Review for Into the Mist Book 1 of the Falcon Mercenary Group and this book Into the Lair book 2 of Falcon Mercenary Group. Note: These books are 1 and 2 of a series that the author for some reason decided not to continue and being that I found that out 1/2 way through the second book it did cast a shadow on my review and that took a star from both books. I listened to both books via audiobook and found the narrator acceptable to good. These books are based on a story of 2 paramilitary groups. In book one Falcon Mercenary Group is hilighted. It is the story mainly of the female group member who has to deal with a brother who was "gassed" while on a mission and the outcome was uncontrolled shifts into assuming animal form. The mission he was on involved him leading another paramilitary group into the ambush with affected him and the other group. The other group is hilighted in book 2 of the series which dealt with 2 of the members turning into feline shifters again without real control and them meeting their mate. Over all I really enjoyed both stories and really wanted to continue to find out more about the groups and their stories. Out of 6 main male characters we have the stories of 3 in these two novels. The plot was fast paced for the most part and the characters were good. I do think a bit more depth of character backgrounds and emotions would have made the connection between reader and character a bit more intense. I always felt there was a wall there that never really let me connect deeply with the characters. The author seemed to just touch on aspects of their stories or character traits which would have made the novels a better read if she had delved further into who they are and where they came from..the crumb trail that was laid in the stories just wasn't quite enough to form a bond. The plot arc was interesting and just different enough from others in this genre to create suspense and excitement. I think book two took the excitement up a notch from book one as we learnt more about the enemy. Overall I thought both books were really good and am giving them a 3 star rating each. I think if the author had decided to continue that future books would have become even better as we got to know more members of the teams and see them interact with each other. I'm totally disappointed to be left hanging. I love Maya Banks and am a huge fan...this won't stop me from reading her books but as said..i'm disappointed. t'irlat'irla's talk book blog tirlastalk.blogspot.ca Not what I expected, didn't appreciate all the rough pain enducing, raw, sex going on. It wasn't hot to me it sounded like a rape except she liked it. The last part of the story was the best part but there whole attitude of sex was kind of a turn off. Others might like this but I never quite understood the whole gangbang attraction and that's what happened here. Really surprised I read the whole story because there really wasn't anything there but sex between them and it wasn't nice at all , they treated her like a object. But then after misusing her as she spurred them on there all sweet with their after care. It wasn't for me.
