Book Reviews

Book Blurb

When Logan hurt the scientist who captured him, she had his claws ripped out as punishment. He’s rescued, along with two others, by Shawn, the man he knows is his true mate. Scared and ashamed, he runs from Shawn, knowing he could never be an equal. 

Shawn is an Enforcer and follows after Logan when he leaves, knowing his mate is unable to defend or feed himself. It’s not out of pity, but out of love. In order to fight Logan’s demons, however, he has to teach Logan that love heals, it doesn’t destroy. 

But everything changes when Logan finds out he’s expecting a child, engineered from the very scientist who took away his claws.

Book Review

A disabled shifter is a rare thing – usually they have accelerated healing powers, so short of a whole limb being amputated, nothing much interferes with them being healthy. Not so in this story. Logan is one of the three prisoners of the mad scientist introduced in book one of the series, a cougar to be precise. The scientist - who was killed at the end of the first volume – decided to declaw Logan as punishment for scratching her in his cat form. That wasn’t the only cruel thing she did to him, but it is the most tangible “leftover” now that Logan is free. Dealing with his disability, his past, and the council enforcer, Shawn, who keeps following him, makes for a heart-wrenching, emotional, and fascinating story. A worthy sequel to ‘The Bear’s True Mate’ (which you should definitely read first).

Logan thinks his life is over now that he has no claws, can’t hunt, and can’t defend himself. He decides to run as fast and far as possible, even though it means losing the shifter friends he bonded with while in captivity. Logan is annoyed that Shawn keeps following him and convinced he is worthless as a mate when Shawn tells him that is why he can’t let him go. As Shawn slowly wears down Logan’s resistance and some of his past emerges, I began to understand why he is so skeptical. But when he lets Shawn come closer, and they finally claim each other, Logan gets so sick that they have no choice but to turn back so they can get help.

Shawn knows Logan is his mate, but he has a hard time convincing the depressed cougar shifter. Like me, Shawn has no idea why Logan is so skittish, but when he finds out, at least he understands a little better. It only increases his determination to prove that Logan is a “worthy” mate, and claws or no claws, Logan is his. Logan’s weird cravings and sickness worry Shawn, and he is relieved when Logan finally agrees to return to the doctor who helped Ajay when he had the same problems. The shock that follows has Shawn reeling, but nothing can stop him from supporting Logan – no matter what fate throws at them.

If you like imaginative shifter worlds with male pregnancy that has a scientific explanation, if fated mates having trouble believing they are worth it sound interesting, and if you’re looking for a short, heart-wrenching read that adds some interesting details to the larger picture of the series, then you might like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 18790 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	02-December-2015
Price	$3.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://www.evernightpublishing.com/declawed-by-elizabeth-monvey/