Megan's Mark (Breeds, #6) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Jan 28, 2010 Buggy rated it liked it

Shelves: paranormal-rom, shelf-13, urb-fantasy, weretastic, extra-sexy-time

Opening Line: 鈥淭hey were created not born. They were trained not raised.鈥�

I haven鈥檛 read any Lora Leigh for ages, I gave up on her after editing issues, recycled storylines and just plain lack of any cohesive plot became too much to ignore. I started to feel a bit used as a reader and figured if she didn鈥檛 care about putting out a finished product why should I care about reading her stuff? Anyways.

After seeing several 5 star reviews (and because it had been sitting on my TBR shelf for years) I d Opening Line: 鈥淭hey were created not born. They were trained not raised.鈥�

I haven鈥檛 read any Lora Leigh for ages, I gave up on her after editing issues, recycled storylines and just plain lack of any cohesive plot became too much to ignore. I started to feel a bit used as a reader and figured if she didn鈥檛 care about putting out a finished product why should I care about reading her stuff? Anyways.

After seeing several 5 star reviews (and because it had been sitting on my TBR shelf for years) I decided to give Megan鈥檚 Mark a try, if I remembered correctly some of LL鈥檚 older stuff was pretty good.

And initially it was, in fact it was a big surprise. There was a real story, with real writing and actual editing. Plus several chapters without any sex or the hero going all uber-alpha and doing the heroine up the bum to prove his dominance (that came later). It was sci-fi with an intricate back story and cool futuristic gadgets. Did I mention there was editing? LOL. It wasn鈥檛 what I was expecting. Damn I might just have to revisit some of these older breed books.

So I don鈥檛 really know where it went wrong for me qualifying a 3 star review, except that after my initial excitement and all the great world building and cool action scenes the story just kind of fizzled out. Yup, as soon as our couple started humping the plot stopped so that the last half of the book is just a bunch of sex scenes with an over easily resolved story. Too bad.

Megan鈥檚 Mark is book 7 in the Breeds series or book 1 according to Berkley (I can never keep track of a correct reading order with LL) It doesn鈥檛 really matter though because this one works fine as a standalone and has lots of back story explaining the history of the genetically altered 鈥渂reeds鈥�

The story is set in the future, 2023 Southern New Mexico. Megan Fields is a sheriff鈥檚 deputy and an empathic, meaning she can feel the emotions of those around her. It鈥檚 been a bitch to live with too, all those feelings invading her every thought and it鈥檚 why Megan now lives and works in the isolation of the desert. When Megan discovers a murdered breed pair during a patrol and then gets targeted herself the big bad lion Braden shows up to figure out the whys of it. Braden is a half man/half lion. He鈥檚 pretty yummy, not as alpha as most of LL鈥檚 men although he has his moments 鈥�

鈥淲hat he needed he had never needed from a woman before. The ultimate submission, a primal acceptance of his dominance. And by God, he would have it.鈥�

Just a little warning if you鈥檝e never read LL before she likes to use, how shall I say it? Some legitimately dirty words. You might feel like you need a shower afterwards and you definitely won鈥檛 be putting any 鈥榗ream鈥� in your coffee for a while. LOL
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Feb 01, 2010 Kristine Dow rated it really liked it

Story of Breed Braden and human empath Megan. The story line for this installment of the Feline Breeds was really good. It had me turning the pages to find out what happened more than the "other" parts of the book.

The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is that I felt the ending was kinda "Blah". After the suspense of the entire book, I expected a stronger finish. ...more

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Feb 13, 2011 Wan rated it really liked it

Shelves: wishlist, erotica, psychic, genetically-altered

I gave this book 3.5 actually. It was a quick read. Typical Breeds Series. I liked it all the way to "the" part. That killed it for me. Lol. I won't spoil it. Find out for yourself. ...more

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