Review: Hawke & Echo <3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
Lila Felix had me ready to read just with the fact that it's one of her books, add in the fact that this is her first paranormal romance and I was freaking out. I swear the moment it hit my email, I was bouncing around and squeeing - loudly. One of those rare authors that I trust implicitly with a story, Burden didn't disappoint and I was left with a smile on my face and ready for the next book in the series.When Hawke, a Black bear and Alpha of the Bear Shifters, receives information that a Black bear shifter female is being held by a pack of Grizzly bear shifters, he immediately heads over to check things out. What he finds is Echo, the female shifter, who is being treated badly. She's also a healer, which way cool :) From the moment he gets there he feels that she is his mate and the moment they lay eyes on each other, it becomes real. Mates, destined to be together and all that awesome jazz. Excuse me while I sigh and grin like a maniac. I loved this book, seriously loved it. Boy bear meets girl bear, they're soul mates, yay!! There is a lot of awesome stuff that happens, but I don't want to give the plot away.I will talk about Hawke and Echo though...Hawke is the bees knees, seriously, hands down, one of my favorites. Move over paranormal book boys, Hawke is going on my ever-growing, never-ending book boyfriend list. I love Hawke. He's all alpha-y and yummy, and hugely muscled, which yum. He's also kind, gentle, and strong. That's another thing I love about Lila Felix books, she writes really good men.Now, I get to Echo. Which just going to take a moment to express some giddiness - she has my name!! She has my name!! I've never run across a book character with my name, heck I don't even meet people in real life with my name! Eeek!! Love it!! Okay, done with my giddiness….Echo is awesome, truly and completely awesome. This girl has known some horrible pain and abuse and yet she hasn't lost her goodness. She's kind, strong, a completely perfect female alpha. I was rooting for her from the moment she hit the pages and I loved that she was a healer. Her family origins and what we find out about her is really cool.And here is where I gush about the relationship, but not too much…I loved them together, really, really loved. The mythology that Lila Felix has created is very cool, how the bears mate, how they figure out who their soul mate is, all of it was really awesome. There is such a sweetness to the relationship between Hawke and Echo, and while the steam factor is very low, it's still really awesome.Okay now that I've gushed all over the place, I leave you with this - go 1-click Burden NOW!! It's really good, one of her best yet, but then I think that every time she puts a book out :) Go read it, you'll love it, it's YA, it's Paranormal Romance, it's sweet, it's lovely, it's awesome.I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Originally posted on Me, Myself & Books Blog