To Kill Badger by Shelly Laurenston

4 Stars

Nelle Zhao is a loner, born and bred. Her own company is plenty, and her thoughts are certainly way more interesting than the tedium of reality. But she's also fiercely loyal—to her honey badger teammates and their mission, and now to the three gorgeous big tiger shifters known as the Malone brothers. Especially Keane, who doesn't know how to accept a friendly paw. But Nelle excels at helping! And at ignoring other people's irrational demands, such as doing it all alone. Keane, poor pretty kitty, doesn't understand the kind of assistance a shit-starting honey badger like Nelle can truly offer....

Keane knows two things—he doesn't like other people, and he is going to take down the de Medicis' human trafficking ring. Alone, as in by himself. It's safer that way. But the truth is the de Medicis are a seriously evil coalition of male lion shifters who are not only snatching innocent humans for fun and profit, but who also killed his father. And their combined power means that Keane's going to have to let long-legged, jet-setting Nelle join the fight. And getting close to Nelle is suddenly bringing out his roar....

I liked Nelle and Keane a lot. I wish more of the book was with them verse everyone else. There were some characters that had their personality changed from previous books and I don’t understand why. Nelle was managing Charlie which never happened previously. The entire team was terrified of her in previous books. The book still had a lot of humor and I enjoyed that.

Book 6 Badger Chronicles

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Bite Me by Shelly Laurenston

 

5 Stars

Honey badger Livy Kowalski doesn’t have patience for idiots.  As a photographer she always has a camera in front of her until her father’s funeral. Since the funeral she’s lost her muse and then she has to deal with her family.  When Vic asks her to break into an apartment again, she agrees and discovers a secret that will bring the shifter world to their knees.

I loved this story so much.  There was one scene where Livy is jousting shifter cats to work off her aggression and Vic was livid, but he dealt with it.  It was one of the funniest scenes I’ve read or listened too in a while.  I loved seeing how the honey badgers found out where their man was and got to him.  It was hilarious how much the other shifters feared the collection of honey badgers.  One of the best books I’ve read by Shelly Laurenston.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane is the best narrator ever.

Book 9 Pride

Wolf with Benefits by Shelly Laurenston

 

3.5 Stars

Toni Jean-Louis Parker is the eldest sister to a family full of prodigal jackals.  She has spent her life making sure they are cared for and get what they need.  When she takes a job working for a family friend negotiating a contract for the hockey team to play against Russian bears.  Ricky Lee Reed thinks hanging around Toni the fun will come to him and it does.  They are both up for a no strings affair until things take a turn to the more serious.  Toni’s family is threatened, and Ricky’s employer is hired to keep the kids safe.  However, when one is kidnapped by someone close, they will tear the world apart looking for him.

This book had a good idea and for the most part a good story, but it does seem a little slow in the middle.  There were times I wanted it to hurry up and get to the point already.  I liked Ricky a lot, but Toni frustrated me some of the times with her whining.  Ricky helps level that out and by the end she is better.  I liked seeing the old characters come into play and the introduction of new characters.  It was still worth reading just a bit slow to get to the point.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane did an amazing job on the story.  She gets 5 stars from me for her job giving each character a voice.

Book 8 Pride

Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston

 

4 Stars

Lou “Crush” Crushek is usually a mellow easy-going bear until he is outed as an undercover cop which forces his transfer to the all shifter unit.  When he finds out about the transfer, he decides jello shots is a good idea which leads him to waking up with a feline on top of him.  Marcella Malone decided it was a good idea to cozy up to a bear because she was cold.  She also thinks it’s a good idea to call him her pretend boyfriend.  This comes back to bite her in the ass when she needs him to actually pretend to be her boyfriend to get her family off her back.  He begrudgingly agrees to be her pretend boyfriend.  Their lives also cross at work where his new unit is back up for Marcella and Dee-Ann.  They need to track down the person who is behind new shifter fights.

I loved this story so much.  I loved how Crush and Marcella’s relationship shifted through the book to be more serious and yet they were still pretend dating.  I loved the intermixing of past characters into this book.  Just a really well written story.

 

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane is amazing, and she could read a law book to me and I would probably love it.

Book 7 Pride

Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston

 

4 Stars

Former marine Dee-Ann Smith left the Unit and joined the Group to help protect shifters.  Her supervisor Ric Van Holtz is a weird wolf who just wants to feed her.  They need to work together to discover who was backing the shifter fights.  Ric may look pretty and is the captain of a hockey team as well as chef in his family restaurants, but he also works hard to keep the shifters safe through the group.  When he met Dee-Ann he was smitten and new she was the wolf for him.  Now he just have to take it slow to entice her in as well has to make sure her daddy doesn’t bury him in the backyard.

