Fae Hunter by L.E. Wilson

​PARANORMAL ROMANCE

Publication date: 03/30/2018
Kindle Unlimited: No
Cliffhanger: No

If you’re like me and have read a crap ton of paranormal romance over the years, you know that there is a limited quantity of truly original thinking in the category. Now, don’t get me wrong. There are a ton of authors out there who do a great job with the same old vampires, shifters, witches, and fae. I think that great writing can overcome pretty much any overdone trope. But for those who are looking for that rare super-original paranormal series, you don’t really have to look any farther than LE Wilson.

Now, Fae Hunter is not necessarily a stand alone. You can read it and you’ll understand what’s going on, but you won’t get a truly good picture of what Bitsy and Keegan have to work through unless you read Fae Encounter. (And you should read it. It’s no hardship. Trust me.) And boy oh boy, do Bitsy and Keegan have some stuff to work through.

As you can see from the blurb, werewolf shifter (and pack alpha) Keegan came up with the idea to hunt Bitsy’s kind, the fae, in order to use them as livestock (basically) in a Texas-style rodeo. (There’s that original thinking I was telling you about, eh? You don’t see faerie rodeos in Kresley Cole, Jeaniene Frost, or JR Ward reads, now do you?) He had his reasons, which are logical (if not totally reasonable or fair). Nothing he did was out of sheer hatred of her species or out of meanness. (Which doesn’t make his actions OK, but I digress…) Honestly, I wasn’t sure how the author was going to redeem Keegan after Fae Encounter, but my concern was unwarranted. He groveled and made amends with Bitsy quite nicely, which was lovely.  

Bitsy is a pretty tough cookie, too. She doesn’t automatically fall on her back with her legs up in the air the first time Keegan apologizes. She makes him work for it, and I totally appreciated that about her.

All in all, this was a great (if unexpected) addition to a fun, action-packed, witty, sexy series that still manages to pack an emotional wallop a time or two. (And I say this was an “unexpected addition” because Keegan isn’t technically a Kincaid werewolf. But that’s not really important, because he was a very WELCOME additional character that I’ve been curious about since reading a tiny little scene that involved nothing more than Keegan looking longingly at Bitsy in Fae Encounter. Kind of reminded me of the totally-innocent-yet-totally-sexy interactions between Kylo Ren and Rey in The Last Jedi. But I digress…)

Long-story-short: Get your 1-clicking fingers ready. Feel free to start binge-reading the series at any time. 

Full disclosure: We received an ARC from the author at no charge.     

Does this book contribute to or help crush the romance stigma?
It’s clean and sober. No rehab needed. 

Other reading suggestions
Check out Fae Encounter, for sure. And if you haven’t already, check out the author’s vampire series, starting with Blood Hunger. ​​​

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