Werewolf Nights was an interesting read! One of my favorite parts of this story was the setting! Wereville kind of reminded me of Star's Hollow from Gilmore Girls, if it were overrun with paranormal enthusiasts, that is. It was small town America, where everyone knows your name and every detail of your life, and it had a very rich history of some pretty fierce werewolf legends. I loved that the whole town adamantly believed in the existence of werewolves and werewolf hunters, and they celebrated it with gusto.

  I thought the legend of Wolfern was almost Shakespearean, a tragic sort of love story. It made it conflicting on how I felt about Wolfern in the present, as I almost pitied him and his endless search for his true love. I actually found him to be one of the most interesting characters in the story! I also really liked Greg, so their inevitable connection only intrigued me further! I never really connected with Catherine. I didn't dislike her by any means, but I also never really got invested in her either. While I did feel bad for some of her circumstances in life, I felt as if there was just something missing from her that really pulled me in. But Greg and Wolfern easily gave me two characters to be actively engaged with, and the plot was strong.

   I also thought the addition of filming a movie in this quirky town, while all this werewolf chaos was happening, added a whole new level of interesting. One you're a few chapters in the things are happening at a steady pace which made it effortless to keep flipping through page after page to see what would happen next. All in all I enjoyed this story, it reminded me of a more old school approach on werewolfs, with a more compelling plot line of man struggling with an inner wolf, like Wolfman or Silver Bullet. It was a nice change of pace from the more new age smexy Alpha pack stories that are all I see anymore,

   I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

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Catherine is a widowed bakery owner left with grief and business concerns, but her life's about to get a lot more complicated when her leisure passion for werewolf lore begins to threaten her life by becoming reality, and when she decides to try her hand at acting - in her ripe, inexperienced thirties.

There would seem to be no room for romance in her life, even though it's lacking - but when Catherine falls for her sexy co-star, things get even more complicated and events force her to examine whether the werewolf legends could be real.

Despite the complicated-sounding circumstances surrounding Catherine's life, readers should expect a light leisure read here: a plot embracing mystery, supernatural forces, romance, and entertainment alike. A prior interest in these devices and genres will attract the right kind of reader who enjoys genre-crossing productions that foregoe complex psychological drama in favor of plain adventure and intrigue.

It's hard to present 'something for everyone' - usually an author falls short on romance, mystery, or supernatural elements - but the pleasure of a light summer read such as Werewolf Nights is that it's easy on the eye and mind - and perfect for a beach take-along or a quick, engrossing leisure pursuit.

There's a premise establishing uncertain, tense historic relationships between werewolves and humans, there's a passionate protagonist who is willing to take risks even in her thirties, there's the special challenge of falling in love with someone who is in the midst of changing.

Readers who expect a complex, introspective plot should know this won't be the case from the fun cover presenting a nymph at the stove with a werewolf looming in back of her. With its light tone, absorbing action, and a protagonist who is satisfyingly straightforward, Werewolf Nights succeeds in providing what many leisure readers desire with an entertaining story that's perfect for a hot summer's vacation night of engrossing reading.

I am guessing that the author has to be a baker by profession. Either that or she has a knack and passion for baking. How do i know that? because i can see it through the whole journey of this book.

First of all thanks to the Read and Reap it program run by the Shut up and Read community on goodreads and then to the author herself for providing me with the copy of the book to read and review.

I am impressed by the plot of the book. It was actually creative to tell a story inside another story. The only trouble is that the book suffered fatally under hasty and unkind execution. The author has a good narration power and is good with her language skills too but what happened in the book is in my opinion what a new author tends to do it in their first work. Trying to rush to the end. Because the story is fully set in their mind and it haunts them day and night and they just have to get it out of their head before it is too late.

The author can weave magic if she shows a bit of more patience and intricacy to the plot as there are a lot of things that goes amiss because the book runs to its finale. i was amazed as to how many essential and mind blowing twists were thrown out without a care. The book, had it halted and worked out its twists and turns more cunningly and making it slowly creep up into the plot would have made more impact because as of now, major revelations were brought up without even the slightest mystery or suspense working around it, that takes out the fun from a thriller/paranormal.There is no gradual build up

Now to the point why i guessed the author to be a baking fan ...because every time any confectionery or dessert comes into the picture, the author stops everything to describe the recipe ....and this is the only time when the book actually takes a breather

This could have been a great paranormal thriller had the author not rushed through narration and refrained from bringing up all the interesting revelations and twists of the plot with lack luster build up and taking out the fun even before it starts. The author on the other hand has a creative bend to weave a story inside another story. The plot had lots of potential but execution went a little too speedy

i guess the below gif is exactly how the book went