Tame

by Melissa Snowdon

Julie Holms has it all, if “all” means living in the shadow of her beautiful best friend, her obnoxious sister, and her bewilderingly-obsessed-with-wheatgerm Mummy. She’s got an eBay habit, a wardrobe that occupies dimensions bigger than her flat, and a coat everyone in Marketing thinks is very Last Year, but her life is about to become far too exciting by way of mysterious strangers on rooftops, That Cute One From Marketing, and possibly one or two things she thought only happened in the movies.

... like werewolves.

Genres: LGBT, Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, Lesbian

186 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 23, 2013

Reviews

[Summer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I stopped reading at this exact paragraph:

"I admit it, I was halfway through the automatic "Julie Holms, nice to meet you," when I thought /Jesus, it's a tranny/ - no one, not even the least image-conscious girl from IT, has hands that hairy without a bit of testosterone sloshing about in their system. She could have done with a manicure, too."

I wanted a lesbian werewolf romance novel, not blatant transphobia. Gross.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

A comforting read

I would recommend this to fans of paranormal or lesbian romance. It's not a long read, which makes it pretty perfect for reading in the bath with a slab of chocolate.

[Ry Herman · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book that basically answers the question, “What if ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ had a lesbian werewolf character in it?” Probably not to everyone’s taste, but I found it quirky and fun.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book! It was nice to read something in the same style as the "chicklit" I used to devour as a teenager, but cleverer and more original and progressive. The main character rings very true, especially since I know she doesn't share her author's opinions on many things - it's not easy to realistically write a character you don't agree with, and I really admire that. The other characters are also lovely, the same "stereotypes with a twist" as in the original genre, except here the twists are both more original and more realistic, more like real people. I was especially fond of the gorgeous-and-aloof sealife-geek snarky best friend (possibly because my own girlfriend is a sealife geek and I find it an endearing characteristic). The depiction of family is biting and still compassionate - in this, as in everything, the main character's narrative voice is possibly the book's strongest point. "Tame" also reminded me a lot of the supernatural romances I used to read even more than chicklit, but again, the LI is a lot more original while staying true to the "weird and mysterious slightly stalky type". All in all, a great mash-up of two genres I adored as a teen - and it's mature, clever and fun enough that I thoroughly enjoy it at the ripe age of 22 (:p).
Also, lesbian werewolves. What more can I say.