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Feb 27, 2011

Zeek rated it:

At his good friend’s wedding to Smith pack Alpha Bobby Ray “Smitty” Smith, Grizzly shifter Lachlan Macryrie decides the sexy little tigon (half tiger/ half lion) he happens upon is as irresistible as honey covered salmon. But a misunderstanding leads to a brawl causing her to slip thru his paws like his slippery favorite food.

Gwen O’Neill, mix breed shifter and sister to two severely protective lions, is a beauty. But does she follow in her Mom’s lioness pawprints and labor in the More...

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Feb 15, 2010

Melindeeloo rated it:

Forget shape shifters who make you want to howl, this one will make you want to cover yourself in honey!

I really liked the hero of Mane Squeeze, who can deny the charm of a seven foot drop dead gorgeous shifter in a kilt and as a grizzly shifter Lock MacRyrie has an understated danger about him that I found truly appealing and which allows this thoughtful sweetheart of a hunk the ability to make even the fiercest breed of shifters run for cover - or play dead.

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Aug 01, 2011

Emily rated it:

Gwen O'Neill is not sure what draws her to the handsome Grizzly Lachlan "Lock" MacRyie, but she seems to always find herself in his arms. When they "accidentally" bump into each other again, he finally asks her out, after all bears are deep thinkers. Lock has never met anyone quite like Gwen, sexy, unpredictable, and addictive and he can't think of his life without her in it.

Not sure why I kept putting this one to the side, thought it was fantastic. A lot of su More...

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Nov 30, 2009

Katie(babs) rated it:

There are not many funny and loopy paranormal books that will have you laughing out loud and rolling your eyes at the same time. The Main Squeeze is definitely one of them.

Lachlan “Lock” MacRyrie is not really that interested in social events. But, since this seven foot tall grizzly bear shape-shifter from Long Island, New York has no choice and must to attend his good friend’s wedding, he’ll suck it up and pretend to enjoy himself. Lock enjoys the simple things in life, such as cat More...

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Mar 05, 2011

Amy or "Ames" rated it:

Bears! My first bear shifter book and what an impression it made! He may not be an alpha male but Lock's very size (6ft 11 3/4inch human and 10ft bear) and demeanour means he can pretty much do whatever he wants as evidenced by his treatment of the "kittens" Mitch and Brendon, sometimes forgetting he was still dragging them like battered ragdolls in his hands. He was very entertained by these two playthings, much to their chagrin...and need for a hospital afterwards. -LMAO!

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Apr 05, 2011

Catherine rated it:

I've been in the mood for funny lately and have been on a marathon of Laurenston's books. This is definitely one of my favorites in the Pride series. Lock and Gwen are so cute together and they are one of the most sane couples we have seen to date. They're sweet and happy together and most of the hilarious situations come from their dealings with their friends and family.

I absolutely loved Mitch through this book because I practically died laughing every time he was in a scene! He More...

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Jul 03, 2011

Kathy rated it:

Fourth in the paranormal-romance Pride series based in New York City. Pride is all about the interactions between shifters and their clans, packs, family units of any kind. We started with lions, progressed to wolves, added in wild dogs—African wild dogs, no less, and now we gots bears. As Gwen puts it, a honey bun of a grizzly bear.

The Story
One brief encounter after another slowly raises the mutual interest of Lock MacRyrie in Gwen O'Neill. Handling an argument between two wolves More...

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Nov 22, 2010

Bobs (Reader Unbound) rated it:

The Mane Squeeze is the forth installation the Pride series and it once again demonstrates the amazing talent of Miss Laurenston. I laughed so damn much that I had to constantly remind myself to breath and the fact that my sister was staring straight in me with the " There is no way we are connected, they probably switched the babies in the hospital " look didn't help !
When you are a half breed, the daughter of Roxy( this woman is completely wild and I'm not sure that it is in t More...

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Oct 17, 2011

Kerry of Musings of a bookworm rated it:

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The synopsis
Growing up on the tough Philly streets, Gwen O'Neill has learned how to fend for herself. But what is she supposed to do with a nice, suburban Jersey boy in the form of a massive Grizzly shifter? Especially one with a rather unhealthy fetish for honey, moose, and . . . uh . . . well, her. Yet despite his menacing ursine growl and four-inch claws, Gwen finds Lachlan "Lock" MacRyrie cute and really sweet. He actua More...

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Jan 30, 2011

ALPHAreader rated it:

‘The Mane Squeeze’ is the fourth book in Shelly Laurenston’s ‘Pride’ series.

