Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

A quick read, that was surprisingly sad, and surprisingly smart, given its cutesy cover and premise.   Each story is a couple pages long, along with pictures of the animals standing next to each other, or cuddling.   

I needed a light fluffy read, not the rage-enducing story about endangered species being killed by poachers, or the tear-inducing ending of one half of some of these pairings dying.   The writing itself is a little simplistic, but makes for an easy read, and I found myself more interested in the psychology behind animal behavior than the actual stories in some cases.   (There is commentary by Goodall and Barbary King, but only snippets, here and there.)

I do want to read more about some of these animals.   Most of them, actually.   So two stars down because I was blindsided by the depressing and rage-inducing bits, and because I wanted more meat to each story.   (While each story was complete, I felt like I'd just started to get to know the animals, and then I was moved onto a different story.   Perhaps I would have enjoyed another book - an unwritten book? -  that delved into the psychology, and physiology, of why these animals got together.   Three or four pages of mid-sized glossed over a lot of what could have made these stories more interesting, and that could have made me feel more for these stories, I think. 

Anyway, I did cry when some of the pairings, or more, had to part, so it did affect me emotionally, even when they were sadder than I would have liked, and I smiled at the happy endings.   I was intrigued enough to look for more about Koko and All Ball, although I couldn't really find anything.   

I'm looking forward to reading Unlikely Loves. 

Library book.