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The Wolf at the Door (Big Bad Wolf, #1)

Charlie Adhara

Start date: April 4, 2020

Finish date: April 30, 2020

Discussion: Book of the Month Club

Discussion leader: Jordan Lombard

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Aug 03, 2018 Meep rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy-paranormal-shifter, cosy-mystery-crime-detective, favourite, have-audio

Considering how much I love this series (and re-reads haven't dimmed that) the audio version is really disappointing. It's listenable and that's about it; narrator appears to have a time limit speeding through the book, I've had to rewind a few times to determine who was speaking or if the words were spoken or thoughts.

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Excuse incoherency but I LOVED this book. In full squee mode here. To think I put off sampling this for so long, I've spent the day being utterly anti-social glued to my kind Considering how much I love this series (and re-reads haven't dimmed that) the audio version is really disappointing. It's listenable and that's about it; narrator appears to have a time limit speeding through the book, I've had to rewind a few times to determine who was speaking or if the words were spoken or thoughts.

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Excuse incoherency but I LOVED this book. In full squee mode here. To think I put off sampling this for so long, I've spent the day being utterly anti-social glued to my kindle.

The blurb didn't appear to offer anything new, too often it'd equal insta-insta with juvenile bravado. But what's actually here is a great mystery the first in awhile that's managed to surprise me. Interesting and nuanced characters and Werewolves blended seamlessly into the reality.

There's actual investigating. The clues are there and can be put together but it doesn't necessarily go exactly as you suspect. I really liked it; it made me think and gave me the satisfaction of linking the clues along with the agents. Any hindrance to the detecting can be put down to prejudices.

Romance-wise there's obvious immediate attraction but not trust. A lot of times when you can see them misinterpret each other, but they're both working against their expectations of the other. Wolves in this verse are 'out' to governments but not to general society.

Cooper our human pov character comes across as a decent guy doing his best with an uncertain role. He's also someone whose first encounter with a Werewolf lead to a serious injury, a life change and biased training. I thought his FBI profiling experience was shown but he's no hot-shot there's clear confidence issues there. So yes, he's often an arse-hole to Park.

Park our Werewolf representative is very self-contained but getting his pov wouldn't have worked for the plot. He's interesting though largely stoic, there's only hints about him. He's attracted to Cooper but is used to preconceptions from those in the know about Werewolves so is expecting the worst and the spikes of attitude aren't helpful.

I enjoyed seeing the dynamic between them change, this is very slow-burn. While the mystery is solved and the couple left on a positive they've still a way to go; it's a good ending with enough closure for those who don't want to continue but I'm very glad there's to be more and look forward to getting to know Park better. ...more

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Jul 03, 2018 Bibliophile rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 5-star-reads, m-m, best-of-2018

THANK YOU Goodreads friends! I don't think I would have checked this book out had I not seen so many glowing reviews from each of you. Your enthusiastic reviews prompted me to give this new author a try and I'm *really* glad I did. What a wonderful book! The mystery kept me guessing throughout and I loved the interesting and unique approach this author took towards the werewolf trope. I also loved Oliver and Cooper's antagonistic-turned-fiery-turned-warm relationship and I can't wait to read boo ...more

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Mar 19, 2018 Calathea rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, m-m, mystery-suspense-thriller, contemporary, paranormal-supernatural, pi-cops-law-enforcement

What do you get when you mix Josh Lanyon's Winter Kill or The Mermaid Murders with the TV show Teen Wolf? Well, obviously a suspensful and very delicious mystery with werewolves like The Wolf at the Door.

Since I like both the books and the TV show it's insta-like for me. :-D

Just saying. ;-) ...more

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Apr 14, 2020 Jordan Lombard rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bpl-staff-pick, a-own-ebook, g-romance-m-m, g-paranormal, bom-jl-group, y-2020read, bpl-biblio-review, g-mys-rom

Title/Author: The Wolf at the Door by Charlie Adhara
Series/Standalone: Big Bad Wolf #1
Genre/Sub-Genre: Paranormal Mystery/MM Romance
Book Format: ebook
Length: 288 pages
LGBTQ+ Orientation: Gay
HEA/HFN: Yes
Violence: Yes
Ratio of Sex/Plot: Heavy on the plot.
Well Written/Editor Needed: Well written
Would I Re-Read?: Yes
Personal Thoughts: This was a great beginning to a series and Cooper makes for a good protagonist as he changes over the course of the book, the more about werewolves he learns. There's a ...more

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May 24, 2019 Carey rated it liked it

3.5 stars, was a little slow moving for me. The mystery was good though

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Mar 25, 2019 K rated it really liked it

Interesting start to a series of more crime investigation than romance series about a society where some know of werewolves but most don't. ...more

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Jul 25, 2020 ΛNNΞ rated it liked it · review of another edition

An addictive start to this new series. Not 100% sure about the inconsistencies in the MCs. They may fade away in future books or become the death knell that destroys the momentum and chemistry that made this book an incredibly engaging and very fun book to read. On to the next book!

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