Bloodfire by Helen HarperMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I got this (along with the rest of the series in a box set) off of Instafreebie. So far with this service I have found that, it can be a bit hit and miss as to whether or not you end up with books that are actually any good. But every now and than you get one that really pulls you in and blows you away. This was one of those times.
I really enjoyed this book, from start to end. It was a change to be reading a book set in the UK, Cornwall, to be specific, rather than the USA. I love this idea that there is this keep of shapeshifters just outside of a small Cornish village, where the villagers just assume that they are some kind of cult. There were some really great characters in this book. Mack is a human living with a pack of shapeshifters, even though it is against shifter laws. After a death, the Brethren (a.k.a the shapeshifter elite form London) come to visit the pack and therefore Mack has to try to disguise the fact that she is a human from them. I really like her personality. She is feisty, sarcastic and stubborn with good sense of humour that comes across in the dialogue and attempts to come up with excuses to hide the fact that she is human when people start asking to many questions. She is really likable as a character that you can connect with easily and she carries the story well.
Corrigan is the stereotypical tall dark and handsome alpha male (in this case literally). Although it would normally be a negative thing, I like that even by the end of the book, we still hadn't really got to know him any better. I personally think that this helps to mix things up and make it different from other books and less predictable. Normally by the end of the book we would know most of his secrets and it would be obvious that there will be a relationship the main female character, if there isn't one already. As much as it is clear that Corrigan has some kind of feelings for Mack, it's not totally clear what those feelings are or how things will play out. I like that he still has that mystery about him.
The other characters really help bring the rest of the story together. They all have different personalities, and fill out the roles of friends, enemies, mentor/parental figures. I do have to say that the surfer dude mage may have been one of my favourite secondary characters.
This book has a really interesting story line that will interest anyone that loves supernatural stories. I like that there is plenty of room for that characters to develop, and I hope that we get to see some of them again. I'm really looking forward to what comes next in this series. Totally recommend giving this a go.
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