Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert

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The fifth book I read for the Love in the Night Readathon was Mating the Huntress by Talia Hibbert. This was originally written as a standalone, but it has since changed to be listed as book 1 of the Monsters and Mates series. Last year the time of the first round of Love in the Night and the other Paranormal Romance readathon, this book was talked about a lot on BookTube and Bookstagram. I had added it to my tbr at that time. I am using this book for the POC Author prompt for both this readathon and the Romancing Summer Challenge.

Now Talia Hibbert has been on my tbr for quite a while now, but I haven't gotten to them yet. Mostly because they're contemporary romances and that's not a sub-genre I gravitate towards. After hearing she has a paranormal romance, as mentioned above, I had to add it. Boy am I glad to have finally get it. This novella was absolutely fun and sweet and hot. I can't imagine what Talia Hibbert could do with a full length novel.

Chastity is from a large family of werewolf hunters. She is not allowed to hunt though, even though all the other women in her family are hunters. Luke is a werewolf in the area. He comes across some of her sisters when they start hunting his portion of the woods, he smells Chastity on her sister since she's wearing her hoodie. He comes to find her at the cafe she works at and starts to kind of stalk her. Luke is so socially awkward though and it's so cute. Chastity knows he's a wolf and makes a secret plan to seduce him to make her first kill. She hasn't been allowed to hunt since a wise-woman said at her birth that "her first kill will break her heart." This is a little insta-love, but I don't mind it since it is a mate trope. I love the mate trope. I don't want to go too much into it since it's a novella, but this is such a great, quick read. It's set around Halloween, but didn't go overboard with the Halloween vibes. 

I'm really looking forward to getting into Talia Hibbert's backlist and when I do get in a contemporary mood will have to finally try her Brown Sisters trilogy. I highly recommend Talia Hibbert and have heard nothing but good things about her books. I've also listened to a couple podcasts she's been interviewed on and love her personality. I also should note, if you're looking to read more diversely, Talia is a black author and most of her books feature at least one POC main character. 

Have you read Mating the Huntress?

Bookishly Yours,

Stasi🍎

STATISTICS: Mating the Huntress, Talia Hibbert, 5-stars, 0 days, eBook, 135 pages, published in 2018