Cold Blooded starts off with a bang (literally!). If you read Hot Blooded, you know it ended with Jessica finding out that her best-witchy friend, Marcy has been kidnapped, and her father's Lieutenant, James has gone rogue in order to search for her. You also know that the most powerful with in the Jessica McClain universe, Tallulah is Marcy's aunt and has come seeking retribution for her niece's kidnapping. This leads to Jessica, Rourke and her best friend, Nick following Tallula back to her coven, which in turns leads us to discover a little baby seer that tells Jessica that the Underworld is seeking her, and will stop at nothing.

I really loved the beginning of this series. A female werewolf in a world of men, who by all means is an abomination; but Jessica is strong, determined to prove she belongs. Jessica's Lycan is ancient, she has walked the earth before, while Jessica has been thrust into something she doesn't understand, at all. I'm okay with the fact that she's this powerful supernatural that's going to change the fate of all others. What I'm not okay with is her accessing the Lycan's powers at her most convinient moments. It seemed that the only times she discovered something new about herself was when she was in danger.

Jessica, to me, went from this strong Alpha female, to a very annoying and bossy female character who made decisions only for herself, as opposed to anyone else's best interest. She knew Danny and her brother Tyler were compelled to help her and prone to worry, not only because of their friendship, but because she was their new Alpha; she was also aware of how resilient Rourke would be with any rash decisions, and as her mate it's understandably so. Yet, she kept making stupid choices thinking she was right every single time.

I don't really have anything positive to say about Cold Blooded, and that's a damn shame. While it starts off with action and intrigue, as far as the plot, it just keeps getting jumbled and made me feel like the characters were just running in circles. Amanda Carlson throws in Sorcerers, demons and vampires, along with witches and werewolves. All the Supes are in an all out war and Jessica the reason for it all, but to me it just felt like she wanted to create chaos for impact, but failed miserably with me. Plus the characters seemed so washed out as opposed to the previous books. And Rourke? He was a chest pound (Or two!) away from being deemed a gorilla-shifter the way he kept losing his shit every damn time. "Me Ape. You Jane. Me fight. You stay. Sit doggie." Ugh!

I was disappointed in the outcome to say the least, and I'm getting a little too tired of the damn cliffhangers at the end of each book. I was hoping to see what the Vamp Queen had in store for Jessica, and to learn more about her and the Lycan Prophecy, but it just turned into a damn circus. We did however, get a little more insight into there being a female werewolf after a millenia of only men, but just a peep. *sigh*

I'm definitely done with the series. I waited a long time for this book only to be disappointed and to have to wait for another to do the same? No thanks. Most things in my review sound petty, so I'm not saying don't give it a try, I'm just saying my enthusiasm with this entire series is over, and I am now moving on to other books.

"They believe you have the power to rule the race of supernaturals. But I know better. You are not here to rule, as the other Sects may believe. You are here to cause a war between us. [...] There will be an outcome, but it will only emerge after you rain chaos down upon our heads as you bumble through this life."