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“Gracie C. McKeever (c) October 2009
Fang Kattalakis is a wolf with his roots sowed deep in the Omegrion, the ruling body that enforces the laws of the Were-Hunters. War is simmering between the lycanthropes--the Katagaria wolfweres and the Arcardian werewolves--and the Peltier family of bears and Sentinels who provide sanctuary to all are right in the middle of the fray having amassed enemies on all sides over the centuries of Sanctuary's existence.
One evening when Fang and his brothers go to Sanctuary for a night on the town, Fang is dragged into the war by the throat when the Peltier bears' only daughter is threatened by a jackal on the hunt and one who has broken the first rule of Sanctuary to threaten one of the Peltier's own.
Since it is not in Fang or his brothers to sit by and watch a female being threatened without doing something, Fang steps in and saves the life of Aimee Peltier. He makes life-long friends of the Peltiers and more enemies than he cares to count in the bargain. But saving Aimee and gaining her attention is worth it all, until he realizes the cost could be his family and his life and that being with Aimee is an impossibility no matter how much he cares for her.
But Aimee has something to say about their pairing and her body as well as her heart is drawn to Fang no matter how wrong she realizes her feelings are, or how dangerous. Aimee is harboring some serious secrets from her family that would complicate a relationship with Fang even further--if her strict and traditional Maman does not kill her first.
Romeo and Juliet with bears and wolves, BMR is a story above all else about family ties, and the duty to pack no matter the differences of any one member.
This story had it all and more...sometimes too much. As has become the case with many of Kenyon's recent DH books, I've found it difficult to keep up with all the politics, different pantheons, demons and gods, and blood feuds and powers. The fun part has always been trying to KEEP up. But lately it's been a little more work than it's worth. Maybe had I re-read Vane's book or any of the other earlier DH books I wouldn't have been so confused by the many characters and their relationships to each other. As it stands, the more I get into this series and the more myths and characters are introduced to me, the more difficult I find it to follow the many convoluted threads.
Out of the DH stories, the were-hunter books are some of my favorite. This one however, didn't measure up to Wren or Vane's stories to me, though they were brought in frequently for continuity. It really just served to make me hungry for their books.
Still, Fang was a hot, sexy yet vulnerable were you want to just take home and keep. He and Aimee were a great couple with excellent chemistry. I liked seeing them together. The story, for all it's faults was fast-paced and a page-turner and I enjoyed the book overall. ”
