Geonn Cannon

Underdogs is the first novel in the Underdogs series by Geonn Cannon.

Content Note: queer fetishization, fatmisia, misogyny

Plot:
Ariadne Willow is a canidae – she can transform into a wolf whenever she wants or needs to. Mostly, she does so to do her job as a private investigator. She works together with her assistant Dale Frye. But despite Ariadne’s abilities and Dale’s business acumen, they are only just keeping afloat. So, when the richest family in town offers her a job, Ari thinks that she has finally made it. But the job turns out to be more complicated than anticipated.

I love werewolves, and when you make them queer (and female), I’m even more here for it. So, Underdogs felt like the perfect book for me, despite the fact that PI stories are not so much my cup of tea. But it turns out, the PI part was really the least of my problems with this book that feels more fetishizing than anything else.

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Villain of the Piece by Geonn Cannon

Intense, stressful, terrifying, and painful for the main character beginning to the story that had me cringing while hoping the woman being tortured would survive and escape…even NOT knowing why she was in the predicament she was enduring.

What I liked:
* The plot, pacing, writing, and character development
* Catriona: government agent, loner, lethal, skilled, survivor, strategist, colored in shades of grey, has her own moral compass
* Maureen: Catriona’s God’s Eye/handler, computer genius, unique skill set, trained to be lethal, strong, intelligent, interested in Whitney
* Whitney: owner of Whipjack Tavern, scraping by, dealing with protection racket, daughter of a con artist, interested in her community and in Maureen
* That the main characters were female, strong, resilient, almost super-heroes in their abilities and skills – trying to figure out who Catriona reminds me of…maybe a female Jack Reacher or Evan Smoak?
* The look at the shades of gray some people must operate under
* That the bad guys were dealt with…even if rather ruthlessly
* Wondering if this is the first in a series or a one and done

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about how easily it seems it is for some to play God and decide who lives and who dies

Did I enjoy this book? Yes
Would I read more by this author? Yes

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars… (more)