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Hopping to Happiness
A lonely man, a sweet boy, and a rabbit…shifter?
Bryce is a rabbit shifter recently kicked out of his nest because he’s gay. Not the best way to start a life on his own, especially when he’s caught and brought to an animal shelter. He supposes it’s better than becoming rabbit stew, but still. He wants to be free.
Then in comes the boy.
Jess’ son Taylor wants a pet, and for some reason, he picks the angriest rabbit Jess has ever seen. Jess isn’t sure it’s a good idea, but they bring Thumper home, and the rabbit settles down.
Then Jess wakes up to find a naked stranger standing in his living room.
Bryce is a rabbit shifter recently kicked out of his nest because he’s gay. Not the best way to start a life on his own, especially when he’s caught and brought to an animal shelter. He supposes it’s better than becoming rabbit stew, but still. He wants to be free.
Then in comes the boy.
Jess’ son Taylor wants a pet, and for some reason, he picks the angriest rabbit Jess has ever seen. Jess isn’t sure it’s a good idea, but they bring Thumper home, and the rabbit settles down.
Then Jess wakes up to find a naked stranger standing in his living room.
68 pages, ebook
First published March 6, 2020
1 person is currently reading
19 people want to read
About the author
Catherine Lievens
336 books261 followersCatherine is the creator of several series, most of them paranormal, including the Whitedell Pride Series and the Gillham Pack Series. While she graduated in translation, she decided to go the writer’s way because it was more fun to create her own stories and characters.
She’s been living in Italy for more than twenty years, but she’s a daughter of the North—Belgium to be precise—and she misses it so much that she’s already planning to move back.
She loves pizza—probably too much —her pets, and of course, books. She sneaks some reading time in her schedule every time she has five minutes free from writing, demands from her various pets and son, and lastly, housework.
She’s been living in Italy for more than twenty years, but she’s a daughter of the North—Belgium to be precise—and she misses it so much that she’s already planning to move back.
She loves pizza—probably too much —her pets, and of course, books. She sneaks some reading time in her schedule every time she has five minutes free from writing, demands from her various pets and son, and lastly, housework.
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August 14, 2020
Rating: 2 stars
Reading this book reminded me why I don’t read this author anymore. The story had the bones to be good but there just wasn’t any meat to it. There was absolutely no character development. The story was pretty much: Jess takes Bryce home as Taylor's pet, Discovers Bryce is a shifter, Allows him stay until he gets on his feet, Falls in love and lives HEA the end. Really one minute they’re just friends and the next second they’re in love with absolutely no type of chemistry or sexual tension leading up to it. I would put this as a spoiler but really you get the whole story in the blurb. There wasn’t anything else to it. I would have loved to have some sort of interaction with Bryce’s nest to make the story more interesting but alas it wasn’t to be.
Also, it just wasn’t worth the money I paid for it. It was short to begin with and then to end at 80 something percent with the rest excerpts, I felt ripped off. So all in all, a major disappointment all around.
Reading this book reminded me why I don’t read this author anymore. The story had the bones to be good but there just wasn’t any meat to it. There was absolutely no character development. The story was pretty much: Jess takes Bryce home as Taylor's pet, Discovers Bryce is a shifter, Allows him stay until he gets on his feet, Falls in love and lives HEA the end. Really one minute they’re just friends and the next second they’re in love with absolutely no type of chemistry or sexual tension leading up to it. I would put this as a spoiler but really you get the whole story in the blurb. There wasn’t anything else to it. I would have loved to have some sort of interaction with Bryce’s nest to make the story more interesting but alas it wasn’t to be.
Also, it just wasn’t worth the money I paid for it. It was short to begin with and then to end at 80 something percent with the rest excerpts, I felt ripped off. So all in all, a major disappointment all around.
March 21, 2020
A sweet short story
June 5, 2021
This was a short easy read. Boy wants a pet, pet turns out to be a shapeshifter and love ensues. What’s not to love really. Unfortunately the book felt a little too simple at some points. I read it twice before writing my review and had the same response to it. The first two chapters seemed a little slow and very repetitive. Especially the one were Bryce continuously found multiple ways of saying being gay was not his fault in his introductory section. It was written like a hard sell when it didn’t need to be said that much. I don’t know why, cause I’d definitely go to a shelter first myself for a pet, but the idea of shelter versus pet store also came through like a hard sell mostly for it’s repetitiveness as well.
