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kathydavie's review
4.0
First in the Naked Werewolf paranormal romance series set in Alaska and revolving around a pack of werewolves in and around Grundy, Alaska. The action here takes place at the Blue Glacier Saloon with the couple focus on Cooper Graham and Mo Duvall-Wenstein.
My Take
Harper is too funny. Between her assessment of hippie parents' childraising and the comment about "I don't know if thought is really part of the 'this is going to be so cool' planning process" attributed to men…
Caution: Do not read where others will be distracted by your laughter.
At least Mo is aware of her weaknesses...when she recognizes that Cooper is an asshole. Which means she'll definitely be sleeping with him. It's a silly dance of attraction and avoidance. Cooper/Mo wants nothing to do with her/him, yet, each is too attracted to the other. Cooper constantly finds himself loping by her house while Mo's radar instantly finds him anywhere.
Mo's first encounters with Coop's family are pretty funny as well. I never considered bonding through application of a fire extinguisher to the head... There's also the internal debate Mo experiences with her secret knowledge about werewolves. The attacks on people versus telling someone in authority about the pack. It's a fine line for Mo to walk.
Huh? Who knew that Mo leaving could be the best thing for Ash and Saffron…?
The Story
Mo hasn't even had a chance to sign her lease and Mr. Gogan is matchmaking. Hey, it's the back of beyond in Alaska where there are more men than women. Then her inclusion into the community is assured when Buzz goes typical male and attempts to demonstrate the sharpness of his new knives.
Yup, Evie is gonna need a short-order cook for a bit and that stint at the Taste-E Grill is coming in handy. It's especially wonderful for Mo because she's finally being defined by her work behind the grill and not by her association with her parents.
It's not all gravy, though, especially the night that Mo is attacked by a long-haul trucker. But Mo refuses to let this make a difference. In fact, Evie takes Mo to heart and embraces a few changes that Buzz may not be too happy about. Cooper isn't too happy about Mo's rejections either. Hey, why would Mo want to kiss someone who keeps letting her know how much he dislikes her?!
But then Cooper shows up on her doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle...and it all spills out. Yet more spills, ratcheting up the tension, when people in and around Grundy start being attacked by a wolf. A wolf that Cooper thinks may be him.
The Characters
Moonflower Freedom Refreshing Breeze Joplin "Mo" Duvall-Wenstein is escaping her parents by moving as far as she possibly can. She can't take the intrusiveness into her life and she wants to escape theirs. Her mother Lynn Duvall, now known as Saffron, and her father George Wenstein, now known as Ash, were the original hippies. And still are. Who else would spend $100 to ship "cookies, antimeat propaganda, and laxatives? Kara Reynolds is her best friend.
Evie DuChamp runs the Blue Glacier with her husband Buzz who is the cook. Lynette is their skank of a waitress---"Ten Seconds from Naked". Pete helps Buzz in the kitchen.
Cooper Graham is a professional field guide and extremely impolite. Yup, he's downright rude! Especially to his clients---he sees himself as a conservationist. He's also incredibly gorgeous. And a werewolf---with issues. Samson is a cousin and Maggie is his hateful sister who serves as second in the pack to Eli, another cousin. Dr. Moder is the pack doctor. Pops (Noah Graham) is Cooper's grandfather. Gracie Graham is Cooper and Maggie's mother. You'll like her.
Nate Gogan is an attorney in Grundy, Alaska; his wife is Gertie. Susan Quinn is fascinated by all things Dolly Parton and Western; she also runs the post office. Oscar is her dachshund. Darby Carmichael is one of the few women and she works as a checker at Hannigan's Grocery. She's offering "undying friendship if Mo will take Leonard Tremblay off her back". Alan Dahling is a U.S. Forestry ranger. Abner and Walt are customers at the café.
Trooper Brent is another jerk. John Teague is a long-haul trucker with a longer rap sheet. Jonas led the attacking pack.
