Review: Yuma's Unusual Method of Finding His Mate
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2012
I am always amazed each time I get to read a story from Kontra's Menagerie Series just how true the 'menagerie' part is and how it makes for a fun story.This time the hero is Yuma, the penguin shifter who had small bit roles in the other stories, but now its his turn to find his mate.  Yuma and some of the gang are in Minnesota renting a lake cabin for a month of R&R.;  Yuma, being a penguin, decides to enjoy the benefits of the lake, but next thing he knows he's been shot twice and at the mercy of the human hunter.  He drops out of consciousness before he learns his ultimate fate.Hunter is holed up with his dad at his dad's lake cabin hiding and recovering from terribly injuries inflicted on him by his ex-boyfriend and his cronies.  Next thing he knows, his dad is hollering for the first-aid supplies because he shot a penguin mistaking it for the ex's mean dog come to hunt them down.  Hunter can't help the shock he feels when he puts his veterinary knowledge to work stitching up the unconscious penguin and the hits just keep on coming when the penguin turns out to be an even bigger shock in the morning.The plot of this one was fast even by Charlie Richards' standards.  I usually don't mind the quick attractions and declarations of love in the series, but in this instance, I was not completely sold probably because Yuma himself even seemed conflicted about his feelings for Adam at one point and it was treated with the 'we knew it would end someday' bit.Not to say, I hated the story or the characters or even the romance between Hunter and Yuma, let's just say I wanted it to have more time to develop so that I would feel convinced about Yuma's switch from Adam to Hunter.  And Hunter, really jumped on the idea of leaving his job and his dad behind pretty quickly.  So yes, just a bit more development and I would have liked it all that much more.I enjoyed the installment and look forward to whose turn it will be next in Kontra's group.