This is a real quick paranormal read that focuses on the reality of shifters, those protecting them, and those who experimented on them and search them still. This particular word is of the m/m genre and focuses on Robert Hamilton-Scott who has opened up his place as a refuge for those shifters hiding from the government.
He's a piece of the resistance, a quiet part though since he's a shifter himself. He dyes his hair since shifters have very distinctive hair color and keeps to himself out of concern of being discovered. It's a smooth life until the day the resistance brings Michael O'Dare to find at Robert's mansion. He was experimented on by the administration and constrained to shift which has now left him more animal-like than human. Robert sees the man inside though and helps him take to be Centered like him so he regains his humanity. There's still many obstacles to master in their kinship with many dangerous moments when the resistance goes against the regime to release more shifters and hidden truths come out in the open.
Since this report was so little the emotional link between Michael and Robert felt a bit rushed and a tad superficial at first. It had the look of love-at-first-sight which makes you question the seniority of their relationship, but the two of them go through so many life-threatening and highly emotional incidents that their bond does go a bit more believable. And they both get very unique qualities, unique life views, to their relationship that again made their bond realistic. Michael clearly was the more experienced of the two, but he never made Robert feel naive nor did he act overtly dominant in their intimate relationship. The sexual interludes between the two were nicely written and did not get over the story. I liked seeing them as a couple, but wish more time could have been invested in development their relationship.
Another casualty due to the truncation of the report was the world-building. I'm definitely intrigued by these shifters, but I wanted to give a clearer picture of the shifter's lives and the government's reasons for harming them. It's a man that is interesting with a lot of possibilities that I'd wish to see the author expand upon.
This story wasn't perfect, but it's a respectable start that if the writer continues to write about will unquestionably have me as a reader. This record would have gotten a higher rating from me had things been expanded upon, but the truncation of it made me feel cheated. I wanted to experience more and find more invested in this couple's relationship but the abruptness of the account didn't allow for that. Given a longer book length I find this generator can produce a really good book since this report was a decent start.
My rating for this is a C.
*I received this from NetGalley for reviewing purposes.
*Book cover photo courtesy of www.goodreads.com.
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