Title: The Mane Attraction ReRead
Author: Shelly Laurenston
Series: Pride #3
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves: Paranormal romance, Shapeshifters, Urban fantasy
Pace: Fast
Format: eBook, Novel
Year: 2008

From my first read of The Mane Attraction, I really enjoyed Sissy Mae, I mean, the woman is chaos personified. But, on this read through, I didn’t quite enjoy her as much. And honestly, I felt kind of the same about Mitch. Yes, they were fun and I had a good laugh, but I didn’t quite love them as much on this read through. I think because some of the chaotic nature seemed a little bit more malicious in nature. Something I just wasn’t expecting.

Having said (written) all of that, I did absolutely adore the scene in which Sissy Mae just absolutely destroyed her brother. He had spent the entirety of The Mane Attraction seriously pissing me off with his attitude. And, honestly, Sissy Mae spends so long putting up with his shit and just ignoring it, that when she finally cracks… Chef’s Kiss. Slightly unnecessary violence, in the most beautiful manner. I mean, the woman does need to get revenge, and she works as a beautiful catalyst for the changes in her home town Smith Pack.

Honestly, my favourite thing about this book is Sissy Mae and Ronnie Lee’s friendship – they are truly a Ride or Die friendship. One that is definitely insane, but also incredibly loyal. It’s a pretty decent reminder of why someone like Sissy Mae, for all of her slightly bored / malicious tendencies, is the “Alpha” of her Pack. She is truly loyal to those she cares about. And she is also able to comfortably manage those around her, sometimes in more sublte ways that the original read throughout indicated.

The willingness of female lions to hunt for their somewhat lazy males has always astounded me. And I love that this is reflected in Laurenston’s writing. This whole story is a battle with the Shaw brothers thinking that they are constantly entitled to all of the food. And then the Shaw brothers being absolutely terrified of all of the nonsense that their women put them through with their driving… wonderful and seriously hilarious.

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