Fabulous!! I loved it Berg and Charlie are amazing along with the banter and wonderfully written storyline I was hooked. Readers of the Magnus Pack & the Pride series will love this book.

This is book 1 in the offshoot series from The Pride, The Honey Badgers. You don't have to read the other series before you read this one although you do see some of the characters from that series here. And those books are great as well. This one is about Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan and Berg Dunn. Charlie is half wolf and half honey badger shifter while Berg is a grizzly bear shifter. Charlie and Berg meet when she lands naked on his hotel balcony with armed men chasing after her. After helping her escape neither expect to see each other again. Until they meet again while she is looking for someplace safe to lay low and figure out what her father did to cause people to chase her and her sisters this time.

I knew after reading the first chapter a few months ago that this one started off good. I just didn't realize how much I would love it. Once I started this book, I couldn't put it down! There were so many moments where I was reading and just laughing at things that these characters said or did! And the side characters were the same! Both Charlie and Berg are written perfectly and I loved them together! I really hope that all the siblings get their own stories! I also loved seeing snippets into the lives of previous book characters and where their lives have taken them now. Especially Dee-Ann and Ric!! You will laugh pretty hard when you are reading that part! I loved this book! Can't wait for the next one!

A return to the crazy shapeshifting world of Shelly Laurenston is always a welcome visit. In this quirky, funny, wild paranormal romance, the honey badgers are back! Laurenston is known for her humor, and it's there in abundance in HOT AND BADGERED. There's a glimpse of characters from older books, and it might be a little overwhelming for new readers to catch up, but the humor and action will keep the pages turning.

Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is a hybrid, part honey badger, part wolf. She and her two half sisters, all related through their worthless father, are working hard not to get killed. Her younger sister is an anxiety-ridden genius who has dangerous meltdowns. Her middle sister is verging on sociopathic, and a hilarious addition to this kooky cast.

Charlie is the most normal and the most responsible, and the only one who can handle her father. When she and her sisters learn he's dead, she's ready to celebrate. But maybe that's not the actual truth, because the people after them seem to want something her father promised...

Berg, a sweet grizzly, and Berg's family and friends take it upon themselves to help Charlie and her kin, with hilarious results. Factions of shifters come together to deal with a new threat, and Charlie comes to some of her own realizations about what she wants...and how to handle a grizzly who clearly wants to handle her.

A funny, charming romp of a romance as only Laurenston can deliver. The relationship between Charlie and Berg builds, but it's the honey badgers who steal the show in this stellar romance from Shelly Laurenston. Pick up HOT AND BADGERED. It's a must-read.

4.5 Hearts
SJ, Romance Junkies

A wickedly funny, violently screwball comedy of a paranormal romance, this may be my favorite read of 2018. For once, I tried to read slowly so to savor the non-stop crude and crazy hijinks of Charlie and her MacKilligan sisters.

To be fair, Charlie's romance with Berg was fairly low-key and drama-free. The real stars are Charlie, her homicidal sister Max (my favorite), and their crazy genius baby sister, Stevie. I don't have any sisters but would love to have ones like the MacKilligans, always ready to do serious bodily harm to anyone who tries to hurt me.

We're MacKilligans. The only rule for us is to leave no witnesses.

The actual romance here is Berg's complete understanding that Charlie has to be her family's fixer and it is the role she was born to play.

Berg had to be honest. He hadn't realized how strong Charlie was. And, to be completely forthright, he found it kind of a turn-on.

If you are a Shelly Laurenston, you are going to love the ongoing reunion with past favorites: Bo Novikov and Blayne. Livy Kowalski and Vic Barinov. Irene and Niles Van Holtz. Dee-Ann and Cella Malone. Brendon Shaw. Toni-Jean Parker and her outrageous siblings. My absolute fave, Lock MacRyrie (so sad not see Gwen). Shelly Laurenston has created an insane universe where family can make you crazy, love is not in question, and violence is always the answer; and I'm here for all of it.

For once, do you guys realize, we're not the weirdest people in the group? I mean, did you see there was a guy with a lion's mane doing the cha-cha at our party with his wolf girlfriend? And we were playing tech music at the time.

Now I'm counting the days for Max's book - please give her one!

Unlike her sisters, anxiety and reason did not rule Max MacKillgan. Insanity did.

I love this series! Shelly Laurenston has a way with snark! I laughed my way through this very entertaining book as I have through the others in this series. Can't wait for more!

