A plesant read, I had heard a fair few bad reviews for this book, so was impressed when it read well, the plot was good and the finale too. PIck up Prey the second book in the series. ( )

First things first, the blurb here I think is a little misleading. First of all, the hunter and Catherine at the end are the same person. But although Catherine is a big player in this story, so is Paul, her partner, and Julie, Paul's lover and a direct decendant of the Montfort werewolf. So I really didn't care for this blurb. I think it could have been put differently.

Anyway, the book started off in France, where Julie meets Paul while she is traveling and when she gets back home to NYC, he asks her to be his translater for the book he wrote about the Montfort werewolf. So she accepts and as the story moves on in time, which is supposed to be over a period of two years, their relationship grows and blooms. Now Catherine is with Ian, although she is not supposed to be, but indulges herself with her love for him. All the while refusing to be changed to a vampire.

The killings start happening and Catherine and Paul and the rest of the Institut start monitoring Pierre. The story does have quite a few surprises, but the plot never changes. They are after this wolf and won't stop till he's captured.

Okay, it was kind of slow and at the end, I really think the sexual happenings between Catherine and Ian didn't have to be there (and she even decided to give in to Ian!). Even throughout the whole story, I knew who was sleeping with who without having to read about it. But maybe that's just me. I did enjoy the book, but I thought it was kind of dry. As I was reading, I kind of knew what was going to happen next. I would figure out that Pierre was going to run. And the rest of the characters were pretty much telling us what was going to happen.

It took me a while to get through this book, but I did finish it and I am giving it an honest review. Maybe it just wasn't for me. I like werewolves and all, but this one I just wasn't feeling. But don't take my word for it, I'd suggest reading it for yourselves! :) ( )