Needing to Breathe (Two Is Never Enough, #1)

by Ba Tortuga

[Cocktails and Books]

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Exiled wold pair Jock and Gus come across a female wolf who has been caught in a trap and killed by scavengers. Unfortunately this mama wolf, not to be confused with a female shifter although on one occasion she was referred to as their kind and they are shifters, left behind three wolf pups. With hearts of gold, these two bachelors who barely have enough food to feed themselves can't just walk away from the pups and leave them to fend for themselves, so they take them in and share their meager supplies with them.

This is the point where the confusion begins. You come across wild orphaned wolf pups. Why wouldn't you find a park ranger and get help getting the pups to a pack that would take them in? How does it make sense to bring them with you? It's a park ranger's job to help after all. The park ranger encounters the bachelor campers and offers all of them shelter, including the pups. As a ranger, shouldn't he be working towards getting the pups back to their own kind?

My first introduction to this author's writing has left me at a crossroads I'm not normally at. I am both confused and oddly intrigued. Although I enjoyed the premise of the book and the characters, I found myself wondering on more than one occasion if the characters were intentionally created to sound unintelligent every time they spoke. Was it deliberate or are incomplete sentences punctuated with several periods throughout is just a part of this author's writing style. I can see it being used once or twice, however, the frequency in which there would be a period after every word was beginning to get distracting, as were the errors. At one point Jock's name was changed to Josh and somehow this made it past editing.

Don't get me wrong, those instances aside, I did enjoy the story and each individual's attempt to find their place in this tiny new pack dynamic. The characters were entertaining and I found myself wanting to other books by this author. This particular book however could have done with one more pass by an editor. The errors partway through the book were too distracting.


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