I enjoyed this. Some of it is a bit over the top. The book is a bit overcrowded, I think. Too many relations and backstories. For me, a bit too many chaotic action scenes. I loved the cozy bits. I wanted more of that. ( )

Really great new world and characters from Wen Spencer, and thank goodness for decent werewolf writing. I'm a little disappointed in the cover, which fails to evoke the humor of the book as well as the fantastic characters. Good mystery, plot moves right along, and it's altogether a thoroughly engrossing read.

Advanced reader's copy provided by edelweiss. ( )

I have, to date, really enjoyed all of Spencer's books. Except this one. Maybe because it's the only one that I've read that set in the Here and Now, but it has some glaring flaws for me. It reads like a late 90s "urban fantasy" book in the way of Lackey's super duper cool elves (that really were not). Which leaves me wondering if it was a resubmit of an earlier work. The main character is in his midteens, yet is not written as a believable teen at all. I'm not sure why this isn't a YA book, I kept thinking there was some sort of queer relationship going to happen with how much the vampire called him "my puppy" but nope.
A very generic book that reads like a bad fan fiction. It suffers greatly every time it tries to be "with it" and collapses under a generational gap. ( )

This was a great story about love, friendship and accepting yourself for yourself. Of course, it was also urban fantasy so we had evil Wickers who wanted to take over the werewolf Prince of Boston and make him their puppet.

The story starts with brand new werewolf Joshua being rescued by Decker who is a depressed vampire who is hundreds of years old. Decker has been getting more and more isolated and has been hoarding things to combat his loneliness. He takes Joshua home and they two form a firm friendship.

The story is told from Decker's viewpoint and Joshua's. It is also told from the viewpoint of Seth who is the 16-year-old Prince of Boston who has been in the care of the Wolf King in New York City since his whole family was massacred when a Breach let evil into the world when Seth was thirteen. He wants very much to return to Boston along with his older cousin Jack who is one of the Wolf King's Thanes.

Elise is also a viewpoint character. She is a Virtue whose purpose in life is to live among humans and seek out evil and destroy it. Elise has known Decker all of her life but is so focused on being a Virtue that she only uses him as a tool. Elise, too, is alone and lonely.

The four characters come together to find and defeat the Wickers before they can succeed at their evil plan. Along the way there are a lot of funny moments in this story. Joshua has a tendency to turn into a small wolf pup when he's frightened or when he sneezes. It also has some touching moments as we learn that Seth has been longing for more family and really wants Joshua to be the older brother he thought was lost forever.

This is a wonderful story filled with characters real enough to step off the page. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. ( )

Oh EXCELLENT!! I want more! ( )