June reads
Jun. 22nd, 2019 03:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyphomandraTigers on the Run and Tigers on the Way, Sean Kennedy. In the first, Dec and Simon have to deal with Dec's ex getting together with Simon's PA, as well as one of the gay sports teens Dec mentors going off the rails; in the second Dec & Simon have decided to have kids, after Simon's former PA Nyssa volunteers her services as a surrogate, but during the initial work up Simon is diagnosed with a testicular tumour. The series is definitely suffering from diminishing returns, as well as pacing issues and some technical slips (it is not possible to do IUI with donor eggs, so the whole bit about doing this and resulting accidental multiples doesn't work), and although I do like the characters they're wearing out their welcome. I don't think he intends any more at this stage - I will check out the YA spin-offs, though, as the different narrators might shake things up a bit.
Bone to Pick, TA Moore. Cloister Witte overcame his family background and works as a K9 officer in San Diego with his dog, Bourneville. Assigned to a case involving a missing ten year old boy, he has to work with Special Agent Javi Merlo, an abrasive Mexican-American officer who Cloister previously nearly assaulted over another case.
This is much stronger on investigation than on romance, as Javi's personality is a pretty big obstacle. But they do manage to work well together, and there's a sequel where, just possibly, Javi might manage more than a glimpse of character growth. But the best thing about this is Bourneville, who is a dog (not just a dog-shaped plot convenience) and a fabulous, competent one at that.
Bone to Pick, TA Moore. Cloister Witte overcame his family background and works as a K9 officer in San Diego with his dog, Bourneville. Assigned to a case involving a missing ten year old boy, he has to work with Special Agent Javi Merlo, an abrasive Mexican-American officer who Cloister previously nearly assaulted over another case.
This is much stronger on investigation than on romance, as Javi's personality is a pretty big obstacle. But they do manage to work well together, and there's a sequel where, just possibly, Javi might manage more than a glimpse of character growth. But the best thing about this is Bourneville, who is a dog (not just a dog-shaped plot convenience) and a fabulous, competent one at that.
