L.A. Day

(Originally posted on SnarkyMomReads)

"FERAL DOMINATION", by T. A. Day, is the first of (currently) four books of the Faldron Shifter series. As of this writing, it is being offer as a freebie at Amazon. Typically when I see something published by Ellora's Cave I jump on it; their writers are normally 'safe bets' and really - if it's free, what does it hurt to try out a new author?

Um, famous last words.

In the overall scheme of things, the storyline was very good & deserves about a 4.5 star rating. Gionne and Jenna are childhood playmates that become sweethearts with plans to mate - even though he is lupine and she is feline. (In other words - they want to see if cats & dogs CAN play well together...) Due to his father's illness, Gionne pushes Jenna away and she is NOT understanding of this and turns her back on him. Fast forward a few years and she is asked to be a "guest" at Gionne's compound while the lupines grant the felines some much needed land to hunt on. This story has REALLY REALLY HOT sex scenes - menage & anal are some, so you are warned! - and lots of miscommunication due to some betrayals by one of the pack members.

What this story doesn't have? Descriptive communication. At times I felt like I was reading stilted, Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator style dialogue. It was driving me nuts. (NOT - "It was driving me nuts!", she exclaimed emphatically.) Like I said, though, this is the first of the series (published in 2009) and is over 300 pages. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that as the author got into the series, the dialogue flowed a bit more easily.

Hey - it's a free trial right now. Doesn't hurt to try, right? And if you really like shifter romances - this could be the start of one of your favorite series! YAY!… (meer)

I was curios to read this one since L.A. Day is an het author I was looking since a bit, but for a reason or another I never picked up one of her books (mostly for Ellora's Cave). From what I read she was the 'classical' erotica author, and in the positive means of the word.

Feral Intensity follows the path lead by Ellora's Cave's previous production, a not so long story, less than 90 pages, with a lot of sex without boundaries. There is not slowly wooing in this book, but two males in heat: Dirk is an enforcerer of his wolf pack and Rian is the alpha of a coyote pack. Between wolfs and coyotes there is not good blood, but since the first time the two males scent the other, they realize that they are fated mates. For Rian is not a problem, he has long ago admitted that he is gay, his only worry is that he has not a big pack and so maybe he can't give to his mate the right protection. Instead fo Dirk this is his first gay experience and he is not so ready to surrender; he knows that sooner or later he needs to follow the path the Fate has chosen for him, but he is not an easy prey for Rian.

Obviously in only 90 pages and with the sexual relationship the main focus of the story, the plot can't be very complex; after a undecided beginning where Dirk plays the role of the reluctant virgin, both men surrender to desire; in a way Dirk succeeds in his own intention arriving to an agreement with Rian: Dirk will recognize the Alpha role of Rian in front of the pack, but in bed they are equals, and so Dirk has the right to top as much as Rian.

All in all if you want a R&R fast reading, Feral Intensity is a good choice: two sexy males, a lot of sex and you are served.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030MQIV0/?tag=elimyrevandra-20… (meer)