Title: Serpent Vs Serpent
Series: The Shifter Royalty 01
Author: Patrick Wendling-Markwell
Genre: Paranormal, Erotica, MM, MMMM
Length: Novella (70pgs)
Publisher: Lazy Beagle Entertainment (21st April 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3 – 3 ½ Hearts
Reviewer: Pixie
Blurb: Crown Prince Nicholas of the Snake Shifter Kingdom is busy hiding his sexuality from his family who doesn’t care that he is gay. However, he is the heir to the throne which means he needs to produce an heir.
Crown Prince Edward of the Dragon Shifter Kingdom has been kicked out of his palace by his father after coming out of the closet so he turns to Prince Nicholas.
When the two fall in love and decide to hold the mating ritual that will bind their souls together as one presided over by Mother Nature, their two kingdoms decide to go to war; the Snakes and the Dragons consider one another to be inferior. Can they figure out a way to perform the ritual and still keep their kingdoms from destroying one another or before Mother Nature steps in and takes matters into her own hands? Because Mother Nature strikes with fire and death to any who defy her.
What do they do when the other Shifter kingdoms become involved? Will the horses, wolves, bats and others tolerate two different species uniting as one thus throwing off the balance of power forever?
Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Serpent-Shifter-Royalty-ebook/dp/B00CH5XEZE
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Review: Nicholas is the crown prince of the snake shifters. He is surprised when he is approached by the dragon crown prince, Edward, for aid. Snake and dragon shifters think each other inferior, so for a dragon to hunt out a snake for aid is extremely rare. When Nicholas gives Edward a place to stay, they rapidly fall in love and they decide to mate. But, tensions run high in their kingdoms when their fathers’ find out. Now it’s a race against time to complete the mating ritual before their fathers destroy each other.
This is a great story to read if you are looking for a sexually charged shifter story. Nicholas and Edward make a very sexual and hot couple. they fit together like two halves of a whole even though they are different species. The storyline is interesting with its tension and arrogance between the species; the role that Mother Nature plays and Nicholas and Edward’s determination to stay together no matter what. The sexual descriptions are down and dirty, rough and passionate, there is no tender loving just passionate sex including some dragon tail loving.
There are a couple of times that you have niggles, like they fell in love really quick or you felt the sex was at an inappropriate time, but the author addresses these issues quite nicely each time and with humor in some places. The writing becomes stilted and more formal at times, but that is when the characters seem to be addressing us, the readers, in explanation. There are some characters that we meet that will be in future books and the storyline will follow on with the uniting of the different species.
I will recommend this story to those that want a hot shifter sex fix, explicit sex, interesting characters, a hot foursome, finding surprising love and a very happy hot ending.