrance Wilson and werewolf Mason Dillinger. Torrance is minding her own business, getting lunch at a cafe when she meets Mason. Their eyes meet and it's instant magic. Mason is busy trying to feed his friend and catch a rogue werewolf at the time but when he catches the delicious scent of his mate he's instantly on the prowl. Desperate to get to her but unsure of how to approach her, he does the only thing he can think of to get her to stay and talk with him. Thinking fast, he employs a foolproof plan and trips her. Gallantly he comes to her aid but his intensity unnerves Torrance and pretty soon she's fleeing him. Unfortunately, the rogue werewolf Mason was tracking caught the whole spectacle and follows Torrance to her home and attacks her. Luckily for her, Mason was hot on his mate's heels and was able to thwart the attack. He takes her up to the mountains to protect her and to also hopefully lay claim to the woman nature has decreed as his mate. Due to the hierarchy within the werewolf clan, Mason and his family have dealt with prejudice all his life and because of it he's afraid to love and to trust, believing it will make him vulnerable. Torrance is willing to mate with Mason and accept the strange and frightening new world she's been thrust into, but she won't do it without his love. Mason is going to have to learn to let go of his own pride and let his little mate into his heart if he's going to win her.

The introduction of Mason and Torrance was extremely fun. I've never read about the hero grabbing his heroine's attention by tripping her. His near frantic attempts to make Torrance believe that he was harmless was so funny to read about, especially after he starts freaking her out with his intensity. Unfortunately, once the fun of their first meeting passes, it all goes downhill. The rogue werewolf that attacks Torrance is a barely fleshed out, one dimensional bad guy. He's angry that Mason killed his brother 5 years ago and has just now found a way to get his revenge. After that we don't see the villain again until the end, but he does pop up every now and again through lame phone calls, where he passes along his dire threats.

The worldbuilding of the werewolf clan and their hierarchy was not very informative or imaginative and the whole pace of the book was slow. Rhyannon Byrd really doesn't do anything with the story except have the the hero and heroine go back and forth on why they can't love each other. The villain pops up every now and again with his telephone tough guy act, while the heroine bemoans the fact that the love of her life won't love her back and the hero stresses that his mate can't get past the fact that he's a werewolf.

The sex was also boring, I thought. I was surprised that a Rhyannon Byrd novel would have such tepid, lukewarm love scenes. There was only two sex scenes in the book and they were pretty yawn worthy.

All in all, I was disappointed with the Last Wolf Standing and can't recommend it. It didn't have any interesting characters that I would want to revisit, the sex was nothing to write home about and the pace of the book was as riveting as watching paint dry. :(

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A short story dragged out.

Well, the hero senses his heroine on page one. Halfway through the book they finally kiss. The whole story was set in 4 days with a jump to day 8 for the final scene. Book had so much potential but was dragged out by constant wishy washy thoughts from the 2 characters (will I, won't I, will he, won't she, etc.) that consumed half the book. They should have been politicians. The bad guy in the book was more interesting but we never found out what he was so pissed about.

The characters were not well developed, very little background provided for the whole premise considering this was the first in a series and should have been the groundstone for the rest of the books to come.

Hope Byrd's other books get better.

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