Product Description

Ivy Cole has returned home to her North Carolina community with a special gift that erupts in howling on full-moon nights, and makes her judge, jury, and executioner. As Ivy says, "sometimes folks deserve a good killing." But this night, something wants her dead as well.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #901532 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Review
Fiction has a new, thoroughly engaging leading lady. -- News-Record (Greensboro, NC)

Review
Fiction has a new, thoroughly engaging leading lady. (News-Record (Greensboro, NC)

From the Publisher
Finalist for the following awards: IPPY (Horror), Compton Crook Award (Horror), and Benjamin Franklin (cover design)

Customer Reviews

A new spin on an old tale
I love wolves and I love the paranormal but I usually find the werewolf story tiresome - tortured soul controlled by the moon who goes around depressing everybody when he's in human form and ripping throats out of everybody he comes across when he's a werewolf. Boring.

Ivy Cole and the Moon is nothing like that. Ivy went through her change when she was a child and has worked through all that. Instead she uses her condition to cull undesirables from the human pack. Not a bad use in my opinion. But law enforcement officials in Doe Springs don't agree. When they go on the hunt for the Devil of Doe Springs hijinx ensue.

I enjoyed the whole thing. I enjoyed a werewolf who accepted her condition and even saw some use in it. I enjoyed her power and her intelligence. I also enjoyed the canine aspect - Rex, the terrier was the best character in the book as far as I'm concerned - and the true hero of the story. Read the book just so you can meet him, if anything.

I found the werewolf lore fascinating, along with the werewolf interaction.

I do think the author skipped around from viewpoint to viewpoint a little too much. And I felt there were still some questions that needed to be answered. And Melvin, the love interest, needed to get that stick out of his butt. The bad guy was thoroughly repulsive and evil - there was nothing redemptive in him. Gloria, the sheriff, was a beautiful character, so was Tee. I think the one thing I would have liked to have seen differently was letting Auf, wolf-hybrid, get more paper time with action scenes.

Now you know, I look forward to the sequel to this novel. I sure hope Rex is in it. Don't know if it will be worth reading without Rex.

Entirely different type of book
This is not your typical werewolf romance. In fact, this is not paranormal romance, this is more urban fantasy. I liked the authors writing. I didn't mind the change in point of view. I enjoyed all the characters except the main character, Ivy. This woman is not to be messed with. The author is very thorough in her background on wolves and well she should be since she spent a year observing real wolves. It certainly paid off in this book. If your looking for romance, this is not your book. If your looking for something different and a little on the dark side, then you should enjoy it. I for one found it very entertaining.

At last, a FRESH horror author with a new take on an old tale
I decided to read this book based on the fact it was a finalist for the IPPY awards for best first horror novel by a new author. I read the book straight through - something I rarely do anymore. Ivy is a different werewolf - one more like the ancient wolf strain introduced to her in the aftermath of the intial werewolf attack she endured on Christmas Eve as a child in Germany. This is a great read with likeable, eccentric characters, setting and dialogue which capture the region, unexpected twists, and the real treat - intelligent. And if you don't have an opinion about wolves - you may find you do by the end. I anxiously await the sequel!!