Full Blooded: Book 1 in the Jessica McClain series (Jessica McCain, #1) (Jessica McClain, #1)

by Amanda Carlson

Born the only female in an all-male werewolf race, Jessica McClain isn't just different - she's feared.

After living under the radar for the last twenty-six years, Jessica is thrust unexpectedly into her first change, a full ten years late. She wakes up and finds she's in the middle of a storm. Now that she's become the only female full-blooded werewolf in town, the supernatural world is already clamouring to take a bite out of her. Now her new Pack must rise up and protect her.

But not everyone is on board. There are certain superstitious werewolves who think Jessica means an end to their race - and they're not about to go down without a fight.

• ISBN10: 0356501264
• ISBN13: 9780356501260
• Publish Date: 6 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Orbit
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Holy cliffhanger, Batman! Full Blooded is one of those books where everything is building, building, building, and then...just ends! You will want to have the second book on hand! Jessica wakes up at two in the morning feeling like she's dying, but once she realizes what's really happening, it's too late to do anything about it. She's shifting into a wolf for the first time, something no one thought was possible. All werewolves are male, and Jessica was the first female born although she didn't get the ability to shift at puberty like her brother and every other werewolf in existence. Her change causes an uproar in the shifter community, and of course, someone out there wants her dead.

My favorite aspect of Full Blooded was that instead of every male shifter out there wanting to wed and bed Jessica, the majority of them want her dead. She's an abomination in their eyes, and she's supposedly the start of some mysterious curse that will bring ruin to them all. Werewolves are a very superstitious lot. Then there are those who just don't want a woman in the pack, they're holding on to ancient ideas that should be done away with. But when it comes down to it, none of these men want her around at all, since she's likely only to bring trouble to pack. Which she does.

Full Blooded is chock full of Urban Fantasy cliches. Sexist supernatural society? Check. Uber special/powerful female who faces adversity from the menfolk? Check. Super annoying, asshole cop who toes the line between what's his job and what's his own vendetta? Check. The unexpected true mate? Check. Sweet, yet nosy Latina neighbor? Check! But I enjoyed it all! Except maybe Juanita, who was too much of a stereotype to really be enjoyable.

Full Blooded is an action packed, fun ride! We've got the cops out for Jessica, traitors in her pack, vampires, rival packs, just everybody wants a piece of her! There's attack after attack, reveals of intentions, and some great surprises! Then it all ends without any resolutions! This is highly unusual, since there's normally at least a conclusion to the book specific plot while the series plot is gaining momentum. But, nope! Luckily I had the following books on me!

Read more of my reviews at Pinkindle Reads & Reviews.

[Melanie]

A great new werewolf urban fantasy. The plot has several twists and turns. The characters are well written. The end is a cliffhanger. I can't wait to see where the story goes next.