Burden (Bayou Bear Chronicles, #1) in Dauntless Indies Read and Review Squad

Jan 08, 2014 Echo rated it it was amazing

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Lila Felix had me ready to read just with the fact that it's one of her books, add in the fact that this is her first paranormal romance and I was freaking out. I swear the moment it hit my email, I was bouncing around and squeeing - loudly. One of those rare authors that I trust implicitly with a story, Burden didn't disappoint and I was left with a smile on my face and ready for the next book in the series.

When Hawke, a Black bear and Alpha of the Bear Shifters, receives information that a Bla Lila Felix had me ready to read just with the fact that it's one of her books, add in the fact that this is her first paranormal romance and I was freaking out. I swear the moment it hit my email, I was bouncing around and squeeing - loudly. One of those rare authors that I trust implicitly with a story, Burden didn't disappoint and I was left with a smile on my face and ready for the next book in the series.

When Hawke, a Black bear and Alpha of the Bear Shifters, receives information that a Black bear shifter female is being held by a pack of Grizzly bear shifters, he immediately heads over to check things out. What he finds is Echo, the female shifter, who is being treated badly. She's also a healer, which way cool :) From the moment he gets there he feels that she is his mate and the moment they lay eyes on each other, it becomes real. Mates, destined to be together and all that awesome jazz. Excuse me while I sigh and grin like a maniac. I loved this book, seriously loved it. Boy bear meets girl bear, they're soul mates, yay!! There is a lot of awesome stuff that happens, but I don't want to give the plot away.

I will talk about Hawke and Echo though...

Hawke is the bees knees, seriously, hands down, one of my favorites. Move over paranormal book boys, Hawke is going on my ever-growing, never-ending book boyfriend list. I love Hawke. He's all alpha-y and yummy, and hugely muscled, which yum. He's also kind, gentle, and strong. That's another thing I love about Lila Felix books, she writes really good men.

Now, I get to Echo. Which just going to take a moment to express some giddiness - she has my name!! She has my name!! I've never run across a book character with my name, heck I don't even meet people in real life with my name! Eeek!! Love it!! Okay, done with my giddiness….

Echo is awesome, truly and completely awesome. This girl has known some horrible pain and abuse and yet she hasn't lost her goodness. She's kind, strong, a completely perfect female alpha. I was rooting for her from the moment she hit the pages and I loved that she was a healer. Her family origins and what we find out about her is really cool.

And here is where I gush about the relationship, but not too much…

I loved them together, really, really loved. The mythology that Lila Felix has created is very cool, how the bears mate, how they figure out who their soul mate is, all of it was really awesome. There is such a sweetness to the relationship between Hawke and Echo, and while the steam factor is very low, it's still really awesome.

Okay now that I've gushed all over the place, I leave you with this - go 1-click Burden NOW!! It's really good, one of her best yet, but then I think that every time she puts a book out :) Go read it, you'll love it, it's YA, it's Paranormal Romance, it's sweet, it's lovely, it's awesome.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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Jun 06, 2015 Claire - The Coffeeholic Bookworm rated it it was amazing

'Tis my first bear-shifter book and I totally loved it to bits! Hawke Turnclaw, the Alpha male of the Black Bear clan, had finally met his match, his mate, his other half - Echo. Before he found her, he wasn't sure how to properly lead and manage his clan. Before he found her, Echo was a slave, abused by the Grizzlies, even burned whenever she tried to escape. But now that Hawke got Echo, together they share the burden on their shoulders and became a powerful couple.

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Jun 01, 2015 Jessica Del Fuoco rated it it was amazing

Warning…this may contain small spoilers.

Burden is the story of Echo and Hawke. Echo was living with a grizzly bear clan and was treated very poorly. Hawke is the Black Bear alpha and goes to collect the check out the news of the grizzly clan hiding a black bear against her will.

When Hawke enters the grizzly bear land, he knows that they are deliberately avoiding his questions and hiding this female black bear. The alpha retreats, not wanting to stir up trouble with the grizzly clan mainly beca ...more

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Jun 06, 2015 Candice rated it it was amazing

.:. I received a copy of this book for an honest review.:.

i fell in love with this book in the beginning chapters. i couldn't put it down for anything. i took my reading app everywhere with me. this book was so amazing and powerful. the Alpha of the black bears heard news of a black bear female who was with the grizzly clan and that she was very malnourished and mistreated. so the alpha when to investigate and while doing so he found his mate <3 I love how he rescued her and took her in and i fe ...more

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Jan 17, 2016 Jaime Rodriguez rated it it was amazing

First of all this is an amazing story. I don't always love shifter stories. What I love about this one is how wrapped up in the story I was. Lila has a way of telling a story that makes you fall in love with her characters. I adore the way Hawke loves not only Echo but his clan. Echo is an amazing woman. She was abused her entire life and when she finds love and acceptance, she gives those she cares for her all. Even if she didn't realize she was doing it. I laughed and cried when I was reading ...more

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Jun 11, 2015 Amanda Jane Williams rated it it was amazing

Do you believe in love at first sight? If you don't you will when you finish with this! Echo and Hawke have a love like no other and nothing will keep them apart. I can not wait to start in on the second one, I wanna know what happens!
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