Jackalopes & Woofen-Poofs

There are a few things I dislike about this book that can all be summed up one way: Jason. I didn't care for him in the previous book, but in this one he is ten times worse because we get to spend part of it inside his head. (Interestingly enough, this is the first book in the series that has alternating perspectives. A trend that is continued in the final book of the series.) Jealousy is a trait I've never found appealing and, you could say he's jealous because he's insecure, but, really, I don't care why he's jealous. It's unattractive to me. Also, Jason's family, as a whole, doesn't approve of him being gay. So they ‘don't talk about it.' Fine, but then he takes Wolf into that setting, and pretty much tosses him to the sharks from the start. He isn't there to buffer the way at first - even though he knows how awkward Wolf feels. Meanwhile, he keeps saying that he's not going to choose between his family and his boyfriend. Okay... But your family is treating your boyfriend like crap and you still drag him into those situations and REFUSE TO DEFEND HIM. Finally, when he does say anything even vaguely standing up for Wolf (and to a lesser extent, himself) to his family, (his asshole father and brother) he's basically telling them that he's still going to date Wolf, but if they don't want Wolf in their house, that's fine because it is their house (the same house that all their other kids and their significant others are invited to fairly willingly) but that he (Jason) will still be there because he's still a part of the family. Ooh, way to make your boyfriend feel special. Jason also seems somewhat uncomfortable by the fact that his boyfriend is a cop - mostly because, I gather, he feels less than Wolf because he thinks his job is less than Wolf's. They tried to deal with it, but, really, that's going to cause some lovely fights later on, I think. Especially because where the other couples communicate well, (except for, occasionally, Kash because...Kash) Jason and Wolf have a problem actually talking things through. Jason especially has a habit of saying the wrong thing and making it worse and Wolf often doesn't understand.

There are a few things. First, if you're wanting to complete this series, this book pretty much has to be read before the finale. Also, we get to see a wedding (this coming from someone that doesn't like weddings) and it was gorgeous. And the rest of the Precinct is in fine fettle. (That being said, I was vacillating between two and three stars and settled on two because my frustration (and Jason-hate) outweighed my enjoyment, and because the ranking on Goodreads says three stars was ‘I liked it' - and I really didn't. It was okay. Ergo, the rating.)