Title: The Mane Squeeze
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Series: Pride #4
Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Shapeshifters, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2009

This is yet another brilliant book by Laurenston, it was funny, engaging and incredibly cute. Not to mention witty and sassy. Everything I’ve grown to love in a Laurenston romance. Gwen isn’t quite what you expect from her appearances in her brothers’ stories. She’s definitely an absolute spitfire of a cat. One that has absolutely no hesitation fighting for, well, anything. I would constantly too, with moronic brothers like she has.

Lock is a great, and incredibly sweet counterpoint to Gwen’s feistiness. I love what a chilled sweetheart he is. I mean, he is constantly just meandering along and going with the flow. Although, my favourite part is that he is CONSTANTLY downplaying all of the information that he passes on. I mean, thers being calm, and then there’s being purposefully dense about how impactful information can be.

So far in the Pride series, there’s been a bit of working up towards the idea of hunting of hybrids. Although some of this has been touched upon, the prejudice against hybrids and how dangerous that is is truly shown in this story. Although there is absolutely no conclusion to this part of the story, it does set up an overarching battle throughout the series. One that makes me want to dive straight back into this series.

I’ve read some stories with crazy mothers before. But never anyone of the calibre of Roxy. I mean, she damn well shaves a woman’s head (and other crackjack behaviours) in retaliation for daring to threaten her daughter. She also just has a habit of ending up in the most bizarre situations. One’s which of course flow over to her poor daughter.

The Roller Derby babes are also absolutely fantastic. Not only do I live the idea of this incredibly bloody shifter version of the sport. But I also live the camaraderie and care the women show for one another. Particularly Bayne. Who I can’t read more about, just who and what she ends up with…

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