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A Den Mate for Dylan
by Emory Winters
lighthearted
medium-paced
2 stars may be a little harsh here, but I was not having a good time by the end of the book. First of all, this book is supposed to be about fox shifters. However, they barely even shift, and the main couple never shift together at all. Why even make them shifters then? To justify their love of chicken? You could do that with a non-shifter omegaverse story, which this should have been.
I understand that this was self-published, so I can usually overlook a few spelling errors here and there, but this was more than that. I felt like there were so many spelling errors that the only explanation is that the author didn't even do a reread before publishing it. For example, there's a city in the story called Reynard, but sometimes it's spelled Raynard. Or vice versa? I'm really not sure what the actual spelling is supposed to be, because it flip-flops so much. There's also a lot of formatting errors, especially around quotations.
I also felt like the pace of the story was extremely fucked up at the end. The story jumped around a lot without giving actual timeframes for things. New elements in their sex lives were introduced without fanfare—like the roleplaying. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with that, but when we see them roleplaying for the first time, it's clear they've done it multiple times before and enjoyed it. But this story is supposed to be about them getting together. It doesn't make sense to skip from their first times together to this experienced roleplay.
The smart thing to do would have been to make thespa day their first actual roleplay. Then at the end, have Axel promise to roleplay as a firefighter for him in the future, which turns into the epilogue . It would make WAY more sense.
I did enjoy that there was no third act breakup or any unnecessary, drawn-out miscommunication. That's why I'm not giving the book less than 2 stars. It won some points from me there.
I don't know if I'm making a lot of sense here. I'm probably not. I just didn't have a fun time. I wouldn't really recommend this one, especially if you are looking for a shifter romance, as this isn't one, despite the blurb.
I understand that this was self-published, so I can usually overlook a few spelling errors here and there, but this was more than that. I felt like there were so many spelling errors that the only explanation is that the author didn't even do a reread before publishing it. For example, there's a city in the story called Reynard, but sometimes it's spelled Raynard. Or vice versa? I'm really not sure what the actual spelling is supposed to be, because it flip-flops so much. There's also a lot of formatting errors, especially around quotations.
I also felt like the pace of the story was extremely fucked up at the end. The story jumped around a lot without giving actual timeframes for things. New elements in their sex lives were introduced without fanfare—like the roleplaying. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with that, but when we see them roleplaying for the first time, it's clear they've done it multiple times before and enjoyed it. But this story is supposed to be about them getting together. It doesn't make sense to skip from their first times together to this experienced roleplay.
The smart thing to do would have been to make the
I did enjoy that there was no third act breakup or any unnecessary, drawn-out miscommunication. That's why I'm not giving the book less than 2 stars. It won some points from me there.
I don't know if I'm making a lot of sense here. I'm probably not. I just didn't have a fun time. I wouldn't really recommend this one, especially if you are looking for a shifter romance, as this isn't one, despite the blurb.