Romantic Times has or had a challenge going for their members to read books associated with a category. Category 7 was read an Urban Fantasy or Paranormal Romance book. I was quite tickled when I saw Never Ceese listed by one member and even more tickled when I read their review . . . I think you can call it that.
7. For Halloween, read an Urban Fantasy or Paranormal Romance book.
NEVER CEESE - SUE DENT.
not sure if this falls under urban fantasy - I'd call it paranormal since it's a werewolf and vampire but there was no romance really until hints near the end but it's set in the 'real world'. I saw this author on an amazon discussion arguing about the strict guidelines for christian publishers and how her work was christian yet couldn't be published by one so decided to check out the first book. It's YA paranormal and about a female who's made a werewolf before birth and a man who's made a vampire against his will. Both are considered cursed and don't want to die cursed. They travel to NY in hopes someone there can help them get rid of the curse then they can be saved.(both were raised christian) yet with the curse they're unable to have sex, can't set foot in a church, cemetery, near a cross or say anything religious/christian without suffering debilitating pain.
I found the book humorous in places, mainly from the vampire being sarcastic and the werewolf being naive about people things since she spent almost her entire adult life in wolf form. Both have trouble holding in their wolf/vampire. Overall it was a good book. The romantic interest is towards the end when they reach NY but mostly a kiss from the werewolf to one of the others there and the female friend there seems to like the vampire. since it's YA nothing else was done!
ok, if this isn't 'legal' to count lemme know 'cause I have a lot of paranormal I can read and probably will!
See. She would've probably never found my book if I'd not been arguing on Amazon. :D But just so the argument wasn't for naught, my work is only Christian in that several of the characters have strong spiritual ties to their past. I write for the general market and not the market CBA Christian publisher serve and have been serving since 1950. My work is very different from anything they put out. It doesn't help my work sell to be associated with them by a label. That's what the "discussion" was about. :)
As far as romance . . . yeah there is some but I would say die-hard romantics might not see enough for their taste. This reader didn't seem to mind though. :)
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