Review: Romancing the Werewolf

Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

You can read this novella if you haven't read any of the Parasol books, however, you won't get most of the jokes, you'll have very little idea what's going on, and the bit about the Wicker Chicken will fly over your head. But you know, it is possible to read it much like it's possible to wear a hat made entirely of cheese and assorted baked good. You do you.

That being said, this book is the long awaited reunion of Buffy and Lyall, a couple I am highly invested in. which, might be one of the reasons that I found this book good, but not fainting couch good. The length of a novella might not have been the best place to delve into the relationship of these two. I'm hoping that there will be a bit more fleshing out of Lyall's time away from pack with the 3rd Custard Protocol book that will fill in some of the holes and emotional aspect.

However, it is a fun little holiday story that introduces a character of two that I am hoping to see later on *CoughRobinCough* even though it doesn't have quite the emotional payoff one had hoped for the reunion. It also lays out some of the difficulties that Buffy is facing with the pack, which hopefully we will be able to see more of later on.

Fast read, took me less than three hours, and has some great call-backs for those who are well antiquated with the rest of the series. Looking forward to the novella for Channing, the guy is a bastard, but a big old softy...a crusty marshmallow if you will.

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