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    Bye-Bye Birdie
    Ebook55 pages30 minutes

    Bye-Bye Birdie

    By Lex Chase

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Christopher Robin and Dashiell Hammond couldn’t be more different. Dash is an iguana shifter who provides aid for natural disasters far and wide, but Chris is a flighty parakeet shifter who can’t find his way across town without Google Maps. To Chris, Dash is a superhero, but he spent more time saving the world than saving their relationship.

    To conquer his heartache, Chris books a cruise, determined to meet Mr. Right Now instead of Mr. Right. But he doesn’t expect the cabin steward responsible for his adorable towel animals to be none other than his ex-boyfriend. When the pair fall overboard and take refuge on a deserted island, old feelings resurface. With Dash’s hardnosed survival skills and Chris’s fickle insecurities, they’ll have to learn to compromise if they want to get back to slamming daiquiris at the tiki bar.

    A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2016 Daily Dose package "A Walk on the Wild Side".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamspinner Press
    Release dateJun 1, 2016
    ISBN9781634774970
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    Reviews for Bye-Bye Birdie

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    • 4/5
      With two very unusual shifters as main characters, this story took me to unexpected places. Chris is a parakeet shifter and just as flighty and easy to panic as a human as when he is in his bird form – except in matters of the heart. Dash is an iguana shifter with a heart of gold, out to rescue the world, and full of commitment issues. They were engaged for twelve years (!!!), then Dash lost his passport in Thailand and wasn’t able to attend their wedding. And now they end up on a deserted island and depend on each other to survive. The result is a hilarious story filled with snark, interpersonal fireworks, and a rediscovery of what’s really important. Absolutely wonderful!

      Chris is very likable with all his flaws: he panics easily, can’t find his way even with a map, and is desperately in love with Dash despite the fact that the man “stood him up” at the altar. It must be his nesting instinct, but he really wanted to make a home with the iguana shifter. When he meets Dash on the cruise his mother gifted him so he can finally have some fun over a year after the canceled wedding, he is incensed.

      Ending up on a deserted island together is probably the only thing that can get them back together again. Not that it looks likely –they bicker all the way, more like an old married couple than lovers. But then things get dangerous and everything changes…

      If you like unusual shifters, if reunions and reconciliations are your thing, and if you’re looking for a hilarious read with lots of heart, then you will probably like this cute short story.


      NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review.
    • 3/5
      Jilted at the altar, parakeet shifter seeks solace on a cruise only to run into his ex and extreme danger – will the iguana shifter’s heroics be enough to save all that is at risk?

      2.75 stars - It was o.k., and somewhat interesting. A thoughtful but quick diverting read

      An interesting and evocative exploration of a split up (basically divorced) couple thrown back together in less than ideal, indeed dangerous situations. The heart of the story is working through the relationship issues of a broken 12-year engagement, revealed in drips and drabs sprinkled through the narrative. The focus of the book is clearly Christopher’s complex feelings about himself, his lost life, and his ex-fiancé. Overall this was a sometimes fascinating look at an imperfect but usually sympathetic individual, but also oddly unfulfilling for me. While I appreciated some of the uneven qualities in the protagonist, I did not feel to drawn into his connection with his ex-fiancé, and did not really care if they got back together or not.

      The shifter aspects added only minor flavor and reinforcement to the protagonists' character traits - this is much more of a relationship story than a shifter story.

      Part of my disconnect may be because the danger of the shipwreck and the jungle survival seemed simplistic and not particularly compelling. As that was not the focus of the book, it’s not a large issue, but it doesn’t do much to further the main narrative.

      On the positive side, it was an interesting exploration of differing expectations within a relationship, the difficulties of prioritizing one’s partner’s needs versus one’s own, and the sacrifices required to build and reinforce a loving partnership.