This was a great follow-up in this series and was a lot of fun. There were some points where I thought it dragged a bit so I took off a star, however, it was all-around a great read and I thought the narrator did a good job.

Tessonja has done it again! I was delighted by book 1 but falling in love with Daphne and Monty felt as easy as breathing. Two years after the infamous Heartbeats Tour, these old friends have pursued different careers. Monty is writing his own "Dear Abby" advice column under a penname. Daphne is pursuing art and illustration, living in her human-like form instead of her unseelie Pine Marten body. When they each find themselves in need of peculiar help, they strike a bargain - Monty will serve as her art model and Daphne will let him coach her in dating for his book.

The narrators knocked it out of the park! Dani Cochrane brings a richer, ferocious voice to Daphne who struggles with the unspoken rules of polite society. She is anxious around strangers and puts on a delicate, pitched tone when dealing with the gentlemen she's meant to court. But at her core, Daphne is a ballsy, brash fae who loves bacon and will bite anyone who gets out of line.

Rusty Mewha from "The Off-Limits Rule" (Sarah Adams) voices Monty as a silver-tongued socialite. Though he is the Rake of our story, he isn't broody or silent. Monty is a master at keeping up appearances as he smoothy navigates high society while writing salacious articles for his column. The narrator captures this personality of floating above the mess, when Monty's life is actually in shambles.

The chemistry together is incredible as Daphne softens her heart while Monty is adamant that he will never marry. Readers will inevitably compare them to Simon & Daphne from Bridgerton, but there are core differences in their personalities. I thought it was a darling twist on the dynamic from Shrek, and I mean that with the highest compliments. This was an absolute gem!

Wow what an absolute joy it was get to listen some of my favorite character brought to life in their own book by Dani and Rusty! This audio was so fun and had me laughing out loud at the humor and kicking my feet at the swoony/steamy parts! I thoroughly enjoyed every second of listening! The TENSION, the SPICE, the STORY— Tessonja really knows how to bring it as always!

I will definitely be recommending this 100% for forever. These characters have my whole heart!

Thank you so much to Tessonja Odette, Dreamscape Media for this ALC!

This was a highly anticipated read for me after reading A Rivalry of Hearts earlier this year. I absolutely adored Daphne & Monty then so I was excited for their book.

This was a really well done dual narration audiobook. It was slow burn and well worth the tension between these two! I loved the background we got from Monty and it made him more relatable and likable too!

I thoroughly enjoy this fantasy series and can’t wait to read about Araminta next!!i

The reviews for book one were so good that I went into this with high hopes. I struggled through 3 hours of this and just could NOT get into it. Perhaps if I would have listened to book 1 first? The narrators sounded like they were faking the accents and the male narrator’s female voices grated on me. I removed from my GoodReads shelf instead of rating because I felt like it must have just been me?

ALC Review: My Feral Romance by Tessonja Odette
Pub Date: December 10, 2024

This series by Tessonja is just so fun!! I had an absolute blast reading book one and book two was just as much of an enjoyable time. I listened to most of it in one evening because I just didn't want to stop!

I love the world and the characters and just feel like I could read an endless amount of books in this series. The relationship between Monty and Daphne is set up really well by book one and I loved seeing how their attraction and relationship progressed throughout book 2. It was sweet, spicy, and captivating!

I need more historical fantasy romances in my life!!

Thank you to Dreamscape Media for the ALC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

“Be my feral little muse, Daffy Dear, and I’ll be yours.”

It’s been two years since the Heartbeats book tour that made up the central plot of A Rivalry of Hearts, and Daphne is now making her way in seelie form working towards her goal of becoming a full time illustrator for the publishing company she works for. A year ago, Monty callously ended their friendship when he was fired from that same company, but is back pitching a book based on the salacious newspaper column where he writes under a pseudonym and gives dating advice to women. Monty gets told his book needs more real life examples, and Daphne gets told the men she draws don’t look realistic enough, and so they decide to strike a bargain for him to be her model and she can be used for his matchmaking so she can find a husband (and permanent male model). The story moves along from there with other secrets revealed and new characters added, and without giving away any spoilers I am so curious to see how the next book goes given that second epilogue! Monty and Daphne truly have one of the most fun relationships I’ve read in a while, and are so well matched you root for them the entire time. I said in my A Rivalry of Hearts review that I wanted to read more Tessonja Odette, but now I think I need to make her books priority reads! I cannot wait for more in this series, and really hope it continues with the same narrators as they were fabulous in this!

