Rabbit Season

Lost Shifters #2

by Megan Derr

Sidney has quietly loved twin brothers Brook and Colby for years, watching and pining as they came to his house for the summer every year. Painfully aware that they have each other, have no reason to notice the unremarkable duck they grew up babysitting.

Then the twins and their mother are attacked days before an important meeting that will change the shifter world forever. When the twins come to stay with Sidney's family until the attackers are caught, Sidney learns that all things have their season, and even violent protests will not keep two rabbits from the man for whom they've been patiently waiting...

Genres: M M Romance, Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Fantasy, Romance, M M M, Menage

66 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 18, 2015

About the author

Megan is a long time resident of queer romance and keeps herself busy reading and writing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. When she’s not involved in writing, she likes to cook, harass her wife and cats, or watch movies. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all over the internet.

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Reviews

[~✡~Dαni(ela) ♥ ♂♂ love & semi-colons~✡~ · Rating 1 out of 5]

one snarky DUCK (Prince Lord Duckling)

two RABBITS (fucking like ... fill in the blank)

a badass raccoon shifter from New York (cause raccoons are known for their badassery, yo)



snakes adopting wolves (or maybe it's the other way round?)

twicest (only mildly entertaining cause Brook and Colby are boring and one-dimensional)



crime (burning down houses and shit; *whispers* ~~the raccoon did it~~)



lots of ridiculous banter (if Sidney said "shut up" one more time, I was going to choke that bitch)



God, my head aches. This book is just stupid. I know that's not very objective or descriptive, but I just don't fucking care.



Everyone in this book sounded like a 14-year-old boy. There was way too much snorting and eye rolling.



Three sexy scenes, but I wouldn't say this had too much sex. I would say the sex was the only thing that stopped me from DNF this book. Cause I'm pervy like that.

When the most entertaining thing about a book is finding gifs to show your displeasure, I think it's safe to say: Never again with this author; never, EVER again.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars

Let’s talk about bunny brocest and menages shall we?

Turns out, I’m a fan. Now those things can be deal breakers for some, but I have to say, in this story, neither thing was that big of a deal, so don’t let either tag turn your away. Besides, you know how it is in shifter-ville stories. RL rules do not apply and bros can boink like bunnies and also find a duck to fuck.

When I picked up this one up to review and realized it was second in the series I quick bought and read Backwoods Asylum. I really liked that one too. I wouldn’t say you have to read it first, but it certainly helped. There is a lot going on in the second book about pack politics and you’ll want the background that you get in book 1. One thing about Backwoods is that the politics was more focused while in the second it was more overall pack business. I found it to be a little much for a shorter story. It felt like the pack dynamic drama overshadowed the relationship a bit as the story was trying to tell me a lot of things in a little space. I would have liked it to be a little longer with more relationship centered scenes.

Brook and Colby, the twin brothers, were great, likable characters. They had distinct personalities that really complemented each other. Colby was mouthy with an attitude and a heart of gold while Brook had a quiet strength and dominance to him that was pretty swoony. The fact that they were brothers was totally fine by me. They didn’t make a huge production out of it, it just was and they owned it which is why I think I liked it so much. Plus, they’re rabbits and it’s not completely out of the realm of rabbit shifter relationships apparently. So, all good.

During a particular badass Colby moment he says:

"If you ever come near any of us again, for any reason at all, I’ll slit your fucking throat. I’m a nasty incestuous rabbit. You should better appreciate that means most rules mean jack shit to me.”

I liked that.

Sidney the duck was also really likable. He didn’t have the natural confidence that Brook and Colby had, but he had snark and attitude which I’m always a fan of. He was protected pretty fiercely by his dads and that made him seem more immature than the other two to me. I didn’t quite feel his deeper love for Brook and Colby at least not as much as I wanted to. I think that’s why I needed a few extra scenes with just the three of them developing a relationship so that I could completely buy into Sidney loving these two for life.

The Lost Shifters series is really the kind of shifter stories I like. They are unique (not everyone is a wolf!), snarky and sweet. I’ll definitely be reading the next in the series.

