Review: Tufted & Tatted (Peckers #4) by Jacques N. Hoff

Freed from the Australian zoo where he was the subject of forced breeding experiments, Atticus makes his way to the tufted puffin grounds in California, only to find he may not be free after all. Atty is a loner, but he doesn’t want to fight the pull of a flighty surfer who gives his inked skin a pleasant, uncontrollable itch. 

Scott has the sun on his face, the waves beneath him, and gratitude for every second of life he gets to embrace. Then Atty appears, and it’s like the universe has tuned his meditation bell to the perfect frequency.

The Tiki Pro surfing competition in Florida is calling to Scott, and Atty agrees to make sure Scott gets there safely. A cross-country road trip in the Hunny Wagon seems like a perfect way to live in the present and get tantric all at the same time.

But they aren’t making this trek alone.

The Peckers series is really fun. I’ve been missing them and it felt like a long wait for the next installment. The Peckers are shifter fun so you shouldn’t expect a lot of world building or paranormal politics. The novellas are character driven and stick to the relationship of the two MC’s. Let all the serious go and just enjoy the bird puns, the horniness and the HEA.

Atty was introduced previously and I was hoping the authors would give us his story. He gets sprung from his puffin breeding program prison and Irwin and Mickey are there as part of the Undercover Peckers team to help get Atty started out in his new life of freedom. Atty can’t help but appreciate a bit of the irony when he spots his mate surfing as he’s regained his freedom and almost as quickly lost it to his mate. Which, of course, he’s totally fine with because Scott is a hot surfer and the whole horny mate thing.

Scott was an absolutely adorable and charming character. He suffers from anterograde amnesia since a car accident and has trouble remembering pretty much most everything new if he isn’t exposed to it repeatedly. Think 50 First Dates Lite. It could have been rather tragic, but Scott is such a positive, happy character with an attitude to be admired so the story steered clear of the maudlin and focused on the confidence Scott carried with him.

He did have a sense of loneliness about him that led to some of the sweetest moments. Because of Scott’s memory problems, he couldn’t fully process the whole “my BF is a shifter” thing. His brain wasn’t wired to be able to hang on to the information and go through the stages that humans seem to need to go through in the shifter tales to get to acceptance. Having no ability to create new memories kind of takes the wind out of those sails, so it added and interesting twist to the shifter dynamic. Atty was all about taking care of Scott and Scott was in awe of Atty’s attention. It as pretty freakin’ cute all the way around.

The lack of shifter world building aided this story well in that Atty’s decision for his future worked. You have to read it to see how the HEA happens for them, but I like that the door is left open to revisit the characters if the authors decided to treat us readers to more Scott and Atty. I certainly wouldn’t complain. The story is complete though and there is the introduction of a couple new character for future tales. I really need to find out what happens to Billy and Chuck. Billy needs his happy and an MC chicken named Chuck has gold written all over him.

**a copy of this story was provided for an honest review**

Blog Tour: Tufted & Tatted by Jacques N. Hoff

Jacques N. Hoff is here today to talk peckers & peckerology! Read on and be enlightened!

THE UC PECKERS WORLD

Welcome to the world of Undercover Peckers. Where love is instant the moment you find your mate. Where there’s only one true pecker for every man. Where the sex is so hot it will singe your tailfeathers. Where bird watching is both a recreation and a preoccupation—that usually leads to feathers flying. Let Simon and his avian shifter mate Jay lead you through this world of sinful and ridiculous exploration.

Are You a Peckerologist?

Now Webster defines it as Bird-Watching as in the practice of observing birds in their natural environment as a hobby. However, I like the term Peckerologist much better. Bird’s peck with their bills which makes their bill peckers or is it the bird becomes the pecker? Either way, it’s a great term and hence why we used it as a series name. This did not come without peril.

Sam and I were driving back from Indiana when we came up with this silly idea. Once we decided to write about bird shifters and our character Simon would be the one to set up an underground support group for these unique birds, we had to have a name. We considered using words like bird, feathers, flight but none had a good “ring” to them. We finally settled on “Pecker” and here is where the dangerous part comes in. Sam suggested Under Cover Peckers for Simon’s group of lonely shifters. Which of course I thought was brilliant. It then hit me that UC Pecker would work. I said it out loud and Sam and I burst out laughing. We laughed so hard we were crying. Laughing, tears and slight hysteria is not a good place to be in while driving down the expressway. We survived (thank goodness) and UC Peckers is the perfect name for these boner popping peckers J

~Hugs~

Jo

BLURB

Freed from the Australian zoo where he was the subject of forced breeding experiments, Atticus makes his way to the tufted puffin grounds in California, only to find he may not be free after all. Atty is a loner, but he doesn’t want to fight the pull of a flighty surfer who gives his inked skin a pleasant, uncontrollable itch.

Scott has the sun on his face, the waves beneath him, and gratitude for every second of life he gets to embrace. Then Atty appears, and it’s like the universe has tuned his meditation bell to the perfect frequency.

The Tiki Pro surfing competition in Florida is calling to Scott, and Atty agrees to make sure Scott gets there safely. A cross-country road trip in the Hunny Wagon seems like a perfect way to live in the present and get tantric all at the same time.

But they aren’t making this trek alone.

