Score: 3.5/5 Bookmarks

Thank you to Valerie Brandy for sending me a review copy of her new book Animals We Are, which is the first in a new series.

This book feels like it spans several genres from romance, to thriller, to adventure. It’s certainly exciting, and I was really interested in the premise of the story but it fell a little flat for me, unfortunately.

Our leading lady, Zoe, and her boyfriend Mike are in Yosemite on a backpacking adventure when they find themselves not just battling against nature’s elements and a serial killer, but their own inner struggles and questions as well.

Some of the language was a little over the top and melodramatic for me, and pulled me out of the story rather than immersing me in it.

It was a fun, unique read though, and worth picking up if it sounds appealing to you. You can grab your own copy by clicking the button below.

Synopsis:

"A relationship is a question asked over and over again across a lifetime... will the animal in you, bite the animal in me?"

Zoe and her boyfriend Mike head to Yosemite for week-long horse tour of the backcountry, but get more than they bargained for when a serial killer stalks their party through the woods. The killer's connection to Mike's past makes Zoe question the heart of the man she's fallen in love with. As the mystery unravels, Zoe is forced to confront not just the darkness within others, but the animal within herself. In this fast-paced, romantic thriller, readers are asked to sharpen their fangs and venture through the wilderness within... because not all animals live in the forest.