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christilovesbooks_smut's review against another edition
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Wild Cat, book 8 of the Leopard Series by Christine Feehan @authorcfeehan. We all know I am a fan of Christine’s. 🤩And of course, this is a reread of the series for me!
I loved this book about Siena & Elijah! We caught up with Drake, Jake, Eli & Cat as well. If you like MF, Leopard Shifters, PNR, an Alpha male, & an FMC that tells her man what he wants to hear & then does what she thinks is best anyway, then this is a book for you!
kathydavie's review against another edition
2.0
Seventh in the Leopard paranormal romance series and revolving around Mob bosses, some of whom are leopard shifters, trying to tone criminal activity down. The couple focus is on Siena Arnotto and Elijah Lospostos.
My Take
I swear, Feehan is so melodramatic. I think I keep reading because I liked the first few books of the series so much that I keep hoping she'll pull back on all this drama. Oy, and the sex. Holy cats. She must have wanted to really pad out the book.
It's the worst betrayal, being used by family. That and the reveal of the Han Vol Dan at least makes sense of what appeared to be insta-love and vicious temper.
How is it that Siena's grandfather is so careless about his granddaughter? I am rather torn about Siena. On the one hand, I love that she stands up to her grandfather and Paolo, but then she gives in so easily over and over to Elijah. Yeah, I'm being a hypocrite. My pride would have me running from him, even as I get so annoyed with the being-misunderstood meme.
It's definitely an interesting series premise, all these men as the head of Mob families who have united to ease the brutality of other mobs. What surprises me is the realistic attitude these men have. I guess, too, that I read on because I want to see how this series premise plays out.
Feehan uses third person global subjective point-of-view with Siena and Elijah with the primary perspectives. Secondary perspectives are provided by other characters in their own scenes.
Wild Cat is not really about character, instead it's all action — all violence and sex.
The Story
In love with Elijah since she was fifteen, Siena Arnotto is devastated to learn what he really thinks of her. By the time she returns to her refuge, her home, she will be even more destroyed by the truth of her grandfather and his men.
The Characters
Kidnapped twice, Siena Arnotto is a pampered grandchild with a master's in oenology along with other degrees to aid her as heir to her grandfather's businesses, but yet she is held at a distance. Grandfather is Antonio "Nonno" Arnotto. His bodyguards include the brutal Paolo Riso, the scarier, emotionless Alonzo Massi, and Marco Capello.
Elijah Lospostos had been brought up hard to be his family's enforcer; he took down the uncle who murdered his parents. His personal bodyguards are Joaquin and Tomas Estrada, brothers. Elijah's grandmother had been the only positive influence in his life, and she'd taught him to cook. Rachel is Elijah's sister, and she's married to Rio (Wild Rain, 1).
Members of the Drake Alliance
Donovan Security Company is…
...owned by Drake Donovan, who is originally from Borneo, and married to Saria (Savage Nature, 4).
Jake Bannaconni is a billionaire neighbor married to the very pregnant Emma (Burning Wild, 2).They have a child, Draya. Evan Courtier works for Jake and will take on the control room.
Joshua Tregre pilots the helicopter. Eli Perez is an ex-DEA agent and part of the team. The three-months-pregnant Caterina is Eli's wife.
Doc is also a leopard shifter and handles their medical issues. Michelle is a friend of Doc's and a great plastic surgeon. Trey.
Rafe Cordeau is a Louisiana mob boss who disappeared. A local bomb-making boy as well as one of Cordeau's shifter lieutenants, Robert Gaton is taking over Cordeau's territory. Danny is the guard at the guardhouse. Bart is Danny's partner in all his crimes. Terry is another.
Other friends of Siena's grandfather included Don Miguel, Carlo Bianchi, Luigi Baldini, and Angelo Fabbri. Pete is the propane delivery man in Louisiana. His niece is missing. Detectives Madison and Harrison investigate the murder and Siena's welfare. The Han Vol Dan is when the female learns about her inner leopard.
