Review: Beary Beary fun!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 13, 2014
I enjoyed this tale from Lynn Hagen. Harland and his three friends (all bear shifters) own a ranch. Dresden, who is raising a young son, was abused by his boyfriend and sought shelter with his uncle, who it turns out is equally abusive. The two have a chance meeting, and Harland gradually comes to realize that Dresden is his mate. He has to protect Dresden from the psycho uncle, win him over, and break the news that he turns into a big furry bear.The characters are fun and the plot is well-paced. Everyone is unique with their own little quirks, and the writing is enjoyable and pulls you in.There are two things that bugged me a little though. One: when another human (who is not a bad guy) finds out that they're shifters, Harland's first instinct is to kill him. I'm sorry, but it's very very hard to like someone who basically is ready to kill innocent people if they find out his secret. I understand the desire and need to keep your species a secret, but if you're going to go that far to do it, your species isn't worth protecting. We like seeing the good guys win, but good guys don't go killing other people casually. And two: what is the allure of stories of men getting pregnant? Men do not produce eggs, nor would they get pregnant from having sex "that way". Where does the baby grow? It's just too weird, but a lot of Hagen's stories seem to revel in that. What's wrong with men just being men? And since there's three more shifter friends, it looks like at least three more men-getting-pregnant tales. <sigh>The story was still fun though. Enough fun to get four stars (five if it weren't for the desire to kill and men getting pregnant). Lynn Hagen writes these enjoyable quirky tales, and they're very fun to read.