Reviewed by True

TITLE: Openly Yours

SERIES: Offbeat Shifters #2

AUTHOR: Colette Davison

PUBLISHER: Self-Publishing

LENGTH: 253 pages

RELEASE DATE: March 2, 2021

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Falling in love was the easy part. When we have to face more tragedy, will it bring us closer or drive us apart?

Now the tour is over, Isaac has to adapt to depending financially on someone else for the first time.

When my world gets thrown into turmoil again, I need to learn that relying emotionally on others isn’t a bad thing.

We have to face our biggest challenge together—creating a different dream from the one we had envisioned.

Openly Yours is the second book in Offbeat Shifters, an m/m paranormal romance series with a continuing storyline. This book includes a loving tiger shifter, a sweet monkey shifter, enthusiastic family members, lots of cuddles, and a HEA ending for the main characters. Whilst it is set in an alternate universe where omegas give birth, there are no pregnancy or birth scenes in this book.

Trigger warning for scenes revolving around infertility.

REVIEW:

A new label, new plans, they step into a new chapter of their lives. Jesse and Isaac are going strong together. Jesse yearns to give his mate babies, but every time there is a disappointment, and gosh that was hard to watch. When you have a future in mind and you have to deal with different cards, that’s heartbreaking.

Thank goodness they got through this and got out even stronger out than before.

The author took this story to another level. Infertility they are confronted with is hard and devastating. The possibilities and impossibilities, the doubts, ask everything from them. It was all written with care and consideration, beautifully done.

Where I thought of Jesse as weak in book one, in this story he’s so much stronger and mature. He found the courage to open up and be honest, to grieve, redeem and plan a future. I loved the monkey he turns into. Just like I loved Isaac’s tiger. Imagine a tiger with a monkey on its back.

There are a lot of feelings to find, guilt, failure, sadness, but also hope and love. There is a space for creativity and ideas for a future how they please. Both jobs, Jesse with his music and Isaac running a youth center, is nicely entwined into their lives and the story. Oh, prepare for a wedding! Goosebumps and a thick throat.

Jesse’s father Austin, even though as manager still has a focus on making big money, has seen the light and is much more emotionally supportive and thereby even a bit lovable, who knew 🙂

There are no threats to find in this story, what you do find is a beautiful relationship, flawed characters, business expansion, creativity, a lot of love, and a family. My eyes blurred heavily by their happiness, it was everything.

The author did an amazing job here, where I loved the first installment, I adored this one more, I felt even more connected.

Oh, and guess what… Austin gets his own story OMG I can’t wait!!

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