Review: Fun times
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
My take: This was an interesting book to read. As most people know, I'm a die-hard Mary Calmes fan, and I adored Cardeno C's Wake Me Up Inside. I was so curious to see how a meshing of two different authors could work. Every other chapter? Different characters? How do you discuss the steamy scenes?? The final result was Control. Something I love about shifter books (well, good shifter books) is the backstory and the detailed pride/pack/flock. I love the rich, complex hierarchy and wasn't disappointed with Vy's. I did miss the snark and humor apparent in all of Mary's books, though fans of either or will love Control and use it as a gateway drug!Vy is the Kuar of a flock of Hawk shifters and is knocked off his feet when he meets his mate Robert who is a bear shifter who never shifts. What ensues is a romance with a push and pull between Robert's deeply human nature and Vy's own animal instincts. Watching the two come together and pull apart had me cheering and cringing and wanting to shake each. Robert was so sweet, but my heart belongs to Vy. He's such a wild, yet strong alpha. He wants to dominate, yet release control to his mate. And I've decided he's next in my book harem (what's that? 30 now?).Bottom line: If you're new to either author, this is a great bridge, and also a fantastic love story between two drastically different shifters.Tara Lain's take: You know how we spent our youth trying to get an A? Well, I'm here to tell you that in romance — gay romance, in particular — the best grade you can get is — a C! C as in Calmes. C as in Cardeno C. And C as in their great new book just released from Dreamspinner, Control. I'm reading it now. A Hawk shifter right off gets my attention. Add a bear shifter who likes being human, and you've got power mixed with power — and I'm anticipating that special sweetness that puts the C in "Can't keep from reading their books!" I'll bet you agree.To read what Cardeno C and Mary Calmes thought about Tara's book head over to the HEA blog!