The Cover and Title
The cover is a real mish-mash of the long-haired Siena in profile with her leopard's face coming out on her shoulder and breast as well as leopard spots on her neck and part of her face. Elijah's leopard is huge just below the author's name, peering at us from between Siena's curtain of brown hair and the narrow band of leopard spots that frame the right edge of the cover. Well below Elijah is Paolo's leopard snarling between the same. Separating these two male cats is a touch of the idyllic — a pink house with vineyards in front of it. Text-wise, most of it is white from the info blurb at the very top, a note about publication (below the author's name which is in leopard orange), an epigraph on the left below Siena's chin, the title in a slanted script just above her chest, and the series information at the very bottom on the right.
The title could be Siena, Elijah, or both, for each is a Wild Cat.
My Take
I swear, Feehan is so melodramatic. I think I keep reading because I liked the first few books of the series so much that I keep hoping she'll pull back on all this drama. Oy, and the sex. Holy cats. She must have wanted to really pad out the book.
It's the worst betrayal, being used by family. That and the reveal of the Han Vol Dan at least makes sense of what appeared to be insta-love and vicious temper.
How is it that Siena's grandfather is so careless about his granddaughter? I am rather torn about Siena. On the one hand, I love that she stands up to her grandfather and Paolo, but then she gives in so easily over and over to Elijah. Yeah, I'm being a hypocrite. My pride would have me running from him, even as I get so annoyed with the being-misunderstood meme.
It's definitely an interesting series premise, all these men as the head of Mob families who have united to ease the brutality of other mobs. What surprises me is the realistic attitude these men have. I guess, too, that I read on because I want to see how this series premise plays out.
Feehan uses third person global subjective point-of-view with Siena and Elijah with the primary perspectives. Secondary perspectives are provided by other characters in their own scenes.
Wild Cat is not really about character, instead it's all action — all violence and sex.
The Story
In love with Elijah since she was fifteen, Siena Arnotto is devastated to learn what he really thinks of her. By the time she returns to her refuge, her home, she will be even more destroyed by the truth of her grandfather and his men.
The Characters
Kidnapped twice, Siena Arnotto is a pampered grandchild with a master's in oenology along with other degrees to aid her as heir to her grandfather's businesses, but yet she is held at a distance. Grandfather is Antonio "Nonno" Arnotto. His bodyguards include the brutal Paolo Riso, the scarier, emotionless Alonzo Massi, and Marco Capello.
Elijah Lospostos had been brought up hard to be his family's enforcer; he took down the uncle who murdered his parents. His personal bodyguards are Joaquin and Tomas Estrada, brothers. Elijah's grandmother had been the only positive influence in his life, and she'd taught him to cook. Rachel is Elijah's sister, and she's married to Rio (Wild Rain, 1).
Members of the Drake Alliance
Donovan Security Company is…
...owned by Drake Donovan, who is originally from Borneo, and married to Saria (Savage Nature, 4).
Jake Bannaconni is a billionaire neighbor married to the very pregnant Emma (Burning Wild, 2).They have a child, Draya. Evan Courtier works for Jake and will take on the control room.
Joshua Tregre pilots the helicopter. Eli Perez is an ex-DEA agent and part of the team. The three-months-pregnant Caterina is Eli's wife.
Doc is also a leopard shifter and handles their medical issues. Michelle is a friend of Doc's and a great plastic surgeon. Trey.
Rafe Cordeau is a Louisiana mob boss who disappeared. A local bomb-making boy as well as one of Cordeau's shifter lieutenants, Robert Gaton is taking over Cordeau's territory. Danny is the guard at the guardhouse. Bart is Danny's partner in all his crimes. Terry is another.
Other friends of Siena's grandfather included Don Miguel, Carlo Bianchi, Luigi Baldini, and Angelo Fabbri. Pete is the propane delivery man in Louisiana. His niece is missing. Detectives Madison and Harrison investigate the murder and Siena's welfare. The Han Vol Dan is when the female learns about her inner leopard.
