Reread (1. Read 09/23) „Wolf Gone Wild“ ist eine absolut gelungene cozy & spicy Fantasy-Romcom, die perfekt in die herbstliche Stimmung passt. Die Charaktere sind genial gezeichnet, mit jeder Menge Nerdigkeit, Marvel-Anspielungen und schöner persönlicher Entwicklung. Auch die Beziehung ist wunderbar umgesetzt – warmherzig, witzig und prickelnd zugleich. Besonders toll fand ich, dass man beim Lesen schon kleine Teaser für die weiteren Bände bekommt. Ich freue mich riesig darauf, weiter in diese Welt einzutauchen!

I need to reread this soon. Why? Because I let myself be fooled by reviews. I’m picky when it comes to reading and I like spoiling myself just a little bit. And I read a review saying the book was great until about 50% when it became dulled and uninteresting. And so I read, loving what I was reading, waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it didn’t. I’m not invalidating that other reviewer, it’s just that the book worked really well for me. I have no complaints. Except that I read, waiting for it to turn bad when it didn’t and I was almost disappointed to the final battle. Anyways, this is the story of Mateo, a werewolf who finds himself under a hex, making him unable to shift. The side effect of this hex is that his wolf, Alpha, is now very much a presence in his head and talks to him, making him slowly go mad. So he seeks the help of a hex-breaker from the most powerful family of witch in the state, Evie. The plot begins by revolving around 2 things: the fact that Jules, Evie’s older sister and clan chief doesn’t usually accept to help werewolf, which isn’t a problem very long, and the fact that Mateo finds himself and his wolf in particular, calmed by the presence of Evie, and he strikes a deal with her: they’ll hang out 4 hours a day so he can work in peace, without Alpha overtaking his thoughts. This book was awesome, the characters were well fleshed out, I could distinguish all of Evie’s sisters very quickly after being introduced to them. Mateo is a lone wolf, and it’s explained in the book and everything makes sense. He’s patient and caring and funny. I laughed out loud at some of his interaction with Alpha, they were great. Evie was great as well, with an interesting backstory and a solid personality. She lacked self confidence but it was worked on thanks to Mateo. The plot was also pretty well done, no complaint. The ending might be predicted by others but I was fairly surprised. And I loved all the pop culture references. I’m really interested in finding out what the sisters’ stories are going to be like!