This month for our Throwback book we’re diving into Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City by K.M. Shea. It is a wonderful paranormal fantasy with a bit of mystery and werewolves too!
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Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City
By K.M.Shea
Series: Pack of Dawn and Destiny Book 1
Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy
Ever feel like you don’t belong? Try being a hunter living with werewolves. I’m the definition of “doesn’t fit in”. I’m not Pack, but I’m not the enemy, either.
I struggle to survive among werewolves who are stronger and faster than me, and are competitive enough to break a bone or two for the sake of “fun.”
Greyson, their alpha, is the worst of them all.
Endlessly relentless and twice as deadly, Greyson rules the Pack and expands its territory even though it’s already the largest in the region. I just wish he’d stop interfering with my life. He’s got enough trouble of his own with his incomplete mate bond, but he’s made it his hobby to tease and test me at every opportunity.
Doesn’t my life sound fun?
When wolves from surrounding packs start mindlessly attacking the innocent humans in our city, Timber Ridge, everything changes.
Werewolves don’t turn feral without reason. Which means someone is making this happen, and they’re targeting our Pack.
I don’t like where this is going, but how am I supposed to stop a feral wolf outbreak when I’m just one hunter? Can Greyson and I set aside our differences to see the Pack through this?
Review of Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City
To say K.M. Shea is a favorite author of mine would be an understatement.
K.M. Shea or “Kitty” as we fans call her, has a unique way of writing worlds with characters that pull you in and refuse to let you go. Their dry wit and sometimes borderline obsession with coffee, leave you quickly scrambling for another chapter. Then you somehow end up in a meme-sharing group where you discover other similarly confuzzled readers, and you end up in Sheacon—yes, K.M. Shea has her own online convention—when you get out you are left with an overwhelmingly wonderful community and a good collection of books to read. Indie Authors take note.
Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City is book one in her Pack of Dawn and Destiny Series and was the very first book I read by her. It is part of an overall larger series where familiar characters reappear throughout it.
Going into Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City I was clueless about what I was getting myself into, but when a friend says, “You have got to read this book”, I tend to listen. Before this story though, I had never read a werewolf book. Now, I am slightly obsessed with well-developed werewolf stories and Anita Dickason did not help this obsession with her most recent release of Blackstone’s Curse.
Hunted: Magiford Supernatural City had several layers, with an underlying subplot that was fun to follow. The mystery in this story is the ‘what is happening and why is it happening type of mystery’ that leaves you questioning everything and actively trying to figure out the cause. It is full of dry humor that makes you smile, a light romance thread, and to tie it all together, the underlying theme is finding that you are right where you are supposed to be in life.
This fantasy werewolf mystery comes in at a whopping 312 pages, leaving you on a major cliffhanger. So, unlike me, be prepared.
Some Humorous Quotes:
“Lord Linus, they have coffee mugs!” Lady Chrysanthe shouted from the innards of the gift shop.
“Any with wolves?” Lord Linus hollered back to her.
“They all do. There’s one that says, ‘I growl before coffee’.”
“Say cheese!”
“Parmesan,” Lady Chrysanthe said.
“Aged cheddar,” Lord Linus said. “Though I don’t believe that’s what she meant.”
Other Books in the Pack of Dawn and Destiny Series
United: Magiford Supernatural City – Book 2 in Pack of Dawn and Destiny
A wolf is attacking the humans of Timber Ridge and changing them into werewolves—against their will.
The change process is extremely dangerous and involves bloodshed. It isn’t something that happens by accident, which can only mean one thing.
Someone is doing this on purpose.
I’m going to find the rampaging sicko responsible for this outbreak, even if it means I have to master my new magic to stop them.
Thankfully, Greyson—the Pack Alpha and the most powerful wolf in the Midwest—is always down for a hunt. The only problem is that I’m starting to find him attractive—which is the worst thing I could do. He’s got an incomplete mate bond, and since I’m a hunter, I could never be a wolf’s mate.
That’s okay. I’m used to being alone. I’m a werewolf hunter, not part of the Pack. But that’s an awfully dangerous place to be when there is a rogue wolf on the loose.
Fated: Magiford Supernatural City – Book 3 in Pack of Dawn and Destiny
I thought I hated not fitting in. Turns out I hate having a target on my back even more. Someone wants me taken out. To accomplish that, they leaked the secret of my magic to all the Packs in the Midwest. Now, almost every Alpha in the region has traveled to my hometown in hopes of convincing me to join their Pack. And some of them don’t seem to think I should have a choice.
Greyson won’t stand for that—something he makes deadly clear to the other Alphas. What they don’t know is that I’m his long-missing mate. But wolves and hunters are enemies, and my hunter magic blocks me from accepting the bond…even though I’m starting to wish I could.
Our incomplete mate bond is a constant drain on Greyson. Its existence puts him in danger—something he stubbornly ignores. But as risky as our bond is, I have to stay focused on the biggest threat at the moment. Whoever shared the secret of my powers wants to destroy our Pack. And we’re about to find out how far they’ll go to make that happen.
About the K.M. Shea
K. M. Shea is a fantasy-romance author who never quite grew out of adventure books or fairy tales, and still searches closets in hopes of stumbling into Narnia. She is addicted to sweet romances, witty characters, and happy endings.
She is also extremely committed to her readers—who have set up their base camp at kmshea.com—and lives in the idyllic Midwest with her furry pet, Perfect Dog.
