Bad Moon Rising

This book left me with some conflicting emotions. Now, I'm not saying this was a bad book because it wasn't. I actually liked it a lot and look forward to reading more of this series. At the beginning, this book read very hard and just felt weighted to me. That could have been simply because this was a new to me author or from the fact that you kind of get dropped in the deep end right from the word go or even a mix of the two; either way the first few chapters were a struggle for me. This did get better and I'm very glad that I powered through. There is an excellent cast of characters here that are likable and I definitely want to read more about them in future books. There is an overarching storyline that I think will continue throughout the series and it is a complex and exceedingly intriguing one. Nova and Roman were interesting main characters and I liked that they each were a bit different. As a couple, they were just OK and that I sadly think was a result of the romance portion of this book taking a back seat to the much bigger aforementioned overarching story being told. I know this was only the first book of this series and a whole lot of groundwork had to be laid, introductions made and things set in motion, so I really hope this will change in the next book because I want my romance front and center. After all it is what I read for. All thoughts and opinions in this review are my own and freely posted.