Review: Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles #1)

Hot and Badgered (Honey Badger Chronicles #1)
by Shelly Laurenston

Blurb:

It’s not every day that a beautiful naked woman falls out of the sky and lands face-first on grizzly shifter Berg Dunn’s hotel balcony. Definitely they don’t usually hop up and demand his best gun. Berg gives the lady a grizzly-sized t-shirt and his cell phone, too, just on style points. And then she’s gone, taking his XXXL heart with her. By the time he figures out she’s a honey badger shifter, it’s too late.

 Honey badgers are survivors. Brutal, vicious, ill-tempered survivors. Or maybe Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is just pissed that her useless father is trying to get them all killed again, and won’t even tell her how. Protecting her little sisters has always been her job, and she’s not about to let some pesky giant grizzly protection specialist with a network of every shifter in Manhattan get in her way. Wait. He’s trying to help? Why would he want to do that? He’s cute enough that she just might let him tag along—that is, if he can keep up . . .

Themes: Paranormal, Shifters

Rating:  4 stars

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Review:

So as with all of my reviews for this author's work, I have to preface everything I’m about to say with the fact that if you are looking for something even remotely normal—be it characters, writing style, or plotline—I recommend you look elsewhere.  Shelly Laurenston is an amazing author, but her sense of humor is a little bit off and if you aren’t ready to deal with that, jump ship right now…

Now, with that being done, I will share that this new spin-off series kicks off with some seriously hilarious moments and sexy as all get out characters kicking ass.  I loved every single second of this story despite the fact that these characters are even more odd than in previous series.  There is a continuation from her previous shifters series with many characters and places carrying over, but some fun new people as well.  I loved getting to know the honey badger family dynamic a bit more, beyond having just met Livy in previous novels.  Charlie and Berg were hilarious together, neither of them really understanding one another, but Berg’s protectiveness toward her was beyond sweet and seeing them working together to solve their families' issues was entertaining.  I loved Berg and wish I could find one just like him to make my very own.  He was a serious badass in one moment, but in the next his brain would lead him to a more strategic fix and he’d actually use his mind instead of his body or muscles to get his way. Charlie on the other hand has been leading her little family out of the trouble they get into for decades already and knows just what needs doing, even if she resists having to do it sometimes.  I enjoyed seeing her plotting mind moving chess pieces until she was able to call checkmate on her opponents and the game was over.  In the end Berg and Charlie realized they work best together and despite the craziness that would become their lives, a mating between a honey badger and a grizzly was just what the doctor prescribed.  I am looking forward to what comes next.

*ebook provided by publisher (via netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review.  No compensation was provided.