My issue was the overall flow of the story was a tad too slow for my liking.

For me the narration was actually the saving grace that kept me going. I enjoyed the plot in general and I loved the voice that Iggy Toma gave to the story. However, it pains me to say I did not enjoy the story as much as I had been hoping, or rather expecting to. Throw in a mystery carried over from the previous book involving human trafficking and a new set of mates and everything in the story is ready to go. But Avery is taking on more than he really should in his new career as a private investigator and Dylan both worries and feels neglected by his mate. Avery and Dylan have overcome their problems to enjoy a proper mating. He’s a good old southern boy from an obscenely rich family who believe that if there’s anything worse than Avery being gay, it’s that he’s mated to a wolf shifter. We pick up the story of prickly hedgehog shifter, Avery Babineaux, and his wolf shifter mate Dylan Green. It is an enjoyable addition to the series. I feel that it would be very difficult to understand the overarching plotlines without having read or heard book 1 before hand. Review: Prickly By Nature is the second book in the Portland Chronicles series. Something has to give, but stubbornness runs in both their veins, and it might take a catastrophe for them to find a compromise they can live with. Yet what right does he have to demand Avery give up his job when it’s clear Avery’s found his true purpose? Still, Dylan wishes he could, and the appearance of a new police detective who sets his sights on Avery only adds to the tension. Proud as he might be of Avery’s determination to prove his worth and fulfill his promise to Lacey’s father, Dylan can’t stand the thought of Avery being hurt. Avery hopes his training with Reid will help him finally bring Lacey home, but detective work isn’t without its perils, and the potential dangers strain his relationship with his new mate, Dylan.ĭylan Green would be perfectly content with his mating and his motorcycle shop if it wasn’t for his constant worry about Avery’s safety and the fact that Avery’s never home. Now he’s apprenticing under established PI Corbin Reid. In the four months since hedgehog shifter Avery Babineaux started investigating the disappearance of a young female werewolf from the Portland Pack, he’s discovered his life’s passion.

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC (4th August 2016)īlurb: Portland Pack Chronicles: Book Two

Prickly Business by Piper Vaughn