Title: Mated to the Bear
Author: Celia Kyle
Series: Bears of Grayslake #1
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Shapeshifters
Pace: Medium
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2014

Mia and Ty are a really wonderful couple and one of those that I really enjoyed from the very beginning. I love that there is such combustible heat between them, but Mia is still able to stand on her own two feet. I mean, I get being all consumed by passion and emotion, but I love that even in the midst of this, Mia is able to figure out what she wants and needs in her own life. Plus, she’s also going toe to toe with a guy that everyone else is scared of – I love my women being strong willed and more than a little kick arse.

At the very beginning of this story, I thought that there was a bit of a Meet Cute between Mia and her future mate. And that it was all just a misunderstanding that he was knocking down the door. This opinion really quickly changed to one of horror – and I’m glad that the first male that Mia meets isn’t actually her mate, but her nemesis. I mean, Griss is one nasty SOB. And then Ty and his brother appear, and you get the whole sense of found family and everything feels a little more content.

At the beginning of this story, and having glanced at the blurb, I was expecting this to be a fairly calm and easy read. I was so very wrong. There was a whole lot more violence and aggression throughout this than what I was expecting. And, this story does come with a trigger warning at the beginning. I just wasn’t anticipating this level of trigger warning based content if I’m being completely honest. Not that it was a bad thing, it definitely upped the stakes and pulled me further and further into the world of the Grayslake Bears.

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