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This was bad. FMC was TSTL. Audible version.
I went in expecting an Urban Fantasy mystery with a dash of romance, but what I got was an UF Romance with a wonkily constructed plot.Most of the novel can be summarized by:1.) In an ill thought through attempt to get more information, Sam does something stupid2.) Sam gets into a life-threatening situation3.) Clive swoops in and saves the day4.) Rinse and repeatI think the author really overdid the getting-attacked part. There's only so many suddenly-life-threatening-situations that a reader can...
I received an ARC copy of this book for my honest review. This novel contains unforgettable characters who pulled me into their story and engaged my emotions. Sam, Clive, and the entire supporting cast of characters kept me rooting for them on every page. I simply could not put his urban fantasy down. Fans of Patricia Briggs and Darynda Jones will find Kelly’s novel a welcome addition to their bookshelves. This series has a new place on my one-click buy list.
I don't remember where I saw the recommendation for this book, but I put it on my shelf and when I discovered it at Netgalley I just had to have it! Sam is the owner of 'The slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar'. Seven years ago she was horribly attacked and turned into a werewolf, and after she started the bookstore/bar, overlooking the water and with supernatural guests (and crew). One day the body of a woman (a werewolf) floats near her bar and after that Sam is attacked constantly (and I mean,...
I made it something like 15% before I'm bailing. I have two problems with it. Two and a half. The half is that Sam is a giant downer. She has cause enough, don't get me wrong. The victim of torture and rape, she's often caught up in her own head, struggling to trust anybody and very conscious of her space. It's constant and it is wearing me out. It probably wouldn't be so bad if I weren't struggling with my internal paladin, unable to give her safety and any comfort she could take. I hate that s...
4.25 - Poor Sam! She has been through so much and carries the scars, inside and out. Her story is heartbreaking and painful, but it also a story of strength, recovery, found family and love. I adored Clive and the the other characters. I loved Sam and Clive and I am looking forward to reading more. I enjoyed that those who frequented The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar came in all types and they supported/loved Sam.Trigger/Content Warning: rape (past, not on page), torture, threats and violen...
THE SLAUGHTERED LAMB BOOKSTORE AND BAR by Seana Kelly is first book in the Sam Quinn urban fantasy series. The protagonist, Samantha (Sam) Quinn, is a werewolf book nerd and runs a combination bookstore and bar for the supernatural community of San Francisco. Well, almost all of the supernatural community. No other werewolves are allowed. When a female werewolf is found dead immediately outside her establishment and she is covered in scars identical to Sam’s, things begin to rapidly escalate.Sam...
The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar(Sam Quinn #1)by Seana Kelly This is a great supernatural romance novel. We have a gal that was from a witch, but when her mom died, she can't remember too much about it. She didn't know her mom was a witch. Our gal had previously been attacked by a werewolf so she has some PTSD issues. She opens a bar and bookstore but the lower level of the place only the supernatural can see the entrance. She hangs out with all kinds of creatures such as vampires, weres,
2.5It’s getting more and more difficult reading a UF novel that is either fresh or exceptional. This book wasn’t the exception, but in a field washed away by self published novels with no talent, it was at least good enough. If the characters in themselves weren’t an absolute novelty, the plot was somewhat fresh (well it’s UF so the h has to be unique...) and had that much stopping power to have me read it in one sitting. There were some pretty confused moment/scenes for me and the romance threa...
Sam is a lone Wolf running a bookstore and bar. She’s been living in San Francisco for the past seven years following a savage attack that left her traumatised and forever changed. Sam bares scars both inside and out keeping others away but when dead women start turning up outside her bar she recognises familiar wounds that echo her own. Suddenly Sam is constantly being attacked both physically and indeed mentally. She may have kept others at bay but Clive the Vampire Master of the City won’t al...
Urban Fantasy is a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine - I’m reading a lot less of it now as it can get rather samey, but it was just what I needed after overdoing the police procedurals recently. This one was lots of fun with echoes of the very early Anita Blake (before they got all porny) and Sookie Stackhouse series.The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore & Bar is the first in a new series about Sam Quinn, a lone werewolf who lives in San Francisco, avoiding her own kind since being brutally raped, turne...
I struggled with this one a little.I didn't dislike it, but I struggled with the constant attempted murder - I swear she had 2-3 attempts on her life per day - and the way people like that store lady just hated her utterly without ever having met her.And I struggled with how, given all that, she still would do things like take walks alone at night. It was a bit TSTL.I am giving her the benefit of the doubt, though, for a couple reasons. First, this is apparently a brand-new thing - she's lived h...
2.5/5; 3 starsI almost stopped reading this book several time because of the many, many TSTL moments on the part of the female main character. Seriously, it was annoying. However, there was enough strength to the characters and plot to make me interested in reading the next one in the series so that is what I’ll do!