While I know these are technically standalone novels in the same world, loved the characters of the first book so much that I was worried about the changing character perspectives still. I typically don't like when a series pivots away from who l become attached to as the main leads, but this did NOT disappoint! I think I may love Daphne and Monty even more than the leads of the first!
I cared about both the MMC and FMC as people, rooted for their success and happiness from the start, and was over the moon with how their story ended up. It was the perfect HEA. I just learned there will be a third installment, and I'm now filled with all excitement and no trepidation because I'm sure I will love those characters too. I look forward to the next story!


The audio was spectacular too. I’m happy the same narrators as the first book worked on this one! They’re so charming and fun, and really bring the characters to life!

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️.5

This was so cute and wholesome, I love that this was just like any ordinary romance but you add that bit of fae creatures involved and it was stepping into my favourite childhood book as a kid, minus the smut 😂

I loved Monty and Daphne, the narrator were absolutely brilliant, I found myself wanting be fictional character.

My only downside was that I really wanted Daphne to have her revenge on those who made fun of her and called her a monster but I suppose she did the right thing by just accepting herself for who she is, with Monty’s help.

And I’ll say Monty’s farther can go and have shove it for all I care because he is why women really on other women to right about fictional men who aren’t arseholes 😂

All and in all I loved this audiobook and I can’t wait to hear how Araminta gets herself out of that one 🧚🏼‍♂️

This was a super fun book to listen to! I loved the narrators, the same ones for book 1 too! I was actually a teeny surprised about Monty and Daphne’s pairing, but it WORKS!

Monty is this in a big mess, and he’s trying his hardest to untangle his troubles, while Daphne pined for him and long to stay where she’s lived her independent life! So they both end up helping each other.. and well then the chemistry and fun begins!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸…
💛Fantasy Rom Com
💛Friends to Lovers
💛Slow Burn
💛Secrets
💛Dual POV
💛Open Door

I received an advance listening copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with an ALC of this novel!

4/5 ⭐️
1/5 🌶️

This was a really cute and lighthearted fantasy romance where the far are all some type of animal shifter. We get the story of friends to enemies? to friends again to lovers! It was a quick listen and kept me entertained. Recommend as a great palate cleanser!

This was such a DELIGHT to listen to! The perfect interconnected stand alone where the first book truly is only supplemental to the story of Monty and Daphne. I could not rave enough about the ration of plot to funny lightheartedness, because it was quite literlaly perfect. Despite the characters only being intimate together maybe twice on the page, the build up, the pining, the WANTING felt so much more addicting than mindless smut, and it was SO WELL DONE! I cannot wait to read Tessonja Odette's other works!

4 stars

I'm not a big fantasy reader, but I'm trying to read more of it to get more of a feel for it. I didn't realize this was Book 2 in a series, but it didn't hinder my understanding of the book at all. I do want to go back and look into Book 1 though. This was such a fun book!

The way Tessonja wrote this book was so beautiful and fun. A new-fantasy reader like myself had no problem keeping up with all the Fae stuff and the explanations were perfectly done to where I didn't feel talked down to or like I should've known what things were or anything. It was a great blend of Regency (also something I don't read) and fantasy. I for sure came for the romance, but I think I'll stay a while for the fantasy with this series.

Daphne is socially awkward and we get a little background as to why (assuming this was delved into more in book 1) and Monty puts on this facade so people don't realize just how good a guy he really is. They strike up a deal to help each other and cue the fireworks. Friend to lovers is also not my favorite trope, but it really worked here with these two. Daphne really just being kind of clueless about it all and slowly putting the pieces together about her and Monty's relationship and her feelings for him was fun to watch.

Araminta had me cackling and that little sprite deserves her own book.

Dani Cochrane and Rusty Mewha did such great jobs! First time listener for them both for me and I really enjoyed the way they brought all the characters to life!

- Slowburn
- Friends to Lovers
- Dating Coach
- He Falls First
- Forced Proximity
- Touch Him & D!3
- Good Girl/Playboy
- Dirty Talk

Thank you, Tessonja, NetGalley, and Dreamscape Media for the ALC.

Audiobook review: I was so excited to see this ALC on NetGalley after reviewing and loving the audiobook for A Rivalry of Hearts. Especially with the same narrators!

This one was great! I am loving this series! This is a perfect romcom with a sweet romance, some spice, a bit of magic, and lots of bacon! I love Daphne and Monty together and this one had some unexpected twists that really kept things interesting.

The narrators are both wonderful, I love having dual POVs and dual narrators. They both bring something special to the book and it's so enjoyable to listen to! Such a high quality audiobook too!

Thank you Dreamscape Media and NetGalley for the ALC!

I am often weirded out by the idea of non human creatures like fae, werewolves, and mer creatures banging humans. But here I am listening to this. I loved the first one and I love this one. I love the narration. The story is so sweet. Also I guess it is hot when you get passed my weird issues.

"You may be a fool, but you're my fool."

