If a book has a dog in it, it’s pretty much an auto buy for me. However, I got this book for free from Veracious Readers in exchange for an honest review so thank you. 

Our story begins when Leo/Rou is thrown out of a van on the highway and picked up by animal control. From there we discover that he is not your normal dog, he can read and communicate with humans. And he wants to know why.

From there, he goes on adventure with his ‘brother’- a pug called Shakespeare (who was my absolute favourite character!) to discover where he came from, meeting coyotes, a tiger and an orang-utan along the way. 

I really enjoyed this story! I do feel that in some places Rou sounded more human than dog but that made sense when I got to the climax of the story. 

The mannerisms of the dogs are spot on and although we were never told what breed of dog Rou was, his behaviours remained canine in nature. As the author is a vet it shows that he really understands the animals he works with. 

The ending was exactly what I wanted from the story and I’m really glad I read this book! As a dog lover, it was great.

Also- my brother has a sausage dog and Vern is so like him it had me laughing out loud. 

Cute characters
Great premise
4/5 stars.