Book 68, 2020

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How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



Once again, I managed to finish reading my work book at work. Woo! It was How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper, and it's the first installment in the..."Naked Werewolf" series. I guess? Story is told in first-person pov by the main character, Mo Wenstein.

When Mo can no longer tolerate her hippie parents' helicopter parenting, she skives off to the wilds of Alaska to get away from them. Mo rents a small cabin, thinking she will live there for a year and then see where life will take her after that. Mo soon finds herself immersed in small-town life. She takes a job as a cook at the local bar and flirts with handsome ranger Alan. However, it's surly Cooper who makes her heart go pitter-patter. It's not until Cooper shows up on her doorstep, naked and with a bear trap clamped to his ankle, that Mo realizes the truth: Cooper is a werewolf. She also learns she's not the only one with family problems. Cooper has distanced himself from his family and pack, because he doesn't want to accept the mantle of alpha. He tries to distance himself from Mo, too, for fear of harming her. Several people in the area have been attacked by wolves, and Cooper isn't sure he's not the culprit. Mo doesn't believe he would harm anyone, but now she has to convince Cooper.

This was paranormal lite for the most part--all humor and fluffy romance. However, there was one scene that MAY BE TRIGGERING. Reading it made my stomach churn, and I'm not in a position to be triggered. Just putting it out there. Mo was funny and relatable, but I wish we'd had more insight into Cooper's perspective and motivations. Other characters were done well, from Mo's derpy parents to her co-worker Lynnette, and the old codgers who liked to flirt with Mo at the bar. Sex scenes were yummy, and the plot flowed smoothly.

Favorite lines:
♦ The man had too much general pissiness to fit into one corporeal form.
♦ "Go forth and be a bitch no more."

I enjoyed this for the most part. Giving it a solid 4.