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Book 29, 2016
Apr. 27th, 2016 07:24 pmI brought my work book home to finish, because I had two pages to go. It was Howling at the Moon by Karen MacInerney, and it's the first book in her trilogy about werewolf Sophie Garou.
This was sort of a Sex in the City meets The Werewolf. Sophie has a cushy job and a lawyer for a boyfriend. Her bff Lindsey looks like a super model, and Sophie's closet rivals a boutique. On the negative side, Sophie is half-werewolf, and her mother is a witch and a psychic. When Sophie's mother is accused of poisoning a prominent local politician, and someone begins sending Sophie little care packages threatening to out her as a werewolf, Sophie's perfect life is on the verge of collapsing. Add in another werewolf, the first she's ever encountered (Sophie works hard to keep a low profile and embrace her human side), and Sophie suddenly has herpaws hands full trying to keep things on an even keel.
This was a fun and funny story--very "paranormal lite". Sophie's struggles to keep her animal side at bay were amusing, but when she needed to go all wolfie on someone, she did so with aplomb. One humorous bit was that, since Sophie shaves her legs, her wolf-self had hairless hind legs, too. While that certainly made for a comical visual, I couldn't help but think, Then why doesn't the clean-shaven male werewolf transform without fur on his face? The lack of logic sort of ruined that for me. All in all, however, this was a cute story with an engaging heroine and two hunky love interests.
Favorite line: If you're going to break into a car, you'd better make sure it doesn't belong to a werewolf.
Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
This was sort of a Sex in the City meets The Werewolf. Sophie has a cushy job and a lawyer for a boyfriend. Her bff Lindsey looks like a super model, and Sophie's closet rivals a boutique. On the negative side, Sophie is half-werewolf, and her mother is a witch and a psychic. When Sophie's mother is accused of poisoning a prominent local politician, and someone begins sending Sophie little care packages threatening to out her as a werewolf, Sophie's perfect life is on the verge of collapsing. Add in another werewolf, the first she's ever encountered (Sophie works hard to keep a low profile and embrace her human side), and Sophie suddenly has her
This was a fun and funny story--very "paranormal lite". Sophie's struggles to keep her animal side at bay were amusing, but when she needed to go all wolfie on someone, she did so with aplomb. One humorous bit was that, since Sophie shaves her legs, her wolf-self had hairless hind legs, too. While that certainly made for a comical visual, I couldn't help but think, Then why doesn't the clean-shaven male werewolf transform without fur on his face? The lack of logic sort of ruined that for me. All in all, however, this was a cute story with an engaging heroine and two hunky love interests.
Favorite line: If you're going to break into a car, you'd better make sure it doesn't belong to a werewolf.
Four of five:
♦♦♦♦