Gwen O’Neill is a ligon (tiger/lion hybrid) – she can turn her head 180°, go ‘house cat’ on her enemies and generally take care of herself when anti-hybrid bullies want a piece. What Gwen hasn’t quite mastered is her smothering family. Her promiscuous and hot-to-trot mother, ‘Roxy’ O’ Neill. Her half-brother, Mitchell Shaw and the half-brother of her half-brother, Brendan Shaw. All of these people who make up h More...

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Jan 07, 2010

Kaleigha rated it:

O.K. I am on a Shelly Laurenston mini-marathon. They are quick, fun, easy reads, and very enjoyable. Sexy, with a bit of humor. This one is not bad, by any means, but it isn't my favorite. I liked the characters, but it was just a bit too...chaotic, for me.

Lock is adorable...well, as adorable as a 6'11" and three quarters grizzly shifter can be. Sweet natured, thoughtful, and kind of shy (unless you startle him, or just generally piss him off), Lock wants nothing more than More...

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Sep 16, 2011

Wai rated it:

I'll put this right at the start and state that this is first Pride book, in fact, the first Shelly Laurenston / G.A. Aiken that I didn't enjoy as much as the others in her series.

It wasn't down to the lack of action, because there was. Nor was it down to the lack of hot scenes because there were plenty. The amount of laugh out loud scenes I've come to expect were in full abundance, too.

No, the only reason is because of the behaviour of one or two characters who have already More...

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Nov 03, 2009

Smokinhotbooks rated it:

As my college English professor once told me, it’s harder to make people laugh than cry. This was after he gave me a C, but that is another post. This book made me laugh-out- loud. I had happy tears coming down my face. This also could have been due to my antibiotics, as I more than once wanted to swing in circles and shout, “weeee”. This book picks-up after Mane Attraction, (Sissy Mae and Mitch Shaw’s story), where we were introduced to Gwen, who is Mitch’s younger sister and she also happ More...

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Nov 09, 2011

Anne rated it:

Let me just start by saying that I almost never like to read series out of order and my experience with this just reinforces that decision. Somebody remind me of that next time I try to start a series by jumping in in the middle.

So, yes, this was the first book in the series I read (I was looking for something mindlessly amusing since my non-fiction reading has been teh suck of late), but I almost didn't make it past the first couple chapters because the family squabbling was driving More...

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May 24, 2011

Jan rated it:

I totally have a thing for giant heroes. I'm 6ft myself, and I always find it silly that American books describe men of 6ft tall, when in my POV (and more or less in my country) that's about average. So when there's a truly tall hero around, I'm already halfway to swooning meltdown.

Added to that, Lock is a 6ft11 grizzly shifter, who fantasizes about salmon covered in honey, and loves to play with his toes. So I was kinda sold on the hero. I quite liked Gwenie as well in the previous More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Alexandria rated it:

I really like this series but this one seemed to be lacking something the others had. Not to say it was't good because it was.

I LOVED Lock, the big grizzly. He was so unlike the other men in this series, who are stubborn and thick-headed. Lock actually used his smarts and was very caring and gentle at times, even though he was a mammoth. I enjoyed reading about him a lot.

That said I wish there was more to him! There was another side story that I wasn't really catching onto More...

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Nov 08, 2009

Cindy rated it:

Good read. The hero's a 7 foot shifter [who we discover looks EXCELLENT in a kilt:] and just happens to turn into a grizzly bear. The heroine's a mere 5' 8" [practically a munchkin in the shifter world:] mixed-breed who just happens to be Mitch O'Neill/Shaw's little sister.

The author delivers her customary hot scenes intermixed with laugh-out-loud humor. Mix together plots [both nefarious and well intended:], shifter prejudices and politics, over-protective brothers [and thei More...

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Mar 05, 2010

Anita rated it:

Book 4 in the hilarious paranormal romance series "Pride". This one brings together Mitch's half-sister Gwen with a bear shifter named Lock. Gwen is a tigron - half tiger, half lion, and not fully accepted in the shifter world. Her best friend Blayne (half wolf, half dog) and she meet Lock when attached by a stranger wolf pack while on vacation. Lock falls for Gwen right away, but doesn't see her again for a few months, after Gwen and Blayne have taken over Blayne's dad's plumbing busi More...

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May 29, 2010

Sandy Elise-all things bright and shiny rated it:

While I enjoyed this book simply because I like bear shifters and this story gives a better view into the prejudices against mixed breeds, there were a lot of unanswered questions at the end. Also, the heroine is such a scaredy cat (no pun intended). I never get the feeling that she could pretend or defend a grape. Lock on the other hand, is totally hot and I have decided in shifter world, I want a bear. Also, I know that the way it ended with DeAnne was suppose to really make me want to read th More...

