Esau (Leopard's Spots #6) in Totally Bound Publishing

Aug 28, 2013 Christy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-paranormal-science-fiction, m-m, calibre-library, shifters, arc

'Esau' is book six in the 'Leopard's Spots' series and in case I haven't mentioned it yet, these books really should be read in order. There's too much history and characters at play to be able to fully understand it if you try to read as a stand alone. Of course, this is just my opinion. I knew I was going to really like this installment because it picks up almost near the end of the prior book and just runs with the story line. I had been intrigued by Esau before so I really wanted the opportu 'Esau' is book six in the 'Leopard's Spots' series and in case I haven't mentioned it yet, these books really should be read in order. There's too much history and characters at play to be able to fully understand it if you try to read as a stand alone. Of course, this is just my opinion. I knew I was going to really like this installment because it picks up almost near the end of the prior book and just runs with the story line. I had been intrigued by Esau before so I really wanted the opportunity to get to know him better.

Esau is older than his cousins, early thirties, and has some sadness in his past. He swore there would never be a mate for him, that he wouldn't deserve one, and that spending his time mourning his lost love was how his life was to be. Fate, of course, has a different idea for his life. When Esau accompanies his cousins to help look for surviving members of Bae and Jihu's family after the forest fire, he smells the most intoxicating scent. He follows it and discovers Ye-sun, his mate, and brother to Bae and Jihu. This scares him, a lot, and in his stupidity he runs Ye-sun off. Esau knows he has to get Ye-sun, but in accepting his mate, he'll have to deal with memories and emotions he's buried for a long time.

When his grandfather discovered Ye-sun helped Jihu escape with his son, Ye-sun is tortured quite awfully, and then left chained up to die in the forest fire. Ye-sun escapes though, and runs as far away as he can, until suddenly he smells something amazing that triggers his desires. Ye-sun is just as surprised as Esau to discover they're mates. He doesn't know how he feels about it, either, because his trust has been betrayed so often lately, but at some point he'll need to learn to trust again so what better way than to start with his mate.

This story was different from the last few installments in that the focus here was far more on Esau and Ye-sun's burgeoning relationship. I really liked that because it brought the series back to its basics, which is two men, suffering from life's hardships, but finding each other and a love to stand the test of time. Looking forward to Bobby's book next!

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Oct 21, 2012 Sui Lynn rated it it was ok

Shelves: m-m-romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I don't know how many times I've said this about this series and I find it incredibly frustrating. The sex is over the top. Every time you turn around the characters are humping. This book was a bit of a turn off even further as the characters were having sex in their complete animal forms. Let me say this, I'm all for a sex scene or two, maybe a hand job or a blow job mixed in but this is excessive. I'm not talking short romantic interlude here, but extensive in depth sex over and over.

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