Very often, I'm not impressed with worlds where people can shift into different kinds of animals. That is to say, one person can shift into a bear, another into a wolf, another into a rabbit. Too often, I find these worlds to be too cutesey for me. I have found Bear Necessities to be the exception. I found the humor to be laugh out loud, the sex scenes hot and the characters very likable.The only distraction I found is changing points of view. At times, I had to go back and re-read parts to see who was supposed to be speaking. That made the he said/she said a bit confusing. And I found the author going between Alex and Bunny tended to confuse me. I kept thinking "Who is Alex" and "Oh, right, Bunny is a guy." I am looking forward to the rest of the series.