Tracy’s review of Mating Instinct (Moon Shifter series #3) by Katie Reus
Surviving for centuries, powerful lupine shifter Jayce Kazan managed to stay away from humans until he met Kat Saburova and was consumed by the need to protect her. But while Jayce shared his passion with the human seer, he refused to make her his bondmate—a refusal that caused the end of their relationship.
A year later, an attack that left Kat near death has resulted in another lupine shifter turning her. Furious that he wasn’t the one to save her, Jayce is determined to show Kat that he is the one she should rely on. But the newly turned shifter is still traumatized and worried that she’ll hurt those she loves, unless she can learn to control her inner wolf.
And as Jayce struggles to protect Kat from her own worst instincts and convince her to rekindle their love, the extremists who almost killed her are looking to finish the job…
This book continues the story of Kat and Jayce that we read about in previous books. Kat and Jayce were once dating but as much as Kat loved him, Jayce told her that he couldn’t change her to a shifter because she would die. Well, when she was kidnapped in the previous book and about to die she was changed into a shifter and now she’s more than pissed at Jayce…but she still loves him.
Jayce is the Shifter Council Enforcer and is in Fontana to deal with a rumor about vampire blood trafficking. He is so happy to be around Kat once again because it about ripped his heart out when she left him almost a year ago. He wants nothing more than to get her back – because she is his mate – and he loves her. Unfortunately Kat is stubborn and gives him a run for his money.
This was a solid shifter/paranormal romance. It has all the elements that I like in a shifter book – love, loyalty, possessive alpha (lol) and a heroine that’s not afraid to stand up to him.
In this story Jayce is one badass M*ther F*cker, lemme tell you. His speed, as well as many other awesome traits, makes him almost impossible to defeat, except in love. He is head over heels for Kat and when she left him he had a hard time going on. Of course he dug his own grave on that one but he learned his lesson.
The romance between the two, the vamp blood story, the killings being blamed on shifters – all of it created a really good story and a nice addition to the series.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5
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