A Fox’s Love is the first book in the romance comedy series, American Kitsune.
The story is really based around Japanese gaming and Shonen Manga, which if you have no clue about (as I did), you’ll struggle with some of the characters but will eventually catch on to.
In any case, our hero Kevin, is a very shy HS sophomore who rescues an injured female fox, only to find she is actually a Kitsune. A Kitsune named Lilian who is a female fox with magical powers from Japanese mythology. (That’s my definition, which may or may not be close to reality.)
Lilian turns out to not only be comfortable running around naked, but also has the hots for Kevin whom she considers to now be her mate; or beloved, as she calls him.
As Lilian stays glued to her mate and tries to please him, Kevin keeps going into overheat and passing out or having nose bleads. Both of which get completely over played to the point that Kevin becomes impossible to believe. No teen, no matter how shy, could not possibly continue to refuse the advances of the drop dead, gorgeous and sexy Lilian, as Kevin does in the story. Likewise, his friends, especially Eric, are also all over the top; as in completely over sexed, rude and would have been run over by the girls at school long before Lilian comes along.
Life for Kevin becomes further complicated when Lilian follows him to school and uses her magical enchantment powers to put spells on teachers and students alike, as the story drones on.
So, by now we have unbelievable characters. A boring story that’s hard to follow unless you’re into Japanese culture and gaming. And, the biggest violation of all, a first book in a series that only sets you up to buy the next book to find out what’s going to happen. (Oops, don’t think I gave the ending away because there wasn’t one. At least not in this book.)
Added to all that, I found next to no humor and there were a lot of errors.
I sincerely hope the rest of Brandon’s books are not only better written but written to be stand alone.
In summary, not worth reading and certainly not worth being bated to buy the next book.
Reviewed by Bob Boze