A few months ago, this book popped up on Netgalley and every single blogger I know flipped out. We all ran off to grab it...and we were so sad that it was just a one chapter preview. So last week when I heard this was up, I started reading just to make sure it was the full book and not just chapter one. OMG you guys. OMG.

I couldn't stop reading. 

This book is awesome, hilarious, fun, and entertaining. I usually like all of her books, but I loved this book. LOVED. I can't get over how much fun I had reading this book. Now if you're new to this author, you can totally read any of her books out of order, however you'll have more fun with them if you read them in order. But, if you'll notice, this is book one of the Honey Badger series. You can begin here :) You'll see some fun cameos of other characters and I don't think it will be confusing for you. It's all easy to follow.

So, quick recap: Once upon a time there were three little honey badgers who...weren't. They all had the same father, a honey badger, and usually honey badger genes will take over any other shifter, so if he mates with a tiger, the child will be a honey badger. If he mates with a wolf, the child would be a honey badger, you get the idea. However, these three little girls were only part honey badger. None of their genetics followed the rules of the universe, and none of the girls followed the rules of, well anyone. They had their own rules they followed. 

And one of those sisters was a genius. Their terrible father sold her once to some very bad people. Luckily her sisters saved her, but once again they are caught up in one of his schemes and yet they're the ones being shot at. By military grade helicopters. When they hear the news that their father is dead and they need to identify the body, they're jumping for joy and take the next flight to America.

But their troubles follow them from Europe. Winding up living with some bear shifters, the sisters realize that they aren't in this alone. The hero is wonderful, and patient, and kind, and you'll love him instantly. I don't think I stopped smiling from the moment I started chapter one until the end. This book was just what I needed in an otherwise stressful week. 

Shelly Laurenston at her best, this is my favorite of her books. If her longer series are too daunting to try, go for this and see what you think. You'll wind up bingeing the whole Pride series afterwards and you won't regret it.

***ARC courtesy of Kensington via netgalley

Laugh out load funny !! Couldn't put it down once I started it, the character interaction was stellar and it was great to see old friends pop in to the story here a and there. Buy it!!!!!

Hot and Badgered by Shelly LaurenstonI only got two chapters of this book as an ARC from NetGalley so I can't really review the whole book. There wasn't a great glimpse of either Charlotte (Charlie,a badger shifter) or Berg (grizzly shifter) so I'm not sure how the rest of the book is going to go. We know that Charlie has at least two sisters, one of which needs watching every moment of the day. Oh, and the book opens with men breaking into Charlotte's hotel room just as she gets a warning call. She drops down to the room below which just so happens to be the one where Cooper (famous pianist, jackal shifter) who we met in the last book is being guarded by Berg.
I'm a little trepidatious about how this book is going to go but I trust Laurenston so I'll definitely read this book as soon as I can get my hands on it.
I did eventually get the full ARC and it was okay but there was a lot of setup for the rest of the series. I wished we had gotten to see more of Berg. It's interesting that Laurenston keeps introducing bear triplets (had been done in Bear meets Girl). Each of the characters seems to be full hilt stereotypes which is okay but I wish we had gotten a bit more nuance.

Three stars
This book comes out March 27
ARC kindly provided by NetGalley

Charlie MacKilligan and her two sisters are constantly on the run from others trying to kill them due to their father. One of those runs drops a naked Charlie on the hotel balcony of bear shifter Berg Dunn, who comes to her rescue when he gives her one of his guns.

Berg once again comes in contact with Charlie and her sisters and offers them a safe place to stay, which happens to be a bear neighborhood.

Much humor ensues with the return of DeeAnn Smith, the VanHolts, and Bo the polar bear. Charlie's sisters Max and Stevie are a riot. A fun read.

Hot and Badgered was such a fun story with added suspense and romance. Berg and Charlie are wonderful together and complement each other so well. Charlie and her sisters are victims in another one of their fathers schemes. Berg is utterly smitten with Charlie and will do anything to protect her and her crazy sisters. This book was so entertaining, I absolutely loved it. I enjoyed Charlie’s sisters as well as Berg’s brother and sister. It was nice to revisit some past characters as well. I can’t wait to see where the MacKilligan’s take us next time.

