Carly's Book Reviews: Werewolves of Brooklyn by Brad Vance: #Review #Excerpt #Giveaway @BradVanceAuthor

Friday, September 11, 2015

Werewolves of Brooklyn by Brad Vance: #Review #Excerpt #Giveaway @BradVanceAuthor

Cover Artist: Brad Vance

Werewolves of Brooklyn

by Brad Vance

Length: 54,000 words

Genres: Historical, Gay (M/M), Romance, Paranormal

Darien Mackey wasn’t looking for an adventure. For ten years, he’d been happy living in Brooklyn, working as a butcher in the same job, living in the same apartment, dating some “nothing-special” guys. Until one night his buddy Jacob talked him into taking ayahuasca, the soul-changing drug. And Darien had a vision…of a wolf, its all-too-human eyes on him, its paws on his chest, its enquiring mind in his own…

Darien Mackey is changing. He’s more confident, more assertive, hungrier, hornier. And his world is changing around him – his job, his home, his beloved Mechanic’s Library all falling victim to the predations of unscrupulous developers, bent on demolishing the old Brooklyn he loves and replacing it with a forest of condos. But he’s no longer a passive observer of his own life, and as this thing, this power, grows inside of him, he resolves to fight back, to preserve the way of life he loves.

And he’s not alone in the fight. The Lipsius Preservation Society of Brooklyn stands ready to assist in the battle, even though it seems like a bit of a joke to Darien, with its King and its Duke, Marquess, Earl and Viscount.

But there’s nothing funny about his growing attraction to Albeus Finley, King of this mysterious Court. And when slumlords and condo-mongers start to die mysterious, violent deaths at the hands of savage animals, Darien begins to realize that something is afoot in Brooklyn – something supernatural.

And it’s afoot in him, too…

The wolf’s eyes were lava-yellow with hate. His growl and his snarl were meant to terrify Darien, to freeze him in his tracks, prepare him for his death.

Then something rose up in Darien, rage, frustration, primal energy. And his own lips curled, his own growl met the enemy’s.

The Duke retreated a pace, taken aback. Darien felt sharp pains in his palms and looked down. Where he’d had fingernails, he had claws, long and sharp, and the fists he was making were digging them into his flesh.

He smiled, exhilarated, wild. He lunged and snapped at his enemy, knowing that his canines had become…literally that, elongated spikes ready to tear out a neck.

Darien’s ears were ringing, something surging in him beyond mortal feeling – like testosterone but stronger, more powerful, the smell of victory, immortality.

“The King is mine,” Darien declared. “And I am his.”

He knew he’d taken a step from which there was no turning back. He was the King’s man, the King’s consort. He would open to Albeus and take him, and be taken by him, and he would be alone no more.

He was one of the pack.

And it curdled the blood of men for miles around when he raised his face to the full moon, and howled.

Let me take a moment to fangirl over this book. Ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod, ohmygod!!!

5 of 5 stars

Every single moment of Werewolves of Brooklyn Fuck. Ing. Works. Mixing contemporary dialogue with the epic history of the American Civil War era, think The Red Badge of Courage, not Gone With The Wind, Brad's book takes me to a place I've never been before. His wolves are utterly unique: honorable, elegant and scary as the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

The intensity with which this story grabbed my attention is completely addictive. The characters are complex, the story line is sharp and oh, please, mother of god, tell me there will be more! READ. IT. I dare you not to fall in love.

Brad Vance writes gay romance, erotica and paranormal stories and novels, including the breakout hits "A Little Too Broken" and "Given the Circumstances."

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