The Cover and Title
The cover is cartoonish and a melange of events within the story. Mo's hair is flying and she's struck a cocky pose in her slightly flared jeans, a orange scoop neck top, and her very practical hiking boots. It's Dante in his cuffed blue jeans showing off those hairy...and I mean hairy...feet and wearing a red-black-gray plaid flannel shirt and that sexy five-o'clock shadow.
Oh yeah, Mo definitely gets in a dither over How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf.
My Take
Harper is too funny. Between her assessment of hippie parents' childraising and the comment about "I don't know if thought is really part of the 'this is going to be so cool' planning process" attributed to men…
Caution: Do not read where others will be distracted by your laughter.
At least Mo is aware of her weaknesses...when she recognizes that Cooper is an asshole. Which means she'll definitely be sleeping with him. It's a silly dance of attraction and avoidance. Cooper/Mo wants nothing to do with her/him, yet, each is too attracted to the other. Cooper constantly finds himself loping by her house while Mo's radar instantly finds him anywhere.
Mo's first encounters with Coop's family are pretty funny as well. I never considered bonding through application of a fire extinguisher to the head... There's also the internal debate Mo experiences with her secret knowledge about werewolves. The attacks on people versus telling someone in authority about the pack. It's a fine line for Mo to walk.
Huh? Who knew that Mo leaving could be the best thing for Ash and Saffron…?
The Story
Mo hasn't even had a chance to sign her lease and Mr. Gogan is matchmaking. Hey, it's the back of beyond in Alaska where there are more men than women. Then her inclusion into the community is assured when Buzz goes typical male and attempts to demonstrate the sharpness of his new knives.
Yup, Evie is gonna need a short-order cook for a bit and that stint at the Taste-E Grill is coming in handy. It's especially wonderful for Mo because she's finally being defined by her work behind the grill and not by her association with her parents.
It's not all gravy, though, especially the night that Mo is attacked by a long-haul trucker. But Mo refuses to let this make a difference. In fact, Evie takes Mo to heart and embraces a few changes that Buzz may not be too happy about. Cooper isn't too happy about Mo's rejections either. Hey, why would Mo want to kiss someone who keeps letting her know how much he dislikes her?!
But then Cooper shows up on her doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle...and it all spills out. Yet more spills, ratcheting up the tension, when people in and around Grundy start being attacked by a wolf. A wolf that Cooper thinks may be him.
The Characters
Moonflower Freedom Refreshing Breeze Joplin "Mo" Duvall-Wenstein is escaping her parents by moving as far as she possibly can. She can't take the intrusiveness into her life and she wants to escape theirs. Her mother Lynn Duvall, now known as Saffron, and her father George Wenstein, now known as Ash, were the original hippies. And still are. Who else would spend $100 to ship "cookies, antimeat propaganda, and laxatives? Kara Reynolds is her best friend.
Evie DuChamp runs the Blue Glacier with her husband Buzz who is the cook. Lynette is their skank of a waitress---"Ten Seconds from Naked". Pete helps Buzz in the kitchen.
Cooper Graham is a professional field guide and extremely impolite. Yup, he's downright rude! Especially to his clients---he sees himself as a conservationist. He's also incredibly gorgeous. And a werewolf---with issues. Samson is a cousin and Maggie is his hateful sister who serves as second in the pack to Eli, another cousin. Dr. Moder is the pack doctor. Pops (Noah Graham) is Cooper's grandfather. Gracie Graham is Cooper and Maggie's mother. You'll like her.
Nate Gogan is an attorney in Grundy, Alaska; his wife is Gertie. Susan Quinn is fascinated by all things Dolly Parton and Western; she also runs the post office. Oscar is her dachshund. Darby Carmichael is one of the few women and she works as a checker at Hannigan's Grocery. She's offering "undying friendship if Mo will take Leonard Tremblay off her back". Alan Dahling is a U.S. Forestry ranger. Abner and Walt are customers at the café.
