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clgaston31's review against another edition
5.0
***I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review***
Heather Hildenbrand and SM Reine combine forces to come out with the first book in a new series! This was a great choice because I fell in love with this new series! This book is a bit different from others with having Alpha female wolves, which is a great change from the normal shifter books.
It is quite shocking to learn that two sisters will have to fight for the Alpha position and to marry the prince from a Vampire clan.... yes you read that correctly! I was shocked with this twist but also intrigued to see what was going to happen next!
The main characters captivate you immediately. There is Charlie who has grown up with the pack, but then there is Regan (Charlie's sister) who grew up not knowing her family and with just her mom. While reading, I really feel bad for the two girls because they are made to fight one another for Alpha and they just met. They don't really get any bonding time. Then there is also the fact that Regan was just thrown into this new life with a family she doesn't want to know.
This is a quick and easy read. While it is a great intro to the series, I am left waiting for part 2 to come out. I just can't wait to find out what happens next! There are so many questions I have.
If you haven't bought this book yet, then I highly recommend that you do so now! You will be captivated quickly and wanting more!
For more, check out my blog bookcrazylady.blogspot.com
Heather Hildenbrand and SM Reine combine forces to come out with the first book in a new series! This was a great choice because I fell in love with this new series! This book is a bit different from others with having Alpha female wolves, which is a great change from the normal shifter books.
It is quite shocking to learn that two sisters will have to fight for the Alpha position and to marry the prince from a Vampire clan.... yes you read that correctly! I was shocked with this twist but also intrigued to see what was going to happen next!
The main characters captivate you immediately. There is Charlie who has grown up with the pack, but then there is Regan (Charlie's sister) who grew up not knowing her family and with just her mom. While reading, I really feel bad for the two girls because they are made to fight one another for Alpha and they just met. They don't really get any bonding time. Then there is also the fact that Regan was just thrown into this new life with a family she doesn't want to know.
This is a quick and easy read. While it is a great intro to the series, I am left waiting for part 2 to come out. I just can't wait to find out what happens next! There are so many questions I have.
If you haven't bought this book yet, then I highly recommend that you do so now! You will be captivated quickly and wanting more!
For more, check out my blog bookcrazylady.blogspot.com
linaru's review against another edition
5.0
Copy gifted by the author in exchange for an honest review.
I have to say that this book is totally different than what I have read by Ms Hildenbrand, but nonetheless it made me want to read next part NOW. I can't wait for the next book.
The story is really interesting from the POV of two sisters who after many years met. One knew about the other and the second didn't know she has siblings. One raised by both parents, prepared to be the Alpha of the pack. Raised to fulfill her role. Other Raised by eccentric mother, oblivious about the real shifter world.
When I started I was sure that one of the sister will be basically a mean one and I will love just only one of them, but actually I love them both. Why? Because even though they are both different they are actually the same? Even though they fight for the position of the alpha, both of them have different reason to do so.
This short story has drama, rivalry and a bit of romantic suspense, which I really enjoyed.
4,5 heavenly stars! <3
I have to say that this book is totally different than what I have read by Ms Hildenbrand, but nonetheless it made me want to read next part NOW. I can't wait for the next book.
The story is really interesting from the POV of two sisters who after many years met. One knew about the other and the second didn't know she has siblings. One raised by both parents, prepared to be the Alpha of the pack. Raised to fulfill her role. Other Raised by eccentric mother, oblivious about the real shifter world.
When I started I was sure that one of the sister will be basically a mean one and I will love just only one of them, but actually I love them both. Why? Because even though they are both different they are actually the same? Even though they fight for the position of the alpha, both of them have different reason to do so.
This short story has drama, rivalry and a bit of romantic suspense, which I really enjoyed.
