Casee‘s review of Go Fetch (Magnus Pack, Book 2) by Shelly Laurenston.
How much trouble can one small female be to a modern-day shapeshifting Viking? Well.it really depends on local gun laws. Conall Vga-Feilan, direct descendent of Viking shifters, never thought he’d meet a female strong enough to be his mate. He especially didn’t think a short, viper-tongued human would ever fit the bill. But Miki Kendrick isn’t some average human. With an IQ off the charts and a special skill with weapons of all kinds, Miki brings the big blond pooch to his knees-and keeps him there. Miki’s way too smart to ever believe in love and she knows a guy like Conall could only want one thing from her. But with the Pack’s enemies on her tail and a few days stuck alone with the one man who makes her absolutely wild, Miki is about to discover how persistent one Viking wolf can be.
Miki is one of Sara’s best friends from Pack Challenge. Technically, Miki and Conall’s story started then.
Conall works very hard to exude a teddy bear impression. Being a descendant of Viking shifters, violence is in his blood. The last thing he wants to be is like his family of shifters. He left his pack to join Zach’s b/c he didn’t want to become one of them. He never thought he would want to take a mate, so his feelings for Miki are a surprise. What’s even more surprising is her complete lack of response to him.
Miki knows what Conall wants from her. Right after he gets it, he’ll leave. Miki isn’t going to be one of those women that are used and discarded. Plus, she sees right through Conall’s facade and knows that he’s not the teddy bear that he pretends to be. Unfortunately for her, Conall has to stick close by her side when a Pack enemy threatens Miki. Conall soon learns that it’s not so easy to stick like glue to Miki.
I really enjoyed Miki’s character in Pack Challenge. Her intelligence and her general outlook on life just made her a force to be reckoned with. She is independent to her core and isn’t going to let any man take care of her. She thinks that she can ignore her attraction to Conall, but he’s not so easy to ignore.
There was a bunch of over-the-top stuff that happened in this book (including Miki making some kind of special explosive device). It wouldn’t have worked if I didn’t get a handle on Miki’s personality in Pack Challenge. Her constant bitchiness did get annoying at times, but I was able to look it over for the most part.
I liked how Conall handled Miki. He accepted her for who she was and didn’t expect or want her to change a thing about herself.
4 out of 5.
This book is available from Samhain Publishing. You can buy it here or here in e-format.
He accepted her for who she was and didn’t expect or want her to change a thing about herself.
I think this is one of the things that I like so much about all of Laurenston’s books. She makes strong, independent female characters that don’t change themselves just for the hero.
And as much as I like family togetherness she does some great family in-fighting. 🙂