I'm not going to address the full review because I haven't seen the book myself, but based on that first lengthy description blurb, I kind of get the impression that it tries to hard to be furry.
It shouldn't need to be described explicitly that the character has a damp nose; that's the sort of thing that can be mentioned in passing, or otherwise be worked in *when the contrast is relevant*.
There is, in short, such a thing as describing something too well. It's one of those delicate balances of world-building, and a number of furry works I've seen are too heavy-handed. That detailed description in the first quotation feels like that at first glance, and depending on just how little the reader is allowed to forget that these are dog people, it could get a bit jarring.
I'm not going to address the full review because I haven't seen the book myself, but based on that first lengthy description blurb, I kind of get the impression that it tries to hard to be furry.
It shouldn't need to be described explicitly that the character has a damp nose; that's the sort of thing that can be mentioned in passing, or otherwise be worked in *when the contrast is relevant*.
There is, in short, such a thing as describing something too well. It's one of those delicate balances of world-building, and a number of furry works I've seen are too heavy-handed. That detailed description in the first quotation feels like that at first glance, and depending on just how little the reader is allowed to forget that these are dog people, it could get a bit jarring.