"love the Shapeshifters concept in this book"
Kathleen is on a mission to South America's rain forest to
find a future site for oil. Determined to prove her worth
to her father she asks to spearhead the mission. In the
middle of the forest far away from civilization and only a
few local men hired on to assist her, Kathleen's journey
begins. She comes to find out there is a legend of a
Jaguar man that protects the area she now searches to
exploit. The locals who are there to assist her soon
abandon her when the Jaguar Man leaves his warning of a
skull on a post... Kathleen wakens to find she has been abandoned and water
rising rapidly in her tent. Trying to save herself and
hoping the men left her a boat to escape the rising
waters, Kathleen ventures toward the already covered
embankment. This becomes a losing battle and ultimately
the Jaguar Man saves her and takes her to his cave where
she must stay until the rains stop and the water levels
drop. Feeling like a caged animal the sparring begins
between Kathleen and the Jaguar Man, known as Guierriro. Guierriro was once a 'civilized' man of the world five
years ago, but all that changed. He now accepts his fate
and his responsibility to the tribe he protects in the
rainforest. And with this responsibility, he knows no
matter how much he wants Kathleen he must above all save
the tribe from her oil research. But this is becoming a
contest of wills as the attraction soars from the get go
of their encounter. Kathleen a woman of science doesn't
buy in to the Jaguar Man "myth", just as Guierriro doesn't
approve of her mission to find oil in the area. As time
progresses the stressors increase, as does the attraction.
An attraction Guierriro must not succumb to. I truly love the concept of this book. Shapeshifters are
fascinating but I was getting a bit tired of the
repetitive nature of Kathleen and her denial of whom
Guierriro might be. Not to mention her character and
Guierriro burned either hot or cold without any warning at
times. And after awhile the book was falling into a
pattern as with the end of almost each chapter or section
she was always falling asleep for one reason or another. I
know that sound strange but after reading it several time,
it started to pull me away from the originality of this
story. 'Hold onto the Night' is an excellent concept with a plot
that does keep moving; I just think some of the
transitions could have been more fluid. Would I recommend
this? Yes, because overall her concept is fascinating if
not a bit turbulent. And although I was jolted at times
from the book, I still wanted to find out what was going
to happen next.
Reviewed by Mindy Lobaugh
Posted April 2, 2004
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