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Wehr Wolff Castle

(Wehr Wolff Chronicles #1)

B. Bentley Summers (Goodreads Author)

3.57 · Rating details · 21 ratings · 14 reviews

During the rise of Nazi Germany, Hagen Messer joins the Royal Air Force as an American soldier who specializes in tracking. He’s attached to British commandos and given a seemingly simple mission—to find a captive and destroy a dam—but everything goes awry. Hagen’s plane crashes into Germany’s Wehr Forest and he has to use his extrasensory abilities to track the captive to ...more

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Published July 24th 2017 by NineStar Press

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Jul 07, 2017 Jason Bradley rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ebook, edb, fantasy, alternate-history, m-m, paranormal, shapeshifters, war, violent

Nazi werewolves, 'nuff said! ...more

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Oct 27, 2017 Don Bradshaw rated it really liked it

Shelves: abuse, historical-fiction, horror, paranormal, political-fiction, shifters, thriller

Intriguing spin on a WWII spy story. Good characters, a lot of action.

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Jul 05, 2017 Elaine White rated it it was amazing

Shelves: divine-magazine, pov-3rd-person, historical

Book – Wehr Wolff Castle (Wehr Wolff Chronicles #1)
Author – B. Bentley Summers
Star rating - ★★★★★
Pages – 331
Cover – Stunning!
POV – 3rd person, one character
Would I read it again – Yes!!!
Genre – LGBT, Horror, Paranormal, Historical

** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK FOR MY READING PLEASURE **
Reviewed for Divine Magazine

Wow! This was incredible!

Now, let's get the warnings out of the way. The book comes with the following warnings: this book contains scenes of graphic violence. Well, yup it does. It's a Horro ...more

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May 22, 2018 UnusualChild{beppy} rated it really liked it

Shelves: guy-love-between-2-guys, it-s-all-about-me, those-happy-golden-ages, shifting-shapes, tears-and-fears, 5-star-reads, review-copy

5 stars

Hager is a US citizen who joins the RAF as a specialized tracker. Although he had been promised one position, he is assigned to a secret mission in Germany. Hagen grew up in Germany, so he knew the language. When the bomber goes off course, they actually end up in the part of Germany where Hagen grew up before they moved to the US. The bomber encounters stiff resistance, with most of the team being killed, although the plane crew and the scientist who is along for the ride end up still al ...more

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Aug 24, 2017 Joyfully Jay rated it liked it

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A Joyfully Jay review.

3.5 stars

Hagan is unquestionably the main feature in this story. We see him evolve dramatically on page. During his introduction, we see a fresh-eyed young man just out of boot camp sent to help the war effort—ostensibly as an interpreter (the author is wrong when referring to the overt on page situations where Hagen uses his oral languages skills as “translation” and this irritated the bejeezus out of this trained interpreter). He comes across as sweet and somewhat naive, A Joyfully Jay review.

3.5 stars

Hagan is unquestionably the main feature in this story. We see him evolve dramatically on page. During his introduction, we see a fresh-eyed young man just out of boot camp sent to help the war effort—ostensibly as an interpreter (the author is wrong when referring to the overt on page situations where Hagen uses his oral languages skills as “translation” and this irritated the bejeezus out of this trained interpreter). He comes across as sweet and somewhat naive, wary of the older, war wizened men and keen to make friends with the sprightly young Irishman, Liam. Even when his plane is shot out of the sky, the newbie vibe takes a while to wear off Hagen. His next permutation happens after he and the crash survivors are forced to play at espionage as they don Nazi dress and try to not get killed. Nazi horrors threaten to shake his commitment to protect the Allies’ secrets. Here, Hagen is reduced to little more than a captive reacting to the dehumanizing cruelty inflicted upon him. And his final change happens towards the end where he comes into his birth right and basically falls off the human radar. Along with the shedding of his human skin, I felt he sheds the last of his credibility as a sympathetic character.

