Title: Beast Behaving Badly
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Series: Pride #5
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: 2010

Blayne is one of those amazing show stealer secondary characters in The Mane Squeeze. It mademe want to dive right into her story immediately after finishing The Mane Squeeze. Which, of course I did. And man, was I not disappointed. Blayne’s story was brilliant and fun. Plus, I remember her and Bo from the Honey Badger Chronicles, so reading their origin story was nice.

Blayne is one of those terrifying individuals who is just… happy. All. The. Time. Bo is a really nice counterpoint to this. He’s incredibly rude and blunt. I mean, if I had someone like Bo in my life, I’d punch him in the face. Repeatedly. Probably everyday if I could… but then, I’d probably be the same with a personality type like Blayne. They’re two extremes of irritating. And reading about them was way too much fun.

I love that although Blayne seems like a crazy, naive fool, she is actually incredibly dangerous. Like, insanely dangerous. And the fact that sheslearnt all of this at her father’s knee… it’s a whole lot of fun and beautiful love. The fact that there’s a good chance that her father is completely insane just makes it all that much more fun. In fact, I love his breakdown of their dynamic and how drastically different his point of view is to that of his daughter’s. Best father daughter relationship I’ve read in a while.

The hybrid fighting ring plot line also gains some pretty major traction throughout this story. Enough so that it’s gaining some major heat and intensity. Each time I read more about this world and the hybrid battles, I want to know more. And who is the big, evil behind it all… I’m sure that’s going to be a huge reveal later in the series…

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Big Bad Beast ->

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