Wolf Fever by Terry Spear

Title: Wolf Fever (part of a series)
Author: Terry Spear
Sub genre: Paranormal
Passion level: 3
*Passion is ranked on a scale from 1 to 5. 1= prudish; 5= might as well rent an adult movie.
Overall Rating: 3
*Overall rating is ranked on a scale from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) is based on character development, plot development, quality of writing, and our desire to finish the book.
Publication Month: December 2010
Publisher: Sourcebooks www.sourcebooks.com


I have to admit I don't get the point of paranormal romance. The Team Edward vs. Team Jacob debate has me totally confused. I don't find anything fascinating about choosing between a corpse and a canine for my lifelong mate. So reading Wolf Fever I was a bit apprehensive. Thankfully there are other Torrid Booklovers who feel differently and read this sub genre with reckless abandon. With their encouragement I gave the book a try.

I became interested in the story once I realized the herione is not a pathetic woman with such bad luck in the romance department with human guys; she has no choice but to date real dogs. In fact, Carol Woods was living her life minding her own business when in the first book of this series some crazy circumstances caused her to be turned into a werewolf. What happened exactly I won't tell you, because it will spoil the story.

We meet up with Carol in this story as a new werewolf and seasoned psychic, and she is not happy about her current circumstances. Her new "Pack Leader" (because she is s wild dog after all) wants her to get paired to with a mate (from her own pack)as soon as possible. But she has the hots for Ryan McKinley, a werewolf and Pack Leader from another town. Ryan is totally hot for Carol, but doesn't believe she is psychic. Somehow these circumstances cause a bit of friction in their should be budding relationship.

The story reads quickly, is entertaining, and according to those who are experts in werewolves, the story follows the traditional rules of the werewolf. (I have no idea what that means)


If you are a fan of paranormal romance, or werewolves in general you will love this book. Well worth the $4.99 investment.

Why "Torrid"?

Why Torrid?

To be honest, it's catchy! I am ripping the idea off of a popular plus-sized clothing store named Torrid. www.torrid.com. When I first saw the store in my local mall I got really excited. Judging from the window displays I assumed I was going to visit a plus-sized Fredericks of Hollywood http://www.fredericks.com. I was pleasantly disappointed to see that Torrid was not a lingerie boutique, but a plus-sized ladies clothing store with something for everyone and its own fashion point of view.

The romance genre is exactly the same way. The cover art and titles of the books range from really mild, to silly, to racy. Some cover art and titles are so scandalous you might be more comfortable going behind the black curtain at your local video store and renting a movie instead of purchasing one of the books at an open counter.

But reading the stories behind the covers and you will see that most of the stories are not so racy. The racy pictures are purely for marketing purposes. I'll admit some romantic parts of the stories are... shall we say descriptive... and are definitely adult only reading material. However violence is minimal, drug use is almost non-existent, and overall you are reading about generally normal heterosexual couples looking for love in some interesting situations.

The Romance genre is its own and like the Torrid store should not be confused with Fredricks of Hollywood Romance is it's own genre to to be confused with Erotica or Urban Lit, two genres which are very adult orientated.

Erotica is very adult reading. The sex scenes in these books are so racy you can skip it and just get go behind the the black curtain at the local video store. Surprisingly you will also find some of the most popular Erotic novels in Target or Walmart displayed next to the bibles.

Urban lit is a common African American genre with heavy crime, violence, and drug use. Usually the protagonist are living on the unfavorable side of the law. Urban Lit has romantic aspects but it is not the romance genre. These books are usually displayed in Walmart next to the book titled: How to get a Job After Being Released From Prison.

So what is romance? You will have to read them to find out. Or at least settle for reading this blog.

I want to invite you to read a romance book with the members of the Torrid Booklovers.

Welcome

Members of the Torrid Booklovers Club are shameless, confident, and even a bit proud to admit we read paperback romance novels. We are passionate (no pun intended) about the genre and enjoy reviewing and promoting the literature.

Books lovers will read the advanced copies of popular authors latest works and give you lucky readers completely biased reviews (we have yet to find a romance book we didn't love) of soon to be mass published romance paperbacks.

Enjoy!