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A review by khines213
Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson
3.0
I finished this book under the wire right before the library was going to take it back from me. I had less and an hour before it returned when I finished.
I'm not gonna lie, I liked this a lot more than I was expecting to. I figured this would just be a shifter romance to change up genres for a moment, but it was a good time and addressed some serious issues in a banter-y way.
The heroine is a bear shifter who is always thinking about eating, violent toward alarm clocks, and has a secret crush on the hero that her coworkers tease her about--hardcore relatable. The hero is also a bear shifter with a MASSIVE sweet tooth who puts syrup in coffee and only eats red candy and keeps stashes in his car who also has a crush on the heroine. He also spends a lot of the plot just along for the ride and willing to help the heroine however she needs instead of taking over, which I appreciated.
I thought Davidson handled bear behaviors in human form adorably well. And I will say this, though the attraction to each other was a source of miscommunication for most of the book it was not the annoying kind. It was coworkers teasing heroine about crush in front of hero--she denies HARD and blushes--as one does when such things happen. Hero takes that as truth but also puts denies his crush when confronted with it--as one does. But they are also kind of putting out feelers for each other at the same time. So, all in all, I felt the "miscommunication" was legitimate and handled well.
The banter was so, so fast paced almost to the detriment of the keeping track of the dialogue at times. For the most part it was really clever and funny and broke up the much darker premise of what they are investigating--but every once and awhile it was like...I get it...we're all funny and quirky, but maybe can we talk normally for a moment?
Overall, I will probably keep reading the series because this was a nice balance of cute and serious.
Rachel, the sexy times in this book were extremely minimal and only happened at the VERY end, in case you were wondering. If you ever wanted to read werebears, this one is probably your best fit.
I'm not gonna lie, I liked this a lot more than I was expecting to. I figured this would just be a shifter romance to change up genres for a moment, but it was a good time and addressed some serious issues in a banter-y way.
The heroine is a bear shifter who is always thinking about eating, violent toward alarm clocks, and has a secret crush on the hero that her coworkers tease her about--hardcore relatable. The hero is also a bear shifter with a MASSIVE sweet tooth who puts syrup in coffee and only eats red candy and keeps stashes in his car who also has a crush on the heroine. He also spends a lot of the plot just along for the ride and willing to help the heroine however she needs instead of taking over, which I appreciated.
I thought Davidson handled bear behaviors in human form adorably well. And I will say this, though the attraction to each other was a source of miscommunication for most of the book it was not the annoying kind. It was coworkers teasing heroine about crush in front of hero--she denies HARD and blushes--as one does when such things happen. Hero takes that as truth but also puts denies his crush when confronted with it--as one does. But they are also kind of putting out feelers for each other at the same time. So, all in all, I felt the "miscommunication" was legitimate and handled well.
The banter was so, so fast paced almost to the detriment of the keeping track of the dialogue at times. For the most part it was really clever and funny and broke up the much darker premise of what they are investigating--but every once and awhile it was like...I get it...we're all funny and quirky, but maybe can we talk normally for a moment?
Overall, I will probably keep reading the series because this was a nice balance of cute and serious.
Rachel, the sexy times in this book were extremely minimal and only happened at the VERY end, in case you were wondering. If you ever wanted to read werebears, this one is probably your best fit.