Full Blooded is the first installment in what I predict to be the next big werewolf phenomenon. If you like being at the forefront of "the next big thing" then I'd advise you to read this one. Stat. One last thing before I wrap-up my review... OMG! OMG! OMG! SQUUUUUEEEEEE! (hey, I'm allowed one fan girl moment!).

Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson is the first book in the Jessica McClain series. The blurb initial drew me in, so I grabbed it. I really liked the idea of the only female born in an all-male werewolf race. How would that play out? What does this mean for the rest of the werewolves? And then another book grabbed my attention, and then another, and another…

This was just another one of those books that kept languishing in my TBR pile. Kind of wish I had read it sooner because this was good. It hit the ground running from the very beginning and pretty much kept that fast pace going until the end. It’s got a interesting premise with the only female and the impact it had on the rest of the werewolves. There’s lots of great secondary characters, although I was not a big fan of how Jessica's neighbor was presented. Plenty of action to keep the ball rolling fast. I did get a bit old hearing how special Jessica was in the supernatural world. What helped balance it out a bit was Rourke. I liked the mystery about him.

Like I said, Full Blooded was good. Not great, but good. However, I can see potential on this series getting better. I’ll be sticking around if only to find out what kind of paranormal creature Rourke is.


Stars: 3
I received this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated for the book other than the entertainment it provided. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This wasn't good and it wasn't bad, the storyline was pretty cliche and I've read quite a few like it that just felt better written. The characters didn't have me feeling much towards them but I did enjoy the story overall so it was worth reading but I'm not likely to re-read it

Full Blooded by Amanda Carlson is the first book in the Jessica McClain series. It is about Jessica, the only female werewolf in existence. Sound familiar? That is because it is. There are so many Urban Fantasies about super special girl wolfs and this was no different. It did nothing new which is a real shame.

I did enjoy this book, especially the second half but it took so long to get going. Three big things happen in this book. 1. Jessica finds out she is a vampire. 2. Jessica finds her mate. 3. A conspiracy is revealed. The over riding issue is that the last two of those things happen at around the 56% mark. It was just too slow for me to care about it.

The romance is an issue because of that delay. It is hard to convince the reader that two people are supposed to be together in less than half of a book. There was no building of the relationship, no tension no nothing. Half way through Jessica has sex with her fathers second, a man who watched her grow up as a child. It came out of nowhere and then was dropped like nothing happened. I am not complaining because it was hot but I was kind off interested in finding out where that might go but then her mate came along.

As a character Jessica bland. She had no real personality or charm. Carlson wanted to make her tough but it comes at the expense of any kind of character. I thought the secondary characters like her father and brother were actually a lot better developed.

All that being said this book did hold my interest and the second half was exciting enough to make me sure to pick up the next book in the series.

This book had so much going for it, but it just didn't hit the mark for me.
Its scenes felt forced, like it was trying too hard to be like every other werewolf novel released at the same time.
I can appreciate the strength of a woman in a domain filled with men, and what the author was trying to do.