I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
If Lorelei Gilmore dictated a shifter murder mystery I imagine it would be something like this. Quirky to the extreme it was almost difficult to follow at times likely because this is my first time reading this author and it’s also one of the later books in a series.
This book features a unique oddball madcap zany sarcastic sense of humor that I imagine could be too much for some people.
Our heroine is a shifter who cannot shift but does have heightened senses. They call this minority squibs. More or less exactly the same as non-magic people from magical families in Harry Potter are called squibs. I was not sure how I felt about this and looked up the work on merriam Webster while there is a definition for just squib that I suppose could be somewhat related - a broken fire cracker that fizzes. More interesting was that “damp squib” was listed as British
: something that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or effective as expected.
The heroine and her friends call them selves the damp squibs and perform extreme challenges/dares.
Our hero is an adorably awkward Scottish bear shifter. Some of his backstory felt a little convoluted but I imagine would have made more sense had I read the previous books. So I would recommend reading in order in this case.
Lowish steam. Door only slightly cracked open and only at the end. More plot and humorous dialogue driven.
Trigger warnings - specism? Foster care, child runaways, remembered child trafficking (but not in a sex way), extreme sport death.
Additionally the title feels a little misleading. Many shifter books bring us fated mates or mate bonds or mate frenzies etc. There are zero mates here. There is a side character wedding but they’re not referred to as mates either it’s just a wedding. So don’t go in expecting Mates of any kind really.
4/5
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