Review: Nice Change of Pace
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
I am somewhat of a lycanthrophile, so I picked this up after reading about it in a blog.  While not a huge romance fan, I was easily drawn in and whipped through the book.The author's version of the lycanthropic mythos is interesting.  While the fact that the Akila's (the female protagonist) pet dogs accepted this big bad werewolf into her house first rubbed me a bit raw, I quickly accepted it.  Why do dogs and werewolves have to be so antagonistic?  The author has full rein to design her own universe.The story was well-developed, although I would have liked a rescue scene told by a different POV instead of someone drugged up.  By using that POV, it seemed a bit rushed to me.I like the characters involved.  The goodies were likable and understandable.  I like how Akila's race was slyly sneaked in without there being an overt point made about it. Each character spoke with his or her own vocabulary, style, and tempo.I don't read much in the way of romance or erotica.  I am not a prude, but I would rather experience than read, and most authors fail to write about sex in what I consider a realistic manner.  I was pleasantly surprised, then, with this book's sex.  The first inkling that this would be different was when our shifter protagonist, Sable, grabs Akila and turns her around.  She doesn't know what is happening, and we are presented with the sound of a zipper.  As  reader, I was hit with a "oh no he didn't" moment, only to find out it wasn't quite what I thought it was.  The events to the actual consummation were cleverly built up, raising sexual tension.  The sex scene itself seemed realistic and erotic.With vampires seemingly getting all the sex in most movies and books, and shifters being left in the cold, it was nice to read about werewolves finally getting some action.Overall, I thought this was a fun read.  I would certainly buy the next book in the series.