Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Under His Care

SERIES: Hybrid Heat #1

AUTHOR: Kiki Burrelli

PUBLISHER: self published

LENGTH: 146 pages 

RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2018

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He knows best…

For nineteen years all Chuey needed to worry about was survival. Now that he’s safe, rescued from the jungles by his adoptive father, Logan, he can start discovering who he is and what he wants. What he wants is Ryder, the leader of an allied pack of wolf hybrid shifters. But Logan wants Chuey to have nothing to do with the older biker. He does all he can to keep them apart, including threatening the fragile friendship between the packs.

Ryder has made his fair share of enemies while leading his ragtag group of shifters. He’s made some allies too. That’s why when he senses that the son of one of his allies is his mate, he isn’t jumping for joy. The opposite. Chuey is new to the bear shifters and new to civilization in general. He doesn’t need an older man like Ryder handing him more problems. Especially a man who doesn’t only want Chuey to be his mate, but to be his boy as well.

Meanwhile, Ryder’s fiercest enemy of the moment, Marcos, is revving up an old feud. The world may be big, but their area of the world is small and Marcos doesn’t like Ryder’s pack encroaching on their territory. He uses the only tool he knows, violence, and when that violence reaches the feet of Ryder’s boy, Ryder decides it is time to end this feud for good.

Under His Care is the first book in the Hybrid Heat series. It features a May/Dec relationship, themes of dominance, light age play and a whole lot of steamy moments!

REVIEW:

Chuey has been another one of my favorite characters since I first met him from the bear shifter stories. He’s just absolutely adorable and you can’t help but fall in love with him. And I was so proud to see how much he’s grown up in this book. I just loved it. 

Chuey knows he’s still a little different. Being a different breed, being not fully ‘tame’ for lack of a better, he knows he still has a lot to learn. Unfortunately for most, he’s learning a lot from Garth and that’s not necessarily a good thing. Especially when it involves him sneaking out to a bar with Garth when he’s still underage. But Chuey wanted to come to see the man of his dreams. Or hope to catch a glimpse of him. He caught a glance at Ryder all right, along with being humiliated by his own padres. He just wanted to be treated as a man, even if he still didn’t understand everything. And Ryder constantly denying him wasn’t helping. But Ryder can only ignore him for so long, before he has to give in. And it’s at a bad time, because now his sweet Chuey is caught in the middle of a territorial war and it doesn’t look good right now. Especially when the boss of that ‘clan’, Marcos, is now trying to kill them and shut their businesses down. Ryder knows now he has to end it all. He just hopes he can do it in time.

Like I said, I’ve adored Chuey for a long time. He’s just absolutely adorable. But so many underestimate him and it saddens me for him. Yes, he was a feral little guy at first and couldn’t speak or understand well, but he’s grown so much and he’s so tired of being treated like a little kid. Yes, he knows he’s only nineteen but he’s still a man. Yes, he still has a lot to learn, but he’s still a man. He just wants to be seen and not treated like he’s 2 or stupid. And it broke my heart a lot for him in this book. At the way he was being treated. Everyone was to be treated as an equal. He already knows he’s not like everyone else but that doesn’t mean he’s helpless or dumb. It also didn’t help when his mate kept ignoring him at first. That was a dig that bore deep.

But then again I got Ryder’s side of it too. His life isn’t sunshine and roses, being the leader of a hybrid motorcycle gang. He didn’t want that life for Chuey. There was also the huge age difference. So many variables that made things hard and the decisions harder. But in the end, he couldn’t deny what he needed. And they are perfect for each other. 

I’m so so happy to see how much Chuey has grown. And so proud of him for standing up for himself and not being walked all over. He still has a lot to learn and more growing to do, but he’s learning fast and he doesn’t back down. He just a great little guy I so love. From being a feral panther to a grown man who can handle what life is throwing at him. So loved this story.

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