Fox Hunt (Haven City, #10)by Zoe Perdita
Self-published
eARC
LGBT, paranormal, romance, mystery
Edward Wilder’s life sucks. At 18, the fox shifter is homeless, trying to care for his baby sister, and since a group of hunter’s maimed him, he can’t even get a normal job. Things can’t get worse—until he witnesses a murder. Now the cops and criminals are on his ass, and he has nowhere to turn. Until Maxwell Strider shows up. Problem is, Max is a hunter, and Edward hates hunters.
Max wouldn’t take in a couple of foxes under normal circumstances. He may only hunt truly dangerous shadow folk, but that doesn’t mean he wants to open his home to a potential enemy. But he owes an old friend a favor, and Edward and the baby, Daisy, need his help.
Protecting Edward should be easy, but the fox wakes a desire Max never knew he possessed. A lust Edward seems to share—if only at night. But can he mend the hurt Edward faced in the past and earn the one thing he’s denied himself—a chance at a family—before it’s too late?
I read the first installment of the series, Shadow Scars, few years ago and it was centered around detectives Seth and Connor, who were part of this book too. I never continued with the series until now, even though I quite liked the first book. The books in the series can be read as a standalone, so jumping from the first to last was not problematic at all.
Fox Hunt was an enjoyable story about homeless fox shifter Edward, who was all alone and taking care of his baby sister Daisy. He witnesses an assassination and get a glimpse of the assassin, and because of that he and his sister end up under the protection of an older hunter, Max. Basically, the story is about what happens when the opposites are thrown under the same room and if they can get over their distrust of each other - Edward has been tortured and mutilated by hunters before, and he hates hunters for it.
There's plenty of action and exciting moments when the assassin starts to close in and Max vows to protect Edward and Daisy from all kinds of danger. And of course, the slowly building trust and chemistry makes everything even more complicated. Daisy's absolutely adorable baby, who was hard not to love, and Edward just deserves all the happiness in the world after all the stuff he's been gone through. Max is the protective type who's all for justice and not just hunting down shifters - only those who have gone over the edge and started killing humans. There were plenty of interesting side characters, especially Sylvia from Max's hunter team, and Ari, Seth and Connor.
However, there was one problem with the story; it was way too short. I felt that there wasn't enough pages to cover the story and develop the characters and their relationships. It was a good story, but the ending was rushed: a long build up throughout the story but only one short chapter to wrap it up. Overall the story was a bit too fast paced to deepen and develop properly Edward and Max's budding relationship. The story would have been really good if it had been longer and thus reserved more space for character and relationship development, and yeah, it would have been nice to read more about Edward and Max.
So, if you're yearning for quick paranormal romance with likable characters, I'd recommend Fox Hunt for you.
3 of 5 stars
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