**a copy of this story was provided for an honest review**

[Drusilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little difficult ... I am a bit disappointed. But that's not the book's fault, it's mine. I had insanely high expectations, that was stupid of me. I only started the series because of this book. I thought the love story between a duck shifter and two rabbit shifters just had to be so super interesting and different that it would be perfect.
It is a good book and the story is interesting. The background from the first part is continued here and the focus is on the three-way relationship.
Sidney and his two bunny twins, Brook and Colby, are interesting characters. Unfortunately, I didn't really relate. I didn't understand the whole duck shifter society and didn't really connect with Sidney either. Unfortunately, if you don't understand the person telling the story, it's beyond a drag.
The story is a touch cute and the sex scenes are hot and make up for what I felt was lacking in depth of personalities.

Sidney got a glimpse of blown pupils and wet lips, and then he was being kissed in a way that could only be described as tongue fucking. 😋

Maybe the narration would have been better from the rabbits' point of view. Because Colby pushed all my buttons.

"If you ever come near any of us again, for any reason at all, I'll slit your fucking throat. I'm a nasty, incestuous rabbit. You should better appreciate that means most rules mean jack shit to me. Got it?" 😲😍

[Rosa, really · Rating 3 out of 5]

It just occurred to me that this smuffy book may be the perfect Easter read. We've got ducks, bunnies...



...and the always seasonal twincest menage.



Throw in some chocolate eggs and you've got the perfect holiday treat.

Maybe if I'd read it with chocolate I would've enjoyed it more. It's fluffy and smutty, but I was constantly distracted by the thought that I'd read it before. I must've been experiencing a severe lack of sugar and caffeine, because it took me 75% of the book to realize that the plot is like a more fleshed-out version of Derr's Midsummer Baker.

Both stories feature young men who've had a long-term crush on older twins who are viewed as the town's troublemakers. The young man's crush originated when he accidentally witnessed the twins going to town on each other. Some kind of misunderstanding occurs (before the start of the story) and the young man is under the impression that the twins aren't interested or don't care about him, when, of course, they do. They are really, really interested.

But, like I said, this is a more fleshed-out version of that plot. In Rabbit Season, the young man, Sidney, isn't an orphaned baker boy, but the heir apparent of a group of duck shifters who are working with other shifters to reveal themselves to the world. Unlike the twins in Midsummer Baker, Colby and Brook are looked down upon because they're rabbit shifters and everyone knows rabbits will fuck anything. Especially each other. (Which they do. As often as possible.) Many of the other shifters are worried that this will reflect poorly on them if and when the humans find out. Especially if the humans discover that the one of their future leaders is in a twincest menage relationship. Oh, the drama. I felt like telling these people that it's okay, you're in Megan Derr's world and if you refrain from acting like a giant bag of violent dicks, it'll all work out.

But do they refrain? No, of course not, but it nonetheless works out for our boys. It works out quite well for the readers as well as the book ends with a giant twins on dude, man on man on man action scene.

Verra nice.



**Copy provided by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.**

[Ben Howard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rabbit Season is a shifter romance between a duck-shifter and twin rabbit-shifters. It a fun short that probably needed to be longer to do what it wanted to do plot-wise, but was an enjoyable read nonetheless.

Sidney has always had a crush on Brook and Colby, but assumed nothing could ever come of it. But when events occur that reunite them, it seems Sidney's feelings aren't one-sided after all.

There's a plotline that runs in the background to the romance, of Brook and Colby and their mother being threatened. It was necessary as a plot device to drive our love interests together. The twins would be staying in Sidney's house for safety, while their mother's away at a conference. However I think it needed a higher page count to flesh out and delve deeper into it and to make me care about it more. Because as it was, it just got in the way of the romance.

Speaking of, this is a mmm romance. It relies on our character's having a preestablished history to justify how quickly they get together. Which worked nicely in my opinion as I enjoyed the short glimpses into their past. It's spicy and has plenty of smut to fill the short story.

[Jilrene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love it!

[☆ Todd · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rabbit Season, book 2 of the Lost Shifters series, was cute, but it wasn't nearly as fun to read as book 1, Backwoods Asylum.

