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Supernatural warriors need love too

The Undoing by Shelly Laurenston

The Unyielding by Shelly Laurenston

December 29, 2019 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

The Unleashing is a raunchy paranormal romance with a healthy dash of Viking mythology and Malibu soap opera. It was such an easy read, I thought I’d give the full Call of Crows trilogy a whirl. All the books follow a different female warrior in Los Angeles who has been resurrected by the goddess Skuld. These fighters are called Crows. Their clan is notorious for being vicious due to their vengeful roots. The other clans and even most of the gods don’t like to mess […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: book three, book two, Call of Crows, Call of Crows series, cbr11, mythology, nordic gods, paranormal romance, Series, Shelly Laurenston

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: book three, book two, Call of Crows, Call of Crows series, cbr11, mythology, nordic gods, paranormal romance, Series, Shelly Laurenston ·
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Warrior Women with Bad Attitudes

The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston

July 14, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

When I spotted The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston, I had a vague memory that yesknopemaybe gave it a positive review for CBR10. I also remembered that the protagonist was a former Marine. The expectation of a legion of ass-kicking women convinced me to buy it on the spot. With the start of CBR11 Bingo, I was spurred to action to read it for the Cannonballer Says square. As the first book in Laurenston’s Call of Crows series, we are introduced to Kera Watson, the ex-military […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: cbr11bingo, Crows, myths, nordic gods, paranormal romance, ravens, Shelly Laurenston, the unleashing, valkyrie, Vikings

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: cbr11bingo, Crows, myths, nordic gods, paranormal romance, ravens, Shelly Laurenston, the unleashing, valkyrie, Vikings ·
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