The Cover and Title
The cover is a real mish-mash of the long-haired Siena in profile with her leopard's face coming out on her shoulder and breast as well as leopard spots on her neck and part of her face. Elijah's leopard is huge just below the author's name, peering at us from between Siena's curtain of brown hair and the narrow band of leopard spots that frame the right edge of the cover. Well below Elijah is Paolo's leopard snarling between the same. Separating these two male cats is a touch of the idyllic — a pink house with vineyards in front of it. Text-wise, most of it is white from the info blurb at the very top, a note about publication (below the author's name which is in leopard orange), an epigraph on the left below Siena's chin, the title in a slanted script just above her chest, and the series information at the very bottom on the right.
The title could be Siena, Elijah, or both, for each is a Wild Cat.
agirlandherlibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
I'm a Christine Feehan fan - I enjoyed her Dark and her Ghostwalker series - but this series, yes I know I'm on book 7, but at first this series I devoured, but I have no desire to go back and re-read like I do with her ghostwalkers. These books are a little unsettling for me, for a reason I can't quite put my finger on.
astrodish's review against another edition
2.0
My least favorite so far. I liked catching up with the background characters more than the leads.
romancejunkie1025's review against another edition
4.0
3.75 stars. typical Feehan story but a good read overall
betwixt_the_pages's review against another edition
2.0
In the new Leopard novel by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cat’s Lair and Leopard’s Prey, passions explode like wildfire when a young woman’s feral instincts are ignited by a man who’s too dangerous not to desire…
A simple request for Siena Arnotto: deliver a gift to her grandfather’s friend. One look at Elijah Lospostos, hard-bodied and stripped to the waist, and Siena succumbs to a feline stirring she never felt before, and to Elijah’s reckless and pleasurable demands. But when that pulse-throbbing moment ends in the murder of an unexpected intruder, Elijah accuses the shaken and confused Siena of setting him up.
Then Siena discovers the truth of her Leopard heritage, of the secrets in her grandfather’s inner circle, and the sinister plot of revenge that has put her in jeopardy. When Siena’s grandfather is assassinated, she realizes the only man she can trust is Elijah. Now as her Leopard rises from within, Siena and Elijah share not only an animal instinct for survival—but a desire so raw and wild it may be the only thing that can save them.
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Rating: 2/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: this book is crap; what the HELL happened to your writing, Feehan?; I'm supremely disappointed; trigger warning: lots of abuse, both emotional and physical; I just... I don't even know what the hell this is
There will be no favorite quotes section for this review, because the entire book is pretty much varying degrees of either “super loud, obnoxious, rude yelling and cruelty” or “sex scenes that did nothing for me.” I refuse to try to find even the most salvagable quotes in this book, because it's pure crap and I'm not happy about it.
First off: Feehan, what the HELL happened to your writing?! You used to be good. I've been reading her books since I was a senior in high school; up until the last year, I'd NEVER ONCE been disappointed with her novels. But the last...three? four? I've read have only gone downhill. This one is particularly bad—the “hero” is an abusive, manipulative asshole; the romance doesn't exist at all; I didn't once connect to either of these characters or their story... Nothing about this book makes me want to read more of her stuff. Which is sad, because I already bought her other new release.
There's a fine line between “sexy” and “abusive” – between “dominating” and “control freak.” Feehan stepped over that line with this book...and made the read absolutely awful. I'm not going to sugar coat it: all this book is, is angry abuse/emotional manipulation...and sex I didn't care a lick for, because there was absolutely no passion in it. The characters are flat. Elijah is a HUGE douche canoe, and I don't say things like that hardly ever...but I LOATHED him. I absolutely could not stand him, at all. What happened to “building up the passion,” Feehan? What happened to “sensual chemistry” and “sexy foreplay” and making your story COUNT for something?
