2008-05-23 HOT HOT HOT!

I love, love, love this author, this is the best of the series I've read so far.
This book begins while the competition for the Talisman's Hie is still on, and this time Bowen MacRieve (hubba hubba Sebastian was my fave but the beast Bowen has pipped him to my number 1 slot, call me fickle) the Lykae we first met in A Hunger Like No Other is our leading man, he wants to win the Hie to be reunited with his mate who died more than a century ago. But his single minded goal veers off course whenever he's faced with fellow competitor, Mariketa the Awaited a Witch. This makes Bowen ever angrier as he has a deep mistrust of Witches. Mariketa is just as shocked to find herself rapidly falling in lust with Bowen.
This installment has everything, moments that make you laugh out loud, love scenes so hot I'm suprised the book didnt set on fire(and made me need to take a cold shower, tip : have a boyfriend on hand for after you've read this ha ha). And also parts when you feel the characters pain along with them. The dialogue is as ever excellent and we catch up with characters we've met before, Nix the Valkyrie is my fave (or should I call her nucking futs nix, love that name)and we meet the witches from Mari's coven who are a welcome addition although not featured as much as I thought they'd be.
In conclusion brilliant, excellent, fabulous, wonderful I could go on but I won't I'm just eagerly awaiting the next book and may even kiss my postman when he brings it ha ha. Happy reading.