I did start to enjoy it come the third chapter though. The book flowed fairly well and had a few laughs, mostly due to Bryce in rabbit form. That’s when he and the writing seemed to be at its best. His reaction to things as a rabbit knowing he was indeed human was by far my favourite parts to read.
Taylor was adorable. Not much to say about him. The perfect child who just wanted a pet rabbit. Jess, his father, was harder to get into. Something about his thought processes on things seemed a little off in some spots. Like not quite adult. Almost like he just woke up one day and had a kid versus having had one for 8 years. Otherwise, he was well written.
The repetitive theme goes throughout the novel however. When the book drops out of dialogue into the narrative it seemed to explain things in circles almost as if it had to explain the same idea in multiple ways to be understood and in some instances the character speaking would use the exact same sentence they said before the narration to bring the dialogue back in. It happened a few times where a character would say something, that thought would be explained just a teeny bit too long and they’d come out of the exposition with the character saying the same line or something similar to begin the dialogue again. Pretty much like what I’ve just done twice, now three times if you include this sentence. It was a mild annoyance mostly cause it made me feel the author thought readers weren’t smart enough to understand what was being said. So it was similar to the overselling I’ve mentioned already.
Lastly, the two coming out scenes bugged me a lot. This is probably a plot spoiler but if you can shapeshift and you’ve been caught naked in another man's home being scared enough to wait until he turns away to call the police the first time to shift is fine, but more than once? The only way to prove you’re not some stalker is for him to witness a change. But he did this multiple times, even letting him cuddle and talk to you about how he thinks he’s losing his mind. I didn’t feel Bryce was unintelligent enough to not just shift while he was looking at him. He was already raving if anything that would’ve stumped him into silence, that’s some good dramatic tension that would’ve been more believable instead of the multiple disappearing acts compounded with the fact Bryce, knowing he’s the rabbit, let him cuddle and talk to him about it like it wasn’t him.
The second coming out was more of the same. Children nine times out of ten will find something like this cool. The author even has Jess say Taylor finds the fact that Bryce is a rabbit cool and probably likes him more because of it. Stumbling their way through it like the previous moment gave off more annoyance than dramatic tension. Just shift already and then let the reaction dictate the tension. It didn’t really work as-is.
This book was a fun light read. I definitely enjoyed it. But, again, a lot of the drama/tension seemed a bit too simplified even for a lighthearted book. It was just long enough to dig in a teeny bit deeper but never quite went there. If you’re looking for a light fun romance very low on the angst these things sometimes have this is the book for you. It doesn’t disappoint but personally, I wish it got more in-depth so the relationship would be more rewarding as a reader. There’s no real meat here so it left me with an underdeveloped feeling.
I did start to enjoy it come the third chapter though. The book flowed fairly well and had a few laughs, mostly due to Bryce in rabbit form. That’s when he and the writing seemed to be at its best. His reaction to things as a rabbit knowing he was indeed human was by far my favourite parts to read.
Taylor was adorable. Not much to say about him. The perfect child who just wanted a pet rabbit. Jess, his father, was harder to get into. Something about his thought processes on things seemed a little off in some spots. Like not quite adult. Almost like he just woke up one day and had a kid versus having had one for 8 years. Otherwise, he was well written.
The repetitive theme goes throughout the novel however. When the book drops out of dialogue into the narrative it seemed to explain things in circles almost as if it had to explain the same idea in multiple ways to be understood and in some instances the character speaking would use the exact same sentence they said before the narration to bring the dialogue back in. It happened a few times where a character would say something, that thought would be explained just a teeny bit too long and they’d come out of the exposition with the character saying the same line or something similar to begin the dialogue again. Pretty much like what I’ve just done twice, now three times if you include this sentence. It was a mild annoyance mostly cause it made me feel the author thought readers weren’t smart enough to understand what was being said. So it was similar to the overselling I’ve mentioned already.
