Book Review: Digging the Wolf (Wolves of Crookshollow, Book 1) by Steffanie Holmes

 Digging the Wolf 

(Wolves of Crookshollow,  Book 1) 

By Steffanie Holmes 

• Publisher : Bacchanalia House (October 21, 2016)

Anna
It’s been five months since my boyfriend was tragically killed in a climbing accident. I didn’t think I was over him … until Luke walked on to the archaeological site.
Tall, dark, sexy, tattooed, funny, dangerous. Everything I want in a man.
But he’s hiding something. He acts strangely in the moonlight. He won’t tell me anything about his life. And I caught him trying to destroy an important find.
My body aches for him, but my heart tells me I’m not ready to make myself vulnerable again, especially not for a guy who isn’t being straight with me.
If only ...

Luke
Anna Sinclair – archaeologist, geek girl, totally and utterly delectable.
I knew from the moment her intoxicating scent wafted across my wolf senses, she's meant to be mine.
And that knowledge is terrifying.
The last thing I expected was to find my fated mate on an archaeological site. Whenever I’m near her, all I want to do is claim her.
But she’s broken. The last thing she needs in her life is a werewolf out for revenge. I’m here to destroy the site, to keep my family’s past buried forever.

If Anna finds out the truth, she’d never speak to me again.
But I can’t deny the bond between us. I’ll do anything to make her mine.

Digging the Wolf is a wolf shifter paranormal romance by USA Today bestselling author Steffanie Holmes. Read on if you love archaeological mysteries, badass wolves, a broken heroine, and a hero so hot he’ll have you howling for more.

Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review 

Digging the Wolf 

📚📚📚📚

This is one of those book that once started you just have to finish. I loved the fact that this shifter story is set in my country — I have never come across one set in Britain before, it is always in America.

Anna is an archeologist who thinks, after losing her boyfriend in a tragic accident, that she will never love again. But who was Anna to predict her own future? 

Luke never expected to find his fated mate on the archaeological site, but these things happen!

I thought this book was really rather good. It is filled with tension, both emotional and sensual. I really enjoyed this novel from beginning to end and I will certainly be looking out for more books by this author.

You can find it over on Amazon

Steffanie Holmes is a USA TODAY bestselling author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and supernatural mysteries. Her books feature clever, witty heroines, dark and gothy settings, cunning witches, and a dash of sadistic humor.

Before becoming a writer, Steffanie worked as an archaeologist and museum curator. From Dark Age Europe to crumbling gothic estates, Steffanie is fascinated with how love can blossom between the most unlikely characters.

Steffanie lives in New Zealand with her husband, a horde of cantankerous cats, and their medieval sword collection. Learn more about Steffanie at her website: www.steffanieholmes.com.

Book Review: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) by George R. R. Martin

 A Game of Thrones 

(A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1) 

By George R. R. Martin 

• Publisher : Bantam (January 1, 2003)

Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King’s Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert’s name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse—unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season.
 
Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen’s brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister—the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind. All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms.
 
Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki—whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.

 Book Rating:

📚📚📚📚📚 = I could not put this book down. I Highly Recommend.

📚📚📚📚 = A really great read.

📚📚📚 = It was enjoyable.

📚📚 = It was okay.

📚 = Um...! 😕

My Review 

Game of Thrones

📚

I know I am going to be in the minority, but for the life of me I cannot see what the appeal of this story is. There is horrific acts of child abuse, rape, incest, revenge, cruel and unnecessary acts of evil. I could go on. The only character I liked was Jon Snow.

At times this novel really made my stomach turn - it is a horrific story from beginning to end and I certainly will not be reading on. Winter is coming - for me it has come and gone. An absolutely terrible story. And I do not see what all the fuss it about. I have seen some reviewers comparing it to J. R. R. Tolkien and I am left wondering if they have ever read one of Tolkien's books. it is nothing like Tolkien and it is a sacrilege to compare the two.

I just wish I had not spent so much time reading it, when I could have been reading something much better, like The Hobbit.