Diaries Of An Urban Panther (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
3 1/2 stars. Violet Jordan just recently moved to Dallas from L.A. after a breakup, and is working as a writer scripting low-budgeted horror films. Violet is your average everyday gal, someone who never gets a second glance especially when the people she hangs out with are of the model varieties. Violet life is pretty normal, nothing big ever happens to her…until she gets attacked by a wild animal in an alley. Violet’s life gets turned upside down when she finds out she’s now a were-panther and she part of an ancient prophecy.I really enjoyed this book more than I thought. Violet transformed from the girl behind the scene to a strong and more confident person throughout the book. She not only got more confident after becoming bitten but physically changed too, making her more noticeable than before. Readers follow Violet as she comes to terms with her being a shifter, and as she learns to control her inner beast. while Violet learns Panther 101, she must stop a demon from breaking free from ‘the veil’ (a barrier that separates our world from a magical prison) and not get captured by the clan that made her. The book is filled with flash-back scenes of Violet and her mom. Her mom always recited fairy tales, and all of these fairy tales hold truth to what is going to happen next in the book. There are also wonderful secondary characters as well, such as Chaz “stalker boy’’ who helps Violet learn the ropes of all things supernatural. Jessa, Violet’s best friend and Iris, the wise old woman…or is it lioness? This is labeled as a paranormal romance but I think it’s a blend of PR and UF. This was a great start to a new series! This book is full of action, snarky one-linear, hot guardians, nasty shifters, faeries, and an all dooming prophecy. 4.5 starsDamn,this was GOOD! It put a fun spin on the shifter stories that I read before and was a surprisingly easy read. I say surprisingly because I was first only mildly interested in this book and I don't even know why I decided to read it now when I had it on my Kindle for months...Anyway,what I liked most was the main character. I hate nothing more than characters who whine constantly about the situation they are in (it's especially bad when the book is written in 1st person). Violet has her initial freak-out - which should be there as well because when something supernatural happens then just shrugging it off wouldn't work for me either - but then she handles her new dangerous life with a lot of humor. I approve! I also liked that the romance part didn't take over the whole book and it was also a rather slow-burn which worked extremely well IMO :)I had to take off 0.5 stars from the overall rating though because they are a lot of typos in this and it was a bit distracting sometimes. Other than that,big thumbs up for this and I can't wait to read book Nr.2!
What do You think about Diaries Of An Urban Panther (2011)?
I really enjoyed this story and look forward to reading the next one.
—complex001
