Shelly Laurenston starts a new series that Honey Badgers Do Care but only to those who are close to them:
Honey Badgers are
known as vicious creatures that will never back down, even the king, The lion
knows to fear them. When Honey Badgers are involved, it is better to just back
away slowly. This is true for Hone badger shifters as well, and even more true
for the MacKilligan Sisters; Charlie, Max and Stevie. When their father comes
up with a scheme that backfires (like they always do), the sisters always seem
to take the brunt of the whomever he has pissed off. Charlie has always
protected her sisters and this latest bout against them is no different, but
she is not about to turn down the help from giant Grizzley protection
specialist especially when it seems like they can handle her crazy family and
all the drama and fights that come along with it. Now Charlie needs to find her
father, figure out who he pissed off this time, and make sure that they know to
leave the MacKilligan sisters alone, forever.
I honestly did not know what I was getting in to when I started this book as it is the first one I have read by Laurenston but Wow did this book deliver. This book had everything that I like in urban fantasy books that feature shifters; different types of shifters, dark and gritty aspects, quite a bit of action scenes and not too heavy on the romance. There are moments in this book that are extremely crazy and insane as what is happening but it is an Urban Fantasy book so you just go with it, you wont be disappointed that you did.
The interaction between the
sisters is hilarious and had me laughing out loud multiple times in this book.
You have Charlie who tries to control everything as well as her sisters and
bakes when she is stressed (which people do not complain about as she is
amazing at it), Max who is well on her way to becoming a psychopath who loves
knives and the youngest Stevie who is a legit genius but also suffers from a severe panic
disorder and I mean severe. But all this works together and they do not shy away
from being honey badgers or from what makes each of them unique. They play with
each others strengths and weaknesses and always have each others back. It is
easy to say that each of them are badass in their own way
Each sister does get some POV,
but Charlie is the main character in this book. There are also some side
characters that have POV as well, and I liked this aspect as it gave a bit more
depth to the plot to make it feel well rounded when it came to the plot, which
often was left by the side at times when the sisters got under each other’s
skin. It truly is amazing how much One Man can piss so many people off.
I like that there are hybrid
shifters in this book to change things up. There are also shifters that you do
not normally see, first of all honey badgers, but also polar bears and wolverines.
There is also a full were society out there but somehow humans don't know about
them. I mean I feel like this would be extremely hard to hide, but it’s a minor
part of the story. I mean one is even marrying a Human and the Human has no
idea that she is a shifter which will be a crazy thing to explain if the kids
are born shifters.
I think there were two things
that felt a bit off to me, it was a bit long winded, and the whole criminal
organizations, yes more than one, was not something that played out really well
and as the book already felt too long, adding in another layer just felt like
overkill to me. This in turn made the mystery/plot aspect a bit off.
This was such a wild and crazy
ride, that I don’t even know how to put into anything other than those words. I
really enjoyed this book. Honestly the best part of this book is the sisters,
and I look forward to reading the next book in the series to see what the
sisters get up to next. I would recommend this book to those who like shifter
books and are looking for something a bit different in the genre.
Enjoy!!!
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