This book had so many funny scenes.  I loved how Ric won over Dee-Ann’s dad through her mom.  He also never wanted to change her because who she was it what drew him to her.  There were some absolutely hilarious scenes in this book like when Dee-Ann gets attacked by some hyenas and it is shown from another character’s perspective of Dee-Ann running back and forth.  This was another good edition to the series.

Audio Book

I’m just going to be honest here Charlette Kane narrated and she’s just awesome.

Book 6 Pride

Beast Behaving Badly by Shelly Laurenston

5 Stars

Blayne Thorpe first met Bo Novikov 10 years ago when she was in high school.  He was enthralled by her but he never got to meet her.  Now that he’s moved to New York to play hockey he’s run into her again and wants her.  She is determined to use him for his hockey skills only and help him learn to be nicer.  When they are assaulted by humans looking to kidnap her for the shifter fights Bo saves them both and the end up in Maine recuperating.

I loved this book.  It was so funny the way Blayne was oblivious to what Bo wanted.  I think my favorite part of the book was a conversation Gwen had about Blayne with Lock and Ric.  She’s all you don’t know Blayne she’s not some sweet innocent girl who can’t defend herself.  That is how she is portrayed throughout the book until they are assaulted and then she kicks major ass. Gwen just keeps repeating you don’t know Blayne.  It was awesome.  Was a good addition to the series.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane narrates this audio and she does an amazing job with each character.  

Book 5 Pride

Mane Squeeze by Shelly Laurenston

5 Stars

Gwen O’Neill is used to cleaning up her mother messes.  When she decides to move from Philly to New York with her best friend Blaine she is ready for a new start.  Even though she left her mother behind she still is dealing with her mother’s messes.  While she is exploring a relationship with Lock

My description does not do justice to this story.  It is so funny but yet had some serious moments.  I could listen to or read this book over and over again.  I loved Lock.  He was a sweetheart except when those he loved were at risk.  I never felt like there were any lags in the story.  It moved along nicely.  It sets up future books nicely, too.  Definitely worth checking out this series.

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane does an amazing job with the voices in this story.  She captures the different people with ease.  I could literally listen to anything she narrates.

Book 4 The Pride

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

4 Stars

Zezé was hired to kidnap her but he has other plans once he meets her.  Max “Kill it Again” MacKilligan let herself get kidnapped so she could take care of a problem created by her mother.  Instead she rescues Zezé from her team and gets him to realize that he is a shifter.  Now her sisters are forcing her to help him learn the ropes.

 

This book was a little slow to start but once it gets going it moves.  It is the conclusion of the Honey Badger Chronicles and it does an excellent job wrapping up storylines.  My most favorite part of the book was when Charlie went into the police station to get Max and her team out of custody.  All of these other bad ass shifters are like wasn’t us swear and she proceeds to have a knock down drag out fight with some new shifters and puts them in their place to get her sister out.  It was so funny I couldn’t stop laughing.  It would have been a five star for me but was a bit slow in the beginning.  I liked Max and Zezé together.  They balanced each other out and supported each other.  I also liked how the book ended with MacKilligan sisters’ father.  Overall, it was a really good book and tight up loose ends nicely.

 

Audio Book

Charlotte Kane did an amazing job once again.  She makes this book so much better.  If you don’t have time to read this book take the time to listen to it.

Book 3 the Honey Badger Chronicles

In A Badgerway by Shelly Laurenston

4 Stars

Youngest of the MacKilligan sisters Stevie, is brilliant at just about everything except life scares her.  She is even terrified of the bear shifters she lives by.  Everyone except panda bears.  Which means Shen must deal with her.  When Stevie gets asked to go undercover to investigate her ex-boyfriend Shen gets roped into helping her.

 

I loved Shen.  We met him in Bite Me and he was the annoying best friend but was awesome.  I loved how Stevie and Shen liked to screw with everyone around them.  There was no time in the book I felt went to slowly.  The shenanigans Stevie’s family got up to was just hilarious.  I can’t wait for the next book!

 

Audiobook:

Charlotte Kane did an amazing job narrating this story.  She got all the of the voices down for all of the old characters and all of the new ones.  Best narrator ever!

Book 2 of Honey Badger Chronicles