In a Badger Way (Honey Badger Chronicles #2)
by Shelly Laurenston
Blurb:
Petite,
kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard
Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal,
ball-busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But
she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas.
Which
means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling
him. He isn’t some stuffed Giant Panda, ya know! He is a Giant Panda shifter.
He deserves respect and personal space. Something that little hybrid is
completely ignoring.
But
Stevie has a way of finding trouble. Like going undercover to take down a
scientist experimenting on other shifters. For what, Shen doesn’t want to know,
but they’d better find out. And fast. Stevie might be the least violent of the
honey badger sisters, but she’s the most dangerous to Shen’s peace of mind.
Because she has absolutely no idea how much trouble they’re in . . . or just
how damn adorable she is.
Themes: Paranormal,
Shifters, Crazy-pants women
Rating: 4.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
A sexy badass panda shifter that sings
Creedence Clearwater Revival with a who-gives-a-fuck attitude? Hell yeah, sign
me up.
I
have been looking forward to reading Stevie’s novel a long time and realized
after the last novel that Shen would probably be her man, but I had no idea
just how amazing their story would be or how much I would laugh while reading
it. True, as always, I have to throw out
the caveat that a Shelly Laurenston novel just isn’t for everyone, that you
might have to be just the tiniest bit different to enjoy them, but thankfully I
am way beyond a tiny bit different and close to almost as nuts as some of her
characters so I can thoroughly enjoy these psycho bitches! Stevie is no exception to this rule, with her
strange fears, OCD, weird friendships, and off-the-charts level of
intelligence. While in the previous novel we got to know the more normal
sister, Charlie, Stevie is definitely all kind of nuts and Shen seems to be
able to appreciate and ultimately love her despite it, even though he is about
as normal, calm, and level-headed as it gets.
Shen has spent years as a bodyguard to one of the most annoying and
irritating little fuckers alive, and dealing with Stevie is almost easy
compared to that, even though she turns him on beyond belief and he is a bit
worried because of it. I loved seeing
Stevie finding her own niche, not only in her family, but in her larger
community, even though she still has some issues to work through, and getting
Shen’s love was just what she seemed to need to balance her out. Shen on the
other hand lost his mind a few times while dealing with Stevie constantly
putting herself in danger, but once he found a way to calm her ass down and
show her that he will keep her safe, he is able to find his own inner calm
again. I absolutely loved watching these
two fall in lust and ultimately come to terms that they are mates and the way
these two sparks off each other was so funny and sweet too. The overall story arc continues to become
scarier and scarier, showing us that just because they are special doesn’t make
shifters any less bigoted that humans, because honestly they are just as bad as
us regular folks in some cases—people are people and hate is hate. I am really
looking forward to the next story in this series and seeing the last sister
meet her match, and I seriously hope whatever man steal her heart is just as
psycho and badass as she is. Another crazy amazing series is fully underway and
I am hooked!
*ebook provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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