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Review: Wildcat by Cheryl Brooks

February 7, 2013 by Helyce 12 Comments

wildcatWildcat by Cheryl Brooks (Cat Star Chronicles #9)
Paranormal Romance
February 5, 2013
Sourcebooks

Reviewed by Helyce

Sara Shield has taken charge of her life. She’s moved to Terra Minor, a relatively safe planet, where she runs her horse training and breeding service. When one of the prized stallions that she owns escapes, she has no choice but to head over to the neighboring property owned by Jerden Morokovitz to try and retrieve him. When she arrives at Jerden’s place, Sarah is totally unprepared for the sight of Jerden, riding her beautiful stallion, Danuban, naked. They are both stunning and she can hardly take her eyes off of them, but Sara is there for her horse alone, not the man.

Jerden is a Zetithian who moved to Terra Minor after the death of his lover. Feeling guilty about why she was killed, he lives alone, avoiding everyone taking comfort in his animals and the beautiful leopard that follows him around. When the beautiful, black, Stallion shows up they seemed to have some sort of connection and Jerden finds a freedom he hadn’t felt since his lover’s death when he rides him. He knows the horse is too beautiful to be a stray and must belong to the woman on the neighboring property. He also knows he’ll have to return the horse one day. When he arrives home and sees Sara standing there, he knows that day is today.

Wildcat is book nine in a series that has become a total guilty pleasure for me. This world feeds and satisfies not only my love of paranormal but also my love of science fiction as we follow the lives of a species of men called Zetithians. These gorgeous men, with feline grace and features were known the world over for their sexual prowess. So much so, that a man who lost his wife after she’d been with a Zetithian took it upon himself to destroy the planet Zetith in the hopes of ridding the world of this race. But a handful of men and an even smaller amount of women survived and this series chronicles their lives as they make their way through the galaxies looking for love.

I was very excited to learn that Ms. Brooks would be featuring Jerden in his own book after meeting him in book 7, Virgin. He was a standout secondary character there and I wanted to see more of him. But I struggled with the Jerden that we meet at the beginning of Wildcat. This Jerden is depressed following the death of his lover, a death he feels responsible for. So, he lives alone, except for his animals, not really associating with anyone except when he has to. When the stallion, Danuban, shows up on his property they have any easy connection and Jerden feels better just for being able to ride him. But it’s not long before Sara, the horse’s owner, shows up to claim him. Their initial meeting does not go well at all, and Sara is forced to leave without her horse.

While I struggled with Jerden, I really enjoyed Sara’s character. Sara had been an accomplished equestrian back on earth. She moved to Terra Minor to get away and heal after a tragic event and her plans do not include getting involved with a man. While she isn’t blind and can certainly appreciate the beautiful man Jerden is, she has issues she’s dealing with where men are concerned and she knows that she’s not exactly the kind of woman he would be attracted to anyway. When Jerden rides up to her farm and literally collapses on her porch, she takes care of him and they begin a somewhat uneasy friendship.

Once this ‘friendship’ begins we start to see some of the old Jerden come back to life. He is attracted to Sara and she touches a place within him that was long dead. He also feels protective of her, especially when Sara’s other neighbor, Nathan, starts sniffing around and Jerden’s protective instincts come into play. Sara is not interested in Nathan at all, but he is persistent to the point of making Sara uncomfortable.

After Sara and Jerden form their alliance against Nathan, the story takes on a bit of a mysterious quality when some unexplained things start to happen. While navigating their friendship and their budding attraction to each other, both Sara and Jerden are able to heal from their pasts as the bond grows between them.

We don’t always get to see previous characters, but I was thrilled that was not the case in this book. We are gifted with updates and visits from almost all the previous characters and couples in this series to date. It almost had an ‘end of series’ feel to it, but I know for a fact that there are more books to come.

I have followed this series from its first release, Slave, back in 2008 and it has really evolved over the last 5 years. Ms. Brook’s writing has grown and her imagination gives us so many unique characters I’m always excited to see what she’s come up with in each book. If you’re a fan of science fiction with a huge dose of sexy men, I’d give this series a shot!

