Cernunnos

This is a wonderfully fresh take on shifter stories.  Our hero is a young deer shifter who is thrust into the human world he has rarely experienced since childhood.  We get a character study, a romance, a fish-out-of-water comedy, as well as a really good shifter story.

This story is well written, engaging and immediately grabs the reader's attention.  The story finely details the emerging of shifter species to form a more diverse society in an action packed tale of adventure, love and acceptance.  At times is has angst, danger and violence, but also humour, warmth and caring.  You will either love deeply some characters, and despise/hate other characters. The author writes with deep feeling for these characters that brings them to life.  The writing and plot flow smoothly.  Settings are detailed enough to picture yourself observing and feeling the sensual texture of each scene.  Excellent read!

While generally not my cup of tea, this is my first 'shifter' story and am so glad I read it. 

This has it all, engaging characters, an intense story arc and plot and very well written.

I can only hope that somewhere down the line a sequel follows! 

I love shifter stories, and this is the first story that I have read that focused on the prey that most just mention in building there story.  I fell in love with Cyn from the first chapter, because Aaron, made him such a lovable character. I loved how the story developed with the other main character, Shea. I’m just upset that the story ended. Cyn, Shea and all of the characters deserve follow-up stories.  When you read this story you will understand. 

Reviewing one of Aaron’s stories is always a challenge. At least for me, ‘cause I don’t know if I should focus on the wonderful writing or on the amazing plots… I’ll stay with the so beautifully shaped characters, characters you just come to love and cherish… and wish they would just happen at your door out of the blue. Take the challenge, let yourself go deep into one of Aaron’s stories, you’ll never regret it. You’d rather regret not haven’t read his stories before!

Wonderful tale and a fresh take on were stories. Well written and highly recommended!

If you love reading shifter stories then you definitely need to read this one!

We meet Cyn, a Cernunnos - deer shifter, who lives with their version of a pack - constantly on the move, always in fear of being hunted; of being prey.

I won't give too much away in this review (I hate spoilers in these sort of things) but suffice to say there is happiness, sadness, peril, love & joy all in some measure. Cyn gets to meet a wide variety of other shifters and some are not as friendly as they first seem to be.

Don't forget to comment as you read through the story and @astone2292(the author of this and other excellent stories) usually responds with a comment and/or a click on the "like" button.

Oh my gosh, I can't say how much this story touched my soul. Cyn, as the main character, defied the usual werewolf -- sorry, were-creature -- standards and made me contemplate the existence of prey species. Never before had I imagined that, for ever werewolf, there may be a were-deer or a were-rabbit.

It. Blew. My. Mind.

A typical werewolf story feeds us their perception and their life through the eyes of a predator but we seldom get to experience the life of the prey. Not only that, but we got to live Cyn's life as he ascended from a nameless Cernunnos to a pivotal figure in the pack's hierarchy. The mate of the pack enforcer.

Finally, and this is purely selfish, @astone2292treated us to a bit of fan service. The aggressively male pack alpha fell for the socially inept but loveable man-who-would-be-beta -- no apologies given.

The pack came together, like many of the relationships therein, on the whims of fate and, like the story, is stronger for the menagerie collected.

I. Love. It.