San Andreas Shifters: Sumage Solution – G.L. Carriger

Can a gentle werewolf heal the heart of a smart-mouthed mage?

Bryan AKA Biff (yeah, he knows) is gay but he’s not out. There’s a good chance Max might be reason enough to leave the closet, if he can only get the man to go on a date. Everyone knows werewolves hate mages, but Bryan is determined to prove everyone wrong, even the mage in question.  

I tuned out most of the time. Always a bad sign.This could have been really good. This could have been epic. This needs better world building, less sex talk and insta-lust, and more focus on shifter issues. There is the supposedly humorous banter but it was mostly just sexual innuendos. I was hoping for shifter vs mage/shifter vs shifter battles, human/mage/shifter politics, more magic stuff but it was mostly smut. There was nothing going on. It really didn’t help that the voices in the audiobook sounds similar. It’s a waste of the shifter and sumage concept. If Max was was an ordinary DMV employee and Biff was a typical biker, it wouldn’t have made any difference to the story. This book is a DNF.

Rating:

1 Star – I feel really sorry for the trees they killed for this book

Soundtrack: Howl
Artist: Florence + the Machine
Album: Lungs

(source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35112713-the-sumage-solution)