Striped

Phases #8

by Abigail Barnette

After spending much of their lives feeling like outsiders, Jason and Mitchell have finally achieved their dream in the founding of Gwinn Close, a community for shape-shifters in the wilderness of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But the only way the community works is by staying low profile and friendly, and the new shifter in town is a toned, tattooed bad boy who doesn't want to play nice. Sean has never put down roots and he's not sure he wants to, especially in a place like Gwinn Close, where everyone seems so happy and well-adjusted. When Jason and Mitchell offer to help tame his tiger impulses with discipline and a firm hand, Sean isn't sure he can submit sexually without losing himself completely. But how can he resist their offer when giving in feels so good?

Genres: M M Romance, Menage, Shapeshifters, BDSM, Paranormal, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance

75 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2011

About the author

Abigail Barnette is the pseudonym of Jenny Trout (alias Jennifer Armintrout, an author, blogger, and funny person. Jenny made the USA Today bestseller list with her debut novel, Blood Ties Book One: The Turning. Her American Vampire was named one of the top ten horror novels of 2011 by Booklist Magazine Online. As Abigail Barnette, Jenny writes award-winning erotic romance, including the internationally bestselling The Boss series.

As a blogger, Jenny’s work has appeared on The Huffington Post, and has been featured on television and radio, including HuffPost Live, Good Morning America, The Steve Harvey Show, and National Public Radio’s Here & Now. Her work has earned mentions in The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly.

She is a proud Michigander, mother of two, and wife to the only person alive capable of spending extended periods of time with her without wanting to kill her.

Reviews

[Cole Riann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, but not my favorite of the series either (of the m/m only, of course).

[Kym · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was just ok. I realized 25% through that i have read this story before just with different names. So for originality this lost me because it was hard to continue on when i knew it couldn’t continue or end any other way than what I predicted. And i was right.
Still enjoyable in a way though.

[Maya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Striped by Abigail Barnette
Phases, Book 8
Reviewed for www.heartsonfirereviews.com

Jason and Mitchell, an established couple who are both tiger shifters, run and maintain the shifter community of Gwinn Close. Mitchell maintains the peace and order in the town and he and Jason are forced to speak to Sean, another tiger shifter, after numerous complaints about him running wild in the woods and chasing and terrorizing the other shifters. Sean the young, tattooed god, has a profound effect on both Jason and Mitchell and they each want him to be their third. Sean is very young and apparently tiger shifters have difficulty controlling their animal half. Jason had the same problem and Mitchell helped him control it by sexual submission. After a few warnings to Sean, Mitchell and Jason suggest to Sean that they could help him control his tiger if he sexually submits to Jason and Mitchell. The three of them have sex and Sean starts to panic about settling down and considers leaving the town. In the end the three men form a tentative ménage. This book was meh for me. Not good and not bad. I was bothered by a couple of situations that came up, Jason kissing Sean and feeling like he was cheating on Mitch and Mitch and Sean having a big flirt session and Mitch keeping the information from Jason. It just rubbed me the wrong way.

[Marlobo ♥ epilogues · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Gwengwel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Note: light on the BDSM.

[Claudia Luis · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Alina Neacsu · Rating 5 out of 5]

"He might still be a solitary animal, but he belonged to them."