How to Howl at the Moon
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| ISBN-13: | 9780692456309 |
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| Publisher: | Pinkerton Road |
| Publication date: | 05/28/2015 |
| Pages: | 322 |
| Sales rank: | 941,398 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.67(d) |
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Do you ever hear about a book and can’t believe you missed it when it was released? Such is the case for me with Eli Easton’s Howl at the Moon. This book just ticks off all the boxes for the kind of story I love: m/m, shifters, unusual world building, sweet, some angst, and an HEA as the cherry on top.
I love the world that Ms Easton builds in this story. Dogs who can shift, and they are rare, congregate into a small pack in the California mountains in a village called Mad Creek. Some dogs are born “quickened” (shifters) and some are made. Apparently people can’t be made, so born a human, always a human.
Tim fully human and is a vegetable and flower gardener who has always wanted to have his own farm. Unfortunately, he’s been under contract with an unscrupulous man who has stolen the patents on the hybrids that Tim has developed. Tim finally escapes with the help of a friend to her mountain cabin where he can try to make a go of the few seeds he has purchased and a set of rose hips that his boss never knew about. Tim is very shy and stutters a lot plus there is a misunderstanding initially that leads the town sheriff to think Tim is involved with the marijuana growers who are trying to muscle in to the Mad Creek area.
The sheriff, Lance, is a border collie shifter (quickened) by birth and followed in his late father’s footsteps to the job as sheriff. As he stalks Tim, trying to find out what is Tim’s real story, they find themselves attracted to each other but there’s the cloud of “who is Tim?” hanging over them.
The story is full of wonderful, quirky characters, main and secondary, who will steal your heart and capture your attention from the first page to the end. I loved the fact that the human side of the dog shifters mirrors the personalities of their dog side. I laughed often while reading this book, and almost held my breath when it got a little angsty. The sheriff pretending to be a lost pet dog while stalking Tim was absolutely hilarious, especially when he had to try to get himself out of the complicated mess of his own making.
How to Howl at the Moon is delightful and I recommend it highly.
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First off, let me start with a warning. Listen to the audiobook. I’m sure it’s good in ebook format, but the narrator does an exceptional job of the voices and tones you’ll wanna hear it. Now – for that warning? Do not. I repeat DO NOT, eat or drink anything while listening to this book. I would even suggest you don’t drive or operate heavy machinery. It’s so f’ing funny, you’ll crack up, tears running down your face laughing, and you might miss your turn off.
Now, what is it about? Welcome to Mad Creek, a tiny town in northern California that’s most assuredly gone to the dogs. No, this isn’t about a dog show. See, the vast majority of citizens of Mad Creek are Quickened. What are Quickened? Dogs who were so well-loved that when their human passed on, instead of dying themselves, they were changed into a sort of shifter – part dog/part human. If a Quickened mates with another Quickened, well, their offspring is automatically born that way. And Lance Beaufort, Sheriff of Mad Creek is a fourth generation Border Collie Quickened. Imagine the intense watchfulness and protectiveness and desire to serve from a BC while in its human form and you basically have Lance.
Tim, on the other hand, is human and has no idea Quickened even exist. He just moved to Mad Creek and has nobody and very little money. He only has one chance: to use seeds he’s brought with him to grow his own produce so he can support himself. Of course, nothing can be easy for the guy. The sheriff thinks he’s growing weed, the sheriff’s mother has taken a liking to him which turns his life upside down, and a bunch of crazy guys shoot up his place. Not to mention he’s been adopted by a local border collie who comes by every night for cuddles and leaves during the day.
I could literally go on and on about how wonderfully fun this book was. But I’m sure after a thousand or so words you’d realize you should just get the book and read/listen to it as it’s going to be so much better than my rambling in the first place.
Get How to Howl at the Moon. Why? It’s got M/M romance, mystery, stolen plants, hybrids – plants not people, Quickened, Quickened that get a little frisky in their human forms, vets who enjoy teasing their quickened sheriffs, oh, yeah, and the sex scene? Totally the most hilarious sex scene I’ve ever read. Eli Easton has completely outdone herself. I loved her Sex in Seattle Series and several of her other individual books and I love this one too. I am very glad to see this will be a series and can hardly wait for the second Howl at the Moon book.
Oh, before I forget. Why did I give the narrator 4 stars? I loved his voice and the different voices he gave to the characters. BUT – the producer needed to use a different mic or something to block certain sounds. His S’s hissed against my ears making me wince half the time and his breathing was a bit loud. Better microphones can stop that. But even with those issues, it did not take away from the book which was exceptional!
Story Rating: 5 stars
Narrator Rating: 4 stars
Overall rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by a-nony-mouse for Crystal’s Many Reviewers
*Copy BOUGHT for review*
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