Larissa's 5 Loveys Review: Bite Me {Pride #9} by Shelly Laurenston

Livy Kowalski has no time for idiots. When you shapeshift into a honey badger, getting through life’s irritants is a finely honed skill. Until she gets stuck housing her nutso cousin and dealing with her dad’s untimely and unexplained demise.                       That’s where Vic Barinov comes in—or his house does. Vic can’t step outside without coming back to find Livy devouring his honey stash and getting the TV remote sticky. It gets his animal instincts all riled up. But he’ll have to woo her at high speed: all hell is breaking loose, and Livy is leading the charge…

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• Publisher: Brava
• Release Date: March 25th, 2014
• Series: Pride Series  
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The hilarious and awesome word wizard is back! I love Shelly Laurenston books! She is my not so guilty pleasure, since I am not ashamed to love her books at all. She writes such funny and heartwarming characters that you can't help but fall hopelessly in love with every single one of them.

Yes yes, the character roster is getting fuller by the second, but it doesn't take long to catch up and get lost in the newest couple she is writing about. I for one will always stop whatever I am doing and get lost in Shelly's worlds and words, every time!

In Bite Me we get to see all out favorite previous characters in the background, which always gives me fuzzy feeling, but the main couple, Livy and Vic, is also pretty awesome and their story just as lovable as the others'. Where else can you see a Honey Badger shifter fall for a Hybrid shifter?

Shelly Laurenston thrives in writing any kind of relationship... Family, friends, lovers and that is extremely clear in Bite Me, where we get to see so many different family dynamics and they NEVER feel cookie cutter in the least. Shelly doesn't shy away from the negative either, I mean, not everybody likes everybody and she shows that is a very honest way that doesn't distract from the fun of reading her stories.

If you love Paranormal Romance, this series is a MUST! Right now! Go buy it, I'll wait...

Got it? Good! :)

Now if you are already a fan of Shelly's shifters, Bite Me won't disappoint, AT ALL!

 

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Wolf With Benefits {Pride #8} by Shelly Laurenston

  

Shelly Laurenston, New York Times bestselling author and a star in the paranormal romance genre, comes the eighth book is the successful Pride series, that blends outrageous humor and sexy shapeshifters to create irresistible heroes that readers fall in love with.                                    Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone, but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he’s been hired to do so, but because it’s the right thing to do. And if that means traveling around the country with one complicated She-jackal, dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs, instigating trouble between his brothers, and having the most amazing sex he’s ever had…well, who said his job didn’t have perks?               Toni doesn’t know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there’s something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting…and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for…

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• Publisher: Brava
• Release Date: March 26th, 2013
• Series: Pride Series  
• Author's Website

*NO SPOILERS

Shelly Laurenston's Pride series is like hot cocoa on the coldest of nights, it makes you warm and fuzzy inside and brings a smile to your face.

I love Shelly's sense of humor, but mainly I LOVE the characters she creates. She has a knack for creating such intriguing and absurdly hilarious characters that draw you in completely.

I didn't really think Wolf With Benefits was going to be a favorite of mine in this series, but not only we get to see a lot of the characters we have come to love in the background, but Toni and Ricky Lee simply made me fall in love with them.

From Toni's outrageously brilliant and a lot of times creepy family, to Ricky Lee's philosophy in life where he believes that if he waits long enough, entertainment will come to him, Wolf With Benefits is a wild ride that I could not get enough of.

The highlight of the Pride series is the interaction between characters and the relationships they have with each other. Wolf With Benefits has all that in spades and I am sure fans of the series will be very happy with it.

I loved reading POV's from some of my favorite people, like Blayne and her boo LOL. Shelly Laurenston has given her fans a gift in the form of a book with Wolf With Benefits and I for one cannot wait to read what she comes up with next!

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Top 5 Sundays #111 - Series or Authors That Make You Forget / Ignore Your TBR!

There is always that series that if the new book comes out, you will stop whatever you are reading to get to it. If not, you will at the very least ignore the TBR overflowing pile to reconnect with beloved characters =D

Hope you will join me! 

This week’s results:

Books You Would Love to Get Signed by the Author!

  8 (47%)

Series or Author That Make You Forget/Ignore Your TBR!

  9 (52%)

The theme for today is:

Series or Author That Make You Forget / Ignore Your TBR!

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.
2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.
3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)
4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.
5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

*in no particular order

Katherine "Kitty" Katt Series (Alien Series)

by Gini Koch

It does not matter what I am reading, if the new Alien book gets here, it will be my next read come rain or shine LOL

Mercy Thompson Series

 by Patricia Briggs

LOVE Mercy and Adam!! Their books are already so far apart that whenever the new one is out I cannot help it but devour it!

Black Dagger Brotherhood Series

 by J.R. Ward

Every books always pulls me but the next one probably more them most! QHUAY!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said!

