Another one of those books with a missing middle section in which an actual relationship would develop. This Novella started out promising with interesting world building, well-thought out action sequences and intriguing characters. But then the characters went straight from attraction to "I love you" in the blink of an eye - as in one sex scene and a couple of interactions over the course of two days. There isn't even any mention of the lame bonding/life-mates tropes so prevalent in this genre to try and pretend it made any kind of sense at all. They then spent the rest of the book pining after each other due to one character's (Logan) apparent hallucination that he is not good enough for the other guy (Jacyn) due to being looked down upon by all the other Feline Shifters. I say hallucination because never is there the slightest indication that anyone does.I found it odd that supposedly most of the Shifters are supposed to be Bi and yet they all seem Gay. Apparently when the rare Dude is interested in mating with the very rare female, she spits out multiple liters. I was left wondering how the heck the guys find another to guy to hook up with that isn't a brother.There was some intriguing set up for additional stories but I found myself loosing patient with this one about half way through. This book was 99 cents which was fair for what I got. The rest of the books in this series are even shorter and are currently priced at $4.39 making her one of the most expensive page per price authors out there so there is zero chance I will be buying any more of this author's Novellas. Can you imagine having no clue that you are a jaguar shifter until your entire world goes to hell in a handbasket? I can't, and I love shifter stories, but I'm pretty sure I'd have lost my mind if I'd gone through what Jacyn experienced. 'Primal Passions' is book one in Stephani Hecht's series 'Lost Shifters' and I was super excited to read it because it had been recommended by more than one friend. The fact that this author is new to me also held its own appeal as I adore discovering new favorites. The premise and world building is very well done and will most definitely keep me coming back for more.Jacyn is an orphan who was tossed around in the foster care system. Now at twenty-five, he doesn't really have any friends and he pretty much works all the time as a paramedic. In one night everything he knows about himself and the world around him comes crumbling down. Attacked inside a convenience store by four large males, he is helped by Logan, a very sexy man. However, the Ravens manage to kidnap Jacyn, although he shifts for the first time (oh, holy crap, that's got to be a dream, right?) and puts his own beat down on his abductors. Once again, though, Logan saves him, they escape, and Logan tells Jacyn he's a jaguar shifter, part of the lost shifters that disappeared and everyone thought they were dead, but now they know they've been raised as humans and the search is on to locate them before humans discover their kind. Oh, and lucky Jacyn, he also has brothers and a sister. Logan also tells him the bird shifters hate everyone and have been systematically trying to decimate all the other shifter populations. Huh. I think my head would have been hurting after all of that.Logan is a black jaguar, which apparently is looked down upon, and to make it even worse, his parents were rogues. No matter how attractive he finds Jacyn, nothing can happen, because Logan isn't good enough for the brother of the feline shifter leader, Mitchell. Logan has some confidence issues, although they are not unfounded based on how the other shifters treat him, except for Jacyn's family. Logan is a loner who hunts down rogues, rescues kidnapped shifters, and fights against the Ravens. He's basically a jack-of-all-trades. Now Logan is stuck transporting Jacyn back to Michigan and these two in close confines become incendiary. But Logan is bound and determined to step back when they reach their coalition because he just knows that Jacyn will end up looking at him the same way most of the other felines do. *rolls eyes*This was a good and interesting read that builds the baseline for future stories. Jacyn and Logan get their happy ever after, but even more importantly, Jacyn is able to help Mitchell to track down more of the lost shifters. Jacyn and Logan were both good, strong, and very sexy characters that I liked, a lot. Now, I'm looking forward to more books in the series.
What do You think about Primal Passions (2009)?
Good beginning to a series... Now I need to buy the others.
—thealanism
