Review: Dead Girl meets Wolf Man for Hot Monkey Sex and Fae Fighting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2012
Book 2 "Werewolves in Love". Preceded byKiss and Kin. Followed byReady to Run.Note:The Nanny Yearsis a self-published prequel to "Yours, Mine and Howls".Plot:Ally and her two wolfy-friends take her foster-son Dylan to see his uncle before deciding what to do with the rest of her life. But Cade has other ideas for his Mate. Nothing is every easy, and Bad Alphas, Crazy Fae, Strange Grandmas, Mysterious Old Ones, and a wannabe-Cat Girl are going to constantly keep them on their toes.Comments:- Contemporary paranormal ("sentient non-humans") romance with some explicit sex.- 7324 kindle locations, 99747 words (finishes around 7100 locations)- m/f - explicit, loving, reasonably forceful (more! harder!), not very frequent. Given the length of the book, we're talking "spicy" rather than "erotica". The sex, while explicit, is integral and necessary to the storyline.- There has been some violence against Ally in the past, and some domestic violence against people in her life.- Includes excerpts fromAnchorby Jorrie Spencer andWilder's Mateby Moira Rogers.Opinion:Despite being the "second" in the series, "Yours, Mine and Howls" is completely different to "Kiss and Kin". Book 1 was a short erotic romance with a fairly mild suspense plot and, other than wolfy alter-egos, not a huge amount of paranormal."Your, Mine and Howls" is a lengthy, plot-driven book with *a lot* of World Definition, heavily immersed in a paranormal world, some explicit sex, but still a "romance". There's plenty of exposition around the "why is the world like this?" question but it's done so well it doesn't feel clunky, or tacked on. It makes us understand the World we're getting into, and excited about where further books will take us. I really loved this book. I enjoyed the characterisations, I liked the sex (*grin*), and the dramatic suspense plot was engaging, well-drawn and enjoyable. An excellent book in a good new series.The Nanny Years:A self-published novella, previously available free on the author's website, "The Nanny Years" fits as Book 1.5 of Holley's "Werewolves in Love" series. In short, we see The Bad Nannies who Cade works through before Ally arrives on the ranch. It is really just a teaser into the Werewolf World and not in the least necessary for the reader's understanding. BUT it's fun. And it can happily be read either before or after "Yours, Mine and Howls" for an easy, light, sweet read. No bedroom scenes, no dramatic climaxes, nothing difficult. Just an easy magazine-esque read.-CR-