Pride Series

 by Shelly Laurenston

Love this series! It always make me laugh soooo much! Can't help it but dive into the newest installment every time!

Kate Daniels Series

by Ilona Andrews

Kate,Curran and Co. freaking rock! I can never resist the pull, NEVER!

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Bear Meets Girl {Pride #7} by Shelly Laurenston

  

He's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game. . .

Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Especially when that someone is a curvy she-tiger with a skill set that's turning Crush's lone-bear world upside down--and bringing his passion out of hibernation. . .

As a member of an elite feline protection unit, Marcella Malone has no problem body-dropping anyone who hunts her kind. But Crush is proving one major pain in her gorgeous tail. The only reason she's joined forces with him is to track down the wealthy human who's got her entire species in his ruthless sights. It sure isn't because Crush's stubborn and contrary attitude is rubbing Cella in all the right ways. . .

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• Publisher: Brava
• Release Date: March 27th, 2012
• Series: Pride Series  
• Author's Website

*NO SPOILERS

It is very rare a book is laugh out loud funny, but Shelly Laurenston is one of the authors that always gets me laughing so much it hurts. I found myself having to put the book down for a couple seconds to catch my breath, that’s how funny it was. But, don’t be mistaken, Bea Meets Girl is not just funny, This a hilarious book that is also able to be action packed and sexy as hell at the same time. I honestly don’t know another author that could deliver something as awesome as Shelly Laurenston is able to, time and time again. I love the world Shelly Laurenston has created and the shifter species and subspecies are the flavor that makes this series so amazingly fantastic. Bear Meets Girls just is the nail on the coffin that proves that Bears are my favorite species in the Pride series. They are hilariously curious and their logic can drive even the most centered person insane. One thing I found very interesting in Bear Meets Girl is that for the first time in a PNR, the couple didn’t really have many issues keeping them apart. It was just a matter of them getting together, getting to know each other and falling in love. Which left a lot of time for awesomely fun action and very funny parallel scenes with secondary characters that will definitely get the spotlight in future books. I am not saying that the main couple wasn’t great, because OMG they definitely were. Crush is such a goody-goody and afraid of change that you can imagine how a Tigress like Cella, who thrives in creating chaos, drove him crazy from the first moment they met. Their interactions was so funny and sweet at the same time, that it is impossible not to fall in love with them. I have to say that one of my favorite parts of Bear Meets Girl was getting a glimpse into other characters of the series that have already gotten their HEA. I am talking of course of the sweetest basket case that is Blayne. Her appearance in Bear Meets Girl just makes me re-read Beast Behaving Badly so much! If you are a fan of the Pride series, Bear Meets Girl is such a great addition to the series that you won’t regret stopping whatever you are doing to read it. However, if you have yet to check out this series, I seriously urge you to do so, you have no idea what you are missing!

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Top 5 Sundays #45 – Books for a PNR 1st Timer! {A.K.A. The 700th Post}

Hello my dear readers! =) Top 5 Sundays time once again! YAY!

Let’s get right to it, shall we?

 

This week’s results:

UF Book Recs to Guys! = 10 (45%)

Books for a PNR 1st Timer! = 12 (54%)

 

The theme for today is:

Books for a PNR 1st Timer!

 

But first, a little bit about this feature and the rules to join in…

Every Sunday I will post a TOP 5 list on the blog. It can be about anything and every week I'll have a new theme {You can vote on next week’s theme on my left sidebar!} and I will ad the Mr.Linky bellow the post so you can do a list with the theme and add you link to it.

Rules:

1. Write a post listing your TOP 5 choices within the theme I chose (or was chosen on a poll) for the week.

2. Mention this Blog on the post and link back to it.

3. Fell free to use the Feature's image (there is a smaller size version of it bellow)

4. After you've finished your post, add you link (of the post, not your blog's main page) to the Mr.Linky at the end of that week's post.

5. If you don’t have a blog to post, just leave your list in the comments =)

This week’s theme is Books for a PNR 1st Timer!

Seems that for the these last couple weeks it’s all about bookish first times =)

Paranormal Romance {PNR} is all about the HEAs {Happily Ever Afters} and I LOVE IT, so I’ll gladly share my favorite series in the genre.

*in no particular order

This series is amazing, because not only the smex is steamy but the world building is fantastic!

 

I love Dakota Cassidy’s sense of humor and her Accidental Friends series is so full of it that you will be laughing out loud in NO time =)

 

Larissa Ione rocks!

She not only writes some kick-ass paranormal heroes and heroines, but she just has such a way with words and the world she created is awesome!

 

Sexy Demon-Possessed Gods?

Gena Showalter haz them in spades!

 

Shelly Laureston is a PNR comedic genius! Her books are Extremely HOT and Hilarious all at the same time!

Totally recommend them!

 

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