While Hagan is the star, there is a vast array of supporting characters. Sadly, precious few of them left much of an impression beyond “the bully” or “the competent guy,” “the female character,” or “bad Nazi dude.” For the most part, even the memorable characters felt memorable thanks to their roles in the plot rather than their personal histories or personalities. Poor Liam winds up little more than a token love interest for Hagen to focus on rather than a major contributor to any real plot lines. Roesia drives a lot of the suspense with her ruse as a cruel Nazi doctor, but as the only female character, it feels like she’s also used as the one character to really show any human reactions to the horror around them (when she can, anyway).

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Feb 05, 2018 Kaleigh rated it did not like it

Shelves: historical-fiction, lgbt, netgalley, not-good, shifters

I enjoy historical fiction (especially if it’s during the early to mid-20th century) with a supernatural twist thrown in. The fact that this had an lgbtq romance just made the idea of this story all the more enticing. So, it was a real disappointment that this book fell flat in a lot of areas.
One of it’s biggest faults was the lack of developed characters; and that included the main ones. Everyone was very one dimensional and denoted to their surface roles (hero, love interest, bully, power hun I enjoy historical fiction (especially if it’s during the early to mid-20th century) with a supernatural twist thrown in. The fact that this had an lgbtq romance just made the idea of this story all the more enticing. So, it was a real disappointment that this book fell flat in a lot of areas.
One of it’s biggest faults was the lack of developed characters; and that included the main ones. Everyone was very one dimensional and denoted to their surface roles (hero, love interest, bully, power hungry villain, etc.) and then that’s all they were. Hagen was pretty much a Mary Sue, Liam was nothing but his love prize for the end of the story, and the other soldiers in their unit were so one note that I usually forgot who was who. One of the few nice character characteristics was the Professor in a leadership role, especially since women aren’t usually featured in such a way during this time period.
The plot was also not as developed as it could be. I felt like I was reading the skeleton of a story, as if the author simply took their outline and then added some descriptors and dialogue. There would also be huge info dumps provided by characters when needed instead of the story slowly revealing important information as it progressed. There was also a bit of a lack of world building. While most have a general idea of what things were like during this time period, that doesn’t mean the author should assume everyone does. Also, why did everyone just accept that Hagen basically had a magical sense of smell that he used for tracking and that showed him visions?? Were magic powers the norm in this world? Did the government just know about it so the most of the military was appraised of this fact? And if these things were not the case, then why did Hagen just reveal this skill willy-nilly? Why didn’t he show any sort of caution or fear about having this unexplained ability that wasn’t the norm? It just didn’t make sense and having everyone go along with it for the convenience of the plot is bad writing.
The romance was flat and unrealistic. Mostly it was because Hagen and Liam didn’t have much of personalities to begin with so it was very hard to care about a developing relationship. The way it developed also just didn’t make sense. Homosexuality was illegal in both of their countries during this time, but that wasn’t taken into account by either character as they tried to feel around the other. They should have had more conflicting feelings and been more scared of revealing their feelings since it could result in very dire consequences for both of them. Their sex scene was also awkward, ill-timed, and inaccurate.
If I had anything good to say about this book, it’s that it was an interesting idea and not a bad start to a different take on the werewolf mythos. The author also wasn’t too bad at scene descriptions but they would sometimes just read like a list of descriptors. ...more

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Jul 31, 2019 HerUgliness rated it it was ok

I give two stars for cretaivity - Nazis, werwolfes, MM romance, an unusual mix you don't see often. But sadly the book fails in too many other aspects, mostly character development. I don't even understand why Hagen falls for Liam. They had known each other for, what, 3 days? They spent one evening together and other than that exchanged maybe 20 sentences. Sure, that's more than enough for a crush, but love? Their relationship development was non existing and to me it felt that it just kind of c I give two stars for cretaivity - Nazis, werwolfes, MM romance, an unusual mix you don't see often. But sadly the book fails in too many other aspects, mostly character development. I don't even understand why Hagen falls for Liam. They had known each other for, what, 3 days? They spent one evening together and other than that exchanged maybe 20 sentences. Sure, that's more than enough for a crush, but love? Their relationship development was non existing and to me it felt that it just kind of came out of nowhere. Especially given the time and the view on homosexuality in this setting I would have liked to see a bit more of an inner conflict or ANY kind of emotion that hints as to why Hagen falls for Liam. But regarding the inner thoughts and feelings of the protagonist (yet alone the side-characters), we don't really get much to know about them, not just in regards to Liam (who really is just a tiny side-plot in all of this), but to almost everything. I have no clue who this Hagen dude is.

