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Loved the characters. Also loved the whole background and history aspect. Red rocks the house!!! It was steamy and gory. Liked it a lot!


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Deadlier than the male edition by D Michelle Gent Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for an honest review.

I confess to not being the biggest fan of paranormal stories in general and stories featuring werewolves in particular normally leave me cold. It was therefore with a certain sense of trepidation that I approached this book but almost from the first page I found myself being drawn into the tale.

The book focuses on the story of Hazel/Red, a young woman from the mid 15th Century England, and follows her adventures between the time of the War of the Roses and her life in modern-day England.

Hazel, after being attacked by a werewolf and turned into one of their kind, rises through the ranks to become Sentinel Exemplar, tasked with dealing with rogue werewolves who break the rules of Wolf society. However, for me, it is hard to describe the characters in the book as being the `Good` guys and the `Bad` guys as the lines between right and wrong are so blurred. Red is just as happy to kill innocent victims without any hesitation or conscience as the werewolves she is tasked with hunting down. That is the problem I have with these type of stories. Werewolves kill without thought in a brutally casual and callous manner and that makes it hard for me to truly invest, as a reader, in feeling any empathy with the characters. Miss Gent has done well therefore to have me root for Red despite her bloody life and past as the story flits back and forth through the centuries and around Europe.

Personally, what raises this book above the standard bite and slash werewolf novel is the attention to detail given to the back story of the characters and sticking to the true nature of the werewolf in folk tales. These werewolves are bloody in tooth and claw and are not likely to be seen posing around a High School gym comparing hand-creams and hair care products. These wolves are the creatures of old nightmares, and the book is all the better for it, as Miss Gent delivers a fresh take on an old story. The society of wolves is laid out as a multi-layered tapestry of various classes and orders from the head of all Wolves, the Lycaeon, down to the hated Throwbacks which Red hunts down. Having the leader of Wolfkind called the Lycaeon is itself a nod to the Greek myth of Zeus transforming the king of Arcadia into a wolf for serving up a child as a meal to the god.

The true history buff may point out anachronisms such as the main character sitting down to a bowl of potato soup or drinking chocolate in the 15th Century, but in all honesty small errors such as that do not detract from the story at all. What is more important is how the story feels as a whole, and from the opening scene of a rogue werewolf stalking a lone woman through the dark streets of a town in the English Midlands through to the climatic finale, the story rattles along at a cracking pace with pithy and earthy dialogue. Add to the mixture a rogue werewolf who has started peddling drugs to other wolves and his intention of overthrowing the Lycaeon with the aid of his army of followers and the scene is set for a thrilling and enjoyable read.
Gent offers us a variation on the traditional werewolf genre that I found quite intriguing. There are those born Wolf (yes, she capitalizes the word), and those "made." There is a hierarchy among those born having to do with the amount of power, strength and abilities, and those who are "throwbacks," a danger to Wolfkind and always killed when found. They live and work beside us, a society within society at large, keeping their secrets and laws.

The main protagonist is Hazel, aka Red, a Sentinel whose job is to bring to justice or execute when necessary, Wolves whose activities risk exposing them to the world at large. Gent's Wolves unapologetically enjoy what they are when they hunt. Their prey of choice are Humes (humans to the rest of us).

At first appearance, the book reads like a story within a story because of it's dual timelines. This is one of those books that has you following Red in the current time stream while giving you Hazel's story, which begins some 500 years prior. Her history, written by a Scribe, is uncannily accurate for all that she was not consulted on its contents. As Red pursues answers to questions relevant to her most recent case, she hands a companion a book that tells her history. The book takes us through Hazel's making at a Wolf, to her claiming the name Red.

While not always the case, this is one of those times where going back and forth between present and past are used with great effect. I became more absorbed in the story the further I read. Red's history is necessary to the overall success of the book and was incorporated with skill and a deftness that enhanced the overall reading experience. The two timelines are brought together in a powerful conclusion at the end. The story offers greed, betrayal, power grabs, drugs, and a bit of romance.

This story was very well written. The historical aspects of life several hundred years ago felt well researched and came to life in my mind as I read. The characters were complex and very well developed. Gent even went so far as to explain why her Wolves went for certain parts when eating their prey, a twist I've not come across in any other novel of this genre. Kudos for a new twist. Now that I've been introduced to this author, I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.

I was gifted a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The dialog was somewhat repetitive and therefore somewhat tedious for my taste. As a result the story was putting me to sleep at times. There, however, was one chapter that really grabbed me. While they were upon their travels there was a wolf boy in the circus they had came across. Those interactions were quite brilliant actually.
This was my first introduction to D Michelle Gent and I was very pleased to meet her!!! I purchased it on my as soon as it was recommended to me...... No regrets there! Loved it!!!!
Awonderfully written tale that will make you a slave to the story....I honestly could not put this down. I've completely in love with the characters and need tohave more!!!!
With suspense gripping you right from the beginning, Michelle Gent brings you along the life of "Red." This story keeps you interested, and though a bit gory for my taste at times, this reader found it enthralling none the less. I found myself wanting a lot more, and I am anxiously waiting for the next installment!

If you enjoy the horror/werewolf genre, this book is definitely for you. Ms. Gent definitely puts her heart into her characters, and her books show it.
Loved the characters. Also loved the whole background and history aspect. Red rocks the house!!! It was steamy and gory. Liked it a lot!