Breaking Badger (Honey Badger Chronicles #4)

by Shelly Laurenston

Blurb:

It’s instinct that drives Finn Malone to rescue a bunch of hard battling honey badgers. The Siberian tiger shifter just can’t bear to see his fellow shifters harmed. But no way can Finn have a houseful of honey badgers when he also has two brothers with no patience. Things just go from bad to worse when the badgers rudely ejected from his home turn out to be the only ones who can help him solve a family tragedy. He’s just not sure he can even get back into the badgers’ good graces. Since badgers lack graces of any kind…

Mads knows her teammates aren’t about to forgive the cats that were so rude to them, but moody Finn isn’t so bad. And he’s cute! The badger part of her understands Finn’s burning need to avenge his father’s death—after all, vengeance is her favorite pastime. So Mads sets about helping Finn settle his family’s score, which has its perks, since she gets to avoid her own family drama. Besides, fighting side by side with Finn is her kind of fun—especially when she can get in a hot and heavy snuggle with her very own growling, eye-rolling, and utterly irresistible kitty-cat . . .

Themes: Paranormal, Shifters

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

The crazy-train has left the station and true fans of Laurenston are happy to get on with this new story. As I always say, those that haven’t ever read a story by this author might find her work a little bit –odd—or maybe the word is abrasive when they first jump right in. But for the rest of us that have be on the journey with her since the beginning, Breaking Badger is just another amazing foray into Shelly’s dynamic and terrifying imagination. Mads is a honey badger, one of the weirdest and most misunderstood of the shifter breeds, but she has her squad and is determined to take them to the basketball championship. Finn Malone is a Tiger shift and he considers himself to be the most level-headed and calm of his siblings even though all three of them are beyond deadly and will kill anything that threatens their family in any way. When Mads and Finn are forced to team up on a mission, in hopes of finding out the truth of Finn’s father’s murder, the antics and craziness never stops. Mads’s squad of crazy-ass honey badgers and Finn’s terrifying brothers and all of their friends are soon trapped in a dangerous game with unknown opponents and their lives are on the line. As they spend more time together though, the heat between them gets more intense and despite the unlikeliness of their connection neither of them can fight the magnetism. I loved every second of this story, with honey badgers on psychotic killing raids, vicious tigers fighting back, kidnappings, and so much more. Mads is so not normal despite her misconception that she is and her weirdness just makes her that much more amazing. Finn is sweet at the oddest moments, vicious when he needs to be defending those he loves, and deadly against his opponents. I am dying to see where this new storyline heads, maybe bringing the other Malone brothers and more Honey Badgers together, which could only be AWESOME. For those that have never read a Laurenston novel I can only say, be prepared for a wild ride, but for the rest of us, kick back with the popcorn and tequila to enjoy it. Fantastic.

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