Rating: B

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Comments

  1. Amy says

    February 7, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    I’m not a huge fan of Sci-Fi but with a dose of sexy men in the equation, I might rethink it. ;) Nice review, Helyce.

    Reply
  2. Helyce says

    February 7, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    Hey Amy-the Zetithians in here are definitely sexy and their special peens are quite incredible. Ms. Brooks’ book have shown incredible growth since the first book. I’ve really enjoyed the ride!

    Reply
  3. Nancy Bristow says

    February 8, 2013 at 1:43 am

    Good review, Helyce. Right up front…I’m a big fan of Cheryl Brooks and have read the entire series. Even being an addicted reader across almost all romance genres, sci-fi was never towards the top of my list but some how I got hooked on The Cat Star Chronicles by Cheryl Brooks.

    Cheryl’s books are more character driven than by sci-fi peripherals and her humor, her fun and the interaction with her imaginative non-human characters made me a fan. I’m not talking “cutesy” humor but rather the alien beings felt like funny and snarky humans despite their physical characteristics and I did have LOL moments in each book. To me it’s a real tribute to Cheryl’s skill to make me feel love for these strange creatures. I even got warm fuzzies over one of her “computer” characters in Fugitive.

    Well of course, there was also the hot love-sex connection between the heroine and the featured Zetithian and my requirement of an HEA. I’ve really liked all the books but my personal favorites so far are Wildcat and Fugitive even if I found things to love in each book. It seems that Cheryl’s fans each choose their own personal favorites.

    There are benefits to starting at the beginning of the series but it’s not totally necessary, they will stand alone. In 2009, I accidentally started with Outcast (Book 4). I soon caught up and got on track.

    Is there a woman alive who knows about Zetithians that doesn’t want one of her own? I think not;)

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    • Helyce says

      February 8, 2013 at 6:40 am

      Hi Nancy, thanks for stopping by! Yes, Cheryl’s creatures are definitely imaginative! I myself have had a thing for one of her aliens-the one with the tail…damn his name escapes me. We haven’t seen him in a while. Cheryl’s sneaky-we know he can do something with that tail…heh heh but she leaves us hanging!

      And yea, Zetithian men….

      Reply
  4. aurian says

    February 8, 2013 at 5:55 am

    Great review Helyce, I have no idea why I have not yet picked up this series!

    Reply
  5. Helyce says

    February 8, 2013 at 6:42 am

    Thank you Aurian! If you like a little science fiction in your romance, you might like this series. Like Nancy says above-they are stand alone, but there are benefits to reading at least book one, Slave, for the set up.

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  6. Sandy James says

    February 8, 2013 at 7:20 am

    I have had the pleasure of being Cheryl’s critique partner since she wrote Virgin. It’s wonderful to get to read about her Cats as she develops their stories! She’s such a talented writer, and each book gets stronger and stronger. Wildcat is great, and you should all count yourselves lucky that Rascal will be out next year. It’s every bit as good!!
    Congratulations on all your success, Cheryl!

    Reply
    • Helyce says

      February 8, 2013 at 8:54 am

      Yes! So happy the Cats have more than nine lives!

      Reply
  7. Cheryl Brooks says

    February 8, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Thanks for the great review and all the wonderful comments!
    That guy with the tail? Lerotan Kanotay!

    Reply
  8. Helyce says

    February 8, 2013 at 8:54 am

    Hey Cheryl! YES! Lerotan—hope we’ll be seeing more of him!

    Reply
  9. Mandi says

    February 9, 2013 at 8:20 am

    I’ve only read one from this series and it was fun. Not something I can read a lot of (it was over the top..but FUN over the top) but I should pick another one up.

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  10. Paranormal Haven says

    February 9, 2013 at 10:22 am

    I’ve only read a couple books in the series. I think it’s kind of…odd but hot and entertaining to say the least. Glad to hear the writing has gotten better. Maybe I’ll pick it back up this year :-)

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