Bear, Otter, and the Kid (Bear, Otter, and the Kid, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Jan 03, 2013 Kelly (Maybedog) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: what-lgbtqia, what-male-protagonist, how-ebook, what-cover-me-up, what-mm-read, what-mm

I am one of the only people I know who didn't just love this book. (Don't get me started on the creepy kid on the cover. His mouth... ***shiver***)

I had a lot of major problems with this book, really disturbing issues, and only the writing (which was very good) and the sweetness kept me reading until the end.

Things I really liked:

The writing is really good for the most part: the imagery and word choices are excellent.

The book takes place in the Pacific Northwest. It's a fake town called Seafare ...more

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Jul 29, 2017 namericanwordcat rated it really liked it

Shelves: contemporary-romance, male-male, loved-forever, funny, working-class-hero, crush, children, contemporary-romance-series, bisexual-male, class-difference

3.5 Stars.

I liked this book much more after I read the sequel. Why? I think the characters are more developed in the second book and looking back at this book I could forgive the things that irrated me, the way I might forgive a teenager for annoying behavior. I will get to those behaviors later.

I picked this series up because I have read TJ Klune before and liked his quirky characters, We get that quirk here in spades with Bear and the Kid and some great side characters but there is a lot of a ...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Emi rated it really liked it

Shelves: m-m-romance, love-it, m-m, mm-and-a-kid

Omg such a cute story...and angsty!
Damn the characters went trough more up and downs in one day then many people would in a whole year. It was at the end a bit irritating cos you keep asking yourself ok what now? What more can the author put the characters trough, how bad can it get and how much drama can I realy take?
But part from that I really liked this book and read it in like one night and love the damn kid sooooo much :D

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Oct 01, 2011 FlibBityFLooB rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: male-author, loved-the-audiobook-narration, read-in-2024, made-me-laugh, made-me-cry, lgbt-characters, read-more-than-once, read-in-2012, zzauthor-klune-tj, read-in-2016

I loved the book. I'm a big fan of novels where the author can make me both laugh and cry within the same storyline. True, the author had as much finesse with foreshadowing as knocking someone upside the head with a 2x4, but even being able to see things coming from miles away - I still loved the book. Unlike some, I happen to love angst in my books, and this had plenty. I must also mention that I loved the kid's poetry.

One of my favorites from the book - the Kid's love poem:
"Otter! Otter! Otter ...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Rossy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-smexin, angst-drama, pub-library

A couple of years ago this would have been in my keeper shelf but as I have gotten older I'm less patient and understanding of stubborn characters.

Nothing like wanting to smack some sense into a character for 95% of a book, or to be driven to drinking in order to finish a book instead of pausing it indefinitely.

I should have been prepared but I forgot to read everyone's review before starting it, and unfortunately it was not what I wanted to read today.

Overall though the story itself is good, ...more

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