Okay it was odd for ME to even request a book like this...werewolf period is usually a hard no for me. I don’t even like reading about Zombies or Vampires. But. Author Steve Morris brought this story to life with his interesting spin on the age old hairy half human, half beast monsters. Apocalyptic. Dystopian. Sexy. Thriller. Were humans are under threat from a beastly invader who can turn them into the very same monsters. If they can get you to let them in. Things can never be the way they once were when the werewolves come out to play. Because they want the freedom to roam and rule the world...not just the night!

I received a free copy of this book fron NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It took me a long time to make my way through this book. Longer than it should have. Its very well written but there seems to be a lot of unnecessary filler. While I did enjoy most of it, I didn't enjoy it enough to care about what happens next and so I just finished it for the sake of finishing.

I was hook on this book, I can not wait to read for book 2 from this series. I highly recommend this book. Thanks to Netgalley, for this free copy.

Wolf Blood is a fresh, new take on the apocalypse--free of zombies and nuclear fallout. It's a welcome breath of fresh air in a market that's already overly saturated with the same tropes, and for that Steve Morris deserves props. That's not to say that there aren't issues with Wolf Blood. There are several, actually. It does, however, mean that this is a title worth taking the time to read if you're sick of the same washed up material.

Professor Wiseman and his three students, Samuel, Leann, and Adam, have tucked themselves away in the Carpathians after a poorly received publication foretelling of a werewolf apocalypse is met with widespread mockery and criticism. His reputation ruined, the Professor and his students continue their research in quiet solitude--until things go wrong. All three students become infected, soon returning to London to bring back the superiority of wolves. 

Let's be honest, this idea is pretty interesting and in execution, Morris does a pretty decent job. I didn't find any outwardly obvious plot holes, and that's a plus too. The book is fast-paced, making for an easy and quick read. It isn't bogged down with too much exposition, either. In fact, it might not have enough in some cases.  Fortunately, it doesn't detract too much from what's going on.

Also, characters. There are too many characters whose purpose isn't revealed in this book. Granted it's the first of a series and they probably have a reason to exist later on down the road, but ultimately I feel it would have been better if those characters were introduced later. Instead we end up with a handful of people we don't care about, and not enough time to develop feelings for those we do meet. 

Morris's werewolves are an important topic of discussion too. They are somewhere in-between the romanticized version and the truly monstrous. As a fan of gore and horror, I was hoping for purely the latter--especially since it is an apocalypse book. While there is some sappiness to this crew of mangy mutts, much of their desires lean toward the more primal nature of a wolf.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this; I devoured it in just over twenty-four hours and, considering all that's going on in my life, that's a good thing. Rating wise, I'm stuck between three and four. Considering how much fun I had reading it, I've decided to lean toward the higher rating. This is definitely a fun book. 

I would like to thank the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Well, at least I learned something about myself reading this book: I don't seem to be into werewolves. Not the blood-thirsty monster kind of werewolves, anyway. Which came as a surprise since I usually love anything dystopia, gore and monster. I love to lose myself in a good, thrilling horror flick or novel, but for some reason, werewolves don't seem to do it for me.
But that had nothing to do with Steve Morris's take on that myth.

Actually, the book was pretty good. Very atmospheric writing, gory details, well-developed characters, and an interesting plot. Yes, the many, many, many POVs the story was told from might have been a little too much for my liking, and there were a few chapters that dragged a lot, but I liked how all the threads eventually came together in the end.

It's just that I just couldn't fully connect with it. The scenes told from the wolve's perspective felt strange to me and it was hard for me to relate to some of the characters' decisions and reasonings.
Maybe my ability to see werewolves as real monsters was ruined by too many shifter romances.

There's a lot of potential for the sequel, and I'm certain there are many people out there who will eat this stuff right up.
Unfortunately, I'm not one of them.

It starts with a professor, cast out of the scientific community for discovering a serum that can turn people into wolves, and ends with a rampage in London where humans are turned into killing lycanthropes.

This has such a unique premise, different from the normal apocalypse type novels, centring on wolves as opposed to zombies etc and I certainly appreciated the change of perspective. It was creative and imaginative.

The tension and general chaos that envelopes London is detailed well, and it does get very gory at times. The descriptions help to build a great sense of unease, and you do get a general feeling of dread running throughout the novel which builds well until the end. It does end rather abruptly however, and something's are left unfinished - clearly in anticipation of a sequel.

