Review: The Boy Who Cried Bear

The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Warning - the end quarter or so of this book deals with the discussion of pedophilia.

I highly recommend that if you haven't read them already, you read the Rockton Series to get yourself acquainted with many of the characters in this one. You don't HAVE to, as there is plenty of backstory. However, reading those books will make you comfortable with this off-shoot all that much quicker.


This exciting book showed that Haven's Rock might not be the ideal place it's cracked up to be. We ended the last book "Murder at Haven's Rocl" at the tiniest bit of a cliffhanger, and we are quickly brought right back to it. The Miner's *said with a spooky/ominous voice* the group of men that are next door and that Casey and Eric never expected to have to deal with in this span of wilderness.

While out on a hike, the youngster (and boy, did the author really ratchet up the tension by adding kid's to this series) Max and Gunner (another member of the town) see what appears to be a human/ bear; well, it had human eyes at least. Come to find out, a member of the mining camp appears to have seen it too, and been attacked by it. Of course, no one believes either of them, and they need to go into the forest to prove themselves.

Well, just remeber, the first rule of Haven's Rock is to not go alone into the forest!

I can't wait to re-read this book!

*ARC Supplied by the publisher Minotaur Books, the author, and NetGalley.

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"In The Boy Who Cried Bear, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong keeps readers on the edge of their seats while detective Casey Duncan tries to locate the threat before it’s too late. . .

Haven’s Rock is a well-hidden town surrounded by forest. And it’s supposed to be, being that it’s a refuge for those who need to disappear. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton already feel at home in their new town, which reminds them of where they first met in Rockton. And while they know how to navigate the woods and its various dangers, other residents don’t. Which is why people aren't allowed to wander off alone.

When Max, the town’s youngest resident—taught to track animals by Eric—fears a bear is stalking a hiking party, alarms are raised. Even stranger, the ten-year-old swears the bear had human eyes. Casey and Eric know the dangers a bear can present, so they’re taking it seriously. But odd occurrences are happening all around them, and when a dead body turns up, they’re not sure what they’re up against."