Reviewed by -- Jacqueline Driggers
Review of --
A Bear in Need: BBW
Paranormal Bear Shifter Romance (The Marked Book 1) by Christa Kelley
Overall
star rating --- 3
About
the book:
Bear shifter Brandon
Mitchell is cursed. Destined to lose the woman he claims as his mate, he's
lived the life of an arrogant, cocky playboy to keep from getting his heart
broken. But deep down, Brandon wants what he can never have: A family of his
own, with a few cubs and a curvy goddess of a woman to keep him in line.
He never thought he'd
find her in a feisty witch from his past, and now he'll stop at nothing to
break his curse and claim her as his mate.
There's just one
problem: The woman he wants--the woman he's doomed to lose--is the only witch
who can help him, and if he wants to protect her, he'll have to find a way to
resist her first.
Liz Malone just can't
catch a break. After promising to secure her grandmother's spellbook, she's
back in her old hometown and faced with confronting the dark, powerful figure
who still holds sway over her life.
If that wasn't bad
enough, she gets drawn in by the charm and confidence of her old high school
crush.
She never wanted to go
back to Star Lake, and yet here she is, setting aside her own problems to help
Brandon break a curse so he can take a mate. A mate she just knows isn't her.
How could it be when
the only thing between them, after all this time, is a one-night-stand?
Book
creation ratings:
Overall total, out of
30 --18
-- Story &
characters -- 6
-- Cover & title
-- 5
-- Editing &
formatting -- 7
* based on a 1-10
scale with: 1-4, poor; 5-7, good; 8-10,
very good.*
The
review --
Usually I like
paranormal romance books, but this one, I didn't particularly. It starts off
with a rather intense sex scene, and I much prefer to meet the characters and
get some story first. It mixes a witch and a bear shifter, which is okay. But
the book doesn't pick up speed until you get to about the middle of the book.
Plus the book is a bit too wordy in places. Plus, there are parts of the
storyline that are just not well enough explained. Overall, it's an all right
book, but there are better ones out there.
Reader
Recommendations
Genre -- paranormal
romance
Age recommendations --
18 plus
Sex content rating --
intense
Violence rating --
moderate
Links
for the book:
Buy it on Amazon
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