Review: Bear With Me by Nicole Blanchard

Nicole Blanchard's Bear With Me Novella features Sullivan who goes by Sully who is moving with her twin brother to live with her grandmother after the unexpected death of their parents. Since they lost their parents, Sully has begun seeing the memories of others and objects with just a touch - something her brother does not understand and has had her withdrawing from their close bond. During their first week in their new town, Sully's brother insists on her attending a party with him and once there, she meets Declan, a big burly man who lives in the woods that she is shocked to find that she can't read any memories from. 

This has all the makings of a good shifter romance, but it missed the mark. There is so much going on with Sully's powers and Declan's shifter ability and grief that they both have that the romance never got to develop. I feel like the book alluded to Sully and Declan being fated mates and that is why they connect so quickly but it never says that, so things just felt awkward to me. I wanted to know why she wasn't able to read any memories off of him and even when she talked about her powers with her grandmother, it didn't get brought up. There is also the fact that Declan will say no to being with Sully and then change his mind like two seconds later, it was giving me whiplash. I did really like when Sully finally began to patch things up with her brother.

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