Review: 5 stars!  A fantastic shifter romance with awesome, relatable characters!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
I was very pleasantly surprised with Blind Date With A Bear.  The character development was solid, the story was excellent, and the sexy times were amazing, original, and scorching HOT!  There were some mistakes throughout the book and a few editing hiccups but that's to be expected with a self-published book.I absolutely loved how, even though this book is a novella, the character development was NOT skimped on.  Quinn and Paige were very likable characters and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about them and their self-discovery.  I also LOVED how the author, albeit very briefly, explained about how the shifters fit into the human world.  I was always wondering in other shifter books if people knew about the existence of shifters and how they reacted to them.  Marie Mason takes the time to clarify that, which I really appreciated.I also liked that there was some level of depth to this book and that it wasn't all purely based on sex.  There were beautiful moments when Quinn and Paige were together (like the boulder scene) where she is looking up at the sky and describing  the beauty around her.  It added to the likability of Paige and showcased how well Mason fleshed out her characters.Marie Mason created a wonderful, deliciously sexy story that touched my heart (along with other parts of my anatomy) that makes me love the shifter universe that much more.  I highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a great, somewhat short shifter romance!