Review: Hunter Reborn by Katie Reus

Series: Moon Shifter #5
Published by Penguin on February 3rd 2015
Genres: Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
Pages: 368


Losing her was the hardest thing heâd ever endured....
Warrior shifter Aidenâs investigation of the trafficking of vampire blood leads to a startling discovery: the beautiful vampire bondmate he thought was dead. Decades ago, theyâd defied their powerful families to be together, but then Larissa disappeared without a trace. When their mating link broke, it nearly destroyed Aiden. Now sheâs back with no memory of where sheâs been. Even more shatteringâLarissa claims she has no idea who Aiden is.
Now sheâs back....
Itâs a race against time to bring down an operation more evil than his pack ever suspected, and Aiden finds himself working side by side with a mate who no longer trusts himâand she wants out. But he lost her once, and he wonât let her go again. Unfortunately, Larissaâs blood is the key to a powerful monsterâs dangerous planâand heâll stop at nothing to destroy her, sparking off a war between the supernaturals and humans that no one will win.
Aiden Nicholl is a wolf shifter from the Armstrong-Cordanna pack. He is the one who turned Kat (Jayce mate, from the book Mating Instinct). For the last sixty years he has been mourning the loss of his bondmate privately, to the outside world he has been flirting and acting happy. He also likes to annoy his packmates that are have found their mates yet are acting like boneheads around them by making them jealous. Aiden felt they were stupid for not being with their mates when they had the chance especially since his Larissa was gone.Â
âIâve loved you since the moment we met and that feeling never died, even when I thought you had. The fact that you canât remember me, remember us, kills me.â
Larissa Danesti has been in a coma/sleep statis for the last sixty years. She is a bloodborn royal vampire from the Danesti line, one of the strongest/powerful line because of which she has some special gifts from her mothers side of the family, also her father Vlad Dracul.  She is said to be very powerful and confident because of it by Aiden. She is also a lot older than Aiden:Â
âYou are such a cheeky little male.â She waved a hand at the giant, Adonis-looking shifterâ
âWithout a doubt she knew he was the male she wanted to be with forever.â
Aiden and Larissa bonded much to their parents disapproval and both of their families disowned them. They had only been mated for a month when Larissa was put under statis, breaking the bondmate link leading to Aiden believing that she had died since he couldnt find her.Â
Larissa to her parents: âWe love each other and weâve made our choice. Either live with it or donât, but weâve done nothing wrong. If anyone is being foolish, itâs you. â
When Larissa wakes up from her statis, she doesnt remember Aiden. So it was kind interesting to see Larissa fall back in love and slowly remember their life together. I really liked Larissa and Aiden and really wish I had gotten to know more about them.Â
Quibbles: Through almost 60% of the book, Aiden and Larissa got no screen time at all. Every other or every third chapter was about them. I wanted to know more about them, I like the others in the series and it was great seeing them together but it bugged me when every other couple was getting scenes but the couple of the book. I would have also liked some more flashbacks of during the time they met and the month they were bonded.Â
Overall, this was a great addition to the series and I’m enjoying it. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Happy Reading.