Review: love Calmes' shifters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2011
I think what attracts me most to this author is her original world-building.  InChange of Heart, it was cats.  And it was not just cats as placeholders for the more common werewolves.  She built a unique society with laws, rules of etiquette and a social hierarchy.  It was imaginative and fun, and gave the underlying gay romance a lot of depth.  Here we have another unique shifter race, and the hint of another such original society.  It is only a hint because this is a novella, not a novel.When Mason stops to help what he thinks is a lost old man find his way home, he discovers a gathering of some very strange and very naked people.  Exhausted after a double shift as a fireman, the events of that night seem surreal until Luc shows up near his home and proceeds to turn his world upside down.  This novella is obviously intended to have sequels, so while we get a bit character development and minor world-building, it isn't much.  Mainly, readers get an introduction to the heroes, some piping hot sex and hints of a plot to come.I will warn readers, the main characters once again border on Mary-Sueism.  That doesn't bother me because this author has a lot more to offer in her stories, but if that character-trait rubs you wrong...  Overall, I was intrigued by the world introduced in Romanus and found the initial romance satisfying.  I will not hesitate to order a sequel when it comes along.