He Ain’t Lion ( Ridgeville1 ) by Celia Kyle

Hello to all,

                         this week i'm a little late to post a review but i'm currently looking for all the material i could need to create the christmas gifts i have in mind and that takes time ( even more than i'm not sure of what i want to do or how long it will take) Anyway you got some giveaways to participate in the meantime and today we are back with our feline shifter reading goal.

This time i decided to check an author from whom i really loved a book, Celia Kyle has a series with bears shifters that i really loved and i discovered she also has one with feline ( and other) shifters so i had to try it since the first book was free ( temporary promotion).

So today  i'm glad to share with you my opinion on " He Ain't Lion"

 happy reading.

Publisher: Summerhouse Publishing

Publication: 2012

ISBN:  9781476234298

Genre: paranormal romance, erotica, shifters
Violence: mild
Language: mild
sex: very strong
Public: 18+

Source: free promotion

Short description from goodreads :

Life sucks… And then you get turned into a werelion…

Curvaceous, blonde bombshell Maya Josephs is looking for a little action to take her mind off of her recent break-up. Crazy werecats or not, an evening at Genesis is exactly what she needs. And when she meets the hotter than hot, super-sexy owner, Alex O’Connell, the alpha lion shifter is just the man to fit the bill for a one-night stand.


Dumped like a rotting piece of meat by her ex, Maya is on the prowl, fixin' to do whatever it takes to get herself a piece of the gorgeous furball. Besides, what’s the harm in a girl having a little bit of fun?

My opinion:

          This story was quite good but really more steamy that the level I was expecting after discovering this author via her Grayslake series ( my review here) , this one is really erotica and what was even more disturbing was that it started right by that part…We don’t learn a lot about the characters before things get hot, the only things we are told is that shifters, cats, lions in particular hold twice a year a kind of orgy with selected human  in hope to get cubs since real mates a few.

Then Maya appears, a human, knowing nothing about shifters but hoping to get a night of Fun because one of her friend told her about the party. Maya has been dumped by her ex because she has curves let say I hate that man even if we don’t even have a glimpse of him but still I didn’t really like Maya behaviour…. Yes she wanted to feel attractive and all but jumping on one stand with strangers just to prove she can? Not something I agree with and I stopped to connect with her then.

Alex is the head of his pride and a better lion than those I have read about in other series (though females are still as bad), he is protective of his kin and never expected to see a unknown human enter during their celebration. Knowing the risk he tries to make her leave but too quickly his lion part get the upper hand and he is wanting this  female and no other… for his benefit , Alex did try to ask Maya, not clearly, not enough but he did ask in his way before acting.

It’s only the next day when the consequences start showing that both characters learn a little about each other (and when I say a little is really a little) Maya was lucky to have shifters friends she didn’t know about. So the story is all about their steamy night together ( Maya, Alex) then Alex retrieval of Maya and a little bit of explanation about the situation. Yes it’s a novella, so it short but still I would have preferred more depth  not just steamy parts.

If you want a steamy short romance with shifters this could be one for you but if you want more story, less steamy and longer I would tell you to check her other series Grayslake which I really loved more and which focus on bears instead of feline

Score:  3/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

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No Ifs, Ands, or Bears About It (Grayslake1) by Celia Kyle

Hello to all,


                  Oulà, already June and we can't really say that i have been really active on the blog in May, so sorry.As you know i had a little difficult time in May and that affected my reading more than i anticipated so while i tried to still visit and comment other blogs, mine took a step down.  I will try to do better, i have several books that had me drolling over and i couldn't start them so the pile grew and as soon as i get back into action i should be really motivated

Today i share with you a book discovered thanks to Brenda ( yes another one^^ what can i say we do share a lot of tastes) one paranormal romance but with bears instead of wolves ( though they have some too). a great change even if wolves stay my favourites with felines^^

Happy reading

Publisher: Createspace

Publication: 2013

ISBN:  1494788373

Genre: paranormal romance, shifters
Violence: strong
Language: normal
sex: strong, steamy
Public: 18+

Source: won
 

Short description from goodreads :

The first day of Mia's new life in Grayslake, Georgia is not going as planned. The house her grandfather left her looks ready to crumble, boxes cover every inch of the floor and-oh-there's a bear cub in her pantry. It gets worse when the cub's uncle comes by and busts out his fur and claws while on her front porch. Then it gets loads better because suddenly there's a hot hunk of badge-wearing werebear on her lawn ready to rescue her. Yum. Of course, he has to ruin things by trying to take the cub out of her hands. Ha! The cub is hers... No ifs, ands, or bears about it.

Werebear Ty can't seem to get the curvaceous, delectable Mia to understand that, even if she is one-quarter werebear, she isn't keeping the cub. Ty is the Grayslake Itan, the clan's leader, and the little werebear is going home with him... Unless it isn't. It's her smile. If she'd stop smiling and being gorgeous, his inner-bear would support him and Ty would get his way. But the beast wants to make their woman happy, so it's perfectly content to let her do as she pleases. Then things change. Threats arise, danger comes close, and Ty demands she return to his den. No ifs, ands, or "mates" about that.

My opinion:

          Loved It! Bears shifters won point with this story to move in my favourite kind of shifters list… I mean you can’t resist a cub like Parker. He is so cute and suffered so much I just want to cuddle and protect him. The older version like Ty is super sexy as you can imagine from the cover. Now what was really interesting for me was to see how they were structured, how they lived after all we often imagine bears are solitary creatures and here it was partly the case. Each clan is quite closed on itself and they don’t accept well people from outside the clan (no bears even less) but at the same time they have a clan home. They regroup and lives together in one city.

We also see which other kind of shifters live in the area and what kind of “relationship” they have together. Instructive and it shows how well the author imagined her universe.

The characters all have a different personalities and while I really appreciated Ty  he did make some effort and was kind of a real teddy bear inside the big growling alpha) I must say that I’m quite attracted to his brothers… between the one too often left aside and the doctor one… I can only hope to read their own stories soon but back to this first book. I think it’s a really promising debut it has it all the suspense, the action, the romance and the humour too.

The only thing that bothered me a little was how quickly Mia surrender to Ty… yes she is attracted and yes she doesn’t surrender completely but she jump in his bed a little too quickly to my tastes. Now it’s not insta love since she keeps doubting him and his attentions but she did surrender to her hormone and when we learn that bear shifters are not monogame or loyal in most case it bothered me a little . I would havbe loved if she made a point first. Thankfully the author really managed to makes things works by adding some special elements I will let you discover and she made the couple learn about each other before really committing so I easily kept my attention focused on the story as a whole and it was really captivating so I read it in one sitting.

If you love shifters in general and want some romance mixed with a lot of action this is the perfect book for you.

Score:  4,5/5

Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

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