Werewolf in Seattle

Wild About You Series #3

By: Vicki Lewis Thompson

Narrated by: Abby Craden

The last thing Colin McDowell wants is to inherit his Aunt Geraldine's mansion in the San Juan islands off the coast of Washington. As the pack leader of the Trevelyans in Scotland, he has little time to travel halfway around the world to take care of his inheritance. But the trip takes a pleasant turn when he meets Luna Reynaud, the young secretary his aunt hired shortly before she died. He isn't sure which surprises him more - Luna's clever plan for turning the mansion into a resort, or the fact that she's drop-dead gorgeous. Both intrigue him - until he learns that Luna is only a half-breed. There's no way a pack leader can mate with a woman who's partly human... or is there?

©2012 Vicki Lewis Thompson (P)2012 Tantor

Hero is not easy to like

It was hard to like Collin and be in favor of a continued affair with Luna after she finds out he is a bigot.

Couldn't put it down

I love reading all types of things, but in romance paranormal, it's usually a little mystery where the hero has to save the day. Plus the romance scenes. With this book, it has mystery, romance (erotica) and to myself humor galore. I burst out laughing numerous times and that was a breath of fresh air. Please Ms. Thompson, keep up the great job.

Sassy, sexy mystery

Sassy, sexy filled book with a mystery that makes you want to keep listening. The book is well written, funny, romantic and absolutely adorable. I am so glad I picked this book.

Not to bad

Story
The first two books deal with full male weres falling in love humans with the obstacle obviously the difference between them. This is the first where the heroine is already knowledgeable about the paranormal elements as she is half were, half human. I was quite pleased with the honesty of Luna's character. The author could have made Luna hide it for most of the book, making it the main conflict. Instead, Luna admitted it the truth in the beginning, surprising me, and taking the story in a different route, which was nice.

I am still debating how I feel about the way the author handled Colin's prejudice against humans and half-were matings. He admits it is hard to forgo years of rigid beliefs in a matter of days to accept her human half background; since he doesn't consider her mate material, I'm not sure why it is such an issue. He also sleeps with her really quickly, using her lack of were knowledge and were sexual experience as an excuse. This seems like a very quick (and illogical) outcome considering those beliefs.

Even more worrisome for me was the fact that Luna just accepted his posturing. She says nothing negative against his contrary actions; just goes with it, continuing to satisfy their natural were urges. Whether this was due to her lack of were knowledge or her desire to be with Colin, I am still unclear.


Narration
The narrator's rendition of Colin's brogue wasn't very strong, and at times, sounded like a French accent instead of British/Scottish. The author described it as a light brogue with a heavier connotation during moments of great emotion. Also, the narrator's New Orleans accent resembled a southern accent true, however, I'm not sure it picked up the cadence of NOLA.

In conversations where the ladies of inn were all together (with the exception of Luna, who's accent was quite distinctive), it was hard to distinguish between them. This, surprisingly, was not a problem for the range of male accents. Not even when both Scottish brothers spoke; I was still able to distinguish between the two of them.

It was a cute story. The narration wasn't so terrible it detracted from the overall story. Nothing hard hitting but amusing for the 9+ hours it took to listen to it. These type of stories are funny and especially good to listen as they require no intense mental concentration while listening to them. Even better, as the series is loosely connected so you can pick up a book and read it out of order without getting lost.

Great!

What made the experience of listening to Werewolf in Seattle the most enjoyable?

Vicki Lewis Thompson always makes me laugh!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I would have listened straight through if I had time!