Reviewed by Marieke
Title: Lucius’s Bite
Series: Family of Misfits #1
Author: K-Lee Klein
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: 159 pages
Blurb:
One bite has never been a life changing decision but it is now — to bite or not to bite that is the question.
All Lucius needs is his family. They might be a mismatched and unconventional group but they’re the only “real” family he knows and wants. What Lucius doesn’t need is the strange, beautiful man who arrives as a last minute dinner guest and knocks him and his wolf on his ass, literally.
Just being in the same room with the mysterious Nicu proves disastrous. Lucius knows without a doubt he doesn’t need the havoc Nicu threatens to bring to his predictable, but comfortable existence. But when he stands to lose the man who is tearing his life apart, Lucius realizes he doesn’t know what he needs at all.
Review:
This book was meant to be a comedy, I think. And yes it was funny from time to time, but mostly it was a great story. The combination of shifters, witches and other paranormal creatures was very nice.
The first four main characters were very entertaining and I instantly loved Ali, Manny and Kristof. Lucius however wasn’t my favorite though. In the beginning he was prejudice and grumpy, but I guess that was pretty funny with the way Ali corrected him. (Believe me you’ll laugh your pants off)
After Nicu enters the story, it gets interesting. Lots of things happen to both Lucius and Nicu, but Lucius stays reluctant to mate. There is something more going on than we know yet. Nicu is a Romani, and has some powers of his own, although they are not strong. His knows what will happen to him if Lucius won’t claim him, but he’s not allowed to tell. Things got a bit angsty there, at the end.
I personally got a bit irritated with the way Lucius’s mind worked, but I’m sure that was just me. The story itself was very good. The plot was wonderful and the characters very likable, even Lucius had his good things.
Nicu is a wonderful man and I’m glad he got his happy end, his grandmother was hilarious and Ali…Ali is my favourite. Thank god we get to see that his story will probably be next. I just hope we get all of the boy’s stories, because they seem like great characters.
All in all a good read. If I forget my personal irritation with Lucius I can honestly say this was a very nice story to read, that I liked a lot
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