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 ABOUT JACQUES N. HOFF

My father told me all about the birds and the bees. The liar. I went steady with a woodpecker until I was twenty-one. I now travel the world in search of the hottest pecker—in tandem with my best friend Simon Spoonwell and his blue jay partner Jay Azure. What you read here is all true. Well, at least in the world of UCPeckers it is. Wherever you see peckers, you may just find me there.

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Jacques N. Hoff is the brainchild of SJD Peterson and SA McAuley. Two authors who shouldn't be allowed to interact with each other (at least in public). It was either co-write hot pecker porn or plot world domination. It's not clear which outcome will take the forefront on any given day.

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Group Review: Jay Walking (Peckers #1) by Jacques N. Hoff

Welcome to the avian shifter world of Undercover Peckers. Where love is instant the moment you find your mate. Where there’s only one true pecker for every man. Where the sex is so hot it will singe your tail feathers. Where bird-watching is both a recreation and a preoccupation—that usually leads to feathers flying.

Simon Spoonwell—intrepid bird store owner and history geek—knows avian shifters exist. With so much myth and lore, there must be a touch of reality. But he doesn't expect his proof to come in the form of hottie cop and blue jay shifter Jay Azure. It’s an innocuous ticket for jaywalking that brings them together, but an inescapable attraction, a love of awful puns, and a shared need to protect the vulnerable will make them true mates.

When we saw this book was coming out and it was set in the world of Undercover Peckers and there were super cute cartoony buns on the cover, we figured it was pretty much written just for us. :D I said, "Yo, 'corns, I'm reading this book that looks like it's made from snarky adorability, anyone want in?" Well, doy, of course they did! Breann and JL literally flocked to this one too and below are our thoughts and ramblings about the Undercover Peckers - ENJOY! We did!

*disclaimer - I lamely tried to come up with bird names for all of us, and I was going to go with swallows, because when you're in love you swallow - amiright? Then I couldn't find a swallow that started with J for Jenni Lea, so she ended up a java titmouse because it made me laugh. Sorry JL. #notsorry

ANGOLA SWALLOW ANN - 4 HEARTS

I had so much fun reading this sweet and unique shifter book!

*hugs book really hard*

When I saw in the blurb for Jay Walking, a welcome to the world of Undercover Peckers I thought, “Why, yes, I would like to visit this world thankyouverymuch!”

And look at the cover! LOOK AT IT! Cartoon buns don’t get much better than that and I really like to think of myself as a true bun afficianado.

Anyhooters - Jay Azure is an arrogant cop with no real friends and a serious case of burnout. Simon Spoonwell is an unassuming bird enthusiast and owner of Bird in the Hand. Both men use their own methods to keep from getting too close to other people so they’re a couple of lonely souls until the fateful day when Jay gives Simon a ticket for jaywalking.

Jay is a bluejay shifter who has grown up alone, being bounced around through the foster care system after being tossed from the nest/left on a doorstep as a baby. And really, this one of my favorite aspects of the story, he didn’t understand any long line of flock tradition, etc. that we usually read about in shifter books. He was totally on his own and has been winging it (heh, winging it) his whole life. He uses his cocky attitude and overwork to keep his distance from others and that seems to be working for him until he meets Simon. Jay doesn’t really have a concept of “mate”, why would he, he just knows that something in Simon speaks to everything primal inside him and Jay has to get to close to Simon. There were so many fun little moments as Jay and Simon did their snarky bantering mating dance. And really, Jay’s mating dance was adorable.

Reading Jay’s evolution from a cocky loner to a lovesick dove was so sweet. He really had no clue what he was doing and that made him all the more charming.

A plea/request/shameless begging of the authors – More Calvin in the next book! I loved, loved, loved Simon’s assistant. He’s got some great lines and is a great balance with Simon.

“I may be a nineteen-year-old ginger virgin, but even I’m relatively sure that food, flattery and fucking are reliable standbys.”

Yup, I love him.

BANK SWALLOW BREANN - 4 HEARTS

Let me start with some reasons:

1. There are naked buns on the cover.
2. The series is titled Peckers.
3. There's smut and snark aplenty.

So, obviously, Jay Walking was fantastic.

Jay meets Simon when he spots him jay walking and proceeds to issue him a $250 ticket for his offense. Upon meeting him he realizes that this man is his mate. Instead of being smooth he continues to give him a ticket and becomes an arrogant mess. It was hilarious and totally drove Simon away.

Because of their unfortunate introduction, it takes some convincing for Simon to agree to even see Jay again, let alone be with him. But Jay's persistence was endearing and charming, especially given what a grumpy character he was in the beginning. It was cute to see Mr. Tough-Guy so set upon impressing his mate.

Oh, the snark. These boys were funny. They had some great banter given the mishaps in the beginning of their relationship, and the humorous dialogue continued throughout. Even the awful bird puns were funny.

Jay Walking is adorable, shifter fluff. Definitely recommended!

JAVA TITMOUSE JENNI LEA - 4 HEARTS

What a great story! It was flufftastic and full of SMARK! Jay Azure (yeah, I get it) is a blue jay shifter all alone in the world. But does he let that get to him? Oh no! He has his snarky countenance and rough exterior to protect him from the baddies (i.e. everyone) of the world. That is, until he meets Simon Spoonwell, a nerdy little shopkeeper and bird watching aficionado. What follows is an adventure full of mishaps, shenanigans and shameless bird puns. And the watusi, because really, what bird lovin' book is complete without it?