Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Poisonwood

SERIES: Poisonwood & Lyric #1

AUTHOR: Sam Burns & W.M. Fawkes

PUBLISHER: self-published

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RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2020

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A starving incubus.

A bear alone.

Jasper Jones is Lyric’s most pitiful incubus. He can’t feed and doesn’t want to if it means hurting people. When a witch gives him a chance at breaking the cycle of hunger, he rushes half cocked into the woods in search of a cure.

Caleb moved into Poisonwood Forest to escape the crowded city of Lyric, but it’s lonely by himself. He doesn’t expect to find his mate when he trips over an unconscious young man in the middle of the woods, but there he is, perfect—except for a peculiar fondness for processed cookies.

Their only problem is that Jasper’s sick, and when he doesn’t get better, his one shot at survival is in the hands of a bear shifter who’ll do anything to save him.

REVIEW:

Oh yeah, I’m going to be in love with this series. I can tell. I’m in love already. Half of the characters are less than favorable, but the ones that matter are just perfect the way they are. And there are some important lessons to learn in this story. And the biggest is that love is stronger.

Jasper really wants to feed, but hates his family for the most part. He loves his sister, and his reclusive brother, Declan, but the rest he could do without. They use their abilities to make people mindless drones and he refuses to be that way. Even if it means he starves. But his sister has a friend who’s a witch that might be able to help. When Poppy gives Jasper the solution he needs in order to help his cravings, he ends up going overboard and poisons himself. What he didn’t expect was to be saved by a bear of a man named Caleb. And a bear he truly was. He saves Jasper from the poison, but Jasper is getting sicker by the day, to the point he’s dying. Caleb doesn’t know what to do, but has finally figured out what Jasper really is by little clues. And he thinks he may have found a way to help. But it means doing some nasty business that could cost him his life. But for Jasper, he feels it would be worth it.

I love this story for several reasons. One because Jasper and Caleb are the most adorable people. It’s funny because Caleb is this grumpy old bear shifter, but Jasper is this perky, bright, beautiful young man. Or would be if he wasn’t dying. But what I love about Jasper, is Jasper is willing to risk his life to save others. He really isn’t the demon he’s supposed to be. He’s loving and kind, considerate and selfless. He would rather lose his own life then know he hurt another. He would even risk losing the love of his life, than to risk hurting him. And it makes him so much more loveable. Clueless a bit. Because all he needed to do was talk to Caleb to get the whole story. But I love that he really is trying to be so good and not be the evil that most people think his kind is. He really is one of a kind. And these two are so perfect for each other. I love how well they mesh together. It’s perfect. Caleb gives Jasper what he needs to survive and Jasper brings new life in a being that thought he’d be better off alone as well. They are so suited for each other. I love it.

I’m anxious to see who’s next. I’m hoping Declan’s story is soon, if not next, because he sounds so intriguing. He and Jasper being so much alike, I’m hoping he finds what he needs as well. And maybe the rest of the family will learn to chill. Or find some to meet their match.

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