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Belly Up
Bisexual Alpha werecat Ezra has everything figured out. He’s got a good job, his own place, and a best friend who lets him have sex with her every month during the full moon. Life is perfect.
Until a feral omega shows up outside Ezra’s apartment, helpless and threatening to draw attention if Ezra doesn’t take him in.
Belly Up is an erotic M/M novelette featuring Alpha/omega dynamics, a dash of M/F, and a soft HFN ending. It is not a romance.
Word count: 11,000
Until a feral omega shows up outside Ezra’s apartment, helpless and threatening to draw attention if Ezra doesn’t take him in.
Belly Up is an erotic M/M novelette featuring Alpha/omega dynamics, a dash of M/F, and a soft HFN ending. It is not a romance.
Word count: 11,000
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First published March 12, 2016
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March 29, 2016
I think I found a new fave author. \0/
I read this a few days ago but I've re-read it a couple times to de-stress during exam weeks. I read her other book Fangs Like Me first and I highly recommend that. It's a lot longer and fleshed out but this short story is also a good introduction to the author's quirky style. She manages to put such a fresh and fun spin on shifters and vampires. Her relationships are slightly off beat, which I love, and cute. Also, veeeery nicely smutty. x) I'm going to devour more of her books. You should too.
This is also only 99 cents, guys. And Fangs Like Me is just 2.99. So do it.
I read this a few days ago but I've re-read it a couple times to de-stress during exam weeks. I read her other book Fangs Like Me first and I highly recommend that. It's a lot longer and fleshed out but this short story is also a good introduction to the author's quirky style. She manages to put such a fresh and fun spin on shifters and vampires. Her relationships are slightly off beat, which I love, and cute. Also, veeeery nicely smutty. x) I'm going to devour more of her books. You should too.
This is also only 99 cents, guys. And Fangs Like Me is just 2.99. So do it.
August 9, 2016
1.5 stars.
This had some differences from the usual fare such as a vulnerable and younger alpha, but although in theory I liked them, in practice, it didn't work and the story fell short. I didn't like Ezra and their relationship development didn't make sense. The HFN ending didn't work for me, either. I read shifter crap for the HEA, I'll die if I don't have you stuff. At the end, Ollie was . Plus it had girly bits.
This had some differences from the usual fare such as a vulnerable and younger alpha, but although in theory I liked them, in practice, it didn't work and the story fell short. I didn't like Ezra and their relationship development didn't make sense. The HFN ending didn't work for me, either. I read shifter crap for the HEA, I'll die if I don't have you stuff. At the end, Ollie was . Plus it had girly bits.
March 4, 2017
Super cute short story about feline shifters.
April 5, 2016
Cat shifters - Ezra, Alpha and computer programmer who is sleeping with a female crow shifter as best friends with benefits. Ollie is an Omega, who has just broken up with a wolf shifter, but still living with him.
Weird relationship set up, no substance to the connection - both cats and what??? Apart from sex, a 6 year age gap and cats claws, I gleaned nothing else from this story......
*meh*
Weird relationship set up, no substance to the connection - both cats and what??? Apart from sex, a 6 year age gap and cats claws, I gleaned nothing else from this story......
*meh*
June 5, 2016
Loved this story, and I especially liked this particular shifter universe (even though I sometimes think the very idea of small-animal shifters is silly). Anyhow, it was well done but there were a few unnecessarily unresolved issues between the MCs, even considering it was a short story. Hot sex and enjoyable kink makes this a winner and left me wanting more.
August 7, 2017
I enjoyed this because it was exactly as advertised: a small novella that was NOT a romance. Although it was short, it was sweet and to the point.
The characters were interesting, Erza having a lot charm hidden underneath his "annoyed with the world" attitude. He's an inexperienced Alpha male with a size complex. Ollie is an omega who went through a traumatizing experience, so he's hurting and doesn't exactly know where he is headed.
How they managed their relationship, or lack there of, was very realistic and human. They both were hurting and since Erza barely knew Ollie, he's not going to change his entire demeanor to suit a stranger's needs. It's practical and I really loved that about this novella.
I'd read it again since it was so short and quite good. It makes for a great pallet cleanser when you're between huge novels.
The characters were interesting, Erza having a lot charm hidden underneath his "annoyed with the world" attitude. He's an inexperienced Alpha male with a size complex. Ollie is an omega who went through a traumatizing experience, so he's hurting and doesn't exactly know where he is headed.
How they managed their relationship, or lack there of, was very realistic and human. They both were hurting and since Erza barely knew Ollie, he's not going to change his entire demeanor to suit a stranger's needs. It's practical and I really loved that about this novella.
I'd read it again since it was so short and quite good. It makes for a great pallet cleanser when you're between huge novels.
March 4, 2017
Cute, short story of the house cat sized feline shifter variety.
February 2, 2017
Well, I did finish reading this story, and so it wasn't awful to me, but it's missing some things I need even when I can finish reading a story.
I don't need a protagonist who is likable, but I do need one who is at least charmingly nasty. This protagonist could have been so, but for me he didn't quite get there.
The dynamic between the alpha and the omega seems simplistic. I've read enough D/s and similar erotica to understand what *I* look for, and I didn't find much of it here. (This could be the animal aspect, in which case this sub-genre isn't for me.)
Time. The romance, the connection, seems too fast. Possessiveness and jealousy aren't a romance.
Drunk people aren't in their right minds, which, again, doesn't tell me they're anything more than dating. There's little sense of a new life, which I guess I also look for in a romance.
I know at this point it's faint praise, but I do see promise here. Writing is hard work!
I don't need a protagonist who is likable, but I do need one who is at least charmingly nasty. This protagonist could have been so, but for me he didn't quite get there.
The dynamic between the alpha and the omega seems simplistic. I've read enough D/s and similar erotica to understand what *I* look for, and I didn't find much of it here. (This could be the animal aspect, in which case this sub-genre isn't for me.)
Time. The romance, the connection, seems too fast. Possessiveness and jealousy aren't a romance.
Drunk people aren't in their right minds, which, again, doesn't tell me they're anything more than dating. There's little sense of a new life, which I guess I also look for in a romance.
I know at this point it's faint praise, but I do see promise here. Writing is hard work!
Did Not Finish
October 8, 2016Dnf - stopped at page 54 out of 61, it just kept getting worse and I even skimmed some pages. Thankful this was a free read
April 16, 2017
I loved the blurb but the story was a train wreck.
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