Start Reading Apocalypse (Wolfman #1) Illustrated By Brannan Black Released As Bound Copy

the set up for this is hella interesting, and I'm intrigued by why these particular men are able to control their beastly natures when any other male infected goes feral.
The dominance headgames amp violence was a bit much, but I get where the author was going with it Daniel is immune to the virus but he's still a man, and as such the other beasts expect him to rise to their level.
. . to fight, submit, etc. when he's actually more like the women which, yeah, thinking like that would irritate me as well, so he still fights and has to tamp down his more dominant urges because there's no way he'd win in any physical challenge.


Looking forward to see how this is handled, . . so I might get the rest, This was a great surprise, I don't usually read shorts like this, but I really enjoyed this one,

I still have only rated three because it doesn't really compare to my favourite full length novels, However I still enjoyed this supersexy and dark story, I will definitely be reading the next in the series,
Thanks to Em for the fab recommendation :D Life as we knew it pretty much ended with the lightning fast spread of the plague, The media called it Werewolf Syndrome, Women got sick, many died, They were the lucky ones, Men got sick, too, but those who didn't die, . . changed. A few immune men, like myself, joined the bands of refugees, scrounging for survival in the postapocalyptic devastation,

I lived in a fortified compound with a couple dozen women, a bunch of kids and two asshole straight guys, Sounds like a man's wet dream unless you happen to be the last gay man standing, At the time, risking my life scavenging in the city sounded like a fucking vacation,

I went out hunting supplies and found something else, Not a quick death, or even a slow, painful one at the hands of the beasts no such luck, Instead I find myself captive to the largest, most well organized gang of beast men ever, Their leader, Mace, wants more than just a generator he wants my body, Oddly, a certain part of me likes that idea, The other part the part with working survival instincts insists I get the hell out of Dodge before my smart mouth gets the shit kicked out of me.
Again. Tradeoffs. .

Wow, I really like this world the author built, It is refreshingly stark and very focused on the power imbalance between the "beasts" and humans, as well as within the pack ranks itself, It is animalistic and pretty raw, I'm really looking forward to reading the rest of the series!th time I read this series,
Its far from perfect but it has potential,
The covers are the worst,
But its dystopia, its short, I like the storyline and I love Mace and Daniel,
One of my confort read, Probably., but there was enough to love that I feel perfectly comfortable rounding up instead of down,

I bought this one because I read an interview with Brannan Black and an excerpt, and Daniel's voice smacked me in the face and said, "You will love me, fker.
" What do you know, it was absolutely right, From the second I started I was hooked by the guy, He's hilarious, smartmouthed, savvy, temperamental, proud, and utterly charming,

This is a first novel in a series, so I really liked the way the worldbuilding went: our discoveries about the pack types were dropped in smoothly as Daniel acclimated to his new, er, home, and finds out that a lot of his assumptions about people infected with the postapocalyptic wolfman thing weren't totally accurate.
A favorite trope of mine with postapoc, often used well with zombies, It didn't feel infodumpy at all, but I still feel like I had a grip on it, I dig the way they're not shifters, but more what comic book readers like me would think of as feral mutants like Wolverine, Sabertooth, etc,

I also liked that all the action happens within a small camp space, and was limited to a very closeknit pack of characters, It set things up for a larger world by letting us dip our toes in a little, first, Nicely done.

But for all my rambling about worldbuilding, this is a really light, fun read mostly about sex, which has been set up very cleverly as integral to pack bonding and life.
I'm never sure what I'm going to get out of humansexwithmonsters books, I love the idea, but oftentimes it's just an excuse for unsexy power plays as in, real life abuse of power and position for dubcon purposes, which squicks me real hard.
Not so in this case I was super impressed with the balance Black struck between the physical dominance of the pack and Daniel's human pride and relative inner strength.
The bedroom scenes were absolutely integral to our understanding of that balance and why it works, which to me is the point of erotic romance,

What can I say, I like it violent, but responsibly so, As in, "Unless there's a safeword, the safeword is no, "

There were some editing issues that bugged me, and a couple of spots where I got annoyed with Daniel just telling me how to feel instead of making me feel it with him but hell, his voice is so strong and infectious, I really couldn't complain.
Glad I bought the second one already! I had a great time reading this book, Sure, it had quite a bit of violence and definite dubious consent, It was fast and full of action though,

The thing I liked most about the book was Daniel, He was such a strong character, I loved that he didn't have a problem standing up to the wolves even when he knew he was going to get hurt doing so,

I also loved how interesting the whole plot was, The fact that you have a virus that makes people become feral wolves or kills them makes for a good story, view spoiler

Overall, I can't wait to read the next book in this series, I get excited thinking about what is yet to come,/mostly for pure enjoyment. The world was interesting. Every thing there is to say about it, has already been said, I just really enjoyed it, Such a wicked book! I kept checking the pages because I didn't want it to end, But end it did. It's pretty rough and different, a combination that instantly grips me and stubbornly won't let go, If you like a little bite and a few blows with your furry lovers this just might be the thing, Fun, fast paced read

