Angie
Written on Feb 1, 2016
Four Weddings and a Werewolf was sadly disappointing. Veronica is a wedding planner and she hates werewolves. Of course, she doesn't know that her secret admirer is one until she meets Jake, the man hired to protect her when the admirer's attentions turn dangerous. Jake has vowed to never get married, but he feels this pull toward Veronica meaning she's his destined mate. Too bad she'd hate him if she knew the truth.
Most of why I didn't really like Four Weddings and a Werewolf was because of Veronica. I really did not like her nor her attitude toward werewolves and dogs. I generally don't like characters who don't like dogs anyway, so she was never going to be a favorite. But her hate for werewolves was just unbelievable. I get why she'd be wary of them (one bit her sister), but that was just one werewolf, not all of them. Yes, later she does realize that she's being a prejudice idiot, but that doesn't change the fact that I didn't like her for three quarters of the book.
Four Weddings and a Werewolf does feature one of my favorite plot devices: the stalker! Veronica's admirer quickly switches into stalker territory and becomes a total creep. I never guessed who it was, but there also aren't really any hints at all given how short the story is. I was hoping for some "If I can't have her, no one can" type of action toward the end, but the stalker's reveal was quite underwhelming. I also didn't believe his motivation at all. They basically threw around the "crazy" card and called it a day.
I wanted to like Four Weddings and a Werewolf, but it just didn't happen for me. Veronica rubbed me the wrong way most of the time and that made it hard for me to cheer for her. It also made it hard to see what Jake saw in her, which really could have been nothing, since they have the mate bond and he's drawn to her through that. Meh.
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