Savage Hunger (Heart of the Jaguar, #1)

by Terry Spear

[Cocktails and Books]

2.5 Stars

Kathleen McKnight was captured by a drug lord while on assignment with the Army in the Amazon. She was positive she was going to be killed when she was rescued by a stranger and his jaguar. A year later and discharged from the Army, Kat makes her way back to the Amazon trying to find Connor Anderson to personally thank him for saving her life. She winds up with much more than she bargained for, both from Connor, his sister and the drug lord still out to get her.

When I started reading Savage Hunger I wanted to really like it. But I found that the only character that I could mildly tolerate was Connor. He was your typical over protective alpha male, but he had a tender side and just wanted what was best for his family. He was the thinker in his family. Too bad his sister didn't have more of that gene.

Maya was a sweet girl, but when it came to her brother and his love life, she was over the top impulsive. She decides, even after Connor tells her to but her nose out of his love life, to get him a mate. She does this in the most underhanded way possible without thinking of what the consequences of such an action could be. I found that this one act tainted my entire view of Maya and made it hard for me to like her...even when what she did eventually worked out for the best.

Kat was an interesting woman, but I couldn't connect with her. For someone who was captured and shot in the Amazon (and who still suffers night terrors from the ordeal) I couldn't understand why she would willing go back to the place that haunted her. Even more bizarre was the fact that she didn't get angry with Maya when she discovered what she did to Kat to ensure Connor had a mate. To me, I would have been livid that I was not giving the choice about becoming a shifter and would have a hard time forgiving Maya or opening up to Connor. But Kat just rolled with the punches as if it was no big deal.

If you're a lover of shifter stories, this one will probably be one that you enjoy. Unfortunately, this wasn't one that caught my interest and my issues with the two female characters made it hard to even care about why the drug lord wanted Kat or if the Conner, Maya and Kat ever made it back to Texas.