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knik's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
vickybuka's review
adventurous
lighthearted
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Body horror, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Confinement
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Drug use, Stalking, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Violence, Gun violence, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Murder
Minor: Car accident, Infertility, and Pregnancy
cindywho's review against another edition
3.0
Some well appreciated silliness. The story stays light and goofy and cartoon-like, even when our sweet and innocent heroine is puking up someone's eyeball. Don't worry, it's about werewolves. The characters are a little flat and the colors are bright - that's the cartoonish part. It's extremely contemporary and slidingly fictitious. The jokes are mostly only good now, but now is good. (January 31, 2004)
dodau's review
This was a great book. I bought it ages ago so by the time it came up to the top of mount TBR I had totally forgotten the plot. So it was a pleasant surprise when it turned out to be a romantic comedy featuring werewolves. Although the characters were maybe a little thin it was definatly a page turner and I kept itching to get back to reading it. I would defiantly read more by this lady, I know I have one more of her books on mount TBR, and I look forward to getting to it.
komet2020's review
5.0
I finished reading "NAKED BRUNCH" a few years ago, and enjoyed the way the author tied in the stories of the main characters (e.g., Annie Engel, Jim, Dr. Marco, Sam), thus making for a harmonious whole. It's a refreshing morality tale and provides an interesting departure from the usual werewolf fare. Annie Engel, both as a woman and as a werewolf, has a big heart and soul. She is representative of those of us who are sickened by the rich and powerful, who, time and again, place profit and personal gain over the best interests of humanity. Consequently, we feel frustrated by our relative powerlessness as individuals to do anything to stop the amoral robber barons and 'merchants of death' in today's world. At least, when Annie becomes a Wolf, she can sniff out these amoral powerbrokers and hunt them down. She's a righteous Wolf!
WHEN WILL THERE BE A SEQUEL???
WHEN WILL THERE BE A SEQUEL???
gerd_d's review
2.0
Took me two tries to get through, just wasn't really mine.
The book starts out annoyingly slow.
Annie's "friends" being terrible people didn't help my enjoyment, good guy Sam grows on you with time, just like on everyone else in the book, he's propbably the best character in the whole story - oblivious but genuine.
Some of the jokes are great, some other stuff she wants to poke fun at is too close to real happenings to be actually funny. The story picks up towards to end and becomes quite entertaining, but it happens too late to really save the book.
I guess readers which are a fan of chick-lit will enjoy it a lot more than I did, but even there I would rather recommend Karen McInerney's books.
The book starts out annoyingly slow.
Annie's "friends" being terrible people didn't help my enjoyment, good guy Sam grows on you with time, just like on everyone else in the book, he's propbably the best character in the whole story - oblivious but genuine.
Some of the jokes are great, some other stuff she wants to poke fun at is too close to real happenings to be actually funny. The story picks up towards to end and becomes quite entertaining, but it happens too late to really save the book.
I guess readers which are a fan of chick-lit will enjoy it a lot more than I did, but even there I would rather recommend Karen McInerney's books.
apostrophen's review
3.0
I quite liked this one - it's a werewolf story set in a city that is tongue-in-cheek reminiscent of most major cities. Between a nice young woman (who can't help that she's a werewolf), her psychiatrist (who wants to breed with her), and another werewolf on the run who wants to protect her from the psychiatrist, things are conflicted enough - then add in the mayor, a reporter who is clueless but lucky, and a few other grand players, and this story is a blast to read.
It's not your gritty werewolf tale, nor is it as wacky as the Robin Hudson series that Hayter writes, but nevertheless, I enjoyed this one cover to cover.
It's not your gritty werewolf tale, nor is it as wacky as the Robin Hudson series that Hayter writes, but nevertheless, I enjoyed this one cover to cover.
canadianbookworm's review
3.0
Wild premise for a story, but she is such a good writer that it is a book I didn't want to put down.
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