A new and exciting series showing that fated mates don't have to stick to a social construct, they can extend far beyond that, while also having characters that identify beyond the binary.
From the blurb:
If Cameron knows one thing, it’s that nothing is as easy as it seems. Between being born into an abusive household and falling into an abusive relationship in college, love hasn’t been easy. His adopted parents and sister have done their best to prove that wrong, but as far as Cameron is concerned, finding a mate is off the table, quite possibly forever. He knows better than most that fate is never a guarantee at happiness.
At least, that’s what he thinks until he stumbles into an incredibly handsome, kind alpha at the airport. Cameron had never allowed himself to imagine what his fated mate would look like, let alone feel like, but Emory feels like home in a way that challenges everything Cameron has ever thought about fate.
Emory never wanted to run the family business. He grew up assuming his cousin would take the reins and he would be able to work and play and love on his own timeline. Then his cousin, the rightful heir, left and his father died, leaving him as not only the head of the company, but the head of the family.
Nothing in his life has gone to plan, and yet he keeps making them, including the last minute plan to fly to Anchorage for an emergency work trip. When a snowstorm threatens to upend his plan, he ends up running into his fated mate in line at the service desk, threatening to change all his plans forever.
Doubting Fate is book 1 in the Fate Beyond the Binary series. It is a MM with demiboy rep shifter omegaverse romance, featuring a very reluctant omega octopus shifter and an overworked alpha lion.
Angel's review:
I am a big fan of DC's writing, I love how they always represent different sexualities, identities, and communities, and they always do it so well too. I love shifter books, and I love the fated mate trope, but I also love uniqueness and creativity and DC achieved all of that with this book.
Doubting Fate is book one in their new paranormal shifter series, Fate Beyond the Binary, and I think this was an absolutely incredible way to start of a new series.
I adored almost every single character in this book! Emory, Cameron, Christopher, Shay, Ronan, and Jo, were all fabulous and amazing, and I'm really excited to learn more about all of them. There is so much diverse representation within this book, from Cameron identifying as a demiboy, to Shay being demisexual, and Jo being non binary. Something else I really loved is how close of a friendship and bond Emory has with Ronan and Christopher, they hug each other, care for each other, cuddle together, and they all do that to show they care and to provide comfort and I thought their friendships were really beautiful.
Even when Emory was worried he was working too much, (which he was!) and when he felt he was neglecting his best friends, they still had his back and continued showing up for him, and I loved that.
Cameron is a sweetheart, he's so kind and adorable, and when he lets his octopus's energy out, he gets very sassy which I enjoyed reading too! The scenes with the coconuts were absolutely adorable!! Sometimes with shifter books there aren't many scenes of the characters as their animal, but DC packed this book full of various scenes of these characters being in their animal form and they were always described in great detail as well. Which for me took this from a good book to a great one!
Both of these characters have gone through a lot of heartache and hurt before they met each other, and even after meeting, they both have a lot to work through. Together they were able to find a way through the trauma, tough times, and rude aunts, and with additional help from their found family, were able to come out the other side even stronger because of all they had to go through.
I very much enjoyed this book and am very excited for book two!! I can't wait to get to know Ronan, Christopher, and Jo, better!
Doubting Fate is currently available as an e-book and can be read as part of your Kindle Unlimited Subscription
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