Moonburn

by Alisa Sheckley

Book Overview

Some instincts are too powerful to deny. In the past year, veterinarian Abra Barrow has gone through some major changes: She's left Manhattan for the deceptively quiet small town of Northside, ditched... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345505883
• ISBN13: 9780345505880
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.2" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

WILD, WONDERFUL, FIERCELY INTELLIGENT

Alisa Sheckley's MOONBURN is smart and insightful as well as sexy and fun. While it helps to have read the previous novel, The Better to Hold You (as I did) I don't think it's necessary -- the way it is with some of the longer running paranormal series. I've read an interview in which Ms. Sheckley says that this book is a blend between urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and I agree. I loved the world, and the fact that the characters weren't all stock sexy alpha males or evil cultists. For all the supernatural crises, a lot of this story seemed grounded in real life -- conflicts wih ex-husbands, tensions at work, nervousness over committing to a new marriage after a divorce. I found some of the scenes between Abra and her ex a bit painful to read, because they rang a little too true. The scenes where Abra is a wolf also seem very real, and I like how Ms. Sheckly captured the feeling of being in another body. I should also add that MOONBURN was also very fast-paced, sexy and at times, laugh out loud funny -- especially the episode of Abra's going into heat during a visit to New York City with her friend Lilliana.

fast-paced exciting werewolf thriller

After what happened with her cheating husband in Manhattan last year (see THE BETTER TO HOLD YOU), veterinarian Abra Barrow relocates to Northside so that she can study the lycan infection he brought back from Romania and gave to her. She understands the problem of leaving a smog urban center for the pristine small-town air is that a full moon is a full moon for three days of uncontrolled behavior by a werewolf. However, just as she has become comfortable with herself; Abra becomes emotional even with a full sun shining. She easily turns angry and shockingly drops her scores of inhibitions at any time of day or night; a behavior she only previously did when the moon is full. The local male population is all enthralled with her except her boyfriend shape-shifting expert Red Mallin, who knows what is happening to her, but is too busy to help her as he is totally focused on weird beasts apparently crossing the dimensional divide. Having been bitten last year by someone she trusted and now unable to rely on even herself; Abra feels fearful and doubtful amplified by her out of control emotions. Making matters stranger for her is a creature from the other side showing her an entirely different realm. The second Barrow werewolf thriller is a fast-paced exciting tale in which Alisa Sheckley makes her magical world seems genuine starting with the lycan infection. The story line fast-paced starring a terrific heroine who feels her grip is slipping. Readers will enjoy her escapades as Abra struggles to regain her equilibrium while Red is preoccupied. MOON BURN is an enjoyable small-town fantasy. Harriet Klausner