4,5 heavenly stars! <3
aprilk's review against another edition
5.0
I was immediately drawn into the story and although it is a fast read it definitely is not lacking. The characters were very well developed in the small expanse of time in which this serial takes place and I really enjoyed the alternating points of view from both sisters, Charlie and Regan. Since they have never met I liked getting to kind of feel out their personalities as they do the same with each other. I always enjoy werewolf and vampire stories but with so many out there it's always a nice surprise when one has a unique aspect that you haven't came across before. Such is the case with Bitterroot. Never have I read a book where the female werewolves lead and are the alpha. I definitely liked that! That also helped build the tension between the sisters who are somehow supposed to build a bond while having to compete for alpha. Wow! Of course I'm a sucker for romance especially the forbidden kind and am absolutely antsy to see what happens next between Charlie and Owen. With the sparks between them practically flying off the pages what will happen if Charlie doesn't win?!! What if she does?!! Oh my goodness I need the next book already! Luckily I was assured that part 2 will be out very soon, closely followed by part 3 and I will get to find out. I highly recommend Bitteroot to fans of young adult paranormal romance and all my werewolf/vampire lovers out there. ;-)
iamjamface's review
3.0
I feel like this book was just setting up the storyline for more books. Nothing really happens. Charlie gets taken to her family, told about the contest and marriage and mets vamp in woods. That’s basically it.
jeanz's review against another edition
5.0
Loved it, Fantastic start to potentially brilliant Series. This one has reminded me how much I love reading about shifters!
Finished quite some time ago doing review soon in time for blog post on 22nd September!
Highly Recommend!
INITIAL THOUGHTS
Well I love a great shifter book, and I've loved the books I've read by Heather Hildenbrand and as I've heard good things about S.M. Reine I thought giving this one a go was an easy choice!
MY REVIEW
I am lucky enough to be part of Heather's Street Team "Heather's Hotshots" so was given an e-arc of this one in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to both Heather Hildenbrand & S.M. Reine & Elephantine Publishers too. I did begin reading this one before even seeing the cover but for the purpose of this review and keeping it in the same format as other reviews, I will talk about the cover now. The cover is a rich evening blue colour, and features a moonlit background. In front of the moon are two females, both wearing white dresses, whose joined hands are holding a beautiful bouquet of deep red roses. The female on the left (as you look at the book) is blonde, and her dress has straps on it. The female on the right is dark haired and her white dress is strapless. The title of the book is in a cursive font, that catches by eye.
After reading the book I'd say that the two females on the front cover are very good likenesses of the females described in the book, in fact the cover image could be an actual scene from the book, and fits really well within the plot of the book.
So would this cover make me pick it up from a book store shelf? Hmm that's difficult as the cover doesn't scream "this is a shifter book" but being a "nosey reader" I'd want to know who the two females were, and whether their characters are as "chalk & cheese" as their looks appear to be. So I think I can say yes, the cover would interest me enough to pick it up and read the blurb.
The book begins as seventeen year old Charlie, one of the main female characters of this book, and featured on the cover leaving a school dance. A dance she hadn't really wanted to go to but had been coerced into attending when Joey Lusk asks her to it. Joey is a nice guy and really is the only person who still smiles and still proffers friendship to Charlie, everyone else has accepted she's a loner and given up. The main reason Charlie keeps herself to herself is because she has a secret to keep. Charlie is a shifter, and has moved around a lot with her mother. Charlie loves the earthy smells of Kallyso, Oregon, the latest place they are living. Charlie has noticed her mum is suddenly acting strangely, getting her to practice her shifting more often than usual. Charlie has practiced changing back and forth so much she can now change and leave her clothes intact, so she decides to take the more scenic and shifter friendly route back home to her mum. Charlie's mum has always told Charlie to steer clear of other shifters, in fact her mum told her to run and get away as fast as possible, so when charlie smells shifter's and hears voices she is in somewhat of a quandary as whether to run or not. As Charlies mum is inside she decides to investigate before taking action and hides in a rhodedendron bush, trying to listen to what is being said and to check if her mum was okay. Charlie sneaks closer and closer, and her mum shouts her name, as Charlie enters the room, her mother tearfully apologizes and then Charlie is hit and knocked out!
We then learn about the other teenager on the cover, Regan, she is also a shifter but lives with her pack.
When Charlie wakes up she discovers she has been taken by her father. Charlie has a half sister to meet and the rest of the pack. Naturally Charlie initially feels out of place and still needs her time alone to get used to the idea of suddenly having a family and pack to belong to. It's during one of her solitary runs that she meets a rather gorgeous, mysterious guy. After being nervous and perhaps a little fearful of him, Charlie ends up talking to him and really ending up quite smitten by him.
