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Mating Balance (2014)

by Gina A. Rogers(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

M/M Romance Group @ goodreads

review 1: As it is often the case, in this short M/M shifter romance a good basic idea and two potentially interesting characters/lovers are wasted by hurry.A lot of the story, not only past events, is told and not shown and what is shown only deals cursorily with the potentially interesting conflicts and personality traits.It reads like an unfinished draft: should the author decide to write the actual story, it might be nice.
review 2: Urg…I struggled to finish this book and really am rather surprised I did. A LOT of skimming was involved. Lots of backstory before we get to the ‘good stuff’ and then after all that build up, the authors skip right over the best parts! The first meeting between the two is not a cataclysmic meeting; Troy, our shifter MC (and really, ... morethe shifter part was probably not even necessary it played such a little part in the relationship) wakes up his intended-Seth at the crack of dawn (because he couldn’t wait any longer-a cute idea and chance for humor that didn’t get taken) and the result is a slightly cranky and confused Seth. Yet later in the book, Seth reminisces about their fond first meeting and how he knew they had a connection right away. Then the authors say ‘some weeks later’ (I’m paraphrasing a bit) and we completely skip over the budding relationship which is kinda the part we want to read about! Then there is the Big Misunderstanding, and of all things Seth finds out about his heritage, his boyfriend being a shifter and the whole mate thing all at once, not from Troy, but from Seth's mother (who does not live there with him I might add), who somehow figured it all out and/or knew the pertinent details all along. SAY WHAT?!? So a completely random character that has no place in the story whatsoever suddenly pops up and has all the answers? That’s a new one by me in this genre! Plus, the author made several comments that pulled me out of the story. I knew I was in trouble when towards the beginning the author says about shifters not being immortal that its ‘not like we read in stories, this is reality’. Shifter stories are reality?!? I’m enjoying these LL books and being introduced to new authors, but I also am grateful because a free read like this tells me I may not want to be purchasing any books from this duo. I’m sorry to say it was a poor execution of the prompt, in my opinion. less

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