Review: I thoroughly enjoyed it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2012
After reading the first book in the Wayne County Wolves series, I was surprised to see another Lost Shifter book out so soon (surprised but happy).  The last half of the series have been a hit or a slight hit and with a $4.99 price tag you are gambling each time.  North's Complications was a hit for me.  Ever since the Christmas story where we saw Dominic take control of finding a Christmas tree I had to know his story.  North is also a bit of an enigma since Shane visits him as does Keegan and well half the coalition.So...Pros- I really liked their love story.  They didn't fall into bed right away and since they're from previous books the love wasn't that instantaneous 'you are my mate now lets fall in love' feeling that some of Hecht's couples can have (Wayne County Wolves)- I liked that there was action and violence.  I know I reiterate this every time but I really think it gives the novellas depth when there is actual fighting and readers can see more of this war, while there wasn't a huge amount of violence (Shane yum) there was enough to wet my appetite- We get to see more women in this book, I know that's a weird thing to say but up until Dulla came in, the series was saturated with men and then Cassie.  Now we have Dulla, Dominic's girls, Ava (love her!) Hana and a few others.Cons- Ava was a bit too adult, though she's a leopard and grew up in a training facility, I did love that we got to see a full scene with just her and Dominic in it, but I would also like to see a bit more of her leopard side since the foundation (not all) of Shane's reputation is that he's a psycho because he's a leopard- Shane... this is hard to put down into words but I love Shane and I actually loved how crazy and mean he was.  While I understood and even supported the need for Shane to grow into something more human, I really don't want him to become superficially crazy.  He talks all the time of bringing home kills and heads and never does, he talks about wanting to kill people but then is unsure because of Trevor, he's visiting a shrink but still destroys his office or so we hear but never see... I don't know I just don't want him to get too soft because part of his draw as a character is that he's not soft.  I want to see him bring a head home, even if it's to scare a prisoner, I want to see him rip a head off, not just talk about itThose were my only two gripes, and they weren't really gripes... well that and the price tag but it's the dang publishing company's fault not the author's.  All in all I still adore the shifter series.  It makes me happy to read and I like seeing the evolution of the characters.  I would love to see more of the original characters, maybe do some second books on Andrew, Owen, Dean, Daniel, etc, instead of throwing them all together for a Christmas special, but I also always adore meeting new couples... speaking of which when will we get to see Tatum and Ackley??