Leopard’s Prey (Leopard People #5)

The first book I ever read by Christine Feehan was a leopard book, I was on another author’s website and we were in chat.. the author said (and yes I am paraphrasing) for sheer smoldering steam, forget the vampires and check out Christine Feehan’s Wild Rain. So I did.. and fell in love.

There is just something special about the cat shifters.. they are sensual, sensational and sublime (I know I so have to get off this alliteration kick). But they are special.. something about them calls to me. I figure if I was a shifter I would be a cat.. yeah because I smolder.. *snorts*

In typical Christine Feehan style the Leopard Series has it’s hits and misses for me. I loved Rio’s book, I simply adored Jake and Drake was special too.. wasn’t thrilled with Connor’s book and seriously enjoyed Remi’s.. of course I have a special attachment to anyone named Remi..

Bijou “Blue” Breaux had spent her childhood lost in vice.. Her father a famous musician was just downright sleazy. Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll was putting it mildly. The only constant he had in her life was Remi Boudreaux. The older brother of her only friend. The fact that he cared saved her very soul. But as a child she knew she needed more and had something to prove so as soon as she grew up she was off to make her own music. To prove to the world that she was just as good as her manwhore, skanky, sleezy father… The man everyone but Bijou adored. But no matter how far she traveled there was just one man who captured her attention..

Remi Boudreaux the oldest in the Boudreaux family had roamed far and wide only to return to the bayou he loved. As a young cop he discovered Bijou at a party adults shouldn’t attend. Frustrated and unsure what to do he left her with her father and walked away, knowing it wasn’t the right choice but with a corrupt system and everyone in sleaze daddy’s pocket what choice did he have? But Bijou was forever linked in Remi’s mind.. Little girl lost.. now she is back and she’s not so little anymore.

Returning to the Bayou, Bijou has decided to sing the music she loves, to live the life she wants and to see if the man who haunted her dreams really is the man she dreamed of. Bijou is staying with the only friend she ever had and excited to do so, except first day out they discover a dead body. Left in ritualistic fashion.. a serial killer is back in the Bayou and it seems Bijou is smack dab in the middle of it.

Ms Feehan tells a story rich in heritage and history.. a Sensual delight with rich full descriptions of the Bayou.. steeped in mystery. Lush backgrounds abound and set the scene for the mystery surrounding Bijou and Remi.. This book sizzles and Remi and Bijou just smolder.. Taking the reader to the darkest depths of this mysterious, magical part of our country. Fraught in legend it’s a perfect setting for a clan of shapeshifting leopards and those that surround them.

I sincerely felt for Bijou it seemed every time she turned around she was finding out that someone betrayed her. Of course the trade off was, she also found out her mother was a leopard and so was she.. yeah Bijou..

The negative in this book is something that I see occasionally in Ms Feehan’s writing. She drops hints but doesn’t quite follow through.. Why were people targeting Bijou? Was there a reason why her father was how he was? I felt like there was something there but couldn’t quite touch it.. I have questions and since they reflect only on Bijou and Remi and NOT the entire leopard species I seriously doubt they will be answered.. And because of this I can not say this was a perfect book.. It was a seriously good book and I enjoyed it immensely but I just wanted a bit more. Still I would recommend it to any Feehan Fan of course but also to anyone who just wants to read a really good story.

Shauni