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Prisoner Werewolf Marines Book 2 edition by Lia Silver Paranormal Romance eBooks

First, let me say that I have NEVER read a book with a half-naked man on the cover until this one, and this was only because the book was recommended to me. When I checked it out, it sounded light on the romance, and so I decided to read it in the hope of finding some good characters with cultural variety. The cultural variety is the reason I'm posting the review on my blog as well as on Amazon and Goodreads.
D.J. Torres is a werewolf in the Marines, and as a result of being shot down, he's taken to a secret government facility where powers-that-be intend to change his life, and not for the better. There's not much I can say about the specifics without spoiling, but overall it was a cool story with some suspense and interesting characters. People with superhuman abilities are always fun, and I often enjoy a good government conspiracy, so it was a nice read for me. There's some clever banter, though not enough to make a claim of comedy. Since I don't know much about real life military (and certainly not SECRET military) operations, I don't know if the details were authentic or not, but the writing was confident and came across as being realistic, aside from the obvious exceptions of werewolves and genetically modified assassins.
The characters were likeable and kept me following the story without ever feeling like I needed to take a break. There were very few typos or awkward sentences, so thumbs up on the writing itself.
Language: R. They use the 'F' word like it's about to be repossessed, but although I don't like reading it, I think it was used in a realistic way to help give the story weight. Still, if you don't like profanity, this isn't the book for you.
Sexual Content: OK, so I'm going to gripe about this one. I'm NEVER a fan of explicit sex scenes. I know how it works, already, I don't need a documentary. In general I just skip them and move on, but still, it annoys me to have to find the end. In this case, skipping the sex was more challenging than usual. I can't go into the reason for this without giving things away, but just take my word for it. I would much prefer to have a 'pan away' scene.
Overall Message/Plot: Aside from some kind of obvious set-ups to get the two main characters together, the plot was pretty solid. The author provided believable reasons for the characters to get themselves into their situations, and while the reasons weren't super original, the characters were life-like enough to make me overlook that. Overall, a good read, and never boring.
EDIT: When I went to post my review on Amazon I saw that the book has a new cover. No more half-naked man.


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Prisoner Werewolf Marines Book 2 edition by Lia Silver Paranormal Romance eBooks Reviews

Prisoner by Lia Silver reads almost like a script for a TV movie, probably for the Syfy Channel. That's not a bad thing, but it doesn't make for great literature, which is not the purpose in this novel. The action is believable, although in some sequences, the timing is a bit off. Still the characters are likable, a bit one-dimensional, and occasionally believable.

The most positive note is that the hero, D.J., isn't a man with gloom and doom hanging over his head in the typical way. He's a bright, fun-loving Marine. The love interest, Echo, is the one with the painful background that pervades her every thought, movement, and emotion. Both are angry, which they should be considering the situation in which they find themselves.

This is a quick read, but don't expect a resolution of the difficulties the characters find themselves in. You'll have to read the next book for that.
DJ and Echo are very different characters from Roy and Laura (of Werewolf Marines, Book 1, Laura's Wolf), dealing with very different circumstances, but they're just as well-developed and appealing.

DJ is very open, talkative, and optimistic, even in the worst circumstances. As Echo muses, he's the sort who, in fiction, is usually relegated to being the sidekick, never the lead, because he's not arrogant and tortured enough. -) Thankfully, Lia Silver recognized that he's a great hero in his own right. He has overcome ADHD and severe dyslexia, as well as family attempts at dissuasion, to become a Marine liked and respected by his teammates, and he's sure he'll find a way out of this black-ops-agency prison, too.

Echo has lived her whole life with no choice in what to do. It's "Follow orders, or your sister[s] will suffer." To handle being an assassin, she's closed off her emotions toward anyone but open-hearted and girly Charlie, whose life-expectancy is short despite the best treatment that the base doctor-scientists can give her. Therefore, Echo has long planned that once Charlie dies, she'll take out as many of their evil controllers and experimenters as she can before they inevitably kill her.

It's certainly not insta-love when the two meet (actually, fight, and enjoy the surprising challenge of it), since Echo isn't looking for anyone, and DJ considers Echo beautiful but not at all his type. However, over talk and music (amazingly eclectic music that makes me glad *I* don't have to share quarters with DJ!), shared enemies, humor, and combat stress, they grow closer, despite knowing a future is impossible. The book ends with nothing truly resolved beyond the "I love you"s, and DJ's vow that he/they WILL find Roy (who, he's been told, is hostage for his own obedience), figure out a way for Charlie to survive on the outside, then get all four of them out.

There is an unhappy pack of made wolves in this story, too, but since unlike the would-be supervillain of book one, the U.S. government/ military has mainly gotten recruits for the 50%-50% proposition from operatives and soldiers who were already dying, their success rate has been even lower. Most of the survivors are left with serious side-effects — made worse by the fact that the only one who can control the pack sense, i.e., be an alpha, is a bitter and grieving kidnapped born-wolf civilian. The choices they make, and how they sometimes lose control, lead to much of the action and sadness in this volume.

Once again, the author's career as a trauma therapist shows in hows she explores different reactions and coping methods, though the symptoms here aren't the same as in Book 1, nor as dominant a part of the plot. Her afterword explains what unusual aspects or speculations have been made for the sake of the story, and shouldn't be considered reliable IRL.

The editing is still very good. I'm not sure whether it was a publishing-house release, or just proof that indies CAN do it.

Now it's on to "Partner" for me!
First, let me say that I have NEVER read a book with a half-naked man on the cover until this one, and this was only because the book was recommended to me. When I checked it out, it sounded light on the romance, and so I decided to read it in the hope of finding some good characters with cultural variety. The cultural variety is the reason I'm posting the review on my blog as well as on and Goodreads.
D.J. Torres is a werewolf in the Marines, and as a result of being shot down, he's taken to a secret government facility where powers-that-be intend to change his life, and not for the better. There's not much I can say about the specifics without spoiling, but overall it was a cool story with some suspense and interesting characters. People with superhuman abilities are always fun, and I often enjoy a good government conspiracy, so it was a nice read for me. There's some clever banter, though not enough to make a claim of comedy. Since I don't know much about real life military (and certainly not SECRET military) operations, I don't know if the details were authentic or not, but the writing was confident and came across as being realistic, aside from the obvious exceptions of werewolves and genetically modified assassins.
The characters were likeable and kept me following the story without ever feeling like I needed to take a break. There were very few typos or awkward sentences, so thumbs up on the writing itself.
Language R. They use the 'F' word like it's about to be repossessed, but although I don't like reading it, I think it was used in a realistic way to help give the story weight. Still, if you don't like profanity, this isn't the book for you.
Sexual Content OK, so I'm going to gripe about this one. I'm NEVER a fan of explicit sex scenes. I know how it works, already, I don't need a documentary. In general I just skip them and move on, but still, it annoys me to have to find the end. In this case, skipping the sex was more challenging than usual. I can't go into the reason for this without giving things away, but just take my word for it. I would much prefer to have a 'pan away' scene.
Overall Message/Plot Aside from some kind of obvious set-ups to get the two main characters together, the plot was pretty solid. The author provided believable reasons for the characters to get themselves into their situations, and while the reasons weren't super original, the characters were life-like enough to make me overlook that. Overall, a good read, and never boring.
EDIT When I went to post my review on I saw that the book has a new cover. No more half-naked man.