In a Badger Way

Shelly Laurenston

2019 • 418 pages

Ratings6

Average rating3.5

"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"--

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Series

5 primary books

#2 in Honey Badger Chronicles

Honey Badger Chronicles is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Shelly Laurenston.

To Kill a Badger

Series

11 primary books12 released books

#14 in Smith's Shifter World

Smith's Shifter World is a 12-book series with 11 released primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Shelly Laurenston, G.A. Aiken, and Cynthia Eden.

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Ketutar

Not as good as Hot and Badgered, but better than a lot of others in this series. Especially the wolf and the lion books.
I keep hopping over the sex scenes, so it's good Shelly makes it possible. Sex scenes are all about sex, a little about their relation and such, but one misses nothing if one hops over them. Except hot sex, of course :-D

July 6, 2021

Sionna

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
4.5 stars

I absolutely love this series. Each book has made me laugh constantly, sometimes to the point of tears. It is hilarious, yet there are also some awesome badass moments.

I am glad I went back and read the Pride series before this one because I totally understood who some of the characters were and was able to see even more of the jokes. So, while this is a separate series, it really... isn't? Especially when we consider that characters from Pride do have point of views once in a while.

What I'm starting to not like, is the romance aspect. I'm tired of one person deciding they are in a relationship with the other –out of nowhere– and the other is forced into it until they end up loving each other. Like... so tired of it. Plus, there is pretty much no build up of the relationship. At no point did it feel like they were coming to like each other more and more. It felt like Shen tolerated her and Stevie rarely saw him. I expected more. I also thought their characters would be portrayed differently than they were, but oh well..

So, I am very much looking forward to Max's story, I just hope there is some romance mixed in with all the humor, ridiculous antics, and danger.

March 10, 2019