Everyone just tells him what to feel and he rolls over and takes it. Since Lance is a virgin to the shifter world, I did not get a sense of newness to his experiences. Telling and not enough showing - Back to missed opportunities, I did not care for the writing style. Another Lance states he did not know where he came from or his history since he's been bounced from foster home to foster home his entire life, Andrew's family miraculously finds Lance's records (with no problem) tells Lance and he's only worried about his love for Andrew? Are you kidding me? Shame on me for expecting some exploration from Lance since it's his story. We get more detail on making elk bone jewelry and pottery.too much filler and not enough substance. A missed opportunity -he was flat and so easily placated. The glossing over key points - Lance first change into a wolf, he readily accepts the change and wolf's nature. The shifter/vampire world created was interesting enough but this is supposed to be a romance so it's a FAIL. And truthfully, if Lance developed a case of turning into a female mid-story, I would not have bat an eye lash. From then, his life changes for the different. While running, Lance has his very first shift into his wolf. Set in Black Hills, South Dakota, Lance 'borrows' some tools for his woodshed and gets caught by the future love of his life, Andrew.

He just turned 18 and on the run, has had a crap life (rape/abuse which happened off scene) and living like a drifter of sorts. It's told in 1st POV (which usually works for me) from the barely legal, Lance Fitz. Sui Lynn's 'The Pauper Prince' is book #1 in the Changing Moon series. The angst should be worn like heavy perfume.

TWO STARS-To set the mood, let's cue the melodrama and 1000 violins.

The Pauper Prince by Sui Lynn