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A review by annas_sweets_and_stories
Hummingbird and Kraken by Reese Morrison
4.0
4.5
Not sure I was prepared for tentacle sex, but here we are. This is a very *interesting* book. There are a few plot holes that don't ever get explained and some other just vaguely unbelievable things, beyong the shifting, like falling in love within an hour and one of the MCs just not being phased at all that the other MC is a kraken shifter.
Declan is leaving is his shitty boyfriend when his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere Ohio. He ends up wandering upon a house where a grumpy stoic man lives and finds himself a place to stay for the night. When his car ends up taking multiple days to finish, Declan has to figure some shit out. Luckily the man he stumbled upon, Geir, is pretty taken with him as soon as he meets him. Geir is a kraken and has been alive for centuries, yet no one has ever captured his attention in the way that Declan has, in all his femme-gay, adhd, overactive, and talkative glory. Declan soon figures out the Geir is a kraken and this moment was so weird for me. Like he really thought it was just cool and sexy and not terrifying or at least weird at all? wild.
Anyway, Geir lives on a plot of land and has a treaty with a Native American reservation that is a few miles away. Over the centuries Geir has aided them in protection and they have given him a space to be himself. This tribe is made up of shifters as well and they work together to keep themselves safe.
Rohahen and May are the absolute highlights of this book. Ro is one of the neighbors and his friendship with Declan was amazing and adorable and hilarious. May is a child with a traumatic past which led her to learn her shifting form early, like way early at 4 years old. She's an adorable fluffball of a kitten who gets into more trouble than one toddler should be able to, but she was precious.
I loved all the highly detailed descriptions of Indigenous customs and would love to see an own voices review. Reese Morrison has a lot of info in the authors note about their research process and sensitivity readers etc.
Not sure I was prepared for tentacle sex, but here we are. This is a very *interesting* book. There are a few plot holes that don't ever get explained and some other just vaguely unbelievable things, beyong the shifting, like falling in love within an hour and one of the MCs just not being phased at all that the other MC is a kraken shifter.
Declan is leaving is his shitty boyfriend when his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere Ohio. He ends up wandering upon a house where a grumpy stoic man lives and finds himself a place to stay for the night. When his car ends up taking multiple days to finish, Declan has to figure some shit out. Luckily the man he stumbled upon, Geir, is pretty taken with him as soon as he meets him. Geir is a kraken and has been alive for centuries, yet no one has ever captured his attention in the way that Declan has, in all his femme-gay, adhd, overactive, and talkative glory. Declan soon figures out the Geir is a kraken and this moment was so weird for me. Like he really thought it was just cool and sexy and not terrifying or at least weird at all? wild.
Anyway, Geir lives on a plot of land and has a treaty with a Native American reservation that is a few miles away. Over the centuries Geir has aided them in protection and they have given him a space to be himself. This tribe is made up of shifters as well and they work together to keep themselves safe.
Rohahen and May are the absolute highlights of this book. Ro is one of the neighbors and his friendship with Declan was amazing and adorable and hilarious. May is a child with a traumatic past which led her to learn her shifting form early, like way early at 4 years old. She's an adorable fluffball of a kitten who gets into more trouble than one toddler should be able to, but she was precious.
I loved all the highly detailed descriptions of Indigenous customs and would love to see an own voices review. Reese Morrison has a lot of info in the authors note about their research process and sensitivity readers etc.