Lupa takes you into the subculture of Otherkin, building on eir years of exposure within the community, and 130 surveys from Otherkin to round out and balance the views. Lupa takes a conversation tone (which at times I can't decide if I liked or not) as ey lead you through what the word means to different people, theories and explanations, and a brief look into some of the tips of Otherkin. The book is well written, Lupa manages to take a very eloquent look into the community, and explain with good rationale what it all means, or could mean. ( )

Since this is a ‘Therianthropy 101’ book, and I’ve been in the community for about four years, I didn’t really learn a whole lot (except that the ‘otherkin’ community traces its roots back to the hippy movement. Weird!), but I did thoroughly enjoy the book. The information was clear and correct, and interesting to read.
I might say that the illustrations were unneeded and didn’t really add anything to the book, and that a few otherkin groups are slightly under-represented (but that can hardly be helped).
Overall, fantastic. Recommended to therians and nontherians alike. I hope it inspires more books on therians in the future. ( )

Truthfully, I wasn't really expecting to get much out of this one as opposed to her "Fang and Fur, Blood and Bone." Well, I was wrong. I have spent some time haunting the edges of the Otherkin community, and I was one of the 130 survey respondents, so the basic information wasn't new. That being said, I still learned a /great/ deal from the book. More importantly, (in my humble opinion, anyway), it inspired some more self reflection and musings that will be chewed on for a while.

Lupa's writing style, as I've come to expect, is fluid and conversational, making the book very pleasurable to read. The entire text is peppered with anecdotes from Lupa and the survey respondents, as well as plenty of outside sources. Everything was covered very nicely, with plenty of different views given. Each of the Otherkin "types" is given a chapter, and while the mythology/lore opening sections occasionally went into a bit too much detail, they were overall an excellent part of the text I wasn't expecting.

I highly recommend it for both Otherkin and curious non-kin. The origin theories chapter is definitely a must-read for anyone wanting to discuss Otherkin seriously. ( )

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