In this follow up installment, we're introduced to Sidney, a 20 year old duck shifter, who is the son of the flock leader and is being groomed to take over one day.

Sid's dad is married to a human man and their best friend is a cottontail rabbit shifter with two (hot, take-charge) *identical TWIN* sons. Mmm, twins.



Sid has had a crush on the twins, Colby and Brook, for as long as he can remember and unbeknownst to Sid, the feeling is mutual. Times 2.

The main part of the story is how the two cottontails pull Sid into their *twincestuous* relationship to be their mate. And I. WAS. ALL. OVER. THAT. : )



It was a fun read, with a subplot about bad guys trying to harm the cottontail twins and their mother for political reasons (yawn), but to me that was just a distraction from whole "Tru3 Lov3" relationship between the 3 (yes, 3) boys.

The bad guys are caught and life goes on without much real drama behind it, other than Sid getting punched in the face a couple of times before the Mr. Big Bad could get to the rabbits.



The one thing that was a little odd about these books being a "shifter" series is that no one really shifted. It's like making a huge deal about someone being a pianist, then they never play the piano. I found that strange in both books.

But like the first book hooked me with puppies, this one hooked me with the twin ménage (twénage?) HEA, so I overlooked a few things.

It was a fun read and the closing scene definitely gave you some pretty hot visuals for the phrase, "Well, fuck a duck." (Nobody was shifted though, so *whew* on that one, 'cause ick and no and eww.)



3 'less-fun-but-hotter-than-the-last-one' stars this time around.

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** My ARC copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley for a fair, unbiased review.

[MostlyDelores · Rating 2 out of 5]

You know I'll read any kind of shifters; I think we can safely say my standards in this area are pretty flexible. So, true love between men who are also cute little cottontail bunnies and a waddling duck? Sure.

Three-way love between twins who go at each other like rabbits (GET IT?) and an emo 20 year old who "wants to die" every other page? I may be getting too old for that.

Atrocious copy editing and a plot that is barely sketched in? I just cannot.

[Didi · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

Pretty sure the expression shagging like rabbits was definitely put to actual use to the fullest in this story! Though not my regular cup of hot cocoa (incest, menage actions of duckling-filling rabbit-shifters sandwich... **pursed lips** sound too dishy???) I usually loved Ms. Derr's stories and this one was second installment in "Lost Shifters" series.

As entertaining as this book was, I liked the previous one better. This one felt a tad too superficial for me. Taking into account the "danger" the rabbit family had, or the flock drama ensued by Sydney's indecencies with the rabbit duo, even the trio shagging activities, I'd think I'd feel more... sparks. Excitement. Or something! Sadly, no, it left me feeling detached...

[atmatos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well fuck. I really like the first book in this series, too bad this one was just so bad. The main character had the maturity, and vocabulary of a 14 year old boy. If he whined one more time about needing brain bleach because his parents loved each other, and had a healthy sex life...I mean really...grow the fuck up!
Thank you Amazon for giving me my money back!

[Natalie H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compared to the first story, there’s more intimate scenes and exhibition. Favourite character in this one was Colby. I liked the reappearance of Sky.

[Wax · Rating 3 out of 5]

So twincest is not my thing. BUT...that's actually not the trouble I had with this book. I just didn't like it as much as the first. Sidney acted a bit too much like an entitled teenager and not like a grownup. The twins were not very interesting.

Reread: Yup, still not that exciting, though I like the concept of duck shifters.

[Terri Jones]

DNF at 31%, because I know too much to enjoy this one, specifically yes bunnies are indiscriminate, but duck sex is worse. Had I thought to write this, I'd have chosen some other bird, and had I realized ducks were involved, I wouldn't have started reading. But I like the title. :)

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Following in the same universe as Backwoods Asylum, we meet Sidney, a duck shifter and 'prince' of his flock. He has always had a crush on twin rabbits that he grew up with, but since he was 14 (and at six years older they were 20) they haven't given him as much as the time of day. When they are attacked at home for their mother pushing to bring shifters out to all of humanity they come to stay at Sidney's house- and maybe more.

