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A novellette set after Second Nature, focused on a different set of characters but involving some of the repercussions of the events of that novel. Humans who find out about the existence of the shapeshifting Wrasa are no longer automatically assassinated, but it’s a fragile peace and they still might be assassinated. Therefore, interspecies dating is still forbidden. Which makes it difficult when ER psychiatrist and coyote shifter Shelby falls for her human co-worker, ER nurse Nyla.
Shelby’s a flawed Wrasa, with the metabolism and enhanced senses but unable to shift at will, but still bound by the rules of the community. Still, given her lowly status, maybe no one will notice if she just goes on out on one date... (One incredibly awkward date, as Wrasa normally bring gifts of meat rather than flowers, Nyla’s chihuahua senses Shelby’s Wrasa nature and doesn’t like it one bit, Wrasa can’t see projected movies very well owing to their non-human vision, and they run into a pair of very suspicious fox shifters at the theatre.)
If Shelby tells Nyla her secret, she’ll be putting Nyla at risk and making herself look like a lunatic, as she can’t shift to prove it. But if she doesn’t, how can they ever have a real relationship?
Another nicely detailed and solidly enjoyable lesbian shifter story from Jae. Shelby’s enhanced senses and the Wrasa culture details make for a very fun story, and the central dilemma is convincing and not easily dealt with. I’m guessing Shelby and Nyla will turn up again or at least be heard from in the next book in the series, True Nature, as while this novelette resolved their romance, the larger obstacles are still at play by the end.
Manhattan Moon
Shelby’s a flawed Wrasa, with the metabolism and enhanced senses but unable to shift at will, but still bound by the rules of the community. Still, given her lowly status, maybe no one will notice if she just goes on out on one date... (One incredibly awkward date, as Wrasa normally bring gifts of meat rather than flowers, Nyla’s chihuahua senses Shelby’s Wrasa nature and doesn’t like it one bit, Wrasa can’t see projected movies very well owing to their non-human vision, and they run into a pair of very suspicious fox shifters at the theatre.)
If Shelby tells Nyla her secret, she’ll be putting Nyla at risk and making herself look like a lunatic, as she can’t shift to prove it. But if she doesn’t, how can they ever have a real relationship?
Another nicely detailed and solidly enjoyable lesbian shifter story from Jae. Shelby’s enhanced senses and the Wrasa culture details make for a very fun story, and the central dilemma is convincing and not easily dealt with. I’m guessing Shelby and Nyla will turn up again or at least be heard from in the next book in the series, True Nature, as while this novelette resolved their romance, the larger obstacles are still at play by the end.
Manhattan Moon
, about an ER doctor who soulbonds with a waitress.)
