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“I’m a fuckin’ honey badger and by this claw”— she held her hand up—“ I fuckin’ rule.”

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

In a Badger Way by Shelly Laurenston

Badger to the Bone by Shelly Laurenston

May 5, 2026 by Pooja 2 Comments

I picked up the first book on Saturday and was done with the third by the end of the week. Like Pringles, you can’t have just one. Hot and Badgered – 4.25 stars When a naked woman tumbles onto his hotel balcony while escaping her enemies, Berg’s happy to give her a T-shirt and a gun, but doesn’t expect to see her again. But it turns out that Charlie’s problems are manifest, and when they bring her to Manhattan, he’s happy to lend her a […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: action, adventure, family, humor, paranormal, Romance, Shelly Laurenston, Urban Fantasy

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:33 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: action, adventure, family, humor, paranormal, Romance, Shelly Laurenston, Urban Fantasy ·
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Basketball & Mayhem with a side of honey cake

To Kill a Badger by Shelly Laurenston

December 23, 2025 by Jen K 4 Comments

As the sixth novel in the Honey Badger Chronicles (and who even knows what number in Laurenston’s extended shifter universe), readers will know exactly what they are getting into with this one. After the first three novels focused on the MacKilligan sisters finding hijinks and love, the following three have followed Max’s basketball team members as they get closer to the O’Malley brothers (Siberian tiger shifters). Laurenston knows that we are primarily here for the sisters, and especially Charlie, so unlike other romance series where […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Honey Badger Chronicles, Shelly Laurenston, Shifter romance

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:134 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Honey Badger Chronicles, Shelly Laurenston, Shifter romance ·
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cover for the book Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

Ridiculously Fun

Hot and Badgered by Shelly Laurenston

February 25, 2024 by Kit Moonstar 2 Comments

Charlie, Max, and Stevie share a father whose constantly screwing them over and putting them in danger.  So maybe it’s not so surprising that Charlie ends up naked and being chased by gunmen on Berg Dunn’s balcony.  The bear shifter offers her a shirt and gun, and she’s gone.  When their paths cross again, Charlie’s on a mission to keep her sisters safe, and protection specialist Berg is more than happy to help, even if he doesn’t exactly know what he’s getting himself into, and […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: paranormal romance, Shelly Laurenston

Kit Moonstar's CBR16 Review No:9 · Genres: Romance · Tags: paranormal romance, Shelly Laurenston ·
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New York City is about to be invaded by a lot of honey badgers.

Born to be Badger by Shelly Laurenston

November 15, 2023 by Emmalita 4 Comments

Welcome to the 5th installment in Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badger Chronicles, Born to be Badger. It has everything and everyone you loved from the first four books including the McKilligan sisters, Max’s teammates, violence, anti social behavior, inter species conflicts, and plot so bonkers it can’t be explained. This one also has a small child and puppies. Actually, the plot isn’t so bonkers it can’t be explained, but there is a lot of action as the plot unfolds. The plot is basically – someone is tying […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: advance reader copy, Born to be Badger, Honey Badger Chronicles, NetGalley, Shelly Laurenston

Emmalita's CBR15 Review No:98 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: advance reader copy, Born to be Badger, Honey Badger Chronicles, NetGalley, Shelly Laurenston ·
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Honey Badger Don’t Care

Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

December 14, 2021 by Malin 1 Comment

Disclaimer! This was an ARC from Netgalley. It has in no way influenced my review.   This is the fourth book in an ongoing series. While this book works on its own, it will be much more enjoyable if you’ve read the first three books in the Honey Badger Chronicles, which start with Hot and Badgered. While the first three books in the Honey Badger Chronicles introduce us to the three MacKilligan sisters Charlie, Stevie, and Max who have different mothers but the same utterly […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Breaking Badger, CBR13, Malin, NetGalley, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, Shelly Laurenston, the Honey Badger Chronicles

Malin's CBR13 Review No:54 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Breaking Badger, CBR13, Malin, NetGalley, paranormal fantasy, Romance, shapeshifters, Shelly Laurenston, the Honey Badger Chronicles ·
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This was their time to be really f’ing weird.

Breaking Badger by Shelly Laurenston

May 22, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

Shelly Laurenston’s Honey Badger Chronicles have joined Martha Wells’ the Murderbot Diaries and Becky Chamber’s Wayfarers series as the books I shove in everyone’s faces given the slightest opening. Are they even romances anymore? I don’t know. Who cares? They have transcended genre and reason and exist on their own plane. There are always 30 something characters and 56 plots going on in a Honey Badger book and it feels a bit like the Motown Wall of Sound. Either you can’t take the confusion or […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Breaking Badger, Honey Badger Chronicles, NetGalley, Shelly Laurenston

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:48 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Breaking Badger, Honey Badger Chronicles, NetGalley, Shelly Laurenston ·
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