I also found the pace to be slow, and the world building is limited to the initial source of the 'outbreak'. Perhaps there is scope in further novels to explore the wider world and the viruses effects on a wider population. There is also a large number of characters to get to grips with, meaning it was sometimes difficult to grasp who was who. In addition, I struggled to gain any emotional attachment to any of them because most come across as one dimensional, and I often found that there was little chemistry between the main group of 'survivors'. Out of all of them, I liked Liz the best. A police officer and natural leader, she often holds the group together and was likeable enough to not come off as bossy or annoying. She's also the most well developed.

This was a decent read, full of atmosphere and tension and gore. Worthy of a sequel.

I was given this as an ARC from NetGalley for a review.

I am not sure what to make of Wolf Blood for me I found it very slow and dragged for me so much so it took nearly a week to read it I do not like to start a book and not finished though. I really did want to enjoy Wolf Blood but this was not my cup of tea. Just because I found this to be a slow read does not mean that someone else will not like it.

Horror fans are in for a treat! These werewolves are cunning and unstoppable at spreading the lycanthropy disease. I was very excited to read this. This author pulls out all the stops so there's lots of gore and action to be had among these pages. Loved this from the moment I started reading. This is the first book in the series, so yes, it does end on a cliffhanger, but now I can't wait for book two.

We start off with Professor Norman Wiseman who is studying the lycanthropy disease in Romania when unfortunate mishaps occur. Then the rest of this takes place in London where the werewolf apocalypse spreads like the plague. This switches around to the different characters this book centers around. Amazing details give this authenticity. You're in for a wild ride.

Reviewed by Janet of the GothicMoms Review Team

This book sort of fell flat for me. I am usually a huge fan of werewolves but j felt like the characters and the wkrld had little dimension.

I have to admit that this book caught me completely by surprised. I totally freaking loved it! The word building is intense and the characters are very well developed. This story starts off with Professor Wiseman proving that werewolves do exist, or in this case Lycanthropy. While he is discredited and basically called all manners of names by his peers, his students believe him. Case in point 3 of his students have turned from human into werewolves. Veritable shapeshifters and their plan is to change every human and infect them with the same virus. Lol. I love werewolves and this story took me on a totally different ride and I was pleasantly thrilled. Great start to a wonderful series!!! Well done Mr. Morris, truly well done. 5 Rip-Roaring, tear out your throat, in this case literally, stars!!!!!

Wolf Blood reads completely unlike most other werewolf novels out there. For one thing, it isn't a curse and the focus is on science not magic or the esoteric, which I found made a refreshing change. In fact it read more like a zombie apocalypse scenario but with werewolves rather than zombies and that really worked for me. Morris gives the story the time it needs, building the suspense and holding back the monster - again unlike most other werewolf stories which to focus less on world building and more on short, violent animalistic action sequences. The characters were engaging and I was quickly hooked. I can't wait to see how the rest of this series turns out. Those who enjoyed Mira Grant's 'Feed' series would probably enjoy this as it's in the same science-horror vein. Highly recommend.

Steve Morris hit it out of the park with this amazing book. I love apocalyptic books, but it seems like the same thing every time...zombies. To have a book where the spreading virus is lycanthropy is not only refreshing, but truly exciting. Getting to see how the virus spread and the research the professor made this book move to the top of my favorites list. I absolutely love horror books and I cannot wait to read more of this series.

Wolf Blood is the first book in a new werewolf series that should appeal to fans of good old-fashioned horror. Be forewarned, this is a far cry from the typical trend of young adult/paranormal romance werewolf books that have been the trend as of late, which is definitely not a criticism. This book gets right to the point, opening up in the forests of Romania in the dead of winter where a professor has himself holed up in a cabin where he's been experimenting with a virus that brings about lycanthropy in some victims. The virus breaks loose, spreading from the forests of Romania to London. These aren't your typical blood thirsty werewolves. They begin unleashing an evil plot to spread the disease throughout the human population, leading to the beginnings of a werewolf apocalypse. Readers should be warned that the story does contain some hints of homosexuality. Great opening to a promising new series. I was a little taken back by the number of characters introduced, but everything seemed to come together towards the end. The writing was a good pace and had some very interesting characters. The werewolves still came across as being human and staying true to their human instincts, even while in wolf form. The book was definitely gory, but not too over the top. I absolutely would be interested in continuing to read this series.

Werewolves abound in the fast paced read. I love reading about werewolves but usually you have vampires mixed in also. Not the case in this book. This book does not disappoint. Enjoyed it immensely.

4 stars

Please be aware that is a cliffhanger of sorts. The next in this series is to be published.

