Mckenzie Grey, a good attempt?
So I read this blub and thought this was right up my alley:
"It's hard enough being an undergraduate student, an intern at Downtown Manhattan's police station, and a bouncer at a local bar. Add her now ex-boyfriend who recently dumped her for the school's resident bimbo—oh, and she's a werewolf. Mackenzie Grey meets her match when she is kidnapped by the Brooklyn Pack and tossed between Sebastian and Jonah—the Alpha and the Beta. Being a lone-wolf in the city is dangerous, and now that the Pack has found her, so can every supernatural being in the Tri-State area. And not even her sarcastic, smart mouth can get her out of this. When a string of kidnappings involves Mackenzie in supernatural politics, she questions her new acquaintances and finds unlikely allies. Can she escape Pack law and keep her freedom—or will she be condemned to an unwanted path?"
I love badass heroines, especially in paranormal romance. There just is something about being a woman in front of crazy supernatural circumstances that a "man" is supposed to save you from and kicking ass. Kenzie is a strong willed college student who finds herself as a shifter seemingly out of the blue. She isn't part of a pack but gets discovered and thrown into pack politics. I am not a fan of love triangles and there is a big one in this.
I found myself annoyed at some of the cheesy dialogues and how quickly the story moved without much build up and background. I felt the writing wasn't polished, in the sense you could tell this was on of Karina Espinosa's first attempts in this world. I just thought it was okay.
I think there is so much potential in this story that I did continue onto reading the other books and do say it picks up, only if you can get through the first book that is. 3 stars in my book. Good background and good potential for upside. Give it a shot.
Goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2375469650
Author Bio: Karina Espinosa is the Urban Fantasy author of the Sins of the Fallen series and the Mackenzie Grey novels. Infatuated with travel, pop culture, and the need to write everything down, she spends much of her days in front of a computer working on her next book, shopping online, and listening to music. With nomadic tendencies, she is currently resting her head in South Florida until the itch to move strikes again. You can usually catch her on Facebook, Instagram and live-tweeting during episodes of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Orphan Black. Follow her on social media!
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