A Werewolf in Manhattan: A Wild about You Novel (Wild about You, #1) (Signet Eclipse)

by Vicki Lewis Thompson

• ISBN10: 045123247X
• ISBN13: 9780451232472
• Publish Date: 4 January 2011
• Publish Status: Temporarily Withdrawn
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Emma is a best selling author of werewolf fiction, but little does she know that Weres are real. Aidan works security for his pack and is assigned to Emma to see if she has an informant, since her books are too close to how things really are. Instead he learns that she doesn't believe in werewolves at all, but one her fans seems to and is sending her creepy e-mails. Aidan traces the e-mails and finds that it's the teenage son of a close pack who has dreams of exposing Weres and taking over the world. In A Werewolf in Manhattan, Aidan is hired as Emma's bodyguard for her upcoming tour, and she's about to learn that real life is stranger than fiction.

I enjoyed A Werewolf in Manhattan. It's a quick, cute, fun read with plenty of sexy times! However, the plots were resolved way too quickly, or not all. The young Were after Emma, Theo, is a total creep and everyone knows it. He does manage to sneak past security, but in true Alpha fashion, Aidan takes him out. But then there's nothing after that. He just kind of disappears from the book entirely. There's no mention of him being dealt with, or any subsequent plans to get near Emma. It's a total wasted opportunity, since I really like stalker type plots.

Then there's the obstacles to Emma and Aidan's happily ever after. It's mentioned several times throughout A Werewolf in Manhattan that Aidan is being pressured to marry a female Were from a distinguished family, and even if he doesn't, being with a human is not even a question. I was expecting some type of big blow out with his family, Aidan standing up for his true love, but it all kind of fizzled. He does get into it with his father, since he's his Alpha, but it all works out too nicely. Emma is welcomed into the family with open arms, and no one really gives a second thought to her exposing them, even accidentally through her writing. I would have liked a bit more tension before that cutesy epilogue.

This review seems more negative than I wanted, but I really did enjoy A Werewolf in Manhattan. Obviously it has its problems, as most books do, but it is super fun and the perfect escape type read.

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