Another thing that really made me want to pull my hair was the constant sue of German glibberish in that book. Obviously the author can't speak German, so why did he have to squeeze Google-translated German into it all the time? Could he not just have kept it all in English and just write that they spoke German, like he actually does from time to time? What he writes is the most hideous nonesense most of the time. Just to give non-German speakers an example: At some point a guard says "Du bist klar". Word by word it means "You are clear", but in German the word "clear" is not used in that sense, but means things like "see-through" or "shiny" . So what the guard actually says is "You are see-through ". And they talk weird stuff like this all the time. To German readers that makes the book very unintentionally comical and to non-English speakers it doens't mean anything anyways, so there was no reason to include it.

This would have been something I could have overlooked if it was otherwise a good book, but the lack of proper descriptions of character, feelings, emotions and thoughts makes it hard to rely to any of the characters and therefore also makes it hard for me to care what even happens to them. ...more

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Aug 08, 2018 Nannette rated it really liked it

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Wehr Wolff Castle by B. Bentley Summers caught my attention on Netgalley. It was set in WWII and involved werewolves somehow (Wehr Wolff gave it away). I had really enjoyed another WWII werewolf story, The Wolf's Hour, so I decided to try this one. I am glad I did. It was an enjoyable read.

The main character. Hagen, is an American who joins the Royal Air forces. As a trained paratrooper who is fluent in German and an expert tracker, he has a lot to offer. His tracking abilities border on the sup ...more

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Feb 16, 2018 Amanda rated it liked it

Shelves: better-siblings-than-my-own, conflicted-feelings, didnt-expect-ending, finished-in-less-than-a-day, historical-gays, lgbtqia, losers-doing-magic, wish-i-liked-it-more, lolnope

I should have done research on the author before diving into this book, so maybe I could have been prepared. I didn't hate the book, but I'm also not going to read it again. It was incredibly violent to the point of being gratuitous. Some people are into that, but I am not.
I enjoyed the idea, a group of soldiers in WWII stumble across something supernatural in Nazi Germany and go through hell trying to put a stop to it. I would have loved this book if there wasn't so many chapters of detailed d ...more

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Aug 09, 2020 Anewbold62 rated it really liked it

Another interesting shift in werewolf storytelling — a nice shift from today’s typical romanced approach. Set in Nazi Germany, it’s another tale of werewolf powers, experimentation and the role of lycanthropy in an historical setting. If you’re not into the genre, don’t read it. If you are, enjoy. Oh, and a gay protagonist! Who knew! Score one for us gays!

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Apr 11, 2018 Damian Serbu rated it really liked it

This is a DARK read! But I don't mean that as a negative, because I like horror, and how could you write about the Nazis without it being gruesome? With an original storyline and mysterious werewolves, Summers takes you on a wild adventure with tons of action, loads of scares, and somehow manages to layer a nice romance on top of it. ...more

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Jan 24, 2018 Lisa Elizabeth rated it it was ok

Shelves: arc, fantasy, historical, horror, mystery, netgalley, queer, supernatural, weres-shifters

This book had a good premise, but the writing failed to deliver. Also there were some pretty big errors that could quickly be solved by a Google. The Nazis would never eat German Chocolate Cake. Errors like that suggest a lack of research or an editing oversight.

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Sep 10, 2017 Ilona rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical, intrigue, paranormal-etc, thriller

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Mar 18, 2018 Alexis rated it it was ok

An interesting premise, but not too historically accurate from what I can remember about World War II. It's a decent horror book, if not a bit violent for some tastes. Not for everyone for sure, but it may appeal to Saw fans with historical interests. ...more

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Bryce is professionally a psychologist who has worked mainly with veterans and provides LGBT consultation. He writes across multiple genres in both YA and Adult, his works including Sci-Fi, Dark Fantasy, Horror, and even Romance.. For those individuals seeking a niche with extra spice and erotica, Bryce also writes gay fiction romances that range in levels of darkness. His Wehr Wolff Castle: The W ...more