Lastly, the two coming out scenes bugged me a lot. This is probably a plot spoiler but if you can shapeshift and you’ve been caught naked in another man's home being scared enough to wait until he turns away to call the police the first time to shift is fine, but more than once? The only way to prove you’re not some stalker is for him to witness a change. But he did this multiple times, even letting him cuddle and talk to you about how he thinks he’s losing his mind. I didn’t feel Bryce was unintelligent enough to not just shift while he was looking at him. He was already raving if anything that would’ve stumped him into silence, that’s some good dramatic tension that would’ve been more believable instead of the multiple disappearing acts compounded with the fact Bryce, knowing he’s the rabbit, let him cuddle and talk to him about it like it wasn’t him.
The second coming out was more of the same. Children nine times out of ten will find something like this cool. The author even has Jess say Taylor finds the fact that Bryce is a rabbit cool and probably likes him more because of it. Stumbling their way through it like the previous moment gave off more annoyance than dramatic tension. Just shift already and then let the reaction dictate the tension. It didn’t really work as-is.
This book was a fun light read. I definitely enjoyed it. But, again, a lot of the drama/tension seemed a bit too simplified even for a lighthearted book. It was just long enough to dig in a teeny bit deeper but never quite went there. If you’re looking for a light fun romance very low on the angst these things sometimes have this is the book for you. It doesn’t disappoint but personally, I wish it got more in-depth so the relationship would be more rewarding as a reader. There’s no real meat here so it left me with an underdeveloped feeling.
April 11, 2020
PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
To my ratings:
A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
it's like an A+
4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
it's like an A
3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
It's like an B+
3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
it's like a B
2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
It's like a C-, D
1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
September 24, 2024
Me atrapó desde que leí la sinopsis, el planteamiento de la trama es interesante, pero siento que pudo tener más desarrollo, había mucho potencial para hacer que fuera una mejor historia. De todos modos disfruté leerlo.
Algunos detalles que hubiera agregado son respecto a la familia de Bryce, sé que lo echaron pero quería más, algún flashback quizá, no se sintió tan real. También quería algo de la familia de Jess, no se mencionan realmente, sin contar con la mamá de Taylor.
Admito que hasta yo me espanté al leer los comportamientos de Bryce y eso que yo sabía que era el conejo, pero Jess no, pobre del niño JJAAJ.
Taylor tan lindo, la conexión entre él y Bryce awwww, necesité más de eso definitivamente 🛐
Lectura ligera, entretenida, para pasar el rato. 3.5⭐️
Algunos detalles que hubiera agregado son respecto a la familia de Bryce, sé que lo echaron pero quería más, algún flashback quizá, no se sintió tan real. También quería algo de la familia de Jess, no se mencionan realmente, sin contar con la mamá de Taylor.
Admito que hasta yo me espanté al leer los comportamientos de Bryce y eso que yo sabía que era el conejo, pero Jess no, pobre del niño JJAAJ.
Taylor tan lindo, la conexión entre él y Bryce awwww, necesité más de eso definitivamente 🛐
Lectura ligera, entretenida, para pasar el rato. 3.5⭐️
April 7, 2020
This was such a cute story and it even had me laughing out loud many times. Jess was awesome and Taylor was simply precious (and accepting). I felt bad for Bryce (Thumper) but he fit into their little family perfectly. I loved the writing style and it kept me intrigued. Overall, this was a very warmhearted and amusing read. =)
March 22, 2020
Short but sweet. I'm always happy to read about single dad with a kid.
May 7, 2020
3.66 stars
March 23, 2020
Cute and fun little read!
March 23, 2020
So poorly written. Like it was rushed. And it's a shame because the story premise had promise. I liked the sound of the book, which was why I started reading it in the first place.
None of the characters are described, just that Bryce is overweight and Jess is tall and thinner. We don't even get the color of Bryce's rabbit.
It just wasn't good at all. Bummer.
None of the characters are described, just that Bryce is overweight and Jess is tall and thinner. We don't even get the color of Bryce's rabbit.
It just wasn't good at all. Bummer.
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