This is the first book, in the three book series, Star Bears. --- Getting knocked up after a one night stand was not part of Julia's life plan.
But sometimes you have to take what life throws at you -- and now she plans to be the best mother possible to her son, Cody.
One thing Julia did not know was that her one night stand lover was actually a bear shifter named Shane.
With no way of contacting him, she assumed she would never see him again; and she also assumed that he would not want the baby anyway.
It seems she might have assumed wrong.
Now the baby is here, and Shane has tracked her down. Could the bear's unwanted baby possibly be a lot more important than Julia ever realized? --- Note: As with all Amy Star* works, due to mature themes, language, and explicit sexual content, this book is intended for readers aged 18+. No cheating, no cliff-hanger, and a happily ever after guaranteed!
Star Bears series Book 1: The Bear's Unwanted Baby Book 2: The Bear's Arranged Mate Book 3: The Bears' Shared Bride
Amy Star* loves to write Paranormal Romance and in particular loves Bear Shifters. If you are a fan of Bear Shifter romances then you have come to the right author. When she is not writing Amy loves to try and work out and keep fit but she also loves her cheat days even more when she can eat her chocolate guilt free!
If you are new to Amy Star's work then check out "The Bear In Me" or "The
Firstly the title is misleading, it should be 'The Bears Unexpected Baby' because the baby is in fact very much wanted. Julie has a one night stand and when she wakes up in the morning Shane's gone, she then discovers she's pregnant, then once she's had the baby her and her best friend move out into the middle of nowhere to live in an isolated cabin, not what I'd choose to do with a newborn but we're all different I suppose. Then Shane comes to the door... “So it’s true!” he bellowed. “You had my baby. How could you have my baby and not tell me?!” He was literally shaking with anger. His hand was now gripping the door frame, his knuckles white. He didn’t let her get a word out before starting again. “My son! How could you have my son and not tell me?” Julie responds... "How the hell could I have told you? You didn’t even tell me your last name. What did you want me to do? Maybe put up fliers through the forest with your face on them? Is that what you wanted me to do?”........"And furthermore,” she continued, “why would I want to tell you? Why would I want my son to have someone like you in his life? You slept with me and then left me. You didn’t even say goodbye. What kind of father could I possibly have expected you to be?” I like shifter books and I fully expected to like this one but I didn't, I found myself skimming all the time since it wasn't holding my attention. Why did I continue reading? I'm asking myself the same question, I suppose I thought it might get better, it might be worth it in the end. Well it didn't and it wasn't.
My sister read this book and all but hated it. The excerpt she included in the book made me want to read it, so I did. It had a rough beginning to say the least. Seemed like the author just gave us a brief on the heroines life up until the baby was born. It was like the book started in the middle of the story. Parts of the story didn't make a lick of sense as my sister pointed out and it kind of made me laugh. I was so taken with how funny it was that the Hero, Shane call his self mad at the heroine for not telling him she was pregnant when she didn't even know his name. That's comedy right there. After a while I started getting into it though. The plot and storytelling seemed to had gotten better and I absolutely loved the heroines best friend, Sarah. (I think that was her name). She was tough.
This was an okay light read before I dig into a book that actually scares me.
This contemporary shifter book is actually two stories. First, Julia and Shane met on a hiking trail, she had a one night stand (though she thought it would be more), and ended up pregnant. She takes the baby and her best friend, Sarah, to live in the cabin she inherited from her grandfather. There, Shane shows up demanding to spend time with little Cody. Over the months that follow, the 3 of them become a family unit, with love rekindling between Shane and Julia. Second, Skylar, Shane's younger brother, has lived to wreak vengeance on the local werewolves for killing his parents. When the wolves seem to have targeted Shane, Julia, and Cody, he takes the opportunity to come down from the mountains and kill the wolves he is sure will attack. There is animosity between him and Sarah right away, but the sexual chemistry is high. Sarah is resistant to getting emotionally involved with anyone, using men as disposable fodder for her newspaper column, Sex with Sarah. Shane's single-mindedness make him abhor getting involved at all. However, the sparks between Sarah and Skylar seem to be drawing them toward the inevitable conclusion that "resistance is futile." See? Sounds like a great book. Sort of like two intertwined novellas. BUT the typos, uncomfortable phrasing, and horrible grammar turned this into a less than perfect reading experience. Where the hell was the editor? Oh wait, self-published books don't have editors. But did the woman not have any educated, honest friends to beta read it for her? It just seems like I put more effort into making sure my reviews are well-written than the author put into her work. Had this been on paper and I'd have had a red pencil, there would be corrections all over it, and I'd have given it a D+. Lack of proofreading is just a sin as far as I am concerned. When I read these self-published books, especially the ones that have so much potential, I wish I could offer myself up as a beta reader. I have so much respect for anyone who has the discipline to write a book. Hell, most of us who are voracious readers have ideas for stories, but lack the drive to sit down and actually do the work. But when a seriously good plot is rife with errors, it is tragic. Okay, maybe that wording is a bit dramatic, but you get the gist, right? So... I paid 99 cents for this, so monetarily it wasn't a bad investment. The time investment not so much. So unless Ms Star does some serious correcting of the issues with this book, I'd say give it a pass.
