A few questions, but a great book!

I’ve never read anything by Annabelle Jacobs before and I can’t recall hearing Antony Ferguson either, but I was impressed with both! I consider this to be a stellar find and I’m already on my second go-round. I’m not a huge fan of shifter books where shifters are out in the open and exist together with humans, but Ms. Jacobs did a great job with building that world. I’d almost describe it as an enemies-to-lovers storyline between two strangers. Parts of it had me on the edge of my seat and it seemed like the story flew by, but it wasn’t overly angsty either. I did end up with quite a few questions about parts of the plot that weren’t answered (and maybe will be expanded on in future stories?). Without giving away major spoilers, they all kind of revolve around just WHY everyone hates Nathan? It’s a common theme and I just didn’t understand the sentiment. Aside from that, I liked the author’s unique take on how shifters bond. I don’t think it’s one I’ve seen before and not the typical “true mate” trope. Antony Ferguson was clearly an excellent narrator choice and his voices were well-separated and different, despite the broad amount of characters in the book. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for more from this duo!

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Mediocre and lacks authenticity

I’m sure people will hate this review. The problem with this book is the author. Women shouldn’t write m/m erotica.

I didn’t realize the author wasn’t male until the first romantic scene. It didn’t connect with me and felt wrong. Then I realized it was written by a woman.

Women who write m/m make the same mistake most heterosexuals make. They assume one party is the “girl” and that the emotional responses will fall into a m/f dynamic. Nope, it’s two men in that bed. I can’t relate to the sex scenes in female written m/m books. They lack authenticity.

Men just don’t have those emotional reactions. Ive never been with a man that says these things.

Women write these scenes like they want a man to have sex with a woman.

I’m sure that women reading this book are enjoying it because they can relate.

The storyline was actually good. I enjoyed that part. It was engaging but the romance just felt like another version of heterosexual romance.

It’s weird to me why straight women like gay storylines. It’s weirder reading their material because it lacks authenticity. That is what is missing in this book, authenticity.

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Bitten by Mistake

This such a great read!! The story was interesting and entertaining! I can’t wait to try the next book!!

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Bad AI Narrator

I'm almost willing to bet the narrator was not human. I've heard what I thought was this exact voice in text to speech generators, and this would explain the total lack of emotion and inflection. It was really bad. If that is the case, I truly hate the idea of human voice actors being replaced by artificial voices and it sets an unacceptable precedent. If not, it's just indefensibly bad voicework.

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Cute

I enjoyed the masculine vibe created by the story. They characters were sweet. However, the narrator’s lack of voice change and name mistakes (once) made it hard to follow at times.

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Narrator Sucked

story was pretty good, narrator sucked . My first time with him, not again !

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Hmm... On the fence

I love Antony Ferguson's narration in any book. So it had that going for it. Beginning is bitten to automatic love mine of read, I enjoy a little more meat in the book before that happens.

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