Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30841 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
Sophie Garou's wonderful life suddenly becomes complicated when a sexy new werewolf arrives in town, causing her more trouble than usual in hiding her true werewolf nature from her human lawyer boyfriend.

Customer Reviews

Howl at the moon and enjoy it!
I am happy to announce that I have found a new werewolf series! 'Howling at the Moon' is the first in a trilogy and if the first book is anything to go by it will be a wonderful 3 books that I hope will grow into another series or a few more books!

Sophie Garou has everything : A great job, great clothes & a terrific boyfriend. However there is a slight problem...Sophie is a werewolf and when she has her time of the month you have more than a few mood swings to put up with!

She has been coping really well with the help of her human/witch mother. She cooks up enough Wolfsbane tea to keep things under control. However 4 times a year she has to make the change and that time is nearly here which is why Sophie isn't too pleased when she finds out it is also her one year anniversary and her boyfriend has plans for them. She is even less pleased to find that her mother is in prision for murder. Throw in some suspicious packages, a hot werewolf called Tom and a crazy secretary and Sophie has her work cut out for her.

This was a brilliant read and even though it was a little chick-lit like at times it was actually very supernatural Stephanie Plum. I really like the characters and the storyline was really good. I am looking forward to part two in this series 'On the Prowl' which is due out in Autumn. Maybe someone wants to send me an ARC for that one??? I am totally impressed!

Great Read
This is a new and very promising author that has just come out with a werewolf series. I just couldn't but the book down. You had a good mix with detective work, romance, chick moments and best of all hot lust. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because there was just not enough of encounters with Tom. Which I think it was a smart move on the authors' part. Cos you just keep on reading, wanting to know what happens next when the two meet again. But it also gives the reader the chance to get to know the characters better than dropping them into a situation where majority of people will frown upon considering it is the first book in the series. But over all the book was written very well and can't wait for the next one too come out to see what happens to the steamy relationship with Sophie and Tom.

Extremely poor urban fantasy
I should begin this review by clarifying that I have a great love of the urban fantasy genre and I am not a snob - if there are great characters, an exciting plot and decent writing, then I am easily pleased. However, 'Howling at the Moon' is a worryingly feeble attempt at detailing the life of a supernatural woman living in the human world, lazily cashing in on the genre's recent explosion in popularity.

What is perhaps most disappointing is that the premise itself is a good one - Sophie's isolation from other werewolves is a nice twist and there are various, potentially intriguing obstacles our 'heroine' must overcome. Unfortunately, the sheer number of difficulties she faces dilutes interest and there is never a real sense of crisis or danger - Sophie manages to amble through the events of the book without ever showing any real spark or cunning.

The lead character herself is completely unsympathetic and very hard to like or cheer for. Sophie's first person narrative is almost exclusively dedicated to recapping all the problems she faces (her blandly perfect and dimly unsuspecting human boyfriend, her potential promotion at her VERY IMPORTANT JOB, the paper thin hot male werewolf character who occasionally pops up and looks sexy, her psychic witch mother being arrested, etc. etc.) and when she is done recapping, she goes on to explain - in excruciating detail - just how difficult these problems are for her.

And don't get me started on the leg shaving...

Suffice to say, I won't be reading the sequels. If you like your urban fantasy to be absorbing, challenging, dark and exciting, you won't get your fix with this book.