The Katzman's Mate by Stormy Glenn

[reviews_and_ramblings]

I bought this book since I read in another post by a friend of mine of a particularly development of the story that I was really interested in seeing, but since I'm mean, and since finding out that development is part of the surprise of the book, I will not say what it was ;-) Yes, yes, I know that I had an advantage on you, but still I'm incorruptible.

Apart from that first element, the Katzman's Mate has many traits that usually I like in a futuristic gay romance: first of all the "furry" nature of one of the main characters, even more when it's the top of the situation. Truth be told, Chellak, the katzman, has less "fur" than usual, and he has not a tail, only pointed ears and a bit of more hair on his body than a human. And a cat like nose. And long and thick hair like the mane of a lion... said like that he seems not so handsome, but he purrs, so I can accept that.

Chellak is the commander of a small pride who comes back to his home planet to get rid of the usurper who killed his father more or less thirty years before. Having Chellak a bit of feline nature in him, he is all in all the classical "feline" man of a paranormal romance, all instinct and "you are my mate" attitude: when a Alpha Male katzman finds his mate, he gets in a frenzy mating and he has only one thought in mind... well, to be true, not so different from any other male, feline or not. Anyway Chellak finds his mate in Demyan, a small man from an exotic planet who was a slave of the usurper: Demyan is a beautiful little thing and the villain used him as carrot to his stubborn son; if the "Boy" behaved in a good way, he was allowed to play with his "toy", Demyan, otherwise the toy was put in a cage. From that experience Demyan comes out a bit traumatized and also mute, due to an harsh punishment he suffered to have refused unwelcoming sexual advance from his captor.

This is not exactly a yaoi novel, it lacks of some of the main characterizations (big blurry eyes, blushing virgin and so on), but many of the elements that draw female reader to gay romance are there: the Top and Bottom pair, with clear and precise play roles without shifting; the chick with dick bottom, a boy who behaves mostly like a girl, when girl where demure and shy; the exclusive and strictly monogamous couple. In the end the big "why" I was attracting to this book at first, the one I can't say, but that I know it's a big NO for some gay romance readers (especially the "purist"), but that has some fans among other. If I'm to be sincere, I like all of above, true, not always and not in all my books, but sometime I like it; I'm all for a big bad Alpha Male who can pur, and I like Demyan's character, a mix of innocent and teaser, sometime you wonder if he is dumb, but then you realize he is really only very young and not used to deal with strangers.

So yes, I liked it, and please don't take my following comment like a reason to not read it; I feel to write it only as an advice to the author and the editor: being me not English mother tongue, it's hard for me to notice typos, but I found some, one even in the second sentence of the book, first page. They are quite simple mistakes, I believe most due, maybe, to an automatic proof reader that perhaps changed a word in the wrong way. Most of them probably you can find and correct with a second pass from a skilled reader. Since, as I said and want to remark, the story is good and the characters also, I think it's a shame that a reader is distracted by those typos.

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Comments

[yachay.livejournal.com]

You're evil! But I like it. (You're fast too! I was thinking that it would take a lot longer before I'd see this review.)

It is a shame that there are typos. English is not my mother tongue, but I saw a lot of typos, and was even annoyed by them.
One thing I have noticed in Stormy Glenn's books, is that 'your' is sometimes written as 'you're', which makes no sense to me. I am used to writers using 'your' when it should be 'you're', but the other way around? Never thought that could happen before this, lol! (And yep, you will be seeing those typos more if and when you read more of her books. )

Btw, I just checked your reading list. I can't wait to see what you will think of Full Moon Mating. So hurry, hurry. ;P

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

So I'm not the only one to have noticed them? yes, I see the "you're" instead of "your", I saw also a "liked" instead of "like" (that one is the one in the second sentence), and one time I also found something like "he lifted Chellak to the bed"... I was puzzled, how can Damyen lifts Chellak? And then I realized that it was the other way around, but the author misplaced the name...

But, I insist, I liked the story and I think I will read more by this author.

Elisa

[maemmabea.livejournal.com]

I read this book last week and I was totally attached to it because in my point of view it's a pure sweet love story. I loved the main couple and the way the fall in love with each other, and for me Demyan's character was so cute and innocent, and I totally loved his interaction with Chellak, I even cried when he was suffering because he felt rejected by Chellak's behavior towards him before they were truly mated. But at the end of my reading I was really satisfied with the conclusion of the story. And, I recommend to everyone to read this lovely and sweet book, it's worth it :D

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes, you are right, it's a more sweeter story you would expecting from the blurb. Elisa

[maemmabea.livejournal.com]

hahaha, it's true I found those mistakes too. But I understood it was imposible Damyen could lift Chellak hahaha. And I agree with you, I'm going to read more Glenn's books.
P.S.: My dear Ellisa, you should make a section about this type of books, I mean strictly about sweet love stories hahaha. I hope you consider my recommendation :P
xxxx

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

LOL that's really an hard category to do. Actually a real "sweet romance" is something without sex, and so this one would not have been in the category ;-) And then what is sweet for me, maybe it's not for you. But maybe one of that time when I'm in the mood to change something in my journal I will consider the suggestion :-) Elisa