Tag Team Review: 9 Willow Street by Nell Iris

Heartbroken after the death of his beloved Nana, Hannes, the family outsider, finally allows himself to grieve. The legal battle over Nana’s quirky old house -- the only place he’s ever felt accepted and loved -- is over, and he moves in and finds a sense of peace.

 ... And a rabbit.

An adorable bunny with a huge personality moves in, too, and refuses to leave. Hannes instantly falls in love with the sweet animal who helps heal his heart. But one morning, Hannes’ view of the world changes when the rabbit transforms into a man. A man named Mattis.

After the initial shock, Hannes and Mattis discover a connection between them that runs deeper than it seems. Will their newfound feelings survive unraveling secrets and meddling families, and grow into something real? Something deep and everlasting?

Averaged!

Tag Team Bunny Love with R *A Reader Obsessed* and Ann!

R *A Reader Obsessed* - 4 Hearts

Literally, the blurb says it all. Hannes is grieving his great grandmother, and when he finally moves into the house she left him, he slowly heals with the companionship of a wayward rabbit.

Though Hannes knows his little friend is very very special, he never imagines just how much.

Cue the most adorable rabbit antics ever that turn into equally adorable MC characteristics once Mattis shifts back into his human form. As Hannes gets over his shock, how he and Mattis overcome some obstacles was really satisfying.

Obviously, this was very sweet with a good dash of hurt comfort and made all the more interesting being my first rabbit shifter story. Beware frustrating family dynamics that’s negated by some nice smexy, plenty of cuddles, and two charming MC’s you’ll have no trouble rooting for.

This warmed my cold heart and was a delightful short story win!


Ann - 3.5 Hearts

This little gem of a story is literally stuffed full of fluffy love. So. Much. Fluff.

Poor Hannes is been put through the wringer by his honestly terrible family while he’s grieving the death of his great grandma. He and his Nana were extremely close, she was the only one who truly understood Hannes as he was growing up and her quirky house at 9 Willow Street is his sanctuary. He inherited the beloved home and was soooo relieved when the legalities were finally worked through after his family contested Nana's will. The house is his and his alone and his goal now is to get the home and gardens back to his Nana's standards and to get on with his life.

He gets a surprise visitor in the form of a friendly bunny floof as he’s getting settled and the two of them get into a comfy routine of snuggling and sprucing up the house. He doesn’t know where the bun came from, but Hannes knows that the little dude is something special right when he needs some unconditional cuddles.

It would be too easy for them to live this happy little existence for too long and pretty quickly Hannes is introduced to the world of shifters and his fuzzy little friend is also an adorable man named Mattis who coincidentally has a semi-shitty family too.

The two were a match in both personality and circumstance. They both needed support and were the kind of guys who are meant to have soulmates. The world of shifters and Hannes’ beloved Nana's history evolve in the story and all the *things* get explained in a way that makes sense for a shifter story in general and for Hannes and Mattis in particular. Their needs, strengths and weaknesses complement each other just right and Hannes and Mattis are truly soulmates.

I mentioned this story is chock full of fluff and it well and truly is. 9 Willow Street has a high sugar content and when you are in the mood for the sweetness, this story should be your go to.

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

Review: A Tiger's Tale (Arrowtown #1) by Lisa Oliver

Seth Carmichael never did anything wrong, but instead of working at the local library, he was running for his life. His herd was hunting him and with few resources, Seth's options were fading fast. Until, that is, he heard the rumble of a motorcycle. Peeking through the tree he was hiding in, he couldn't believe his eyes. Had salvation come in the form of a badass biker?

Ra (no last name and proud of it) was a tiger on a mission. He'd scented his mate and then the little rabbit ran away before his teeth could engage. Ra heard the gossip around Arrowtown; he knew his mate was a hunted man. But if the sweet man was on the run, he needed someone to look after him; Ra figured he was the right man for the job.

A meeting, a mating and yet another meeting. What should have been a straight forward relationship turned into so much more on their very first outing as a mated couple. Now Ra has to count on the strength of his mate and the help of his friends, if he and Seth are ever to have the HEA they'd planned for. And what was with all these Fae turning up out of the blue?

Warning: Contains a tiger who keeps putting his foot in it; a tiny lop-eared rabbit who is stronger than he looks and a bunch of friends who’ll hide a body, no questions asked. 

Now this is my type of brain candy!  A classic tale of predator meets prey but, instead of eating him, falls in love.  *sigh*   It just speaks to my romantically perverted heart.  This has almost everything you need for a successful shifter-fluff-with-mpreg story.  There’s the overprotective Alpha male and his diminutive mate.  There’s claiming and growling and biting and insta-love and hot sex and antics and shenanigans and secrets all mixed into an over-the-top storyline.  There’s lions and tigers and bears, oh my!  Sadly, there was no KNOTTING.  Coulda done with some KNOTTING. I was able to look past that oversight because, dude!  There’s a bunny shifter in this book!  An adorable, itty bitty white lop-eared bunny!  And he mates with a tiger!  A big, strong, growly tiger!  There was no way I was passing this one up. 

At the start of the story, Seth, the aforementioned adorable itty bitty white lop-eared bunny, has been on the run from his herd for two weeks for reasons unknown.  His mate, a tiger shifter named Ra, finally catches up to him and lures him out of hiding with his magical peen and a picnic basket full of salad.  They’ve both known they were mates for a few months now but Seth, in true bunny fashion, fled with a startled “eep!” when they first ran into each other.  He was scared, y’all!  Ra came on a bit too strong and he’s just an itty bitty thing, he couldn’t help but run away and hide.  But what bunny could resist a salad?  Not to mention tiger peen. *waggles eyebrows*

So, Seth moves in with Ra and his biker gang/motorcycle club/whatever.  The alpha of his herd is not happy about this turn of events at all.  Cue the shenanigans. 

This story was so ridiculous and over-the-top I couldn’t help but love it.  It had the standard ‘surprise! You can get pregnant!’ trope, the ‘you’re not who you think you are’ trope, the ‘Luke, I am your father’ trope plus a fair amount of ‘lack of communication’ and HUGE Big Misunderstanding. And I devoured it all with my big ole Suspend Your Disbelief spoon.   Seth was just freaking adorable and, surprisingly, Ra had a goofy side that was endearing as all get out.  Ra’s biker buddies/gang/whatever were great too and I hope we get their stories in the books to come.

To be honest, I hesitated to read this one.  I had tried to read one of the author’s earlier works a while back but I ended up bailing on it because of a severe lack of editing.  This one, I’m happy to say, has much less editing issues.  There were still a few errors (misuse of homophones, incorrect use of a turn of phrase, etc.) but, I was able to get past (<- see? this is the correct usage of a homophone) them due to the amount of charm this book exudes. 

Plus, how can you go wrong with this: 

He’d been thinking about it a lot though and his favorite idea was a tiny rabbit with tiger stripes.

On the brain candy scale, I would say this is like a variety bag.  It’s got a little bit of everything to satisfy your sweet tooth, all wrapped up in individual fun-sized packaging.  Enjoyable as a treat every now and then but eat too many in a row and you wind up with a stomachache and a couple of cavities.

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