After giving Charlie a small amount of time to settle in and become acquainted with her sister and some members of the pack Charlie does begin to think she could settle here. In fact it will be rather nice to have a family and a permanent place to stay in and call home. Then her father William, informs her she is now expected to take her rightful place in his pack. This sounds like it may be fairly easy and Charlie thinks it will be great to have a sister, someone to share things with, from clothes to her innermost feelings. However the pack and her father expect Charlie to fight her own half sister Regan for the right to be the next female Alpha. It's hard for Charlie to get her head around, and her sister Regan isn't that impressed about having to fight for something she believes should be hers by right, she has grown up with the pack. It is her mum that was the last Alpha so naturally she should be Alpha. All this sounds fairly simple Charlie isn't bothered about being Alpha, she has had no training in fighting, so Regan will easily win. Then Charlie is informed she will have fighting training to get her ready for the duel. The problem is the one who become's Alpha has been promised in marriage to the head and Alpha Owen Rossi. Neither girl is particularly wanting to be married let alone married to an opposing packs Alpha Owen Rossi, who they have no feelings for. Regan still believes it was someone from Owen'[s pack that killed her mother. William (Regan & Charlie's father) desperately wants to unite his pack with Owen Rossi's pack to achieve a larger park and to attempt to keep peace. Neither girl particularly wants to get married, in fact Charlie has never met Owen Rossi, or so she thinks. Whilst wandering around alone she has met a gorgeous, mysterious guy who she's like to see and get to know better. Charlie doesn't know the gorgeous guys name but learns who he is at the party her father is throwing. This is where the cover fits into the book as I would say it is an image of both girls in their unique wedding dresses holding their bouquet's of red roses.
I could really go on and on about this novella but I have tried to be sparing with details so you can read the novella and allow the plot to unfold and discover it's content as I did by reading her. The easy pace of this book is perfect, making it an enjoyable read. I felt like I flew through the novella, as I certainly say I did not want to put this one down! I think it is ideal for the YA Audience it is being aimed at. At the end of the novella, I was "You cannot seriously be ending it right here!" then frantically searching for when part 2 would be available!
So Did I enjoy the book? Yes! though I certainly don't fall into the teen bracket myself I thoroughly enjoyed it myself! Would I recommend the book? Definitely yes! Would I want to read another novella/book in this series? Yes please I've signed up to read the next e-arc-novella. Would I want to read another title by this Author? I have actually began reading Heather's Clone Chronicles Series and I have purchased the first book in her Dirty Blood to begin reading that series too!
Finished quite some time ago doing review soon in time for blog post on 22nd September!
Highly Recommend!
INITIAL THOUGHTS
Well I love a great shifter book, and I've loved the books I've read by Heather Hildenbrand and as I've heard good things about S.M. Reine I thought giving this one a go was an easy choice!
MY REVIEW
I am lucky enough to be part of Heather's Street Team "Heather's Hotshots" so was given an e-arc of this one in exchange for my honest review. Thank you to both Heather Hildenbrand & S.M. Reine & Elephantine Publishers too. I did begin reading this one before even seeing the cover but for the purpose of this review and keeping it in the same format as other reviews, I will talk about the cover now. The cover is a rich evening blue colour, and features a moonlit background. In front of the moon are two females, both wearing white dresses, whose joined hands are holding a beautiful bouquet of deep red roses. The female on the left (as you look at the book) is blonde, and her dress has straps on it. The female on the right is dark haired and her white dress is strapless. The title of the book is in a cursive font, that catches by eye.
After reading the book I'd say that the two females on the front cover are very good likenesses of the females described in the book, in fact the cover image could be an actual scene from the book, and fits really well within the plot of the book.
So would this cover make me pick it up from a book store shelf? Hmm that's difficult as the cover doesn't scream "this is a shifter book" but being a "nosey reader" I'd want to know who the two females were, and whether their characters are as "chalk & cheese" as their looks appear to be. So I think I can say yes, the cover would interest me enough to pick it up and read the blurb.
