Manhattan Moon by Jae

Manhattan Moon by Jae

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Manhattan Moon stars a psychiatrist who works in an ER and a nurse who works in the same ER. Though everything is from the psychiatrist’s point of view.

Shelby Carson, the psychiatrist, quite fancies Nyla Rozakis, the nurse. But there are some major problems with attermpting to date her. Among them the part where she doesn’t even know if Nyla is interested in women, or, more importantly, in her. Actually, there’s also the part where they work together and Nyla is lower down the hierarchy at the hospital – that’s a tough roadblock to overcome. Oh, and Shelby is a shifter, something like a werecoyote (I’ve lost the part where the exact Wrasa name for that creature was mentioned). A Wrasa. And humans and Wrasa do not date. Well, except for Jorie and Griffin, but that’s different, since Jorie is a dream seer (and yes this long short story occurs after Second Nature, and Shelby knows about Jorie and Griffin).

Shelby and Nyla work the Halloween shift at the hospital. Those familiar with the concepts inherent in the Wrasa storyline might be confused by one specific aspect. Wrasa have always been described in a way that makes it seem as if they couldn’t work in something like a busy, hectic, loud, adrenaline charging ER. Well, the night Shelby and Nyla face, that Halloween, and the other days and nights they face aren’t exactly calm moments of peace. No, quite hectic and crap. The reason why Shelby is the only Wrasa working in an ER is quite simple really – she has massive problems shifting. So she doesn’t suddenly become a coyote every three seconds, no, she’s able to keep herself looking human. And therefore continue working in the ER and do other stuff.

That other stuff includes the part where Shelby finally, with much nervousness, gets up the nerve to ask Nyla out. She accepts and they go to the movies, which Wrasa normally don’t do, so they should be safe, right? Since humans and Wrasa aren’t supposed to have relationships. Except Shelby’s neighbors are there! And stuff.

Cute neat almost 100 page short story. Rather liked what I read, including the tiny drops of Greek culture (since Nyla and her grandmother are Greek). And, most importantly maybe only to myself, I actually liked this story more than I did the first time I read it (and yes, this is yet another reread – at this point I think I’ve reread more stuff by Jae than any other author).

Last comment: Jorie and Griffin are mentioned in this book, but do not appear. No characters from other Shape-Shifter stories appear in this book.

Rating: 4.82

July 28 2017




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