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After reading the first chapter of Wolf Tales I it's easy to understand the mixed reactions. This is one weird book!

After Alexandria walks in on her fiance buck naked with another woman -- in their bed no less -- she decides to hop in her car and escape for awhile. As luck would have it, she ends up getting run off the road while caught in a blizzard. She begins to walk in the hopes of finding some shelter but gets all turned around and lost in the blinding snow. She succumbs to the cold and collapses in a heap giving up all hope of rescue. When she awakens she feels an intense heat emanating from the male form laying naked beside her now naked body. What? Where'd he come from? Overcome by lust and gratitude, she allows him to do as he wishes with her body. Never seeing his face. Yes, Never Seeing His Face. She then passes out from exhaustion. Life is so tough some days.

Thus begins Stefan (the naked, faceless man) and Xandria's love affair. From the moment they touch they're connected and Xandria finds herself overwhelmingly attracted to him despite the fact that he's, eh, covered in gray downy fur, has a "muzzle" and a beastly protrusion where a man-part is supposed to be located (I'm thinking this is where the other reviewers went "ick!!"). It's weird, oh yes it is, but so vividly written that you just can't turn away even though your brain is screaming "this is so not right, stop reading, STOP READING NOW!".

I'm sad to say this book went downhill at the midway point. A little more plot would've gone a long way here. One sex scene after another gets excruciatingly dull when there's no plot to get in the way. I ended up bored and skimmed my way to the end so I could it pass it along.

I'm a big fan of erotica, but this book fell flat from the get go for me. Just having sex with the faceless man seemed, well, weird. I prefer even erotica to have a nice full and flowing story line. The storyline is this one was, well, sex. HOT sex, yes, but that isn't a story. The other "plot" of the book was choppy and didn't flow at all. I actually found myself not wanting to finish it due to lack of care for the characters in it. I simply didn't CARE what happened to them. I knew without a doubt they'd all end up in bed together and that would be it, so why bother? I'll probably try #2 just to see if it's better. This particular book just wasn't for my taste. Lots of graphic sexual encounters with m/f, m/m, m/m/f, f/f. Plus even sex as animals, as the characters ARE shapeshifters. If that isn't to your liking, I do not encourage you to read this at all.

Plot Summary: 4 people discover they are not human, but Chanku, a race of people who can shift into wolves. They come together as a pack and as lovers in a polyamorous relationship. This book is erotica for the VERY open-minded. It has m/m, f/f, mmf, sex in shifted form, dubious consent.

Main Characters: Stefan and Xandi (hated her name)and Anton and Keisha. All of the characters were intelligent, open-minded, and very loving towards each other. Their love for each other pervaded everything they did, so, to me, the sex did not seem gratuitous, but an extension of how they felt about each other (albeit very quickly!) I really liked them, liked the way they communicated with each other, as wolves and as people.

Best About This Book: It was erotic AND romantic. The polyamorous/ werewolf combination seems unique to me and I liked that.
Worst About this Book: Well, to those who like traditional erotica or romance, it would not be okay, might even be offensive. I didn't feel that way however, and honestly, the only complaint I had was my dislike of Xandi's name.

Summary: For those who are really open minded with their erotica, this book is really something different and fun! I would read it again, but I am planning on reading the next in the series instead.

Very erotic read . Combines M/M, M/F/M, F/F and M/F. Good story in addition to the hot scenes.

The ONLY good thing about this book was that it taught me something about myself. I apparently DO need a good story line to enjoy a book and not just sex, sex, sex. Whew! Glad I figured that out. This book was plain awful! The characters were pathetic, the story line was weak and just a means to put sex scenes on paper. I'm so ticked that I ordered the first 4 in the series already or I wouldn't even bother with the others.

This is one strange book. I thought after reading as many paranormal romance books as I have I couldn't be surprised, but this book managed to surprise me. The story centers around the Chanku. They are a race who appear human, but they can, at will, shift into wolves. This is a very sexually explicit book, but everything is loving and consensual. The book has lots of sex and in many variations - f/f; m/m/f; m/m; m/f/m/f. So definitely keep this away from teens and children. I think some people are going to have problems with the Chanku mating when they're wolves. I wasn't put off by the fact the Chanku sometimes mate as wolves. If people shift between human and wolf forms, it's natural and even expected that they might have relations in their alternate form. I actually find it surprising that in other shifter books the people have relationships with each other only when they are in their human forms.

The plot could have been better. I didn't feel there was enough suspense or a clear sense of danger.

This is not the best book for someone getting started in the paranormal genre. It might be too much for a novice. I liked it enough to read more from the same author.