The book begins as seventeen year old Charlie, one of the main female characters of this book, and featured on the cover leaving a school dance. A dance she hadn't really wanted to go to but had been coerced into attending when Joey Lusk asks her to it. Joey is a nice guy and really is the only person who still smiles and still proffers friendship to Charlie, everyone else has accepted she's a loner and given up. The main reason Charlie keeps herself to herself is because she has a secret to keep. Charlie is a shifter, and has moved around a lot with her mother. Charlie loves the earthy smells of Kallyso, Oregon, the latest place they are living. Charlie has noticed her mum is suddenly acting strangely, getting her to practice her shifting more often than usual. Charlie has practiced changing back and forth so much she can now change and leave her clothes intact, so she decides to take the more scenic and shifter friendly route back home to her mum. Charlie's mum has always told Charlie to steer clear of other shifters, in fact her mum told her to run and get away as fast as possible, so when charlie smells shifter's and hears voices she is in somewhat of a quandary as whether to run or not. As Charlies mum is inside she decides to investigate before taking action and hides in a rhodedendron bush, trying to listen to what is being said and to check if her mum was okay. Charlie sneaks closer and closer, and her mum shouts her name, as Charlie enters the room, her mother tearfully apologizes and then Charlie is hit and knocked out!
We then learn about the other teenager on the cover, Regan, she is also a shifter but lives with her pack.
When Charlie wakes up she discovers she has been taken by her father. Charlie has a half sister to meet and the rest of the pack. Naturally Charlie initially feels out of place and still needs her time alone to get used to the idea of suddenly having a family and pack to belong to. It's during one of her solitary runs that she meets a rather gorgeous, mysterious guy. After being nervous and perhaps a little fearful of him, Charlie ends up talking to him and really ending up quite smitten by him.
After giving Charlie a small amount of time to settle in and become acquainted with her sister and some members of the pack Charlie does begin to think she could settle here. In fact it will be rather nice to have a family and a permanent place to stay in and call home. Then her father William, informs her she is now expected to take her rightful place in his pack. This sounds like it may be fairly easy and Charlie thinks it will be great to have a sister, someone to share things with, from clothes to her innermost feelings. However the pack and her father expect Charlie to fight her own half sister Regan for the right to be the next female Alpha. It's hard for Charlie to get her head around, and her sister Regan isn't that impressed about having to fight for something she believes should be hers by right, she has grown up with the pack. It is her mum that was the last Alpha so naturally she should be Alpha. All this sounds fairly simple Charlie isn't bothered about being Alpha, she has had no training in fighting, so Regan will easily win. Then Charlie is informed she will have fighting training to get her ready for the duel. The problem is the one who become's Alpha has been promised in marriage to the head and Alpha Owen Rossi. Neither girl is particularly wanting to be married let alone married to an opposing packs Alpha Owen Rossi, who they have no feelings for. Regan still believes it was someone from Owen'[s pack that killed her mother. William (Regan & Charlie's father) desperately wants to unite his pack with Owen Rossi's pack to achieve a larger park and to attempt to keep peace. Neither girl particularly wants to get married, in fact Charlie has never met Owen Rossi, or so she thinks. Whilst wandering around alone she has met a gorgeous, mysterious guy who she's like to see and get to know better. Charlie doesn't know the gorgeous guys name but learns who he is at the party her father is throwing. This is where the cover fits into the book as I would say it is an image of both girls in their unique wedding dresses holding their bouquet's of red roses.
I could really go on and on about this novella but I have tried to be sparing with details so you can read the novella and allow the plot to unfold and discover it's content as I did by reading her. The easy pace of this book is perfect, making it an enjoyable read. I felt like I flew through the novella, as I certainly say I did not want to put this one down! I think it is ideal for the YA Audience it is being aimed at. At the end of the novella, I was "You cannot seriously be ending it right here!" then frantically searching for when part 2 would be available!
So Did I enjoy the book? Yes! though I certainly don't fall into the teen bracket myself I thoroughly enjoyed it myself! Would I recommend the book? Definitely yes! Would I want to read another novella/book in this series? Yes please I've signed up to read the next e-arc-novella. Would I want to read another title by this Author? I have actually began reading Heather's Clone Chronicles Series and I have purchased the first book in her Dirty Blood to begin reading that series too!
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