CHRISTMAS PRIDE,
I'm really tired of the lion shifter thretning to kill everyone, and what an atitute both had. I did not like ANY of the characters. And I mean ANY. Not even the suporting ones.

SHAW'S TAIL,
I had major problem with the 2 female leads. I mean braging about how they were baned from more then 50 world wide countries? and BTW, When has Prague become a country? Instead of comong off as mischivous, they were iritating and represented everything I dislike in a character.

Here is example how great writing and interesting story can be totally ruined by immature, childish, way too macho aggressive (I mean shut up or I will kill you followed by fangs ripping holes in body parts) absolutely off putting behavior. Not One character had redeeming qualities.

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I expected more based on ratings and reviews. Plot pretty thin.

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I agree with all the reviews! Yep--the plot is pretty thin. Yep--the book basically moves from one sex scene to another. And yep--it was FUNNY!

Laurentson writes some GREAT alpha-female characters who take no garbage off their men & sling wicked-funny comments. Plus she includes fun alpha-males who manage to dominate & possess their women, but without being creepy-abusive-stalker about it.

All in all I enjoyed her writing immensely. A great "fluff" read...not worth keeping & reading again, mind you...but perfect one-time escapism.

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Erotic Paranormal Romance. Two stories. First, lion shapeshifter Mace returns home to New York intent on claiming Dez, the only woman he's ever loved. Except his high society sister, and leader of the Pride is against it. And Dez is a cop investigating a suspicious murder. And she has no intentions of committing to another man ever again. She's human, and she doesn't know what he is. Then, lion shapeshifter Brenden Shaw falls for wolf shifter Ronnie Lee. But lions and wolves hate each other, right? These stories are fair. The author tries for a lot of humor, and one liners. The romance stories are pretty good, but the one liners get old after awhile. The theme of both stories is boy falls in love with girl from a different class. Fun.

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This is the cutest book. It can be a bit crude and there is a fair amount of sex but it made me laugh out loud and I usually hate funny romance novels. This was a good one. Hope they are all like this.

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This is actually 2 stories (Christmas Pride and Shaw's Tail). Rating is the average for both.
Christmas Pride- 2*
Mace and Dez were BFFs when they were kids. Then she moved. Mace went on to the military and is now out and starting his own business with a military friend (Smitty). Dez also had a military stint and is now a detective. Fast forward 20 years and they reconnect after a Pride member's murder Dez happens to be investigating.
This one didn't work for me. I was more annoyed at both characters. I also didn't find this funny.
Mace is too pushy and obnoxious. I think Dex was supposed to come off as this strong, kick ass character, but she was just so obnoxious, IMO. I thought quite a few of the characters were in this one (Missy for example). I did like Sissy Mae and her brother Smitty. And I really didn't think the # of times Dez (or any female character) used the word slut/whore to insult or refer to a female's sexual desire(s). The men didn't get that treatment, so just stop it. Lots and lots of sex with very little attention paid to the mystery or the why of Petrov's murder.
Shaw's Tail- 3*
This one was better. Brendon was injured in the last story. Ronnie is tasked with watching over him while he recovers. Still lots of sex. I liked the characters more and didn't find them as obnoxious. I did like Mace and Dez more in this one- probably because they were more in the background and not as in your face.
Brendon used to be a "Breeding Male" of the Pride. I thought this whole idea was weird. Yes, I know they are lion shifters, but they are human too. The whole idea of having children as more of a business arrangement was just weird. (He has a boy and girl with 2 different women).
Maybe I will read more of this series?

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