What made this volume fun to read for me was yet another unusual pairing that came out of the elders' idiotic idea to force all paranormals to mate outside their species. In this case it actually works against them since one of them is endangered and needs to mate inside their species so they can repopulate (or so the elders have decreed). But, I'm jumping ahead. So, we have a bird of paradise and an ogre here, and as if that difference isn't significant enough, they also each carry a dark secret which makes it sound almost impossible that they'd ever get along.

Fabian is an ogre, and he falls for Magnus on sight. He is very protective, but can't believe Magnus is really interested in him. Especially when Magnus reveals he hates ogres... So, of course, Fabian lies and gets into even more trouble.

Magnus is a rare bird of paradise and has a very dark secret linked to ogres in his background. The revelation of Fabian;s species always drives them apart, and that is only the beginning.

Add a somewhat mysterious aunt, an old boyfriend of Magnus's and the overbearing attitude of the meddling elders, and you can see why the resulting ride might be a little rough. If you like unusual shifter stories with a dark secret, if a "nesting" male bird mate sounds interesting, and if you have enjoyed the other books in this series, then you may like this one as well. ( )