Friday, May 10, 2019

Review: Jaguar's Mate (Crescent Moon #8)

Jaguar's Mate (Crescent Moon #8)

by Katie Reus

Blurb:
She’s not looking for a mate…
Sapphire is cursed. Every relationship she’s ever been in has ended poorly. So she’s sworn off relationships and is happy with her life. Until Eli comes along—a one-night stand that turned into two nights. When things got too intense, she did what she always did. She ran.
He’s not letting her get away…
This time Eli isn’t letting Sapphire go without a fight. When her friend needs help escaping an abusive situation, he steps up, no questions asked. It doesn’t matter that Sapphire won’t tell him why she’s holding back from him. He’s a jaguar shifter and cats are very patient—he’ll wait for his mate to come around. But before he can claim her once and for all, they’ll have to deal with an angry bunch of shifters who are out for blood.
Themes: Paranormal, Shifters
Rating: 4 stars
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Review:
Ok, I accidentally requested this novel, just because I saw one of my favorite author’s names on the tagline, without really looking into the rest of the info about the book, and though I don’t usually like to jump into a series this late in the game, I read it anyway.  I have not read any of the others stories in this series, written under Katie’s pseudonym Savannah Stuart, but book 8 was good all on its own anyway. After all I have never read anything by Katie Reus that I didn’t enjoy so why would her writing with a different name on the front be any different? Sapphire has had some seriously bad luck with men in the past and decided a long time ago that short affair and flings were all she would ever get out of life, so despite her attraction to Eli, she refuses to let him into her heart any more than he already has.  When her best friend calls her, beginning for help escaping a dangerous situation, she suddenly finds herself forced to deal with Eli has her partner on the mission, and resisting him becomes increasingly impossible. Eli knows that Sapphire is his destined mate, if he can just get the stubborn wolf to stop evading him long enough to show her the truth of it, thankfully no one can be sneakier than a cat on a mission. Together they work to defeat their enemies and Eli works to show his wolf that she owns his heart and he is willing to do whatever is needed to prove to her that he is worthy of her love. Eli was a sexy cat for sure (sorry couldn’t resist the pun) and I loved seeing him in action as he fought to protect Sapphire and her friends and to earn her love.  I enjoyed the brief chance to get to know him and would have loved seeing more of him. Sapphire was a sweet woman with a inner core of strength to be sure, but she has some seriously silly ideas of why she had to keep her heart protected from Eli. Once she opened herself up and let him have a chance I liked her even more and was rooting for them to have a true chance to be mates for life. I am definitely interested in going back and reading the rest of this series and will add it to my already massive TBR, but I have a feeling that fans of the series will enjoy seeing characters they have watched fall in love in the past and getting glimpses of their lives. I will also read anything that comes in this series in the future too.  Just more Katie magic to go on my ever expanding Reus bookshelf.
*ebook provided by publisher (via netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.

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