Brook and Colby are rabbit shifters and that makes relationships a bit mroe complicated. The two are twin brothers but are also together sexually. The thing is, shifters do take some characteristics of their animals. In the case of rabbits, familial bonds aren't quite as clear. Relationships are fluid and many, and parents eventually become more like friends. Equally, siblings can become romantic interests. The shifter world at large didn't like that and tried to impose human laws of incest against them, separating many familial couples- but those shifters actually ended up dying of separation grief. As such, rabbits have been allowed to quietly have their own relationships, not that the rest of the community really supports it.

Sidney has always loved Brook and Colby so it is easy for a relationship to start up between the three of them. The conflict in this book is about their different species. Much like adoption, shifters seem to be stuck on the belief that you should only date those of the same species. Sidney's fathers don't believe that but the flock at large gives them hell for not supporting their antiquated ways.

I enjoyed the three men, but I wish there had been more about the lost shifters again. Especially with that mention of how the twins work at placing I wish there was something more we got to see on the side of the placements, or with another child. Otherwise I enjoyed this story again and was happy to see the return on Sky from the last book, with a firm HEA in his story!

[T.M. Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sidney fell for twin brothers and fellow shifters, Brook and Colby, when he was not yet a teenager after watching them… take care of each other in his boat house. Sidney thought he made a decent effort to hide his feelings, but the twins took notice and decided to leave Sidney until he was old enough to understand what it was he truly wanted. Now the three of them are fastly approaching adult hood, and Sidney wants them more than ever.

Shifters have a different sense of morality and their boundaries are looser than those of humans. While some of their kind are upset about the fact that this throuple includes twin brothers, there are those that are violently upset about the fact that the brothers are rabbit shifters and Sidney is a duck shifter.

I was so excited when I saw Derr was finally releasing a sequel to Backwoods Asylum. While this is set in the same world, and there is a brief cameo with my favorite snake/wolf shifter couple, this is the story of Sidney, Brook and Colby and how they manage to turn an infatuation into a working relationship. Yes, there is twincest, but it’s tasteful and molded into the story in a way that it flows and works well.

Well written, engaging, intriguing and passionate. Rabbit Season is a welcome addition to this series of short stories that are my new favorite indulgence, I’ll likely read this one over and over again. A must read for fans of shifter stories and passionate romances.

* I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review through http://mmgoodbookreviews.wordpress.com *

[Ro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can only say, adorable. Duck shifters, bunny shifters, twins, a threesome, what more can I ask for? I especially loved that we get to revisit with Skylar and Brody from Backwoods Asylum, a couple I loved to read.

Sidney is the heir apparent to the flock, in training by his dad for the leadership role. This breaks down to mean – there are ducks who want him to mate with a duck, not a rabbit. Especially not two rabbits and particularly not those rabbits. Because Brook and Colby are older, they held back when it came to Sidney, which he takes to be disinterest. Their work at the Lost Shifter Foundation has kept them away from home for nearly two years and now a threat to their family has them holed up at Sidney’s house.

There are quirks here I loved – that they are “beautiful, bold rabbits who didn’t seem afraid of anyone or anything”; that Sidney is easily embarrassed, “I’m going to go drown myself in the toilet”; and the easy banter between the brothers, “We can’t all be the silent, evil type…”. Oh and Sidney’s use of a saucepan? Excellent!

This is a sweet and easy book, fairly short and quick. Yes, it has twincest in it, but as they say, rabbits are a little more open about things. It’s light and funny, even with the threat of danger, and I want to read the next installment.

[M'rella · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Megan's books, but this one is not for me. I guess the sole purpose of it was to explore a twin bunny sandwich with a duck filling in between *scratches head*

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The first 50% was about bunnies and a duck making out in a public location.

The second 50%:
random people, random people, sex sex;
bunnies' mother spooked by a threat and coming home to check on her 26 year old kiddies. sex sex;
random people, random people, sex sex;
an intruder and a criminal - a raccoon from New York (brilliant! =) that totally cracked me up :D);
more sex and more sex.

