Title: The Beast Within
Series: The Beast Within novellas #1
Author: Melissa Crowe
Publication Date: 5th June 2012
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Karina's world is turned upside
down when she meets the sexy and mysterious Xavier. Something powerful and
sensual is unlocked from inside her that she cannot explain and seems to have
little control over.
With Xavier's help, Karina discovers she is a Tuatha De Danann, celtic faeries long thought to have been eradicated. Xavier's insistence on making her believe troubles Karina, what dangerous secret is he keeping from her? Can her ex partner Ian save her before it's too late?
This novella contains violence, and sexual situations which may not be recommended for readers under fifteen.
With Xavier's help, Karina discovers she is a Tuatha De Danann, celtic faeries long thought to have been eradicated. Xavier's insistence on making her believe troubles Karina, what dangerous secret is he keeping from her? Can her ex partner Ian save her before it's too late?
This novella contains violence, and sexual situations which may not be recommended for readers under fifteen.
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Title: Haunted
Series: The Beast Within novellas #2
Author: Melissa Crowe
Publication Date: 25th December 2012
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Karina has now discovered her
abilities, but this only puts her in further danger. With a 600 year old
lycanthrope thirsting for her blood, Ian must summon the help of his brother
Ronan, the keeper of the Spear of Victory, a treasure sacred to the Tuatha De
Danann. Can the two Guardians protect Karina, or will her secret ultimately
bring destruction upon them all?
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Title: Journey
Series: The Beast Within novellas #3
Author: Melissa Crowe
Publication Date: 20th September 2013
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Synopsis:
Ian has been
summoned by the Goddess Danu to the Otherworld, and Karina will not let him go
without a fight.
With a Tutha De Danann that is unable to cross water, getting from Australia to Ireland will make for an interesting journey. Supernatural beings, sworn enemies and the full moon are only half of the risk as they try to cross three continents. Drug smuggling, guerrilla kidnapping and lycans on the prowl will hamper their travels.
Davarus, self-proclaimed King of the lycanthropes is building an army and on the move. Danger faces these forbidden lovers at every turn.
Would you travel to the ends of the earth for the one you love?
With a Tutha De Danann that is unable to cross water, getting from Australia to Ireland will make for an interesting journey. Supernatural beings, sworn enemies and the full moon are only half of the risk as they try to cross three continents. Drug smuggling, guerrilla kidnapping and lycans on the prowl will hamper their travels.
Davarus, self-proclaimed King of the lycanthropes is building an army and on the move. Danger faces these forbidden lovers at every turn.
Would you travel to the ends of the earth for the one you love?
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About
the author: Melissa Crowe
I
am from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. I have been a lover of
Paranormal and strong powerful women all my life and now am lucky enough to put
the two together and share it with the world. In 2009 I started writing and
have not looked back.
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My Review:
This was a hard series of novella's to review and I didn't want to give away spoilers. The plots were really good, even though predictable at times. Because of the nature of novella's the pace was quick and too the point and I think this helped with the overall build. The Beast Within was quite action packed and Xavier was hot, although Ian was portrayed to be quite lack luster. I think this caused problems for me later when Karina is completely in love with Ian and would do anything for him. I couldn't really feel the connection between them at times and their relationship felt a little forced. Saying that, the characters were well written and the dialogue between them was good. I was so happy to discover some of the background surrounding Karina and her new found strength. These novella's would be great as one book and there needs to be a little work done on the staggered nature of some of the chapters. I think the characters are now developing well and Karina is finally finding out who she is inside with Ian's help. Between Lycan's hunting her for her blood and a Goddess trying to protect her by condemning Ian's love for her, it leads to an interesting time for Karina. Karina is a great character and isn't going to go down without a fight. This is one of my favourite characteristics of her. Although her life is changing and she questions who she is, she is one mean ass kicking woman when she needs to be. I will be eagerly awaiting the next instalment and hope the story gets even better.
Even with some grammatical and spelling errors the story has great potential. For this reason The Beast Within gets 3.5 stars, the Haunted gets 4 stars, with the Journey getting a well deserved 5 stars. I give the series as a whole 4 stars. Melissa your writing is getting so much better...hurry up with the next instalment!
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