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Jan 21, 2011

Jodie rated it:

3.75 STARS

I want to cry!! This is the first book that I have read from Shelly Laurenston that hasn't had me dancing around with my pompoms chanting for people to "READ, READ, READ"

If you have read my previous reviews you will know that I absolutely ADORE Shelly Laurenston and unquestionably still do, but this is the first book that hasn't completely hit the mark for me.
I found it different from the other Pack & Pride novels as the main male character - More...

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May 20, 2011

Jayded rated it:

love love love Lock. Such a sweetie. I want one!

Almost a year later and I still melt over him playing with his toes. My cousin thought I was nuts until she finally read it herself.

Did I mention I love Lok?

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Jun 02, 2011

Melanie rated it:

Loved this one: I thought Lock was such an adorable hero! I love his toe thing:-D and his honey obsession! The mix of goofy and protective beast was great! Gwen was fun, but Lock really carried the book:-D 4.5*

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Mar 05, 2010

Sharon rated it:

Oh Lock....how I love thee. He is SUCH a hottie and completely adorable at the same time. He is basically without flaws throughout the book, and that is rare for heroes. But it will just make you love him more. Gwen is fun and tough and sassy - so two great lead characters. The love story is beautifully told and the sex scenes are steaming hot. The first one is awesome. Well worth the wait of all those pages. This is my favorite love story of the series so far!

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Nov 01, 2009

Mistress ~ ♠ Mistral's Kiss ♠ ~ rated it:

I don't see myself reading The Mane Squeeze again. As always Laurenston's dialogue is sharp and hilarious. And though I feel like I'm whinning about this often, I really wish authors would stop throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. I was often distracted from Gwen and Lock's awesome together by( her brothers, her brothers annoying mates, her former pride, her bff, her bff's friends, shifter sporting events, shifter military operations, Lock's fam/friends, several other packs, all the kin More...

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Jun 06, 2011

Caitlin rated it:

Fourth book in and I'm completely addicted to this series! I'm in love with Shelly Laurenston's characters and the one big happy family they all make together. I love how the author brings characters back from previous books, and how everyone is so connected to eachother.

I am thorougly enjoying myself with the smokin' love scenes and the witty banter. I also really appreciate how little relationship angst there is in the novels. There are no triangles and while a couple might have r More...

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Apr 25, 2011

Melanie rated it:

I loved this Pride book from Laurenston! As always, this read was laugh out loud hilarious and sizzling hot. I really liked Lock and Gwen - their personalities were different from previous main characters but they were still great. Lock was not your typical alpha male - more beta in character (unless of course startled awake or defending his woman) but hello - prehensile lips... enough said! Gwen was funny and charming with her irrational fear of organ-stealing hospitals. It was cool to hav More...

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Dec 21, 2009

Andrea rated it:

I adored the hero of this book, a laid-back grizzy shapeshifter that you wouldn't want to startle. And I enjoyed the story of his relationship with a Philly tiger/lion shapeshifter, along with Shelly Laurenston's trademark humor. But the novel was missing a certain tension: not that there wasn't a lot of conflict, because there was conflict up the wazoo, but the relationship between the hero and the heroine never seemed to be in much jeopardy. So even though the book was fun to read, I never More...

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Sep 04, 2010

Donna rated it:

The intro is confusing and difficult to get into as the liat of characters are lengthy and their relationships are somewhat convulted. I suspect that the same characters were used in earlier books and the author thought people would just know who the characters were as well as how they were related to each other. I almost ditched the book at 20 pages and again and 50 pages; however, I stuck with it as several poeple had recommended it. About 2/3 through, things started to pull together and the b More...

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Nov 08, 2009

Carrie rated it:

I freely admit I might have liked this book better if I'd had more background information. It was a "freebie" for the Kindle and i didn't know it was the fourth of a series until after I'd started it, and gotten very confused about the situation and characters I was obviously suppose to already be familiar with.

Laurenston writes well, but I don't care for the constantly fighting/bickering cast of characters. The only characters I completely liked were Lock and his friend, More...

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Feb 01, 2011

Kris (KindleRomance) rated it:

I think this was my favorite of the series so far! I just loved Lock & Gwen. He was one of the sweetest guys ever and had such a straight forward approach to their relationship. Very refreshing. I really liked Gwen. She was quite a spit fire! I thought there was a lot more relationship building in this story between the two characters which I enjoyed. As usual with books in this series, there are some hilarious lines and touching moments. There are a ton of family members all over the place w More...

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