I know some people love the threesomes and the abundance of sex, so I guess it's really my personal tastes that do not allow me to enjoy the story.

2 stars.

[Nix Buttons · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 stars - when I first read it I actually rated it four stars, but I didn't write a review and after re-reading it I wonder if I misclicked. It was nice enough, but also not more than nice. Very short, entertaining, simple.

[Addicted2M/M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stupid twins. Stupid, hot, awesome twins who were completely ruining his life.

Cute. Very tame for a menage, especially one involving incest.

[Elaine White · Rating 5 out of 5]

Two confessions:
* I read the other reviews (after reading the book, but before writing my review)
* and, I was mentally exhausted before reading this.

And, you know what? I don't care about the first, because of the second. I loved that this was a simple, straightforward plot without much angst or drama. I loved that, though there was a plot behind the romance, the romance was priority. I loved that Sky and Brady made a reappearance, and that these weren't unconnected stories in the same world.

For me, this was super cute, much hotter than Book 1, and expanded a little on the shifter-worldbuilding from Book 1. Yes, there was incest. Yes, there was fucking-like-bunnies. Yes, there was shameless incest, flirting, fucking, and hot threesomes. Ending in a lovely poly.
Did I mind? Not at all.

Honestly, I did start skimming some of the sex scenes, because they were long and quite frequent, for a story this length. There was a misspelled Troy, as Trey, and the editing in this one was more sketchy than Book 1. However, I liked the mindless-romance feel of the story, and I'll be continuing the series.

[Heather · Rating 1 out of 5]

🙄

I COULDN'T finish this. It was cringy I got to about 47% it really isn't worth what you pay for, for 55 pages. It should be awesome if you want people to pay for it. And it was the dialogue that got me and Sidney (+his dialogue 😖). It was awkward between the characters. And Sydney kept referring to his parents by their given names in his head, why? He was calling them Pops and Dad. There are other things but ugh. So done. The only thing I liked about this book was the happy but tiny update from the first book on Sky.

[⭐️ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars.
HUGE fan of the cover for this series! I haven’t read the others just yet because I was so intrigued about the naughty rabbit twins.

In saying that… I so desperately wanted more spice. There was a lack of editing unfortunately but it could be overlooked.

I wish the book was more about the relationship between Sidney, Colby and Brook. Like their first time as a throuple, and even a silly lil DP oops teehee 🤭 but i guess it wasnt the point of the story. But the potential for it though????? Sigh. I really wanted to love this book fully.

[Lora Graham · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay…2.5 stars

Do not read if you’re even slightly offended by:
1. Family dynamics where kids talk to their parents like they’re other kids (I know they’re all adults, call me old fashioned)
2. A relationship where there’s more physical than emotional (IMO)
3. Typos (most I’ve ever seen in an MD book)
4. Incest (not exactly a fan)

The writing is okay, plot a little thin. There’s an appearance by the couple from the previous book.

[Tigress62 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an extremely steamy short fun read, but nothing really to write home about. Incest is not usually something I enjoy reading about, but in this fantasy world anything goes (apparently) and it did not really bother me much.

Please also see my review of the whole series at vol. 3 (Sweet Nothings).

[HanakaLu · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Megan Derr, really. So I don’t know if it’s just that this story was... just good and nothing more, or if it’s because I’m sick, and just really sleepy and I feel bad ... I don’t know.

But it was good !

3,5.

[elstaffe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not for me, but I was warned by the description and ignored it, so it's my own dang fault.

Pull quote/note
"Sidney looked at them but did not say anything. He was an adult, he could act childish if he wanted to." (22)

[Indira Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesomely cute

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent series

Love the characters and thrilled with the series. I am impatiently waiting and hoping for more in this series. Best if read in order.

[Margo - Putting the Mmmmmm back in Menage · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like the first book in this series, this is short and sweet. There's not much depth to the story. It's cute but at $2.49 for 55 pages it's not really worth it.

Trigger warning: incest

[Jill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rabbit shifters, Oh my!

Really enjoyed this take on rabbit shifters. Lots of feels and plenty of heat in this one. It was nice to revisit Sky as well.