Ever since the underground scene in An American Werewolf In London, I've been fascinated and scared of werewolves! Fascination has led me to read a ton of books about werewolves and other shifters so here are some to enjoy!
Please remember that these are individual books that I enjoyed, either stand-alone or the first book in a series. I gave each 3 stars or above. I may have DNFed the series at some point or not finished/caught up with it for many resources. This list is to give an idea of what shifter books are out there to try.
1) Patricia Briggs-Moon Called (Mercy Thompson #1)
Mercy is a mechanic who happens to be a coyote shapeshifter.She lives beside the house of Alpha werewolf Adam and his daughter. Life is normal other than winding Adam up, until she witnesses a brutal attack on a kid she is employing at the garage. Then Adam is badly injured in a wolf attack at his house and his daughter is kidnapped. Mercy has to save Adam and help the pack find the missing girl.
Mercy is a mechanic who happens to be a coyote shapeshifter.She lives beside the house of Alpha werewolf Adam and his daughter. Life is normal other than winding Adam up, until she witnesses a brutal attack on a kid she is employing at the garage. Then Adam is badly injured in a wolf attack at his house and his daughter is kidnapped. Mercy has to save Adam and help the pack find the missing girl.
2) Karen MacInerney-Howling At The Moon
Sophie
has a great job with good prospects of promotion and a hot boyfriend
who seems ready to pop the question. What could possibly go wrong? Well
being a closet werewolf who is being blackmailed over her secret is a
bad start,followed by your witch mother being accused of murder using a
poisoned love potion. Then you have to give a presentation during a full
moon cycle using visits to the loo with a razor to keep your fur at bay
and wolfsbane potion which gives you the appearance of a drooling
drunken slut...
3) Jackson Pearce-Sisters Red
Scarlett was injured defending her sister Rosie in a werewolf attack that killed their grandmother. Now she lives only to hunt and kill these monsters with her friend Silas. Rosie owes her sister and has trained to follow in her footsteps but she wants a life outside of hunting. Girls are being killed more regularly and Scarlett is determined to kill those responsible in the city but Rosie and Silas are distracted by their feelings for each other.
Scarlett was injured defending her sister Rosie in a werewolf attack that killed their grandmother. Now she lives only to hunt and kill these monsters with her friend Silas. Rosie owes her sister and has trained to follow in her footsteps but she wants a life outside of hunting. Girls are being killed more regularly and Scarlett is determined to kill those responsible in the city but Rosie and Silas are distracted by their feelings for each other.
4) TW Piperbrooke-Outage
Abby
wakes in the middle of the night to see that the power and heating are
off and a blizzard storm is raging outside. The neighbours are already
leaving despite it being the middle of the night and Abby thinks they
should leave too...but it is too late and something outside is
waiting...
5) Judith Post-Wolf's Bane
Reece
is attacked by a werewolf and saved by a gargoyle, discovering that she
has hidden witch powers. The gargoyles want her help as rogue
werewolves are blackmailing people for 'protection' money and if you
don't pay, a loved one is turned into a werewolf. With help from
captured rogues, a powerful witch and a local werewolf pack, Reece and
her gargoyle friends must find a way to stop the rogues from taking over
the city.
6) James R Tuck-Blood And Bullets (Deacon Chalk #1)
Deacon
is approached by a vampire who asks him to kill a fellow hunter but
when Deacon goes to warn the man, the man attacks him, believing him to
be a vampire, and they are then surrounded in an ambush by a ton of
vampires. Deacon wants to know who used Larson to lure him into a trap
and then he plans to get some major payback. The search begins with an
ancient vampire who is in hiding but soon Deacon is confronted with a
vampire who can control other vampires and shifters and could well be
unbeatable.
