Helpful Score: 1
Another book hard to rate for me. I'm not a fan of VLT overall but the first of her werewolf series was deeper than I expect from her so I decided to give one more a try. Early on I was impressed. Kate and Duncan meet up at the airport and trade words. They are on opposite sides of a philosophical debate of who weres should mate with. It was obvious early that they were equally matched and on equal footing. I loved that, too often in shifter books the male runs over the female. Unfortunately the talking continues while they get snow stranded in the cabin and drags on and on and on. Inevitably they are attracted to each other and talk about not going to bed together but of course they do. The cabin scenes take a whopping 100 pages of the book. Too unbelievably long!
At the convention they stick to their sides. I liked how the convention was set up and looked forward to the story progressing from that point. Things again seemed evenly matched, the Woof side gained and the Howl sided gained. Kate and Duncan do a great job of keeping their relationship a secret.
Unfortunately the convention doesn't turn into much. Then there's a hacked blog post that causes a breakdown between Duncan and Kate (the needed BIG MISUNDERSTANDING) that dragged on and just seemed dumb. The big baddie was obvious thought I can't decide if I liked how that played out or not.
Kate and Duncan do so much talking in this one and self exploration that their romance felt real and made sense though the instalove in just a few days was standard romance trope. An HFN with an epilogue would have made me happier.
At the convention they stick to their sides. I liked how the convention was set up and looked forward to the story progressing from that point. Things again seemed evenly matched, the Woof side gained and the Howl sided gained. Kate and Duncan do a great job of keeping their relationship a secret.
Unfortunately the convention doesn't turn into much. Then there's a hacked blog post that causes a breakdown between Duncan and Kate (the needed BIG MISUNDERSTANDING) that dragged on and just seemed dumb. The big baddie was obvious thought I can't decide if I liked how that played out or not.
Kate and Duncan do so much talking in this one and self exploration that their romance felt real and made sense though the instalove in just a few days was standard romance trope. An HFN with an epilogue would have made me happier.
Theresa K. (thindreamer) reviewed Werewolf in Denver (Wild About You, Bk 4) on + 19 more book reviews
Great book series
A bit of a disappointment. I think it's the worse one of the series.
I think it started out clever enough with the werewolf version of twitter and a conference for wolves to unite or settle their differences. There were parts that were pretty funny. But there were just too many really dumb ideas and actions, especially by Kate that made the book annoying. I don't mind a bit of fluff literature and Vicki Lewis Thompson definitely fits in that category but sometimes she goes overboard and instead of fun it becomes tacky.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
It just seems like instead of being able to mate with humans or weres was a pointless time to have a huge debate over. It's like we can make a law that makes it illegal for teens to have sex but I don't think it would stop them. It seems like the real issue is whether to out themselves or not and if Thompson would have focused on that it wouldn't have been so lame.
Kate was a horrible character. I can't see her being a good alpha because she is not the smartest tool in the shed. When Duncan "betrays" her, I really don't see why she didn't even give him a chance so she can cover all her bases. She is very emotional and rash and the fact that both of them were heading towards a huge debate but neither had read each other's books as a way to prepare until the last minute speaks of poor leadership. Kate does have some good moments though and it kept me reading.
The baddie in the story is predictable but I have to say inconsistent. I got the impression he was slimy and lacks the strength to be a leader but is smart, kind of like Iago. By the end, he is kind of the town bully.
There are a lot of more things I can harp on but I won't. You get the point. On top of that it's basically the same premise as all the other books. I guess this whole series is going to be able hooking up with someone you shouldn't. It does get stale and I'm not sure I will continue.
Not impressed. The other ones are better.
I think it started out clever enough with the werewolf version of twitter and a conference for wolves to unite or settle their differences. There were parts that were pretty funny. But there were just too many really dumb ideas and actions, especially by Kate that made the book annoying. I don't mind a bit of fluff literature and Vicki Lewis Thompson definitely fits in that category but sometimes she goes overboard and instead of fun it becomes tacky.
SPOILERS AHEAD:
It just seems like instead of being able to mate with humans or weres was a pointless time to have a huge debate over. It's like we can make a law that makes it illegal for teens to have sex but I don't think it would stop them. It seems like the real issue is whether to out themselves or not and if Thompson would have focused on that it wouldn't have been so lame.
Kate was a horrible character. I can't see her being a good alpha because she is not the smartest tool in the shed. When Duncan "betrays" her, I really don't see why she didn't even give him a chance so she can cover all her bases. She is very emotional and rash and the fact that both of them were heading towards a huge debate but neither had read each other's books as a way to prepare until the last minute speaks of poor leadership. Kate does have some good moments though and it kept me reading.
The baddie in the story is predictable but I have to say inconsistent. I got the impression he was slimy and lacks the strength to be a leader but is smart, kind of like Iago. By the end, he is kind of the town bully.
There are a lot of more things I can harp on but I won't. You get the point. On top of that it's basically the same premise as all the other books. I guess this whole series is going to be able hooking up with someone you shouldn't. It does get stale and I'm not sure I will continue.
Not impressed. The other ones are better.
