(Originally posted on SnarkyMomReads)

"FERAL DOMINATION", by T. A. Day, is the first of (currently) four books of the Faldron Shifter series. As of this writing, it is being offer as a freebie at Amazon. Typically when I see something published by Ellora's Cave I jump on it; their writers are normally 'safe bets' and really - if it's free, what does it hurt to try out a new author?

Um, famous last words.

In the overall scheme of things, the storyline was very good & deserves about a 4.5 star rating. Gionne and Jenna are childhood playmates that become sweethearts with plans to mate - even though he is lupine and she is feline. (In other words - they want to see if cats & dogs CAN play well together...) Due to his father's illness, Gionne pushes Jenna away and she is NOT understanding of this and turns her back on him. Fast forward a few years and she is asked to be a "guest" at Gionne's compound while the lupines grant the felines some much needed land to hunt on. This story has REALLY REALLY HOT sex scenes - menage & anal are some, so you are warned! - and lots of miscommunication due to some betrayals by one of the pack members.

What this story doesn't have? Descriptive communication. At times I felt like I was reading stilted, Arnold Schwarzenegger Terminator style dialogue. It was driving me nuts. (NOT - "It was driving me nuts!", she exclaimed emphatically.) Like I said, though, this is the first of the series (published in 2009) and is over 300 pages. I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that as the author got into the series, the dialogue flowed a bit more easily.

Hey - it's a free trial right now. Doesn't hurt to try, right? And if you really like shifter romances - this could be the start of one of your favorite series! YAY! ( )