Which Were-Animal Do You Never Wish to Read?

I took a bet years ago and wrote a were-rat. For some reason that book never took off (Revealing Skills)

My friend Linda Gayle just wrote a cockatrice book (the Shadow of Wings) and I enjoyed that one--and so did a lot of other people.

I refuse to read about were-snakes with their hemipenii and I know there are books out there with them.

@KateRothwell, I remember when you were writing that were-rat! Wow. And a cockatrice, hm! I think I might have problems with any non-mammal shifter. Wait, no--eagles or falcons might be okay. And mythical creatures, like dragons and such. But no parakeets, lizards, or earthworms.

I dont think I could handle a were ostrich

I read about a were-snake once and it completely creeped me out.

No invertebrates, including bugs, jellyfish, octopi.

I saw a blurb for an m/m paranormal about possum shifters. It got good
reviews but it just gave me the willies. I kept seeing roadkill in my
mind so I skipped it. :)

Shifters/weres are a genre I rarely read. The thought squicks me out. Dogs bother me the most. Especially when the Dog is revealed to the heroine well after the fact to be a shape shifter and super horny for her (yeah, I'm looking at you Jane True/Tempest series).

Dragons are the most tolerable to me- since, well, dragons aren't real to begin with.

I would never wish to see a were-cockroach or were-tick.Just the thought makes my skin crawl! Doesn't Nalini Singh have an interesting asian were-rat in her psy/changeling series?

Were-bats squeek me out. I remember reading a review of a book where the hero was a whale and I just couldn't bring myself to read it even though the reviews were favorable. Finally, any type of insect is just a big NO.

I don't remember the author or title, but I read a romance in a series where the heroes had the souls of, and shapeshifted into, dinosaurs. It was a bit too weird for me. I think the right author could make quite an amusing parody of all the over-the-top dominance struggles in shifter books by writing about the pecking order battles of a clan of were-chickens. Any takers? (Not that chickens are particularly sexy, alas.)

Alissa H.,

But consider that the were male chicken would be a were-cock.

Were-chicken, were-insect, were-octopus off the top of my head. I'm not fond of were-anything in general, I like my mates human or once-human, but I think I'd just burst out laughing if a were-chicken appeared in front of me. No cock, please.