First half of the story is about Shane and Julia, as well as their son- whom everyone refers to often as: The Baby, or The Child. Why couldn't it be: our son, or just Cody? It really irked me.
Second half of the story is about Skylar and Sarah. This story I liked a lot better. It felt like it had more meat to the story, unlike the first half.
I thought it was dry. I expected more action and explaining on the wolves and what happened. The relationship aspect was okay but I just wanted to see more detail.
This was OK. OK in the story was good but really instead of a novel I would call this two novella's put together. Shane is not the jerk I expected and I was pleasantly surprised by that. However I considered the writing to be very amateur. The charterers needed more development and the story too. It had the potential to be really good but fell flat. I would say 2.5 stars.
Full of typos, half the book is double spaced and the other half single spaced, and there's a whole section that's completely repeated. Proof. Read. What a disappointment to what should have been an ok story. Oh, and the title is dumb because the baby is never unwanted... It doesn't even make sense. Sigh.
I wanted to give this book a 4, because I enjoyed the story. But all the typos, bad spelling and poor grammar took away some of the enjoyment. I, unfortunately, have gotten used to poor editing in e books. This was worse than most. I will read the sequel and hope for better editing.
The printer / editor should have been more careful with the wording and spelling. For example, using "know" for "now" on several occasions. Also, mixed up the two male characters. Otherwise ok story for 99 cents.
The were too many story lines going on. I wish she would have focused on one and develop the plot and characters more. There were a lot of typos and mistakes that made it hard to follow at times.
Review originally posted on http://kittylishareviews.blogspot.com.... Julia got herself pregnant after a one night stand that she never planned to have. But a deep connection to the drifter made her find comfort in his body. Since then she found she is pregnant. With no way to contact him she assumes he would want nothing to do with the baby or her until he shows up at her home. Can she trust this man enough to let him in her life and around her son? Image result for The Bear's Unwanted Baby by Amy Star Shane has regretted having to walk away from his human from the day he spent the night in her tent, but now that she is back on the mountain and has his child he may be able to reveal himself as he truly is. The only problem is with all of the pain in his past can he really move past that in order to be the mate and father that he wants to be? There are a few things about this book that I personally do not like. For instance, the title. The book is called the bear's unwanted baby. But, he wanted him from the moment he knew he was his and there was never a moment of hesitation when it came to that. Another thing was that the author often referred to Cody as "the baby" or "the child". That bothers me as a parent and it is also poor writing. The other and final thing that I do not like is this one book was basically two little novellas crammed together. This is not a bad book or even a hard read but at the end of the day it is not my preference. Considering that I love paranormal romance and devour them every chance that I get this is surprising but everyone has their own preferences. The book could use a little bit of a re-write and be transitioned into two novellas but things happen.
the story for a book one, but doesn't the story mark.
I liked this book, although it needs some fine tuning. I try one more of my Star's books and if it has similar issues have can't see myself reading anymore books by this author. What's this issue you ask besides the editing and there was so little of that have was able to over look it, it was the Cody CONSTANTLY being called "the baby". I mean you is addressing their child as "the baby" over 90% of the time. For some this may not be an issue. For me have was just trying to determine my not call the child by his given name. ..... Where's the baby/ where's Cody.... Will the baby be going with us/ ill Cody be going with us. You be the judge, for me reading through the entire book Cody is addressed as the baby over 100 times in important and small scenes.
I read this thru KU. Generally I like romantic books with babies even if paranormal, but the high rating for this book mystified me. I did manage to read it all the way through, so that is something. However, the whole time I just felt like the characters didn't really connect and interactions were very stiff. As I thumbed back through the book I realized the actual amount if dialogue is very scant. Often it was presented as either a sort series of 1-5 word exchanges, or a very wordy retelling or explanation, with pages and pages in between with no dialogue at all. The author had a fun story wrote it so that they told readers about it rather than show it (if that makes sense), and even though it had some good moments the overall result was very shallow and un-immersive.
The story is ok however the instalove is a bit far fetched normally I don't have a problem with instalove stories and I didn't mind the story with Shane and Julia but Sklar and Sarah is a bit too out there for me. There was also no emotional connection for me as the reader with the characters. I also felt seperate from the story with the fact that the characters kept referring to Cody as the baby instead of by his name. And while this is ok in some instances they were constantly doing it even when talking about his birthday it just felt like there was no connection to this child that's brought them all together and I found it out me off the book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
DNF.. I just could not .... He ghosts on her after giving her the Impression it was hearts and flowers, then when he discovers she’s had a child and comes all high horse rage and accusation because she didn’t somehow track him down without even knowing his full name. And then he mutters about having issues but tries to play happy families without ever telling her anything...and worse she lets him. Ok honestly any woman with an ounce of self respect would have junk punched him and protected her child from that kind of disrespect.
