Woodcutter Werebear: Saw Bears

3.5 stars. Still don't understand why the author labeled her audio book as the "unabridged" version. Is the ebook abridged? I don't know. I have written to her and am still waiting on a response if one's coming.Compared to Lumberjack Werebear (Saw Bears #1), I enjoyed this one far more. Less continuity issues. Less questions unanswered. Less questions created. Still didn't explain any of the questions I had when I finished Lumberjack WereBear, but I was quite pleased to see the crew back, better than ever, this time.Kellen, Tagan's second, is the hero of this tale. Unfortunately, how he is represented here wasn't how he was represented in the first book. It was as if the writer thought: "Oops! This is how I really wanted him to be!" before writing WW. I'm pleased she didn't try to over-explain her switcheroo because that would have encouraged more questions from the readership than necessary. It's not that Kellen is mentally retarded. He's socially maladjusted but in a good way if there ever was a good way in this regard. He just doesn't do crowds well. He doesn't do keeping-your-mouth-shut well. He does do speaking his mind well and being overly open and honest, but I'm in the business in which is this more desired than not. I mean, I'm tired of people not saying what they mean even if it comes out poorly. I'm at the age that I don't have an ego to be coddled. Just tell me what you mean and I'll deal with the fallout happily.Kellen's definitely my kind of guy. And in Skyler's case, he's definitely what she needed at the right time.Skyler is your typical, badly abused female who's been promised to a status-seeking guy who has no qualms in using physical and emotional violence to get his way. Except she's never put out to him, refusing to do so until the claiming ceremony. And who should she run into at a grocery store (sounds a lot like Costco, for some reason) but Kellen who had gone to pick up some things because Brooke (see book #1) was coming back to the crew. Skyler mistakes Brooke to be Kellen's mate (after all, who else but a mate would buy a woman flowers?) and is saddened because he has been the first male in his life that made her feel more positive about herself, and he's apparently taken. But when Kellen sees the bruises around her eyes she's been hiding behind her curtain of hair, he kidnaps her, telling her to take all the time she needed to heal, but she wasn't going back to her promised. Over his dead body...So begins the rather rapid and unusual courtship of Kellen and Skyler. Kellen worries he would be inadequate as a mate. She worries that her being so physically and emotionally damaged would repulse him. But together, they mesh beautifully despite the fact that her family has a legacy which makes her genes important, something any of her kind of were would want. But Roger isn't the kind of male to insult or steal from.Unlike Book #1, I found these two main characters to be far more interesting to read about. I immediately liked how TSJ wrote his character, not truly a bumbling village idiot but a big, strong guy who wore his emotions on his sleeve. I doubt he would ever socially exist like most people, but does he need to be like the rest of us? I hope not! That's the charm of this character. You can't help but to like him, to hurt for him when he hurts. He also knows enough about psychology to understand how victims eventually heal and what they need to heal, but he has had a few good teachers in that department. At least he learns from his lessons. As for Skyler, she is the typical brow-beaten female whose pleas for help hasn't done her any good. She may have been raised to be a breeder (placid rather than "willful"), but I guess it required violence and pain to make her submissive. Funny how well Kellen could read her as he does on the trip back to the trailer park. I was pleased to see how these two grew into their relationship. We don't necessarily see that in most books. It's hard not to not rush things, but there was a limited number of pages to fit this story into. At the end, I was very satisfied on how their relationship matured without the questions I had with Book #1.In terms of world-building, as I mentioned before, I didn't get much explanation of my questions from Book #1. I was intrigued by what Skyler's animal was. (I didn't guess it! Should have...) In regards to more details about logging, I was pleased to know that she did do better research in this department for this book. It made it only feel that more real.In regards to editing, the same as in Book #1. Better than most books. I didn't see any continuity issues. There were a few places I wished TSJ could had elaborated upon. But I was way more satisfied by this book so I'll be reading Book #3. Therefore, I highly recommend this book/series now.

Kellen, from the Saw Bear crew meets Skyler in a grocery store Unsuspecting she has been badly abused. While being his always chatty self he tries to strike up a conversation. She ignores him , while always trying to cover her face with her long hair. In the parking lot he tries to apologize by buying her a coke. She doesn't want to speak with anyone, she knows that Roger will be there to pick her up soon enough. After she brushes off Kellen and he is leaving she realizes she has no ride home and after looking around sees that there is nobody around to ask for help so she approaches Kellen as he is in his truck readying to leave. He sees her face and all the bruising and knows that if he is any kind of bear/man he will not allow Skyler to return to the abusive situation. And so he kind-of kidnaps/refuses to return her to her so called home. Now the fun starts, as Skyler begins to explain the situation she is in with Roger who intends to claim her and she has put off so far resulting in abuse. She and this Roger are not bears, and Roger is not her mate either. Read this book and the rest of the series to find what is happening with these great people.

“I’m being kidnapped.” Kellen snorted.”No, Beautiful. You’re being rehabilitated.”Woodcutter Werebear is probably my favorite book in the Saw Bear series. Maybe it was the simple way Kellen Cade Brown always said what was on his mind and always tried to not be the “different” one in their crew. Or maybe it was the way he “kidnapped” Skyler Drake after meeting her at a grocery store (while getting flowers for his alphas mate Brooke since she was returning) trying to protect her from the life she didn’t want and the dangerous situation she was in. There was just something about this couple that I absolutely loved! Kellen had a different upbringing and he and his bear struggle with understanding others, Skyler is a legacy/princess for her kind which comes with certain expectations. I don’t want to give away what her animal is because it would ruin the fun game the crew has going on. Make sure to one-click this book to find out who wins the game and learn more about this amazing duo.

Woodcutter Werebear is the second in the Saw Bears series. It is written in third person with a high amount of explicitly detailed sexual content and adult language throughout. While it is a standalone book it would be better if you read Lumberjack Werebear first. The first book is explained in very little detail but enough to grasp the concept, so you are not lost if you just pick up this one.Kellan is a bear shifter with the Ash Crew and is preparing a welcome home party when he meets Skyler. Skyler was in an abusive forced ‘mating’ when she is taken by Kellan and the Ashe crew help show her life didn’t have to be that way. Both Kellan and Skyler are unique personalities; fun in an honest and simplified outlook – Kellan has no filter and that honest way of talking rubs off on Skyler as time goes by. Kellan had a bad childhood that left him ‘different’ and Skyler fits him, doesn’t want him to change at all. They are true and kind. I loved reading this book – it’s just a happy story.The story is a happy ever after one. You know that they will show up in future books and be a lighter side of any heaviness to come. Again, these stories are told in a way that doesn’t really date them… so they are easily read in one sitting and can be reread over and over.

Good read

I love each collection of the different crews but this one so far is my favourite one I just love all the characters

Kellen and Skylar's story is fab I really enjoyed every page thank you. Moving to the next one now Werebear.

Loved this series

excellent