Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Where do you go when there’s nowhere left to go? 

Levi, Darius, and Ian have been on the run from Levi’s wolf clan, but now they’ve got a problem. Levi’s now part vampire. Darius, a vampire for the last half century, is now part wolf. They have to feed on blood, but a bite will turn a human to a wolf.

They’re left with only one option: find a group of wolves to live amongst… which is a challenge when the wolves want them dead.

On a remote island off the coast of Alaska, though, they find a small community willing to let them stay, at least for the time being. The decision isn’t unanimous, though, and the community is divided. Some are willing to let the fugitives stay and feed off their people. Others, though, want the three men dead, even if it means destroying their own village in the process.

And when one of the clan Elders learns that the island wolves are harboring them, he’s going to make sure Levi, Darius, and Ian are dead if he has to do it himself.

Warning: Contains a vampire and two vampire-wolves who are seriously over all this running around stuff. Also lots of bullets and fur flying, but you’d better believe the boys still find time to burn up the sheets. Because really, when any night could be your last, you might as well make it count.

First Edition published by Samhain Publishing, 2013.

Book Review

It felt like I waited forever for this final story of Levi, Darius and Ian. 'The United & The Divided' is book three in L.A. Witt's series 'Tooth & Claw' and it stands to be the most exciting as the finale. When I left the guys at the end of the previous book, they had just escaped the pack at Levi's grandmother's home in Sitka, Alaska, and with grandma and Levi's cousin in tow, were heading to a remote island where a pack of wolves lived that might, or might not, accept them into the fold. Starting off with a bang, huh?

I couldn't begin to comprehend how absolutely terrifying it must have been for Levi, Darius, and Ian to step onto that island with the wolves. Not knowing whether they had been tricked and were going to be killed at any second. Especially when they had to stand up in front of the whole pack to discuss the pros and cons. In fact, I'm not sure how the guys have managed as long as they have these weeks of running, hiding, and fighting to stay alive. The pack Elders agree to allowing them to stay, and once a few of the pack experience being fed from and can banish their fears, it looks like the guys might be able to relax.

Until the Molotov cocktails come exploding into their bedroom forcing them to deal with the sunlight outside. Luckily, Levi's cousin and one of the female pack members save them and takes them to the temple to heal in total darkness. The six wolves responsible are found and brought before the Elders and the pack. When the Elders decide to punish them by banishment, Ian steps forward to state that there's been enough anger, hatred, revenge, and banishing them isn't going to do anything but cause more problems. Ian, Darius, and Levi are tired of all the fighting. They just want to be safe and be allowed to live.

The clan Elders aren't going to allow that, though, and when one of them discovers where Levi, Darius, and Ian are hiding out, the hunt is back on. This time though, they've got a couple of wolf friends who try to help. Unfortunately, outnumbered and not wanting to get their friends killed, Levi, Darius, and Ian surrender. The clan Elder sentences them to death at sunrise. And, I'm not spoiling the surprise. So there.

Unbelievable finale to this incredible series. At least, I'm assuming this is the finale, but I suppose you never know. The love that Levi, Darius, and Ian showed to each other, and then as a trio once that began, was steady and true, all of them risking their lives over and over again for one another. Even though so much of these books involved serious action adventure, the love and desire showed through, constantly, and when they had a moment to show that love, sexually, they grasped it and held on with everything they had. Amazing. I loved it. I can't recommend it enough!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 202 pages/51000 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	14-March-2017
Price	$3.99 ebook, $9.99 paperback
Buy Link	https://www.amazon.com/United-Divided-Tooth-Claw-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B06XNQ1LCT