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reviews_and_ramblings) wrote2010-02-08 02:34 pm
Extinction (Refuge Shifters 1) by Carol Lynne
It’s strange to read of how Toby, the little wolf / man chosen to lead the werewolves, almost goes in heat when he meets his fated mate, Jack. Jack is not a shifter, he is human, and at the beginning of the story I was expecting from him to be the omega man in the couple. And instead, with wonder, I found out that Toby is almost androgynous, and fragile; he needs protection, in everything, and not mating with Jack cause him pain, like he was in heat. So much the author pushes on the heat button, that I was almost expecting for Toby to change sex and becoming a female wolf able to give birth…
Maybe in this Carol Lynne plays a bit with the yaoi elements: Toby whimpers, cocks his head like a curious puppy, and has temper tantrums… quite the imagine of the half man / half animal characters so loved in the yaoi manga. From what I understand, the series will evolve in a series of connected episodes where those two spirits feminine male will find the strong Alpha who will protect them. They all will go to live in a reserve, an high tech place in the Canadian woods called Refuge.
It will be interesting to notice how the author will resolve the issue of their extinction, I have the feelings that she will mix male/male stories with ménages, to resolve the problem in the most “natural” way…
http://www.resplendencepublishing.com/m8_view_item.html?m8:item=118-201-107-438-2
Amazon Kindle: Extinction (Refuge Shifters)
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A me i m/m/m non spiacciono se sono ben bilanciati, ma no donzelle nel mezzo, please. E' qualcosa che a volte temo nelle serie di Carol Lynne.
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Carol Lynne tende a scrivere capitoli misti, sei storie m/m e magari in mezzo un paio di m/f. Sarà anche vero che sono stand alone ma alcuni accenni od eventi magari sono iniziati nell'avventura precedente e questo mette un po' in crisi.
E' una cosa che ho notato in più di un'autrice, vedi Cameron Dane o Stormy Glenn. Sicuramente è più realistico - la specie deve pur continuare in qualche modo :P - ma mi costringe a saltare pezzi *sigh*
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c'è sempre la male-pregnancy! LOL. Scherzo, capisco che per essere realistici ci deve essere, ma preferisco che siano ben staccati dalla serie, in modo da non perdere nulla se non li leggo.
Elisa