A werewolf without rank or hope and an enforcer who has lived too long go up against the selkie mob. Charming urban fantasy from New York Times bestselling comedy author Gail Carriger. ENFORCER Judd has wandered from pack to pack his whole life, searching for wolves who will accept him for who he is and who he loves. Now he believes that he’s finally found the right pack and the right man. NERD … the right pack and the right man.
NERD
Rejected by his family for being gay and geeky, Colin has never fit in with werewolves, yet now he is one. He doesn’t know how to react when Judd starts courting him. He’s even more lost when a famous singer, the selkie mob, and the feds also start chasing him.
Can Judd protect Colin and still prove his love? Can Colin figure out why enemy shifters are invading his favorite cafe? And what’s with all the gold sparkle? Find out in The Enforcer Enigma.
“This might be the closest my Kindle Fire has ever come to, well, catching fire.” ~ Rally the Readers (The Sumage Solution)
“Carriger has created a world that’s uniquely her own in the shifter-verse that I thoroughly enjoy visiting and can’t wait to see what comes next.” ~ Boy Meets Boy reviews (The Omega Objection)
Delicate Sensibilities?
This paranormal romance contains M/M sexy times, horrible puns regarding country music, and men who wear suits without shirts underneath. If you get offended easily, then you probably will. The San Andreas Shifter stories include blue language, dirty deeds, and outright admiration for the San Francisco Bay Area. Not for the faint of heart (or mouth or tongue).
Acclaimed author Gail Carriger (writing as G. L. Carriger) brings you the next in her delightful gay werewolf series, perfect for fans of TJ Klune, Mary Calmes, or R Cooper. The San Andreas Shifter books stand alone and do not need to be read in any order, but if you’re a stickler, this story comes after The Omega Objection and before The Dratsie Dilemma.
By G L Carriger
- The San Andreas Shifter series
The 5th Gender
As Gail Carriger
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The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn’t
The Finishing School series (start with Etiquette & Espionage)
The Delightfully Deadly stories
The Parasol Protectorate series (start with Soulless)
The Supernatural Society stories
The Custard Protocol series (start with Prudence)
The Claw & Courtship stories
Crudrat
more
It’s been a while since I visited this series the last, but it felt like coming home, warm and cosy. The characters and the entire pack are coming together nicely; they’re not constantly on defensive anymore, which changes the dynamic of the story.
Perhaps that’s why it felt like the love story of Colin and Judd took a backseat to the main plot. It was a nice mystery plot, but I really would’ve liked to read more of the lovely pair. That said, the two stories went hand in hand, there were really good moments between the pair and it felt believable all the way. Colin opened up nicely and Judd finally found his home in Colin. On top of that, Trick was a great new addition to the group and I’ll definitely read how it’ll turn out with his bear in the next book.
I think Ms. Carriger is, at heart, an anthropologist. She sees us at our depths, both good and ill, and can translate those foibles in to rollicking good books!
Whether in the alt universe of the Parasol books, outer space in The Tinkered Stars stories, or the LGBTQ universe of the San Andreas Shifters: She SEES us and knows us well.
Then she pours a cup of tea and takes off with great wit and serves up delicious stories.
Come along for some fun and gentle (or not so gentle) love.
First of all allow me to say how much I love the whole San Andreas Pack. These guys are a fabulous, snarky, sweet, and magnificent bunch of men who are together by choice and make up a very different type of werewolf pack. Uhm, plus one Magistar, one merman, and now an otter. Second, I just love Ms Carriger’s world and her characters. She has such a well developed world with all of her books and she finds a way to tie them all together.
This delightful book gives us the story of the brothers, Colin and Kevin, along with Judd, the older loner werewolf who joined their group. This story tells us the backstory for Colin and explains why the two brothers came to be in Alex’s pack. This is a great book and I highly recommend it to any one who enjoys a found family and lots of love and snark.
*** I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review ***
This series has all the best things rolled into one delicious package. There’s sparkle, fabulously quirky characters, snark for days and werewolves doing naughty, indecent things.
So, yes. It’s awesome.
And The Enforcer Enigma didn’t disappoint. It has all those things I loved about the first two installments and more. The outrageous and fabulous characters of all genders (okay, mostly male. This is an M/M romance after all). The banter and snark. And a lovestory unfolding in parallel with a plot including stolen goods and a sparkly, country-singing she-wolf.
There’s no point in going into details about Judd’s and Colin’s shenanigans. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers. But they were an adorable couple and I loved their dynamics. The big bad Enforcer with the huge heart and a yearning for love and the insecure genius.
Not being an American, I’m entirely ignorant about the legal significance of state lines. So I didn’t completely understand the finer points of the fencing plot, but I still enjoyed it immensely. That’s one of the things I adore about this series. It’s not only the shifter angle and the romance angle, but there’s action as well. A plot that keeps up the pace and adds even more sorts of unconventional characters to the story.
But of course, the best thing about this read is Carriger’s wonderfully dry humor and the fabulous universe she has created. Her writing style, the eccentric characters and the understated, British-type humor is to die for. I had a smile on my face throughout the entire book (well, apart from a few moments that I’ll come back to in a bit). I just love Carriger’s writing. Her books – The Enforcer Enigma included – just makes me so darn happy. Because she does happy-writing so very well.
Even though this read contains dark elements, it’s all described in this light and quirky setting, but without down-playing the dark. It’s bloody talented.
There was one thing in The Enforcer Enigma that had me cringing in discomfort though. And that was the reckless misuse of labcoats in the story. Not only did Alec apparently wear his labcoat home from work (*winces*), but he even wore it to a Café (*full body-shiver*). As all occasional wearers of labcoats know, the coat should never ever ever leave the lab. Ever. The mere thought of bringing a labcoat into a place where food is served is truly upsetting and makes me feel slightly nauseous. But then, this is fiction and even though every mention of the out-of-its-element labcoat pulled me out of the story, I realize that most people probably won’t bat an eye.
In conclusion, I loved this book. And I can’t wait for the next in the series. As characters go, neither Judd nor Colin has supplanted Max as my favourite person in the San Andreas Shifters series, but he’s so awesome nobody could. Anyway, I really hope the next couple will be Trick and the grumpy Deputy Kettil, but any couple Carriger writes about, I’ll read. I highly recommend this book for anyone who likes love, shifters and sequins . However, I would recommend reading the first two books in the series first. For optimal enjoyment.
Also, that The Enforcer Enigma cover model was absolutely yummy didn’t hurt either.
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