Dr. Wiseman is in trouble. He is the author of a breakthrough treatise on lycanthropy – the changes exhibited in people who complete the transformation from human to wolf. He was laughed out of the scientific community. Even his friends abandoned him. He retreated to the Carpathian Mountains with three research assistants. Slowly, the students became infected with the disease.

Some moths later in London, the three students embark upon an orgy of murder and mayhem in the streets of London. Human by day, wolf during the full moon, the students, Leanna, Adam and Samuel run amok. As they bite people. About half of their victims – those that don’t die outright – become wolves themselves.

An unusual team is loosely formed: Liz who is a police officer, Chris who is a computer genius but has to work as an IT guy at the high school because he “has no people skills”; Vijay, Drake and Rosie are high school students. The killings seem to be centered around the kids’ high school.

People are being killed and are disappearing. People are going berserk. Chris calls is the werewolf apocalypse. This is the story of the battle between our brave heroes and the werewolves for control of London. This book has action and bloodletting. All of our intrepid heroes meet their Armageddon’s in the final showdown of the book.

This book is fairly well written and plotted. It is written in a simplistic manner – not to say simple-minded, but easy to read. The tension begins immediately with the problems of Professor Wiseman. It continues throughout the story. I liked Liz a great deal. The rest of our cast of heroes, with the exception of Vijay, well, not so much. They were transparent and shallow. It was an interesting theory and a reasonably enjoyable read. It was a good way in which to waste a day.

I want to thank NetGalley and Landmark Media for forwarding a copy of this book to me to read.

I received an advance copy from net galley for review.

It can be hard to do a good werewolf story. They usually fall into 2 categories. The old school type story of "i'm cursed" story line like the original wolf man film, or the earth protector, wolf pack story line, like twilight and such.

This is neither and incredibly refreshing. I really enjoyed the book. It starts out with a Professor Wiseman in a cabin in the carpathian mountains. He is trapped in this cabin with two former student assistants howling outside in the distance. The feeling of dread is palpable. The opening reminds me a bit of the evil dead film in a way,trapped in a cabin. It seems that the Professor was studying his theory of a new "disease/plague" that he believed was coming involving Lycanthropy. 2 of his 3 assistants were already werewolves and what happens to the 3 person I will not spoil. Just read the book.

After the opening scene with the professor we move ahead in time to London. This is where we again meet the professors assistants now planning to spread the "disease" of lycanthropy throughout London and the world. The story from this premise branches out into multiple characters and situations. I was impressed with the large cast of characters this book has. This being the 1st in a series the author has given us a ton of characters stories to explore. If I have any gripe about the story is that I wish the main assistants stories were more fleshed out.

This is a violent gory werewolf story. There are no twilight werewolves here. The different character stories are engaging and how the author brings these characters together in the end is believable and rewarding. I am so glad that I was able to read this book for review. As soon as I finished it, I went out and preordered it on amazon to show my support and be informed when the next chapter of this story is published.

If you like a good werewolf story this is must read. It is an outbreak story like a zombie book but with Werewolves who are cunning,devious, vicious and manipulative. I can't wait to see how this story evolves.

My genre is romance but very occasionally a book comes along that pulls me out of my romance filled comfort zone and this was one of those books.
I can’t even tell you exactly what it was about the cover and the blurb that drew me in but it did.

Honestly this book wasn’t exactly what I expected and that’s not a criticism at all, it was more.

I want to say it’s a slow build but that’s not exactly true it starts in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania where Professor Norman Wiseman is holed up.
It’s safe to say his life has definitely taken a turn for the worst. Until recently he’d been Professor of Emerging Diseases but after making an unbelievable discovery (that a virus was responsible for transmitting the wolf genes from one host to another) his confidential paper had been leaked to the Press who dubbed him Professor Wolfman or Doctor Werewolf. Now he’s in Romania with what were three students.

It moves at a steady pace the author doesn’t rush, he builds the story along with the characters. We get to know and understand them a little and at times they felt so real and I found myself completely hooked.
I never knew which character he would kill or contaminate next which I found both interesting and annoying at the same time.
Talking of characters there’s some incredible and interesting ones here and I’m struggling to let them go, I really wish the next book was available.

I’m so glad I requested this, I did pause for a while unsure if it would be too violent or bloody for me but it wasn’t. It was also great to read a book set in Britain, a rarity for me these days.

I’ve no idea how many books are in this series but I’m hooked and in for the long haul.

I voluntarily read a review copy kindly provided by NetGalley and Landmark Media.