7) Suzy Turner-Raven
After the inexplicable
disappearance of Lilly Taylor's parents, she has no choice but to move
to Canada where she unravels some frightening yet intriguing family
secrets... Her whole life had been based on a lie. Lilly had grown up in
a loveless home with a father who she had barely ever seen and a mother
who was... well, not very motherly. After they mysteriously disappear
without a trace, Lilly is sent to Canada where she finds a whole new way
of life. A life filled with love and people who care for her. But
that's not all she discovers, Lilly also finds out that she isn't who,
or what, she thinks she is. Lilly has a very special ability and it's
just a matter of time before her true self starts to shine. And when it
does, her life will never be the same again.
8) Carrie Vaughn-Kitty And The Midnight Hour
Kitty Norville is a werewolf and a night DJ at a radio station. On a night when she is bored, she starts talking about whether the supernatural Bat Boy exists and suddenly she has an ever increasing audience, some interested in the supernatural and others claiming to be supernatural creatures. However, while her boss is delighted with the viewing figures, her local Pack and the Master Vampire are not happy about the exposure of their world. Someone has hired a bounty hunter to kill Kitty and with the added problems of a rogue werewolf on the loose, and fanatics trying to 'cure' vampires and werewolves, Kitty needs to work out who she can trust.
Kitty Norville is a werewolf and a night DJ at a radio station. On a night when she is bored, she starts talking about whether the supernatural Bat Boy exists and suddenly she has an ever increasing audience, some interested in the supernatural and others claiming to be supernatural creatures. However, while her boss is delighted with the viewing figures, her local Pack and the Master Vampire are not happy about the exposure of their world. Someone has hired a bounty hunter to kill Kitty and with the added problems of a rogue werewolf on the loose, and fanatics trying to 'cure' vampires and werewolves, Kitty needs to work out who she can trust.
9) Charlaine Harris-Dead Until Dark (Southern Vampire #1)
Sookie
Stackhouse is a mind-reading bar waitress in Bon Temps-and her world
changes forever when a vampire called Bill moves into the area, the
first ever to do so. Sookie finds that she cannot read his mind and
becomes captivated by him despite the danger. When she saves his life, a
love affair develops which gets the tongues wagging, especially when
local girls start getting murdered. These girls are fangbangers-vampire
groupies, and each has a connection to Jason, Sookie's brother, making
him a prime suspect. Sookie and Bill delve into the vampire clubs for
answers, trying to find the real killer, who seems to be targeting
Sookie.
10) Kevin Hearne-Hounded (Iron Druid #1)
Atticus,
last of the Druids, runs an occult shop in Arizona and is in hiding
after a Celtic God decides he wants to obtain his magic sword. Morrigan,
goddess of war warns Atticus that he is in mortal danger as his enemies
are closing in on him and plots are happening. With her advice, his
werewolf and vampire lawyers and his faithful wolfhound Oberon, Atticus
has to worry about his enemies finding him and a coven of witches who
want to hire him to do a potion against the same Celtic God.
I love the Mercy Thompson series; and I really liked Hounded, too! :D
ReplyDeleteI really need to get on and read the last book in the Iron Druid series! I just hate finally getting to the last in a series I enjoy-worrying that the ending will be crap or just not wanting it to end at all!
DeleteYeah more werewolf! I love the Kitty books and need to get into the next one!
ReplyDeleteOverall I have to say that the standard was good through the series. Of course there were books I liked more than others but only one I wasn't keen on. Not bad in a series that long!
DeleteI liked Moon Called, Kitty and The Midnight Hour and loved Dead Until Dark.
ReplyDeleteThe Iron Druid series is one on my TBR list... Maybe next year!
Yes I really enjoyed those three! I'm a couple of books behind with Mercy so I need to get caught up! I really hope you love the Iron Druid series!
DeleteMercy and Kitty are awesome choices and of course, I'll always have a soft spot for the Sookie books and all the characters. I don't care what people say, I think Sam is the best choice for Sookie.
ReplyDeleteYes, I always wanted Sookie and Sam to get together, as much as I liked Eric as a character.
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