3.5 stars. This was an interesting, entertaining read. The blurb for the book lured me in as this was my 1st read in this honey badger series. This book felt like it is just building up to the next book in the series. There was a lot of chaos and a lot of moving parts and you don't really get any romance till the very end. Full of action and drama, little sprinkle of romance. Even though there is a lot going I was able to keep up and enjoyed the writing style and characters. I just wanted more with Finn and Mads.

Long live the honey Badgers. I love this series. It is well written with a good plot line foundation. It is funny. It is sweet. It is steamy. I like how there is a new mystery to solve with in the infrastructure of their own romance. I can't wait for more.

When you just want to submerge yourself into mayhem, action-adventure, and complete and utter hilarity - you can do no better than this. Chaotic, witty, downright bloodthirsty, and with a little smattering of romance!

We've only just met Max's teammates fully in book #3 so there was ever so much we didn't know about them. This book introduces the team, how they met, what they do now, and all the weird personalities they have. Strategists, drama queens, rich-girls, demolitions experts, and expert thieves and tunnelers - this is a team you do NOT want to make enemies of! There are plenty of action scenes and battle royale to enjoy, but there are also the beautifully simple but witty and catty scenes between siblings.

I'm still griping that the girl's dad had to be Scottish - such maligning of my countrymen - but let's face it, no matter what nationality good ol' dad was he's an absolute gobsh*&^! The McKilligan sisters just keep on taking in waifs, strays, and abandoned or neglected friends and family. As a consequence, if you take on one of them, you have a whole army of folk who are willing to back them up.

Mads may think she is a loner with no friends but her teammates are about to put her straight on that. If her horribly neglectful and downright murderous mother and grandmother make a run at her, Mads is about to find out how many friends she actually has. Finn may be her complete opposite but now that his baby sister is now part of the McKilligan clan, the rest of his family are also part of the clan - whether they like it or not!

I loved the way that Mads and Finn are completely oblivious to what is going on between them, they've got a relationship before they even know they really like each other that much.

Stevie, once again, almost causes a complete Charlie meltdown but also provides a beautifully formulated and well-represented mental health scene. I did have a bit of a tear in my eye by the end of that scene.

Please read the series in order, it really well help you see the characters and world development and all the mad side plots make sense. Super happy with the newest addition to the series.

Breaking Badger is another great book in Ms. Laurenston. This one is about one of the honey badgers’ part of Max’s basketball team. They have all been friends since meeting on the way to school.
I loved the book and was happy to read an advance copy from Net Galley for an honest review.
Since I have read all the books in the series, I was able to keep up with all the characters. I don’t think this book can be read as a standalone. Reading the previous books is necessary to fully enjoy this one.
Those Honey badgers! Great story and great writing, highly recommend.

I am never disappointed by reading a book by this writer!!! If you like your reads packed with funny and snark pick this book up and give it a try!!

I loved this book. Genuinely found the writing to be extremely funny and loved the interaction between the characters. Overall an excellent paranormal fantasy shifter romance. I enjoyed it so much and I went back and read the authors other works.

This book was very, very good. It took me a couple tries to get into it and then I couldn't put it down. Mad and Finn were nothing alike and yet they were perfect for each other. Honey badgers are very unique and when other species are mixed in, you can get anything. Finn was a tiger and was amazed at what Mad could tolerate in pain and injuries. There were several stories going on at once but not difficult to follow. I liked seeing characters from other books in the story and I loved how the bears seemed to have their own personal baker in Charlie.
I've read most of Shelly Laurenston's book and have enjoyed them all

I got this book from NetGalley for an honest review

I received this book for my honest opinion,

Absolutely amazing! I laughed until I cried. Laurenston this is the story of Max’s friend Mads and Finn Malone we met in previous books. I really enjoyed the chemistry between these two. Mads is tough and a little quirky. Finn and his family are hilarious. Finn’s father was murdered and he needs Mads and her connection to solve who killed him. Mads relies on her friend Max to help, which means we see a lot of previous characters in the book, but the development of Mads and Finn as a couple is strong. This is an excellent addition to the series and I can’t wait for the next one.

Another fantastic instalment in The Honey Badger Chronicles. This one took a little longer for me to get into than the first three books, but I ended up really enjoying it. The MacKilligan sisters and Max's teammates never fail to entertain. Laurenston consistently makes me laugh out loud at the ridiculous shenanigans her characters manage to land themselves in. My only regret is that now I have to wait another year or so for the next book to find out what happens next.

The story opens with an ops gone bad; the tigers are on one mission and the honey badgers on another, when they realize they’ve been set up and are attacked. When the honey badgers run back to their helicopter to escape, the find it gone. The tigers save them by gathering them on a boat to get out of the danger.

The honey badgers are one scary group, and now we meet Mads, the calmest honey badger yet. Just don’ tell her basketball isn’t a sport. The McKilligan sisters have been the backbone of this series, but now Max McKilligan finds herself on a basketball team to prove to her older sister she does have friends. And being honey badgers, there are fights, with guns, knives, bombs and anything handy. Plus, they hold a grudge.
Mads started life with her Viking great grandmother, but ended up with her hyena mother and grandmother, the odd one out in the family. It has left her shy and insecure in relationships. She has a tendency to just curl up and sleep through anything, having grown up around hyenas, and can often be found in a cupboard. When the honey badgers are thrown together with the Black Malones tiger brothers, we learn their young sister shares the same father with the McKilligan sisters, so family ties.