Berg Dunn, bear shifter and bodyguard, looks out his balcony window and sees a naked woman, who is being chased by a tactical hit squad.
It's not an unusual day for Charlie MacKilligan, being hunted down and shot at by total strangers. that's what happens to a hybrid wolf/honey badger shifter with a dad like hers.
On the run with her two sisters, Charlie encounters the handsome bear who saved her from that hit squad last week. He and his sibs offer shelter and protection from mercenaries, wayward relatives, and a hillbilly wold with yellow eyes.
If you've read Shelly Laurenston, you know this book is amazing. Packed with favorites from herm shifter series, this book introduces what promises to be a whole new fun and exciting crop of shifters.
I was laughing out loud and couldn't get enough of this book. So I read it beginning to end in one day. Twice.

Fantastic, loved this story. I have really missed Shelly's shifter series' (not the dragon ones, I don't like those). Kick assness, brutality, animistic behaviour, weirdness, uniqueness and humour that's the main character the rest follow suit. It was a really humorous fun read.

Laurenston is one of my favorite authors. Whenever I am in need of a book that is guaranteed to slap a smile on my face I usually grab something written by her. Is this book a literary masterpiece? No, but it’s damn funny, full of interesting characters, and there is just enough paranormal to keep me interested.

This is a spin-off to the author’s Pride series. If you haven’t read those, please start there.

Where Laurenston shines is how she writes her characters. They are ALL flawed. They have panic disorders, mommy/daddy issues, crazy families, etc., and they all are shifters. There animal side is very much a part of who they are. These aren’t characters that can turn into animals. If they are a bear shifter, they are also bearlike in human form: curious, love honey, don’t play well with other breeds. The honey badgers are scrappy, tend to want to take things that aren’t theirs, and they also love honey. The focus couple in this are a grizzly bear shifter and a honey badger/wolf hybrid. They are good together. The bear is very patient and is exactly what the hybrid needs considering her crazy family. Her two sisters are a big part of this book because her whole life has been focused on keeping them safe, mostly from their asshat of a father.

A lot of this story is set up for future stories. Normally have a hard time getting through a book like this, but not this one. Laurenston’s characters are so cool I enjoyed being introduced to each one of them, and there are quite a few.

While led this is a romance book, there wasn’t a lot of focus on the couple. I was okay with that, but I do feel like I would have liked to see them interact more. More times where he was a hero for her, he did, but I wanted more of him crushing bad guys with his bear strength.

Really recommend this book, actually all books written by this author.

Digital ARC provided by Netgalley. Publication date: March 27, 2018

I received a copy of Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Very entertaining read; fast paced with the plot threads. Good chemistry between the lead characters and witty banter.

I’m pretty sure I’ve read everything Shelly Laurenston has written. She is one of those authors that does not fail to entertain. Hot and Badgered is no exception. If you like funny....action.....snarky......some sweet.....some sexy.......well then get the book!

This really was a crazy, awesome read. I loved these psychotic girls. I think they depicted a human equivalent of honey badgers. Dangerous and manic. 3 sisters who are hybrid shifters. Half honey badger from their despicable fathers side. The youngest sister is a psychotic genius savant that everyone seems to be after to abduct. Her oldest sister, Charlie, seems to be the only one who can get a grip on her 2 sisters manic, fighting behavior. With assassins and kidnappers after them, they stumble onto bear shifters who help them and Charlie gets a HEA. I look forward to their continuing story. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book from Netgalley.

I can't be totally impartial, I really enjoy Laurenston's shifter books. This one was no exception. I like the way the characters interact, the love between the family members and their friends. The support from the neighbors, who quickly develop into friends was nice.

Verdict: Recommended for fans of her other works, and fans who like strong intelligent female characters who take no crap from anyone.

The MacKilligan sisters are used to dealing with difficult situations after living with their horrible father but they aren’t prepared for this latest danger. Luckily they find some friendly bears to help the,

Can I just say that I loved this book. This is a paranormal shape shifter book that does end in a cliff hanger and features characters from the authors previous series. This story features the MacKilligan family of half siblings. Charlie Taylor-MacKilligan is part honey badger and wolf and her two half siblings are also part honey badger. They have always been on the run after their mother was killed (this was never explained unless I missed it) and they went to leave with Charlie's biological grandfather (wolf). The sisters are a handful and are very powerful and strong. While on the run due to their father once again selling them out or just selling them, Charlie runs into Berg who is a bear shifter. She leaves quite an impression on Berg, that when he run into her again with her sisters he offers to help her family. There are plenty of ups, downs and adventures with the MacKilligan family and lots of fighting. This is a great book and even though there wasn't much romance until the end of the book, I really enjoyed it. I can't wait to have some of the unanswered questions resolved in future books. I would recommend this book to fans of this genre.