Love Bytes reads the A Walk on the Wild Side Daily Dose from Dreamspinner Press!
For the whole month of June there will be a daily review featuring one of the stories from this new collection.
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DAY 1
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Fieldwork
AUTHOR: Charles Payseur
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
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RELEASE DATE: June 1st, 2016
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Agent Ignacio Ritter is content serving the CXO, the Central Xenomorph Organization, from the safety of his desk. He has good reasons for avoiding fieldwork like the plague: his parents died in the field, leaving him to be raised among wolf-shifters. Because of his adopted family, everyone thinks he is a wolf, a lie that protects him from the ridicule he’d face if he revealed the truth.
When the charming and dangerous tiger-shifter Agent Reed Daily chooses Ignacio to help close the books on a gang threatening to tear Chicago apart, Ignacio can’t refuse. Perhaps it’s the chance to avenge his parents, or perhaps it’s the tight fit of Reed’s suit and heat Reed’s smile ignites in Ignacio. When the chips are down and the whole city’s depending on him, will Ignacio prove himself a man or a mouse?
REVIEW:
This was a cute, short shifter story. There was nothing super intriguing about this story. I thought the writing was good. I’d be interested in other stories from this author, maybe something longer with more developed characters.
Ignacio has kept secrets most of his life. Lies are now a part of his everyday existence so when his boss pulls him into her office to explain she needs him for a dangerous op, he’s extremely hesitant. Tragedy has impacted Ignacio’s life already and he runs from incredibly dangerous situations. He’s happiest behind a computer screen. Unfortunately not only is he assigned a new case but he also gets a new partner who happens to be gorgeous and a tiger shifter. Both men are attracted to each other from the onset but Ignacio runs scared and Reed does what tigers do…he tracks him down.
I think my favorite part of this book was Reed. I wanted to know all about him. And then on the other hand, my least favorite thing was Ignacio. He was incredibly whiny throughout the story. A little frustrating but I understood why he was the way he was. Also, the bad guy/pack element was a little muddled. I didn’t really get it. For instance, who were the bad guys? Why were they bad? Where did they come from? It just left me with quite a few questions that we never get answers to.
Like I said, this story was ok. Nothing spectacular but not awful either.
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Not crazy about the whole Big Misunderstanding trope, but it does sound intriguing!
I’m a sucker for all things shifter; the story sounds interesting, (Love the cover art, too)
Sounds really nice. Thank you!
I love the cover for this Daily Dose series, the lone man wandering into the forest reminds of the song ‘if you go down to the woods today….’ 😀 Thank you for an interesting and helpful review 🙂
Thank you for the review! I’ve always had a thing for shifter stories and mystery.
I like the premise and the cover. Hopefully the author will continue.
I love shifters, and this world sounds interesting. Thanks for the review.