Mary Rundle’s Blackwood Pack #2 Rapheal’s Power was deffinately a continuation of #1 (aside from the fact that the overarching plot seemed to be put on hold for 90% of the book) and the ‘weirness’ continued. I realized that I was reacting to a combination of the jerky writing style. Maybe not jerky – but dialoug blocks dropped in? Combined with the huge mood swings of the characters who all just brushed it off to mating urges – except they all demonstrated these huge swings – I am a rational person/wolf – I am a lunitic – I am rational. And the emotions!! They are all there and all vomitted out at the same time to be sorted out as you ( I ) continue to reluctantly, but relentlessly read. Still – like watching a bad accident I am headed for #3. It is difficult to rate these books – I really want to give a 3 because they annoy me, but the ideas and overall plot are worth a 4, then I remember how much the lack of flow and character actions bug me. It comes down to are these books a snack or a meal. Well, reading them does not feel like a meal – it gives me the reader’s equivalent to heartburn – yet I continue to read. WHY?? ( )