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The Hummingbird’s Gift by Reese Morrison
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What if the gods got it wrong?
When children in Rohahen’s tribe come of age, they receive shifter forms from the gods. Sometimes these forms come with an extra gift: strength-sharers can give mental commands while heart-singers can shape others’ emotions.
Rohahen has been hiding his crush on Tier for fifteen years. For the balance of the tribe, the Chief must marry a heart-singer, not a strength-sharer like himself.
Only Rohahen is starting to wonder if there might be other ways of being a heart-singer. When Tier starts to return his affection, perhaps he can find the bravery to show the world who he really is.
Because the ways of the gods are mysterious. And maybe they didn’t get it wrong after all.
“The Hummingbird’s Gift” is a companion to “Hummingbird and Kraken” and continues the story of one if its primary characters. (It will not make sense as a stand-alone.) It is a friends-to-lovers story with an adorable bison shifter, a uncertain Chief, a heart-singer coming into his own, plenty of heat, and a HEA.
MY REVIEW
Most romances focus on the relationship between the two love interests and leave the rest of the world to adjust to them. Love is that powerful a force, or so the fantasy magic of romance tells us.
But community is a true powerhouse in reality, and as a chief, Tier’s duties are to his people and being in balance for them. Any relationship he takes on much consider these duties because they are as much a part of him as his shifter abilities.
Rohahen understands this and has kept his distance, but since the gardener’s abduction Tier is no longer keeping his.
Can they find balance without harming their beloved community?
Although, at times, the dialog is somewhat stilted, overall the story is a sweet (and spicy M-M) short story romance. I always adore a story where the society pressures are based on love, not hate. Reese Morrison delivers again.
While the Amazon blurb indicates that this story should be read after its companion book, I found this short story worked just fine on its own. We are all used to being dropped into the middle of the action and figuring things out from there, right?
(Read through Kindle Unlimited)