Book Review: Openly Yours

Hi pornies. I hope you are okay. I've had a few bad news these days that have kept me down, really down, and it took a took a toll on my readings. However, today I come with another review for a book you don't want to miss and that kept me at bay as I struggled with so many feelings. It is Openly Yours, by Collette Davison. Thanks to Gay Book Promotions for sending me a review copy!

• Saga: Offbeat Shifters #2.
• Print Length: 310 pages.
• Publisher: Selfpublished (March 2, 2021).
• Publication Date: March 2, 2021.
• Genres: Contemporary, Drama, Erotica, Omegaverse, Romance.
• Rating: 4 / 5 stars.

Falling in love was the easy part. When we have to face more tragedy, will it bring us closer or drive us apart?

Now the tour is over, Isaac has to adapt to depending financially on someone else for the first time.

When my world gets thrown into turmoil again, I need to learn that relying emotionally on others isn’t a bad thing.

We have to face our biggest challenge together—creating a different dream from the one we had envisioned.

Openly Yours is the second book in Offbeat Shifters, an m/m paranormal romance series with a continuing storyline. This book includes a loving tiger shifter, a sweet monkey shifter, enthusiastic family members, lots of cuddles, and a HEA ending for the main characters. Whilst it is set in an alternate universe where omegas give birth, there are no pregnancy or birth scenes in this book.

Trigger warning for scenes revolving around infertility.

After reading the first book in the series, I wanted to know what was about to happen with these guys. There were still some questions that needed to be answered, some more than others, but almost most of them were done in this book. Openly Yours has a few surprises for you, so be prepared to get to know these guys under a different light.

There wasn't much development as I expected. The book certainly took the characters to uncomfortable and dark places, showing them that not everything is nice and sparkling. There were a few times I wanted for things to get solved, that Colette Davison had a bit of compassion with them, but nope. Big nope. This is a realistic book that happens to take place in a fantasy world. Good points, many good points because of that.

You can expect a lot of romance, cute scenes, and a big lot of sex, but those elements are put in the background more than in other books by the author. While we love her for how steamy and explicit her writing it (heaven knows I almost fainted with Dear Daddy, Please Hold Us), you may feel it's not that much as you expected.

Openly Yours certainly closes an episode in this saga, but opens a new one that I'm totally interested in. Entertaining, bold, charming, and addictive, this is a novel you can't put down (unless something big happens, which was my case, mind you). Colette Davison loved writing this book because it shows, a different kind of romance that takes you to places you wouldn't like to go through when you start building a life with someone,  but it also proves that there is always healing at the end of the road.

About Colette Davison:
Colette’s personal love story began at university, where she met her future husband. An evening of flirting, in the shadow of Lancaster castle, eventually led to a fairytale wedding. She’s enjoying her own ‘happy ever after’ in the north of England with her husband, two beautiful children and her writing. Website.

Have you read this book? Would you recommend it or not? Let me know in the comments! Kinky regards, K!

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