1 Star = DNF. 2 Star = Finished. Didn’t really enjoy. 3 Star = Finished. Story was neither good nor bad. 3.5 Star = Finished. Story was neither good nor bad. Will probably pick up next in series if there is one. 4 Star = Finished. Enjoyed story & will definitely pick up next in the series! 5 Star = Bloody LOVED it! ❤️
After a one night stand on a mounting side trail turned a hiking trip into a knocked-up trip, best friends decide to return to the mountain cabin to raise the baby together. Only one pair of brother bears and a whole pack of wolves have different ideas.
The book was too fast-paced making me feel like I was missing information. It jumped between topics with no explanation. The relationships felt forced and the conversations felt scripted. The narration for the audiobook was also not done well, especially for the male characters.
I rated this book The bears unwanted baby 5/5 This book is amazing, I sought I scared and I cried, what more could you ask for can't wait to read the next part I the series
I feel the story was not as fleshed out as it could have been. The second couple could have had their own story. And the audio reader wasn't my fave but I thank her and the writer
and this author didn't think to at least verify the low ratings??? I will try very hard to avoid spoilers. The title suggests that this baby is unwanted, totally untrue. From the moment Shane saw Cody he went into full on daddy mode. Shane comes off as the biggest a-hole on the planet, equal only to his brother. He spends months visiting this baby daily yet still refers to him as "the boy". Any parent would balk at that and yet Julia says nothing. Both of these brothers need a personality makeover, or do-over. I can accept their boorishness in the beginning but at some point they need to become more human, preferably before they start sleeping with the humans. The transition from one set of main characters to the other is sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. I appreciate that the author made it all one book, but the back end is written like a sequel to the front end, same story, different main characters. A Part One, Part Two separator would have been helpful. The editing was practically nonexistent. I can overlook a few typos, a couple of missed or incorrect punctuation, but sentence after sentence of grammatical impossibilities makes this hard to read and even harder to enjoy. The pronoun errors were a constant chaser to misspelled or wrong word choice. "He" and "her", ok, but "her" and "heard"? I couldn't really let that go. As for the sloppy transition I mentioned earlier, the attempt was made at the end of Chapter 7. Those very same paragraphs are repeated at the beginning of Chapter 8. A lot of these issues could have been handled by a proofreader at the very least. The major issues require an editor because some of the sentence structure was just plain scary. I would never give a book less than a single star, just the effort alone. I promise you, the two stars you see above are for the plot, the excellent storyline that was ruined by the professionalism of everyone involve in its publishing. No, I will not be reading the rest of this trilogy.
Title: The Bear's Unwanted Baby A Paranormal Pregnancy Romance Author : Amy Star Narrator: Everly Rose Reviewer: Stephanie Jordan #Paranormal #BearShifter #WolfShifter ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I love this NEW to me ebook I can read it or listen to it. This is GREAT! I was hooked from the beginning, in fact I really loved it. Ms. Star writes amazingly page after page, I was glued and couldn't put this ebook down. It has everything in it. Betrayal, Jealousy, Revenge, Sacrifice, Love, Honesty and Steamy Hot Sex. BUT NEVER WAS THE BABY UNWANTED!!! Julia life took a twist she wasn't ready for, hiking and pitching a tent in the woods by her uncle's cabin, so she could unwind was great, meeting Shane was phenomenal plus the best sex she's ever had, then he was gone. Going home to her roommate, Sarah Maine who was her best friend since they went to Symhurst College. When Cody came Julia and Sarah's life seemed complete. They even moved to Julia uncle's cabin, yes everything was beautiful.....But then Shane came knocking.. I was gifted this ARC for an honest and truthful review.
My Personal Stars Scores
Book Cover Rating 5 Stars Hero Rating 5+++ Stars Heroine Rating 5+++++ Stars Sexual Tension Rating 5++++++ Stars Sex Scenes Rating 5++++++++ Stars Plot Development Rating 5+++++++ Stars Dialogue 5 Stars Overall Rating5++++ × 100 Stars Storytelling Rating 5++++++ Stars StoryEnding Rating 5+++++++++ Stars Would I Reread This Book?? Oh yes!!! Would I Read Future Books By This Author? In a heart beat!
Five months after her camping trip, Julia has a strong little boy baby. Oh, yeah, she'd had a hot night with a guy who never shared his name and was gone in the morning. It wasn't only his name he'd kept secret. He is a bear shifter. Now she is trying to deal with a little boy/cub and failing.
Julia, her BFF Sarah, and baby Cody happily settle in the cabin she'd inherited and visited growing up. Soon daddy shows up at the door. How did he find them? Did he really want to be a part of Cody's life? What did this mean for them? Those questions were only part of the answers she needed. They didn't know that by letting Shane into their lives it would bring danger and more.
In addition to action, steam, interesting characters and a good story line this book has a nice bonus about two thirds of the way through. This book is one for shifter fans, romance fans and those who like a twist or two. In addition this author knows how to make people's (or shifters) mistakes of judgment forgivable. And all of us who are real people know that most of us have some secrets too.