Review: Mad for a Mate

Mad for a Mate by MaryJanice Davidson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4

I have already read this book twice-once for my pleasure, and then I re-read the series (three books so far) to review this one with everything fresh in my mind.

This should have been a solid 4.5/5 book for me, but Verity (the female protagonist) just annoyed me in the beginning with all her "just kidding" stuff. But I did eventually warm up to her.

If you have read the first two books, you will know just how this book will go.

Bear shifter Magnus Berne meets someone unusual (in this case, it's a Squib named Verity Lane).
The shifter has been depressed for a long time and thinks he will never find love.

The Squib? The same as the shifter-angsty about her future, had a difficult childhood (not as complicated as most of the others in this series, though) and sort of resents what she is.
These two will eventually come together (in more ways than one!) when they are forced to investigate the murder of one of Verity's friends from a squib club she belongs to. This book will also connect with the past two books and the mystery that was started with the first book.

I loved seeing all the characters from the first two books (although I did miss Pat), the mystery was fascinating, and the romance was steamy, but not porn steamy!

*I received this book as an ARC but I have already preordered another copy.

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SYNOPSIS:"Beloved and bestselling author MaryJanice Davidson is back with a hilarious and heartfelt shifter romance featuring:A delightful cast of shifters and supernatural creaturesSide-splitting hijinks that'll make you snort-laughA slow-burn romance that's still sexy as hellVerity Lane might be a Shifter who can't shift (known as a "squib")—but woe betide anyone who tries to tell her who she is or what she's capable of. She's a proud member of a club for squibs out to prove themselves by participating in dangerous stunts. Which is probably how she ended up on this strange island…

Bear shifter Magnus Berne wants two things: to connect with his motherless goddaughter, and to find out who keeps dumping dead bodies on his property. When he discovers Verity on his island, he's determined to get some answers—but it's clear that whoever has been killing squibs is just as resolved to keep it quiet. And now that Verity is in the crosshairs, they'll have to move quickly to stay ahead, stay alive, and stay together.
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