Oh my goodness! This book is incredible! We met Daphne and Monty in the first book, and I loved them then, but now I love them even more! Monty is such a rake, and I adore him! Daphne is shy and awkward and 100% relatable! Their banter is 🔥 I already want to start this book over again!

🎧𝗔𝗟𝗖 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 - 𝗠𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘
⏳𝟭𝟭𝗛 𝟱𝟱𝗠
🎙️𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗮 & 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲

💛ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ ʀᴏᴍᴄᴏᴍ
💛ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴛᴏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʀꜱ
💛ꜰᴀᴇ ʙᴀʀɢᴀɪɴꜱ
💛"ᴛᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴍᴇ" ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ
💛ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜᴍᴀᴋᴇʀ x ɪʟʟᴜꜱᴛʀᴀᴛᴏʀ

❝ We met Monty in the first book as the charming matchmaker and close friend of Daphne. But he viciously broke their friendship and disappeared for a year. Daphe is now doing an art commission for Edwina’s book cover and needs a male model for reference. Just in time Monty conveniently back in her life, and in desperate need to match her with someone so he can secure an advance to keep his matchmaking column afloat. Cue the painting & flirting sessions...

💭Ok, so this definitely got Bridgerton season 3 vibes, Monty and Daphe were friends until he broke her heart. And now they’re reluctantly drawn back together, each with their own agenda. Of course, with all the flirting and the anatomy lesson, their attraction is gonna boil over. I absolutely loved watching their relationship evolve. Every painting/flirting lesson was dripping with tension, and oh boy, the slow burn was agonizingly slow... but the payoff? Perfection. Chef’s kiss. There’s so much more to Monty that he presents himself as a carefree rake, and I love the little twist in his back story! And Daphne’s growth? She’s such a delight, and seeing how far she’s come by the end made me cheer for her.

🎧As for the audiobook, Rusti and Dani absolutely nailed it with their dual-style narration. They brought so much life and personality to the characters—it was such a joy to listen to. Highly recommend!

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝟰.𝟱⭐️ | 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝟯🌶️ | 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝟰🎧

✨ 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘 DREAMSCAPE MEDIA & NETGALLEYy 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝙰𝙻𝙲, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠 𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 ✨

I listened to this audiobook and it was so cute!! The voices were fantastic!! They nailed the accents!!

This was a romantic fantasy that focused on the romance more than fantasy. The world building was super fun and simple!

If you love a good frenemies to lovers then you will adore this book!! The MC’s used to be coworkers and friends until a set of events hurts the FMC’s feelings. They banter and it is so good!!

This fun read is one I recommend!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this advanced copy! You can pick up My Feral Romance on December 10, 2024.

Tessonja Odette once again showcases why she's one of the best spicy/cozy romantasy authors out there. I loved A Rivalry of Hearts and knew I'd love My Feral Romance just as much. Despite how wildly different the protagonists are from one book to the next, Tessonja still managers to evoke the same saucy feeling and overall vibe. It's a testament to her voice and writing skills that I can pick up both books in the series and they feel connected but not identical.

Daphne and Monty were the sweetest (and spiciest) friends to lovers ever. I really loved how vulnerable they were with each other (but with no one else) and how we see their friendship progress into something more. The narrators made it feel like I was truly listening to these two characters and getting inside their heads instead of listening to a third party tell the story to me. It was just flawlessly done.

While I would have loved an Edwina and Will cameo, I did appreciate how we met new characters in this story who may or may not go on to have books of their own. I'd read any and all books Tessonja writes in this world and can't wait for more!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶️🌶️

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍? 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰’𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆?

Tessonja did it again with giving us such a fun pair of *idiots in love* in this cozy, friends-to-lovers fantasy romcom! Monty, our rakish and witty, self-proclaimed matchmaker is needing his next subject. Meanwhile, our cute, socially awkward pine marten fae shifter, Daphne, needs a model for her painting project. So when these two reunite after an uncomfortable falling out, they realize they can help each other with what they need. The exchange in courtship lessons and modeling sessions quickly rekindles their friendship, but could there be more sizzling under all that yummy tension? Think Bridgerton meets My Fair Lady but in a cozy fantasy world with charming fae shifters.

This was such a sweet and fun read! The narrators did a great job capturing the silliness and also vulnerability of our two MCs. It took a minute for it to get going for me, but as soon as it did, I was hooked and enchanted. I love Monty and Daphne- I enjoyed seeing them grow together and anchor each other in different ways that they didn’t realize they needed. Their kindling romance was oh so sweet with just the right amount of spice. I already loved these two in the first book, and absolutely loved them even more in this book!

This is book 2 in the Fae Flings and Corset Strings series, and you will absolutely find me with the third book as soon as it’s out!

Thank you, Tessonja, for providing an advanced copy for a chance to read and review!!