Reviewed by Tammy
TITLE: Sealed With Honor
SERIES: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, #1
AUTHOR: A.J. Marcus & Caitlin Ricci
PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books
LENGTH: 75 Pages
RELEASE DATE: March 22, 2016
BLURB:
Cam has always known that his mating would be arranged by his father, and his best hope is for a mate who respects him and could eventually be friends with him. He has no choice in the matter and is resigned to the worst-case scenario of a mate he’ll end up hating for the rest of his life. His biggest worry is that he’ll no longer be able to keep his best friend in his life. If his mate says he can’t have friends, that will be the end of it and he won’t be able to say a thing against that decision. It’s his worst fear, and he can’t keep his tears at bay even during his own mating ceremony as he feels like he’s losing the only real friend he’s ever had. Jenner isn’t entirely sure why his new mate looks like he’s going to his death. He wants to be friends with Cam, and his traditions make it hard to get close to him. His father wanted to make sure he fell in love before he was thirty and thought mating him to someone would be the best way to get that accomplished. Jenner is looking forward to getting to know his new mate, if only Cam will let that happen. The little glimpses he’s had of the real Cam tell him he’s been mated to a feisty man who won’t back down, and Jenner wants more time with that side of him and a lot less with the one who only wants to do what’s expected of them and looks absolutely miserable all the time. Having an arranged mating isn’t ideal, but for Cam and Jenner it might be the best thing for them both.
REVIEW:
Sealed With Honour is about an arranged mating between Cam and Jenner. Cam is a Fennec Fox; he was raised in Morocco with-in the boundaries of the Moroccan shifters and all their customs and traditions. Jenner is an Elk; he was raised in America with-in the boundaries of the American shifters with basically no customs or traditions.
Cam was sent away to boarding school, knows 7 languages, can cook amazing meals from scratch and has a very well paid job as an online translator. Jenner had a normal American upbringing. Because he wanted Jenner to fall in love before he turned thirty Jenner’s father decided it was time he got mated so he arranged a mating with Cam’s father. Cam’s father doesn’t particularly care if Cam falls in love so long as he makes a lucrative mating.
According to Moroccan shifter traditions you have to stay a virgin until you mate. You have to give up everything from your previous life when the mating ceremony has been performed and by everything I mean everything! All your clothing, phone, laptop, friends and family. You have to give and get permission from your mate to keep your friend/s, clothing, phone, laptop literally everything! If you touch a person other than your mate on your mating day you will disgrace your family honour and your mate has the right to reject the mating. Poor Jenner has absolutely no idea what is wrong with Cam at the mating ceremony, he behaves like he’s going to his funeral not his mating. When Jenner finally gets it out of Cam that by tradition he has to give Cam permission to have his clothes, phone, laptop but most importantly his best friend Leo he can’t believe how outdated Moroccan customs and traditions are. Jenner gives Cam blanket permission for everything Cam thought he would have to give up.
Because both Cam and Jenner are willing to listen to each other and work at their mating the differences in their upbringing doesn’t have to be the battleground it could have been. The authors have done a particularly good job with the way the main characters interact with not only themselves but with the secondary characters as well. I must admit that this story surprised me with the way everything played out! I have no hesitation in recommending this book to everyone.
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