Jessica
McClain’s story continues in Hot Blooded, the second installment in the Jessica
McClain series.
I feel
that a quick recap of the first book is needed for some context here; Jessica
has just discovered that she is the only female werewolf in the world. However,
this is no reason for celebration. It means she is now a target. She recently
found her mate, Rourke, only for him to be kidnapped by a powerful goddess.
Hot
Blooded picks up where Full Blooded left off, with Jessica eager to begin
searching for her mate. But things are never as straight forward as they seem
when you’re the only female werewolf around, and in Hot Blooded, Jessica comes
to realise this more than ever when she is able to unimaginable things, things
that no werewolf has ever been able to do, with powers that no other
supernatural – or ‘supe’ as they are nicknamed in the series – can do. It’s
clear that the sooner she can learn and understand her new powers, the better.
As with
Full Blooded, I am surprised at how much I love this series. It could so easily
become another – very forgettable – werewolf series ridden with plot holes and
pointless characters; however, Amanda Carlson once again has exceeded my
expectations and managed to pull off a second installment with just as much
sass as the first. Jessica is a feisty; no nonsense woman who knows when enough
is enough. She has close ties to her twin bother, Tyler, and her Pack mate,
Danny, who help her on an adventure/quest to rescue her mate. They also enlist
the help of two vampires, Naomi and Eamon, who bring some unexpected scenarios
when Naomi is badly injured and only Jessica can save using a power she never
knew she had.
It is in
this book Carlson starts to slowly reveal just what an exception to the
werewolf race Jessica really is. Her powers are unheard of, but is that a good
thing or bad? There is the small matter of a prophecy claiming that ‘her birth
will signify the end of their race’. How true is that?
The
interaction between the characters is quick-witted and humorous, and despite
Hot Blooded being such a fast paced novel, Carlson does an excellent job of
making us the forget the wider threats and enjoy the small banter between the
main characters. The best scenes are between Jessica and Ray, who seems to be
in the series for the long haul judging by how things were left in this book…
There
are also hints at relationships developing between some of the characters in
this novel, and certain threats to be faced in the future novels, so nothing is
wrapped up in this installment – and hopefully there will be many more Jessica
McClain books to come.
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