A Werewolf in Manhattan (Wild About You, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 20, 2011 Nairabell rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, 4-star, read-in-2011

Emma Gavin is the bestselling author of a series of werewolf books, but as far as she's concerned she's just created an entertaining fantasy - after all werewolves don't exist, right? Wrong! Aidan Wallace is in charge of the Wallace pack's security, and when he realised Emma's books were closer to fact than fiction he was sent to investigate. Now Aidan must figure out if Emma has a rogue werewolf informant, or if she's just very creative as well as why he is so attracted to her.

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May 03, 2020 Christina T rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, new-york, 2020-book-challenge, 1-in-the-series, ku, 3-stars, 2020-challenge-challenge, werewolves, chicago, insta-love

An Ok romance with potential not realized.

The Good: So I really liked Aidan. He really had the making of great Alpha hero. Tall, gorgeous, genius IQ, and very wealthy. I mean, what else could you want? I also loved the idea our heroine was a paranormal romance writer who writes werewolf heroes. It does get her in trouble with the local Were Pack because her imagination is too close to the truth. I liked the secondary characters as well, especially, Nadia and Aidan's younger brother Roarke. The c An Ok romance with potential not realized.

The Good: So I really liked Aidan. He really had the making of great Alpha hero. Tall, gorgeous, genius IQ, and very wealthy. I mean, what else could you want? I also loved the idea our heroine was a paranormal romance writer who writes werewolf heroes. It does get her in trouble with the local Were Pack because her imagination is too close to the truth. I liked the secondary characters as well, especially, Nadia and Aidan's younger brother Roarke. The chemistry between Aidan and Emma was so good and for the most part the super sexy parts were pretty darn exciting as well.

The Bad: While I did like Emma's choice of careers and her and Aidan's smexy times, I just couldn't get a good grasp of who she was. She flipped from a MarySue who was just kind of boring to someone with a backbone only to become a sexed up vixen and back again. During her backbone times she tried fighting for her "right" to continue writing her fictional novels of werewolves. This of course was after she found out werewolves were real and accepted it in the blink of an eye. As the existence of werewolves has to be kept a secret and the pack community were going so far as to investigate an author's fictional book writing. There were talks of even killing her should she know too much. With that in mind she continued to say things like she'd rather be DEAD than lose her career of writing her novels. I have rights! You can't stop my First Amendment rights! How about stay alive Emma? How about that? Why not change direction just a bit and write about vampires or witches. Oh and lets not get into Emma's snobby "I'm so green" attitude. Looking down on Aidan for his wealth and the lifestyle he has but then justifies letting Aidan pamper her with luxuries and it comes out she has a bunch of designer clothes and designer shoes. Hello kettle. Meet pot.

In a Nutshell: An easy breezy read without a lot of substance but a decent enough read to spend a few hours with. As far as recommending this book I'd only suggest someone looking for some pure paranormal fluff pick this one up. ...more

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Apr 05, 2011 Kristen rated it really liked it

I picked up a copy of Vicki Lewis Thompson's A Werewolf in Manhattan a few weeks ago. I hadn't read any of her other stuff (although now I am interested in at least the Witch books) and was pleasantly surprised. I think I have found yet another series to read. But, I realized, Manhattan must be pretty crowded with all the supernatural folks that live there. Although, given how much of this book takes place in Chicago, the title might be a little off.

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