Alyn’s Review – Bloodright (Blood Moon Rising #2) by Karin Tabke

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Description:
The coming of the Blood Moon will lead two Lycan packs into war, spur two rival brothers into conflict, and spark an act of vengeance so evil that its effects will be felt for generations.

One woman stands at the center of it all…
After years of waiting, the Blood Law is at last avenged. Lycan Alpha Lucien Mondragon takes revenge on his brother, Rafael. Lucien is poised to slay Rafael’s life mate, the Lycan/Slayer half-breed Falon- but cannot complete the kill. For Falon’s mystical powers and fiery nature awaken a heart Lucien thought long dead. Instead of ending her life, Lucien defiantly marks Falon as his own, tormenting his brother to insanity and spurning Rafael’s blood thirst for his own revenge.
Though terrified by the savage Lucien, Falon finds herself inexplicably drawn to his primal rage and strength by a desire she cannot resist. Torn between the true love she has for Rafael and the burning hunger she holds for Lucien, Falon knows that the will of her heart will lead her to her destined life mate. But it may also doom the Alpha brothers-and the Lycan race-to extinction…

Alyn’s Thoughts:
I was not quite sure what to expect when I started this book but the premise of twin wolf shifters fighting over a mate had me intrigued. Lucian Mondragon is a pack alpha that has lost almost everything. His parents were killed in front of him as a child, his chosen mate was later killed right before his eyes by his twin brother. Rafael is the Vulkasin pack leader fighting to keep the chosen mate he so dearly loves. Falon, a half breed lycan and Rafael’s chosen mate, is now in the middle of a pack war over the blood law they must follow. Rafael swears that the reason he killed Lucian’s so called mate was because she was a slayer and not really in love with his brother. Pack law states that slayers must be killed and Rafael swears he was simply abiding the law. Without concrete proof, Lucian swears that Rafael was mistaken and claims bloodrights to kill Rafael’s mate as payment for taking his. When the council agrees that Lucian’s demand is just, Falon must decide, does she go with Lucian and become his mated Alpha to pack Mondragon, or does she end her life to finish the war. When the decision is taken from her, Falon must decide if she can deal with the heart break of losing her Rafa, and find a way to get under the icy exterior of her forced mate Lucian. Or will she break her vow and possibly destroy both packs.

This book took me a while to get through. While the story was intriguing, I found myself struggling to get into it at first. It took a while but once I got into the true conflict, I could not put it down. The anger Falon feels toward Lucian is fueled by passion. When the two of them are together, tension is putting it mildly. The scenes are explosive and passionate to say the least, and her determination not to hurt either of the brothers is heartbreaking. She simply can’t win until they truly understand her predicament.

I did enjoy the fact that as a shifter book, the author shows how the Alpha’s are one with their packs and how strong pack law can be. With that said, I must add a small spoiler (and I am very against spoilers). This being a shifter book, it does involve a couple of sexual scenes involving wolves and humans. While the characters are remorseful for their actions, there is a scene when a wolf penetrates a human female and one where a human male is penetrating his female in her wolf form. In this instance it did add to the characters and it further emphasized the Alpha’s need to dominate his female in any way possible. This leads to a bond with certain characters and brings up a prophecy that has been foretold about the Alphas and their mate/mates. I kept waiting to see if the prophecy in the book would be fulfilled and found myself frustrated when I was left with a cliffhanger awaiting the next book just as things were really getting interesting.

I have to say, I am curious about the next book in the series and have added it to my TBR list because I want to know what happens next. Secrets have been revealed about Falon’s past and I am curious to see if there are further explanations. The Alpha’s have a difficult conflict with an easy fix but have not taken that leap of faith yet. Once I became involved with the book, I was pulled in and I find that my heart has softened for the Alphas. I want to see them find their happiness and am curious to see where the author takes the series.

If you are a fan of shifter books, and don’t mind the wolf/human interactions, this book is worth the read.

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