Reviewed by True

TITLE: Double Trouble

SERIES: Lost and Found #1

AUTHOR: Barbara Elsborg

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 360 pages

RELEASE DATE: October 21, 2021

BLURB:

Seven years ago
Fifteen-year-old Raffety’s freaked out from the moment he arrives at summer camp. Something isn’t right about the place, parents, kids and the counsellors. The only good thing is Jonah—and their first kiss.
Trouble is Jonah’s middle name. He can’t just ignore that Raffety clearly doesn’t belong at the camp, and risks everything to help him escape, even their budding friendship.
Jonah’s actions have damaging repercussions for both boys. Raffety returns to a very different world than the one he left, one where his mum is terrified of strangers who insist they’re pack. As for Jonah, his father decrees he’s gone too far. His memories of Raffety are wiped and Jonah’s exiled to Faerieland.

Present Day
Breaking cover for his mum’s funeral lands Raffety back in the claws of a pack that never stopped searching for him. The alpha is claiming Raffety’s an omega, and prime breeding material. Erm, no way. Raffety would rather eat his own eyeballs. He needs to figure out a way to escape—and quick.
Indentured to Paranormal Resolutions for his sins, which are many, Jonah’s ordered to extract a mark from the clutches of a pack of werewolves. The mission fills him with dread: the wolves know he stole their gold and if they catch him, they’ll eat his guts, with or without ketchup―gulp! But defying his boss isn’t an option. Not if Jonah wants to live.

Is it chance that Jonah and Raffety end up in the same trap, or is it more? Could fate be giving them both a helping hand, or have they just landed in the worst trouble of their lives?

NOTE FROM AUTHOR
A few scenes in this story appeared in a book that is no longer in publication.
In addition, it is not an Omegaverse story but the possibility of a male shifter getting pregnant is part of the plot. No on-page detail is given.

REVIEW: 

I’m a bit speechless, this was such an extraordinary experience. Nothing regular here to find about shifters or faeries. I was amazed by what this author created, absolutely amazed, ingenious!
I’ve read many books with werewolves, faeries, and other stunning creatures but this one was so original!!

We meet Raffety where he has to attend, against his will, a summer camp. They say a music camp, well, there’s no music to find. It’s not just a camp, it’s creepy, they talk about things and suggest things, Raffety doesn’t understand anything about it. They talk about pack, fangs, shifters! Everyone is strange, nothing is right, except Jonah.
When Raffety understands what the camp is about he wants to get out. Jonah helps him.

That’s just the beginning of their journey. What happens after is just too much to mention.
The plot is so magnificent clever, it’s hard to explain without spoiling.
In big lines, after the camp Raffety and Jonah are apart for some years, to end up together again, Raffety is chased by a pack leader because, apparently he’s special, (wait for it!!) even though he doesn’t understand it at all. Jonah and Raffety have been snatched and overpowered, more than once. All because of Raffety and what he is.

Jonah is one feisty, determined faerie, he saved Raffety (again) from claws. They are so smitten with each other. When Jonah is around Raffety they can’t stop touching.
Raffety and Jonah together? Oh gosh, sparkles, firework, magic, silly banter, they’re perfect.

I was looking around, in every direction, it was amazing. The author has an eye for details and a great sense of humor! Their banter was hilarious at times.
There are a lot of crazy exciting moments, there are angst, fun, and revelations to find.

What an inventive way of building this paranormal world with werewolves, faeries, vampires, and many others. The author did an amazing job!  The writing was exceptional in every way. I was thrilled by all the magic.
It was an extraordinary story, extraordinarily written, with a perfect end.

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