Review: The bird gets his Platypus - and the reader gets a short insight into the world of shifters.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2014
Kai has never met another shifter.  He was brought up by his Aunt and Uncle who are not shifters.  Only his friends know what he is.  He gets caught in a Beaver trap and is rescued by a Penguin and his human mate.  He is trying to process this and is in pain when some sort of massive raptor swoops down - his Platypus and human self both agree to run but the pain of his injury means he blacks out.  Dorian is an Alpha who doesn't want to lead so is a part of Kontra's pack for now.  He scents his mates blood and swoops in on the Penguin and human holding him - what did they do to his mate?  His aggression surfaces.  He takes Kai to his new room and tends to him, Kai reacts to the mate pull even though he has no idea what it is and submits to Dorian.Upon regaining consciousness and learning a bit about shifters, while still wanting to sniff Dorian, he also learns about mates.  And that Dorian is his.  And that Dorian is two and a half centuries old.  Ok, that's a bit much and he returns to his friends and the kegger party week they have planned. Dorian follows and they mate - so now what? Kai is still in college and Dorian is two and a half centuries old - what does that mean for them?  And it seems the warlock in the pack has had a vision of Dorian as an Alpha of an unconventional pack.And that last bit is really of interest to me.  The meeting, relationship and mating really do go off without a hitch so it is all a bit plain sailing once Kai learns what shifters there are and some of the shifter rules.  But when an unconventional pack is mentioned and that Dorian will lead them (and he doesn't really want a pack) I was looking forward to more information.  But the story just ended there.  I really am getting annoyed at the sudden end just when some of the good stuff could be happening.  We get build up and then we get dumped out of the story.  That's why it gets 3 stars, it ends when the meaty stuff should begin.