There was lots of detail crammed into this short book, I liked how the emotions went deeper than surface level, It would have been nice to have a dual POV, Daniel lives in a world that has been changed when some kind of virus broke out changing only men, The men who were affected by the virus and did not die, grew claws and fangs and a brutal disposition, They destroyed and ravaged everything in their path, becoming something to fear and loath, After the collapse of civilization, the men who were resistant to the virus along with women and the surviving children lived in fortified homesteads, On a scavenging mission Daniel is caught by a pack of these beasts and expects to be killed and ate alive, Only they don't.

What can I say This story, which I thought was going to be a typical shifter romance, totally wigged me out, I was just as afraid of the beasts as Daniel was and if it had been me, I would have died trying to run for the hills.
They weren't fluffy shifters screaming "my mate I love you!" They are everything that the term beast implies, And then just to mess with your head, they would do something kind and human, I struggled with whether or not I thought Daniel should stay or go,

I found this to be brutal and full of suspense, I cringed and held my breath, And maybe, just a little blood thirsty for revenge, When I finished, I turned right around and read it again, Boy, I hope that this is a series because I freaking loved it!
Daniel is one of the few men unaffected when what is being called The Werewolf Syndrome hit and decimated humanity.
He wanders accidentally into a powerful pack's territory and is quickly captured, The pack leader, Mace, takes a liking to the small man and tries to protect him while teaching Daniel how to live in a pack, This is a past paced book with violent relationships and rough sex, This book is a good change of pace from the typical romance story and a good read,.stars
I could say this story started good and ended not so good, but the truth is that it started bad and ended worse,
"Fuck no. Not a good time to have an erection " And this, ladies and gentlemen, resumesof the book,
A good postapocalyptic M/m book with changed humans is sitelinkTen Simple Tips for Surviving the Apocalypse, and everything that made this work perfect is absent in this story: from the very start, before the main character can even see the "werewolf", he already has an erection.
Even while he was thinking that the beast would mutilate and kill him,
There's no such thing as development here, not in the story or in the characters, everything is only a big excuse to have ohso not sexy sex.
And after the first page lets forget about the companions he was ready to be

tortured for, they'll never appear or be mentioned again,

The narrator was awful, the most plain narrator ever, He manages to take a post apocalyptic world "werewolves" forced sex and mix them in a boring squalid blurb, I swear the sex scenes made me yawn and at some point I just started skipping them,
Well, in the end, I do think you need a special talent to take such interesting elements and come out with this thing,

Here some pearls for you:

"Shit, my cock didnt seem to get the message that death, ugly painful death, lay just ahead,
Did I mention Im gay So now I could add painfully confined erection to my growing list of aches,
Three more large beasts OK, so theyre all large stood near or leaned against my truck, A shove sent me face first across the hood and a body slammed against me, pinning me there, Shit, the guys cock felt huge, and more than ready, jammed up against my ass, "

"“Yeah, got that lecture, if I run, they chase me down and beat the crap out of me, if I defend myself, they beat the crap out of me.
Basically, Im gonna get the crap beat out of me, ” "

" “I hope you can keep on your feet better out there, Brainiac, Id hate for one of us to have to carry you, ” Maces deep voice rumbled straight to my cock, like always, " "




Interesting plot development on the common “paranormal” theme of the shapeshifters more than shapeshifters, Mace and his fellow pack are transbreed, they caught a virus that turns human into halfwolf, men with claws and fangs, and with the more animal instincts than human.
The virus was more virulent in men than women and so, years later, almost all men are infected while women need to be protected from them, Some men are immune, like Daniel, and being the onlyman available in the city is the dream of most straight guys, trouble is that Daniel is gay.
When he is captured by Maces pack, and faced with a choice, being the sex toy of all the pack or being Maces lover and working for the pack as “techy” busboy, the choice is not so difficult, above all since Mace is not a selfish lover, and despite all, Daniel is attracted by him.


There a certain level of non con sex, mostly not “realized”, meaning that Daniel is threatened, but when he has sex with Mace, he is willing.
Sure, the sex is not kind or gentle, and Daniel comes out with bruises, its sex on the edge, but its an edge that Daniel seems able to manage.
The virus that Mace and the other caught, makes them very instinctual, with primordial needs, and if someone tries to “escape” them, they see it like prey, like something they have to haunt.
That the output of the haunt is not always kill but sex, that maybe is the remaining of their human existence,

Apocalypse is a first chapter in the Wolfman series, and I think Daniels story is not complete there are some secrets in Daniel and Maces past that are not yet unveiled, but at least their new relationship is settle, they have a some sort of agreement, and agreement that, in a way or the other, is profitable for both of them.


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