Title: Mackenzie Grey Series
Author: Karina Espinosa
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Cover Designer: Laura Hildago
Editor: Daniella Brooks
Publisher: Black Quill Publishing
Blurb: It's hard enough being an undergraduate student, an intern at Downtown Manhattan's police station, and a bouncer at a local bar. Add her now ex-boyfriend who recently dumped her for the school's resident bimbo—oh, and she's a werewolf.
Mackenzie Grey meets her match when she is kidnapped by the Brooklyn Pack and tossed between Sebastian and Jonah—the Alpha and the Beta. Being a lone-wolf in the city is dangerous, and now that the Pack has found her, so can every supernatural being in the Tri-State area. And not even her sarcastic, smart mouth can get her out of this.
When a string of kidnappings involves Mackenzie in supernatural politics, she questions her new acquaintances and finds unlikely allies. Can she escape Pack law and keep her freedom—or will she be condemned to an unwanted path?
*3.5 STARS*
This was a solid start to the series. It ended a little abruptly but I will definitely be picking up the next book. I wouldn't say that the ending was a cliffhanger but I didn't expect it to end when it did. I was reading along and then BOOM. End of book 1.
The world building was good but I wanted to learn more about the wolves' politics. I was hoping that Mackenzie would lay the smack down on V. I couldn't stand that insert-cuss-word-here-that-also-means-female-dog.
My favorite part of the whole book was the humor. Mackenzie was freaking hilarious. She didn't take crap from anyone and had a really hard time controlling her mouth.
"I swear, the bad guys always get you just as you're about to make your getaway," I said as I threw my hands up in the air.
"Not now, Mackenzie," he said. Challenge accepted. I spent the next fifteen minute ride to the Kittleman House where he was staying, repeating, "How about now?" I could see the vein in his neck pop every time my voice rang.
I would continue the series just for Mackenzie's quips alone.
I do want to touch on the fact that there is a somewhat love triangle going on. Well, not love, per say....more like a lust triangle. I don't envy her for the decision she is going to have to make, but I do envy her for the journey she will have to embark on to make said decision. Phew.
I want to touch on why my rating isn't higher. I know I said that I hinted that I enjoyed the "lust triangle" but on the flip side, it got annoying. Especially when I've already chosen my guy and she kept going back and forth. Pick a side, girl! And the ending made me mad. I was frustrated with the direction the book went, but at the same time I will be continuing with the series because
1) Mackenzie needs to make her decision (girl better decide!)
2) more Mackenzie hilarity
3) I hope that Mackenzie can change wolves' politics, it's quite archaic
4) Mackenzie can be a straight up bad ass and I want to see more of that.
With my mouth to his ear, I said, "I have allegiance to no one." And ripped out his heart.
BOOK 2
Blurb:
Mackenzie Grey has started a brand new life in an attempt to escape the Brooklyn Pack. She settles in as a detective in a special unit of the LAPD when her identity is put at risk, and she has no choice BOOKbut to run again. The question is: does she want to run forever?
As events force Mackenzie to confront her past, she is met with many surprises—including the revelation of her true ancestry. When Packs across the country learn of who she is, Kenz becomes the object of desire in a deadly wolf hunt, and she must once again fight to keep her freedom.
Witnessing first-hand the barbaric treatment of Lunas, Mackenzie has to make a choice—follow the prediction of her Vision Quest or let herself be CAGED...
BOOK 3
Blurb:
Mackenzie Grey never felt as vulnerable as she does now—but that won’t stop her from getting what she wants: revenge. Kenz and her friends journey to a new land where everyone has a motive and everyone is a suspect.
The Lunas find their voices after the massacre but question still stands—who is the real enemy? If Mackenzie wants to free herself, she will need to free them all; and it won’t be easy. As she approaches her 24th birthday—in the middle of a web of lies, deception, and murder—Kenz has to weave her way to the truth before she’s next on the chopping block.
With her companions, Mackenzie will make her final stand and change the course of the Lycan world forever…
BOOK 4
Blurb: Bodies drained of blood are scattered around New York City. With a serial killer on the loose, Mackenzie Grey is obsessed with solving the murders. She dives into her work at the Supernatural Investigative Unit to forget about the events that dismantled her Pack a year ago. When the killer makes Kenz the target, she falls down the rabbit hole and discovers she has a lot more to do with these murders than she realized.
As her past creeps up behind her, she must swallow her pride and seek aid from old and new friends.
In the epic finale of the Mackenzie Grey: Origins series, she will finally become the wolf she is destined to be…
Karina Espinosa is the Urban Fantasy author of the Sins of the Fallen series and the Mackenzie Grey novels. Infatuated with travel, pop culture, and the need to write everything down, she spends much of her days in front of a computer working on her next book, shopping online, and listening to music. With nomadic tendencies, she is currently resting her head in South Florida until the itch to move strikes again. You can usually catch her on Facebook, Instagram and live-tweeting during episodes of Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, and Orphan Black. Follow her on social media!
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