IN A BADGER WAY is the second book in Shelly Laurenston's Honey Badger Chronicles series. Although it is part of a series with characters from Laurenston's "Pride" series making appearances as well, I think IN A BADGER WAY works as a standalone story. The romance in this book is stellar, but what makes these stories so addictive are the characters and humor. In this installment of the trials and tribulations of three honey badger shifter sisters, the youngest sister finds her way. Stevie was a child prodigy and her creativity and superior intellect draw people to her -- for the best and worst reasons. For bodyguard and panda shifter Shen, Stevie is just a beautiful and dynamic woman who drives him crazy in every way possible.

Shelly Laurenston tells a story with a lot of moving parts that wind up converging with terrible and terrific results. One piece of this story involves Stevie's father and the inevitable fallout that Stevie and her sisters have to deal with because of his shenanigans. Another piece of this story involves yet another psycho out to mess with and generally endanger and enrage hybrid shifters. Yet another piece of the story focuses on Stevie and her sometimes endearing and sometimes loopy journey of self-discovery. And, last but not least, this story is about the romance that develops between Stevie and Shen. I love it all! I love all the growly violence, the strong women who don't suffer fools, the laugh-out-loud moments, and the sweet and sexy romance. But the cast of a thousand characters makes this story truly amazeballs.

IN A BADGER WAY has everything: laughs, female badasses, and a satisfying romance. I'm happy to check in with familiar characters it was interesting to see Kyle down a notch from his usual level of "insufferable" as he acts as a friend to Stevie. Reading about the exploits of the MacKilligan sisters is always a blast, and the only thing better than reading about them would be watching them on the big screen while scarfing down some popcorn. I look forward to reading Shelly Laurenston's next off-the-wall and fabulous shifter romance.

Book Summary

Petite, kind, brilliant, and young, Stevie is nothing like the usual women bodyguard Shen Li is interested in. Even more surprising, the youngest of the lethal, ball- busting, and beautiful MacKilligan sisters is terrified of bears. But she’s not terrified of pandas. She loves pandas.

Which means that whether Shen wants her to or not, she simply won’t stop cuddling him. He isn’t some stuffed Giant Panda, ya know! He is a Giant Panda shifter. He deserves respect and personal space. Something that little hybrid is completely ignoring.

But Stevie has a way of finding trouble. Like going undercover to take down a scientist experimenting on other shifters. For what, Shen doesn’t want to know, but they’d better find out. And fast. Stevie might be the least violent of the honey badger sisters, but she’s the most dangerous to Shen’s peace of mind. Because she has absolutely no idea how much trouble they’re in…or just how damn adorable she is.