Dear Author: Romance Book Reviews, Author Interviews, and Commentary

Hunting Love is a series of novellas offered by Samhain which feature shapeshifters of Felidae. Like all Samhain themed novellas, the books share a very similar look so that the reader can easily identify the connection. I read three of the four. * These books are related only by the topic and not the characters or settings. The stories vary quite a bit both in setting and myth. Samhain doesn’t link these books together on its site so if you want to read/buy them all, you have to look for the covers.

The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell. Max Cannon returns to his hometown to take up the leadership of his Pride. Emma Carter, his old classmate, has always yearned for Max but believes that she is not attractive enough for a stud like Max. I like late bloomers and the old friends to lover story, but this story relied too heavily on shortcuts and stereotypes. First, Emma is supposed to be a wallflower on one hand but is referred to by Max’s second, his beta, as ‘The Little General’.

The construct …

Dear Ms. Childers,

I admit I’m a sap for any books with cats in them and this one sounded cute and fluffy. Two older cats explain the magic and meaning of Christmas to a young kitten who’s puzzled by this whole Christmas Tree, packages, nativity scene and Santa idea. The story is sweet, the illustrations are nicely done though I doubt any cat could resist batting those toy sheep from the manger scene around if one had the chance. I do feel compelled to point out that Bug, the young kitten, undergoes a sex change in one line towards the end of the story. She also changes fur color at least once and some lines are repeated on the last page. But I see it’s from Diskus publishing so that probably explains that. Still it’s a solid B grade though a little pricey for the story length.

~Jayne