Under My Heel

decent if not inspired writingIt’s a fun series, it even has a few scenes that may bring a tear to the eye. The main negative is that it’s too formulaic.I’ve mentioned in a previous review that it reads as an episode for a TV show, it still does. Though it could also be used to create a story arc for a graphic novel/comic book. Actually that might even be better as the graphics for that style would work better for the red eye and fang imagery as well as the Were’s conversions to wolf or the human-wolf hybrid form. That sort of CGI for a TV series could tank their entire budget.I would probably classify this series as more of an adventure or action series, with a military lean to it. The sci-fi and fantasy aspects are there but only in a cursory way. The author uses humour throughout but not overly so, just enough to help lighten some of the heavier scenes, as it does deal with lots of death, destruction and killing. A good example is the inclusion of Darlene and Doreen, the sisters who were care-taking the children in Turkey. The comments to Big John Grimes were quite funny, not to mention the later mention in an article where they got in trouble for pinching a nice ass or two, but promised to be good girls after. I hope the author brings them back in the future, there is something fun about the two and their back story could be very interesting.These are quick read novels for the series, and at least are free using Kindle Unlimited. These entries would not be worth shelling out book level money for, but for freebies, they aren’t a bad read. Short, quick and fast, if a bit more sophomoric writing. These aren’t going to be up there with novels from Herbert, Heinlein, Asimov or Goodkind, but they are fun to read at least. I wonder if the author took his time and really developed several of these into one better written novel if it wouldn’t make for a better story though. That might be something I would consider purchasing at the insanely high prices book publishers charge.