I just... Ugh. This book is 400 pages of pure ick and stomach-churning yuck, and I don't recommend readers new to Feehan's paranormal worlds start with this—trust me, her earlier work is much better. This crap she's been spouting lately? I don't know what's up with it, but I'm beginning to think perhaps she's hit her writing wall. Maybe she just has nothing new to add. Maybe she needs to step back, stop publishing five plus books a year, and instead refocus on the morals I thought she started out wanting to keep in her writing: that sex isn't everything. That dominating males don't have to be asswads. That there IS still passion in romance.
I'm disappointed. And angry. I think I need to find a new favorite romance author...because Feehan's just not doing it for me these days.
A simple request for Siena Arnotto: deliver a gift to her grandfather’s friend. One look at Elijah Lospostos, hard-bodied and stripped to the waist, and Siena succumbs to a feline stirring she never felt before, and to Elijah’s reckless and pleasurable demands. But when that pulse-throbbing moment ends in the murder of an unexpected intruder, Elijah accuses the shaken and confused Siena of setting him up.
Then Siena discovers the truth of her Leopard heritage, of the secrets in her grandfather’s inner circle, and the sinister plot of revenge that has put her in jeopardy. When Siena’s grandfather is assassinated, she realizes the only man she can trust is Elijah. Now as her Leopard rises from within, Siena and Elijah share not only an animal instinct for survival—but a desire so raw and wild it may be the only thing that can save them.
- - - - -
Rating: 2/5 Penguins
Quick Reasons: this book is crap; what the HELL happened to your writing, Feehan?; I'm supremely disappointed; trigger warning: lots of abuse, both emotional and physical; I just... I don't even know what the hell this is
There will be no favorite quotes section for this review, because the entire book is pretty much varying degrees of either “super loud, obnoxious, rude yelling and cruelty” or “sex scenes that did nothing for me.” I refuse to try to find even the most salvagable quotes in this book, because it's pure crap and I'm not happy about it.
First off: Feehan, what the HELL happened to your writing?! You used to be good. I've been reading her books since I was a senior in high school; up until the last year, I'd NEVER ONCE been disappointed with her novels. But the last...three? four? I've read have only gone downhill. This one is particularly bad—the “hero” is an abusive, manipulative asshole; the romance doesn't exist at all; I didn't once connect to either of these characters or their story... Nothing about this book makes me want to read more of her stuff. Which is sad, because I already bought her other new release.
There's a fine line between “sexy” and “abusive” – between “dominating” and “control freak.” Feehan stepped over that line with this book...and made the read absolutely awful. I'm not going to sugar coat it: all this book is, is angry abuse/emotional manipulation...and sex I didn't care a lick for, because there was absolutely no passion in it. The characters are flat. Elijah is a HUGE douche canoe, and I don't say things like that hardly ever...but I LOATHED him. I absolutely could not stand him, at all. What happened to “building up the passion,” Feehan? What happened to “sensual chemistry” and “sexy foreplay” and making your story COUNT for something?
I just... Ugh. This book is 400 pages of pure ick and stomach-churning yuck, and I don't recommend readers new to Feehan's paranormal worlds start with this—trust me, her earlier work is much better. This crap she's been spouting lately? I don't know what's up with it, but I'm beginning to think perhaps she's hit her writing wall. Maybe she just has nothing new to add. Maybe she needs to step back, stop publishing five plus books a year, and instead refocus on the morals I thought she started out wanting to keep in her writing: that sex isn't everything. That dominating males don't have to be asswads. That there IS still passion in romance.
I'm disappointed. And angry. I think I need to find a new favorite romance author...because Feehan's just not doing it for me these days.
annamroland's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
inmyhumbleopinion's review against another edition
5.0
I love Christine Feehans work. Her books are always exciting her men are always alpha and the women can redeem even the worst of the worst. I’ll admit I had my issues with Elijah Lospostos he is arrogant, pushy and always sure he is right. Even when he is wrong he insists Siena get past it because he was her mate and loved her so. If this was real life this guy would be in jail. But through the gift of her craft Christine Feehan makes you feel for him and in the end you are happy for them both.