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emotional inspiring sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Oh my heart. I cried throughout most of this one. The description of grief is so real and raw and it hit me in my grief that I keep locked up a lot of the time.

The writing in this is absolutely beautiful and I couldn't put this book down. 
dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Holy moly. I picked this up having heard nothing about it. Why are people not shouting from the rooftop about it? 

Golden retriever mercenary. High strung mortician. A case of mistaken identity. I was absolutely hooked. 

But not only those things, a dark romance MMC that acknowledged when he was problematic, took accountability for his behaviour and did better? This honestly was such a refreshing change and I will be obsessed with this book for a long time to come. 

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fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I received an ARC copy and am providing my honest review.

Okay, straight up, this book isn't for everyone. The whole premise of this series is to be silly and addition of water sports definitely isn't for everyone. But holy heck this was fun! 

Best friends, one a werewolf (Mash) and one a shifter (Cian) (and don't worry, there is a great description in chapter 1 about the differences), pretend to fake date to stop Mash's pack from pressuring him to find a mate. Best way to show this to a group of werewolves who scent everything? Piss. But don't worry, it's all very clinical and applied from a bottle (to begin with 😏) 

Turns out, they're both secretly in love with each other, but don't want to ruin the friendship. What follows is a tale of a happily single, himbo good boy having a sexual (and romantic) awakening, and his logical, organised best friend trying his best not to let his walls down. 

I loved Mash in book 1 and am so glad I got to read his journey to love. This made me absolutely laugh out loud and of the two phrases I highlighted, I think this one sets the tone for the type of book it is 'The relief was instant, like I buckling a too-tight belt or having a really big poo.'

So, if you don't mind a bit of fluid play, and loooooove a good boy, this one will have you howling like a wolf. 
hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes