Reviewed by Jess
TITLE: Getting Nawty with the Coyote
AUTHOR: Serenity Snow
PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing
LENGTH: 183 pages
RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2018
BLURB:
Her sister’s vicious murder tore Kamari from the small town of Hartsland sending her seeking solace in a new town. However, the sleepy town of Snowbury was anything but simple. Within its borders, heat flares between Kamari and Mica, a sexy bouncer.
An affair with the hot little waitress-bartender is exactly what Mica’s coyote yearns for, but the fire that sparks hot and burns bright could lead to betrayal of her pack when a brutal murder at Coyote Closet threatens to send its owners to jail.
As the deadly mystery and conspiracy unfolds, Kamari realizes she’s in a dance for her life with her sister’s killer, and she’ll stop at nothing to ensure animal law is enacted. Will the price for justice be her mate’s life or her own?
REVIEW:
I tend to enjoy shifter romances, and the blurb and cover (despite the awful title) of this book really enticed me. It wasn’t hard to fall in love and lust with Kamari, a vivacious and sensual strip club waitress, and the start of the mystery involving a girl on the run and her eventual grisly murder really intrigued me. But despite some sizzling sex scenes, the romance between Mica and Kamari just didn’t end up working for me.
The BDSM elements between Mica and Kamari edged dangerously close to boundary-pushing, 50 Shades-style play, and that’s never good. Mica kept saying she’d never demand something from a lover that they didn’t want to give, yet that’s exactly what she kept doing. She wanted to control Kamari’s social life and the way she dressed, and she sought a complete power exchange in which Kamari would submit to her outside of the bedroom as well. Unless both parties are 100% into that, it isn’t romantic or erotic at all, it’s just creepy—even if a lot of it has to do with animal instinct. Mica was just too pushy towards Kamari, often treating her like a child instead of a lover. And Kamari, a strong woman in charge of her own sexuality (and an on-leave FBI agent to boot), should’ve really kicked her to the curb long ago.
I can’t say that there weren’t any sexy moments between the two women, because they definitely brought the fire when they finally got along. This is down-and-dirty erotica with strap-ons, spanking, and anal sex, and I enjoyed the intensity of it—when Mica wasn’t being overly controlling and mean. I actually liked the parts where Kamari tried to gain the upper hand, and I was totally rooting for her!
On a different note, I had an issue with this book that falls more on the publisher and marketing style than the book itself. This book is the third in a series, and to understand the story, you have to read the previous books. The plot and minor characters (like Cambrie, Sydney, and Samara) will be totally lost on you if you don’t. And as a reviewer, I’d never review a book in a series that I’m unfamiliar with. Unfortunately, through the author’s Amazon page, the GoodReads page, and the publisher’s website, there is nothing to note that this book is part of a series at all. There is no series name and there’s nothing in the info for this book that it is the third in a sequence. This really hindered my enjoyment of the story. I really wish better care was taken to make sure readers know this is part of an ongoing series.
There’s some good stuff going on with shifter mythology, and the chemistry between Mica and Kamari does have some scorching moments, but this was a hard one for me. Perhaps reading the other two books in the series would’ve helped, but judging by the way the books are advertised and marketed, series order isn’t a priority of the author or publisher. I will say that if you’re already a die-hard fan of shifter paranormal romances, give the whole series a try. The shifter lore is unique and doesn’t shy away from animal violence, which makes for an intense read.
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