Imagine Zootopia but with sex, dating apps, dreams of past lives, forgotten folklore, and murder. Sound weird enough for ya?

I have no better way to describe this other than strange. It's like if someone picked two topics at random, dystopian and furries, and decided to write a story. This was peculiar, to be sure, but I found that I really enjoyed everything I read. I honestly thought this would just be a smut, and while there is some depicted, the story quickly turned into a high stakes mystery. There was much more weight to this story than I originally expected and it definitely wasn't unwelcome.

Though there were a handful of themes present throughout the story, I would say the main one focused on discrimination against non"same species" relationships. Basically, if you aren't married and procreating with someone that looks exactly like you, the government can either fine, jail, or kill you/your spouse. Since our main character is having fantasies about someone not of her species, she obviously doesn't agree with how the government is running things. One of her best friends happens to be gay, and he also ends up in a precarious situation because of who he fell in love with. I think the commentary here, though heavy-handed at times, felt relevant.

I'm glad that I read this & found it to be rather engaging. I don't know if everyone would like Unnatural, Vol. 1, but I do think it's just different enough to pique some folk's interest. It definitely caught my attention and I'll probably be on the lookout for Vol. 2.