I love how quirky all the characters are in this book, and there are a lot of characters. Finn was adorable, the sweetest Black Malone, and before long Mads and Finn seem to be developing a relationship, although they don’t realize it.
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The Honeybadgers are back ! I love this series by Shelly Laurenston. I love the humor, so sarcastic and dry. I know I am in for a good time when I start reading.
All the Honeybadgers are here along with the bears, lions and Tigers and more. The main Heroine is Mads, Max's basketball teammate ( Not friends!). Our Hero is Finn, one of the Black Malones brothers. Finn's half sister is Nat, half sister to the crazy MacKilligan sisters. Confusing but SL recaps so you won't get lost or if you have not read any earlier releases which I highly recommend you do.
Lots of fun, fights, killings and bears on my! So much fun, I can't wait for the next release

I received a copy from NetGalley for an honest review. First off Shelly is one of my auto-buy authors, so I knew going in I would enjoy it, and she did not disappoint. The story is of Finn, the second black Malone brother, and Mads, one of Max teammates. The girl plays basketball, while the brothers are in a football team. The brothers have a quest, finding out who is responsible for their father's death some 18-9 years ago. They had a last lead that sends them to a deserted island on the coast of New york. The lead was in fact a trap for them and the honey badgers team, which include max and Mads, in The Group (organization of all shifters founded by Miles VanHolst for the protection of all shifters). Working together they manage to get out alive and relatively unscathed, They went their separate way only for the brothers to find out that their best chance of a lead lies with the honey badgers network. Only one problem after their last encounters, the guys managed to grievously offend Max McGilligan, and none of them would work with them with Max mad at them! Thus start the funny highjinks that is the hallmark of a Shelly book, while the main characters fall in love.

Honey Badger Chronicles, book 4

Another fun read about the MacKilligan sisters. Max’s shifter basketball teammate Mads Galendotter and her family issues are part of the story, along with the Malones, the family of another MacKilligan sister Natalie. The Malones are looking for information on their father’s death and need Max’s help – unfortunately, the Malones have not endeared themselves to Max. Interactions between the different shifter groups are never boring. Finally learn what abilities Nat has inherited from her father Freddy’s genes.

Thanks to NetGalley fir the ARC.

The honey badgers are back, the honey badgers are back!!!! Finn is a tiger shifter on a search for answers in the death of his father, and no one can give him answers, except everyone seems to think the honey badgers can help. Unfortunately for him his brother seems to have insulted them. Max is a basketball loving honey badger that wants to help the cute tiger in his quest for vengeance since she too has her own family drama. Along the way their lives keep intertwining until they can’t seem to stay away from each other. Add I dash of snarky humor, intrigue, steamy times and action and you have a fun filled quest to truth. I cannot explain how excited I was to find out that those wild and crazy honey badgers shifters would have more stories. This book is a bit of a continuation of the MacKilligan sisters story as Mads is one of Max’s basketball teammates (aka friend) and Finn’s sister also is part of the MacKilligan clan (in a weirdly convoluted way). so you’ll see a bunch of familiar faces but you don’t have to have read the other books to enjoy this one, although I really, really, really recommend that you do. Both characters are strong in their own right but the blend of humor and action by the author is so seamless you keep reading until the end because you won’t want to put the book down. I can’t wait for more honey badger stories to come (hopefully real soon please( 5 stars must read. I received an arc copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher for my honest review.

In the latest book in the badger series, Mads, who is a friend of Max MacKilligan, is the main character. She meets Finn Malone, of the Black Malones. In my opinion, this book is better than the last few honey badger books. I would absolutely recommend this book.

This was another great book by Shelly Laurenston. I love almost all of her books, but this series is by far my favorite. This book is slightly different than her other books in the series, and the POV changes more often. However, that only seemed to enhance the book. Overall, this is a book that I highly recommend that will keep you wanting more.

While I loved the book overall, I felt the character wasn’t as developed as I expected. Characteristics that have been explored in most characters by this author felt missing in this book by having a main character that didn’t exude the confidence and character that seems almost trademark of Laurenston’s normal main characters.

Another wildly entertaining book in the Honey Badger series! I love how crazy these women are. How bad ass they are. The silly things that come out of their mouth that never fails to make me laugh out loud. I'm starting to wonder if I'm just as crazy as they are. Why else would their crazy make me laugh so much?

If you have read previous series, this feels like we are just continuing on, this one just focuses a bit more on Mads and Finn. You still get the same side characters from previous books, the same crazy antics and loads of laughter. I probably would recommend reading this in order. I think you just get more enjoyment out of these characters as you learn their personalities and what has conspired up to this point.

I think this will be one of those series that I'll never get tired of. I'm looking forward to the next book!

I binged the Honey Badger Chronicles this February and I absolutely fell in love with it! It’s without a doubt my favorite series to come from Shelly Laurenston and is so easily bingeable, I definitely could have continued on even if there had been more than three books.. I was for sure bummed when I finished, but I was so looking forward to continuing on with Max’s honey badger team. I had a book to finish when I got Breaking Badger, but you can bet that as soon as I had the chance, I dove right in!

I loved being back in this world and I was really excited that we were getting Mads’ book first because she intrigued me the most from Badger to the Bone and I was equally excited that the hero was going to be one The Black Malone brothers! As a couple, I didn’t love Mads and Finn as much as I have the sisters and their men, but I definitely did like them. I’m looking forward to seeing their interactions in the future either from their perspectives or from the other characters’ points of view too.

I had such a good time reading Breaking Badger! It made me laugh my butt off and it felt on the same level as Hot and Badgered which was just hilarious. This book is seriously silly, good fun and I loved it! It kept moving, was full of action, mystery, and some epically awesome fight scenes. I’m sad to say goodbye to this series again already, but I can always revisit while I’m waiting for the next book. I absolutely cannot wait to read it when it’s available and hopefully get some of the answers that we didn’t get in this one.

~ 4.5 Stars

Oh my goodness!! What a wild ride! Loved it. The characters.... wonderful, diverse and insane. So many laugh out loud moments. Ms. Shelly, you wrote a great book!