Review: 4.5 stars -  A 'spirited' entry in Bell's bear shifter series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2012
Yay, Julian finally.  I have been looking forward to this bearshifter's story since reading the previous book,Bear Necessities. I just thought that the 'spirit bear' thing was so cool, the visions, the healing powers and the whole shamanic mystical aura surrounding him.Even with all that - plus some first class hunkiness going on as well - Julian is going to have to work to get his mate to accept him.  Cyn's human and wants to - gasp - date, before she'll let him get past first base much less let him mate her with his bite. But Julian is pretty hard to resist and with danger swirling around Cyn and her best friends, Cyn is going to do everything in her power to protect those she holds dear - and that comes to include Julian.I really liked Cynful, and since Cyn keeps Julian out of the bedroom for a fair amount of the book, there is actually time to get to know both of the characters - including their geeky sides - before the steamy stuff commences. One of the things that I liked the best in the book is that Cyn gets her own 'spirit quest', and I liked when she is telling Julian about it later as well - the differences in their journeys really fit who they are as characters.One thing that that fans of the previous Halle series will likely enjoy but was just okay for me - since I've only read one of the Halle Puma books - is that all of the past leads get to gather together again for a pizza party. (Fans of the Pumas will like that there is some good news for one of the past starring pairs too.)So, I gobbled down this episode of 'bears in Halle' in one sitting and am looking forward to poor Ryan getting a shot at his hard to get mate, Glory, and also hoping that there are enough books in this series that a HEA is in the works for the still healing Chloe too (wonder if we'll see a new side of her when she's finally able to shift again.)