Review: Okay m/m shifter romance - #11 in series, but can be stand-alone
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
2.5-3 stars. An okay m/m shifter romance novella. Full disclosure--I just dove in to this book; I haven't read the earlier ones.  One bonus is that I didn't feel super penalized for that. The author did a good job of making this story overall stand-alone (although as a new reader, I may not get the depth and understanding as a reader more familiar with the series.) It helps if you're also familiar with shifter tropes. If you haven't read anything about werewolves and shifters, then you probably should start at the beginning.At about 100 pages, it's a pretty short, fast read---the story focuses on Kyle, a wolf shifter who is a trucker from the Stone Ridge pack in Colorado, who makes a stop in Idaho and comes across Vee, a human (and his fated mate.) Vee is very interested in Kyle, but finds out from the wrong people what Kyle really is, and trouble builds from there as Kyle has to both save Vee and prove that this whole crazy shifter thing isn't as scary as Vee might think.Why it's just an okay read is mostly because it's pretty short, and the author crammed in the main story with the MCs, side characters from past stories, and also characters that are strongly hinted at as MCs for future books. All that in a small amount of space, especially all the set-up for future couples in follow-up books meant that there wasn't enough for me to really hold on to with this book's main couple. I kind of wish there had been more depth and development for Kyle and Vee, as opposed to feeling Kyle's side-trip to Idaho was mostly just set-up for other books.If you're fully invested in this series, this short side-trip might not bother you, but for me, it was an indicator that these longer series that focuses on many couples may not be my bag. I think my preference is for fewer (or one) couple and more development and relationship focus on them.