Title: No Kitten Around
Author: R.J. Blain
Series: A Magical romantic Comedy (with a Body Count) #8
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Humour, Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2018

This was a great and beautiful second chance romance. One that had complications that not many people could overcome. But both Reed and Kennedy rise to the challenge beautifully and carve out their new happily ever after. Actually, I kind of like all of the ways that they grow and obviously change with their time apart. It just made me adore them all that much more. Plus, I just like second chance romances in general. True love and all of that nonsense.

Reed’s history and journey to the beginning of the story is kind of sad. I mean, he does the right thing, but is completely ostracised from and by everyone that he loves. Definitely not a great backstory. But I do love, that although he’s so obviously not happy, he also doesn’t really have any regrets. He acknowledges that he wishes for different things in his future, but he doesn’t regret trying to protect others. It made me fall in love with him pretty dang early on in the story to be honest.

Kennedy is a great balance to Reed. Where he is very calm and accepting, Kennedy is a bit of a spitfire. I love how feisty she is, particularly in the scenes when she realises just who is training both of them in sword fighting. She’s also incredibly, and hilariously dramatic. I also loved that this feistiness and strength actually came after her and Reed originally split up. She really shows that she was able to grow into herself once she realised her mistakes and was untethered.

As much as I love Reed and Kennedy, I must admit that I am also in love with their pets. I mean, they call them Kitten and Puppy. And they are some weird kind of magical beings that protect the world. Or at least, that’s what I got out of the story… I may have gotten a little confused as there is so much going on at the end of this story. Regardless, any story that so heavily features pets is going to be a good tick in my book.

For all of that, I still think that one of my favourite aspects of this book was the elf instructor. We’re a little bit introduced to the dangers of elves in Last But Not Leashed. But, it isn’t until this novel that you truly appreciate how dangerous, and psychotic they are. Which, me being me, I thought was fantastic and want more of. I mean, psychotic elves that want to kill people are great… but the fact that she also has a penchant for eating those that annoy her… brilliant.

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