 | Title: Wolf at the Door
Sexual Content: A few sex scenes Rating:
Okay – A few good points, but with significant flaws. Library/swap/borrow if you want. |
Description
The howlingly good spin-off of the Undead series from the New York Times bestselling author.
Rachel, a werewolf/accountant, is asked to keep one eye on Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor and the other peeled for a rogue werewolf who's itching to start a war. But her attention is mostly on a sexy, mysterious stranger she wishes she could trust.
Review
It’s been several years since I read anything by MaryJanice Davidson, but there was a time when I devoured book after book in her frothy, fun Queen Betsy paranormal chick-lit series. WOLF AT THE DOOR is the seventh book in the Wyndham Werewolves spin-off series which features a few well known cameos by characters from the Queen Betsy series.
There were moments where MaryJanice’s trademark effervescent and light writing style really shined, but I found most of this book lacking in terms of character development, pacing, and romance. It bears mentioning that the Wyndham books can all be read as standalone stories with self contained romances in each book, but even with some familiarity with this world and characters, I had trouble getting my bearings.
The book opens and volleys back and forth between werewolf Rachel and human Edward. It was a long time coming before these two even met and I became frustrated with the pacing from that point on. You’d think with this much solo time that I would have really connected with each character individually. No so much. Rachel never once displayed any depth, and Edward came across as overly emotional.
The romance went hot and heavy very quickly, and was injected with humorous dialogue and commentary like I’ve come to expect from MaryJanice, but because I never came to care about these characters, the romance fell flat too.
Overall, I’ll keep my fond memories of the Queen Betsy vampires series, but I’m going to pass on her werewolf series. I need more than sass and snark to overcome dull characters, sluggish plots, and ho-hum romance.
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Thanks for the review. I do like the cover which is odd for me to like a cover by this author.
ReplyDeleteLaurie - For a chick-lit style cover, I agree this one is pretty cute.
ReplyDeleteAww, your review makes me sad. I received a review copy of this one and I was really looking forward to it. However, you're not along in having given it a less than glowing review. I'll prolly read it anyway because I like leaning things the hard way but I'll delay tackling it for a little while longer.
ReplyDeleteCarmel - I've seen quite a few positive reviews on Amazon etc, so hopefully you end up enjoying this one.
ReplyDeleteNot a HUGE chick-lit fan so probably wouldn't have gone for this anyway, but after this review its a sef no! Thanks for the heads-up.
ReplyDeleteYou could link this up at my B.H and/or read my book review if you liked. http://wordsinsync.blogspot.com/2011/10/weekend-creation-blog-hop-book-review.html
Shah - If you're not a chick-lit fan, then you definitely aren't the intended audience here. I'll stop by and check out your hop :)
ReplyDeleteI love the cover, too! I don't even know why, I can't put my finger on it beyond, "Pretty colors, me like wolf girl!" So, I got nothin'.
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