Trooper Brent is another jerk. John Teague is a long-haul trucker with a longer rap sheet. Jonas led the attacking pack.
The Cover and Title
The cover is cartoonish and a melange of events within the story. Mo's hair is flying and she's struck a cocky pose in her slightly flared jeans, a orange scoop neck top, and her very practical hiking boots. It's Dante in his cuffed blue jeans showing off those hairy...and I mean hairy...feet and wearing a red-black-gray plaid flannel shirt and that sexy five-o'clock shadow.
Oh yeah, Mo definitely gets in a dither over How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf.
bookdevouringmisfit's review
4.0
Fun and charming. I never thought I'd say this, but a werewolf boyfriend doesn't seem so bad right now.
brendalovesbooks's review
4.0
Mo is tired of her controlling parents, so after her fiance breaks up with her, she decides to move to a small town in Alaska. A very small town; there is a Main Street, but not much else. She gets a job at the local saloon/diner and soon becomes friends with everybody in town, with the exception of Cooper, who doesn't seem to like anybody. Cooper is also a werewolf (an alpha who left his pack), which Mo figures out on her own (a little too quick, if you ask me), and one day he shows up on her doorstep naked, with a bear trap on his foot. From there romance blossoms, but all is not well in the quiet little town. Someone (or some wolf) is killing Mo's new neighbors, and Cooper thinks he might be doing it unknowingly while he's in wolf form. Mo doesn't believe he's capable of it, but they don't know who else it could be. . .
Mo was intensely likable and Cooper was quite the man, er . . . wolf . . . man. And the romance was pretty hot and steamy. (Steer clear of this one if you don't like sex in your books) I just really liked these characters a lot--all of them, from the main characters to the side characters. They were the kind that you want good things for them, without being too sickly sweet.
This little town in Alaska, Grundy, was so well written and so appealing that despite my intense dislike of cold weather, I wanted to move there by the end of the book. I liked the small town feel where all the neighbors knew each other. Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.
A sample of the Writing:
"I like my processed meats to be somewhere in the unnatural-nitrate-red range. Ergo I will handle the cooking, thank you."
Cooper was quiet for a long moment.
"You're trying to come up with some sort of 'processed meats' double entendre, aren't you?" I accused him as I held the sticks over the fire.
"Yeah, you didn't leave me a lot to work with," he grumbled.
I'm not usually a big laugher while I'm reading books. Outright attempts at humor will, more often than not, annoy me. But I found myself chuckling quite often throughout this one. It's more of a subtle humor that's not beating me upside the head saying "Look at me, I'm funny!", and I just found the whole story really fun from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this to paranormal fans, and as it was such a fun, quick read, I would recommend it to someone who is going through a book slump as well. I will definitely be reading more by this author, and am anxiously anticipating the next book in this series, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf, which is due out later this month.
Mo was intensely likable and Cooper was quite the man, er . . . wolf . . . man. And the romance was pretty hot and steamy. (Steer clear of this one if you don't like sex in your books) I just really liked these characters a lot--all of them, from the main characters to the side characters. They were the kind that you want good things for them, without being too sickly sweet.
This little town in Alaska, Grundy, was so well written and so appealing that despite my intense dislike of cold weather, I wanted to move there by the end of the book. I liked the small town feel where all the neighbors knew each other. Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.
A sample of the Writing:
"I like my processed meats to be somewhere in the unnatural-nitrate-red range. Ergo I will handle the cooking, thank you."
Cooper was quiet for a long moment.
"You're trying to come up with some sort of 'processed meats' double entendre, aren't you?" I accused him as I held the sticks over the fire.
"Yeah, you didn't leave me a lot to work with," he grumbled.
I'm not usually a big laugher while I'm reading books. Outright attempts at humor will, more often than not, annoy me. But I found myself chuckling quite often throughout this one. It's more of a subtle humor that's not beating me upside the head saying "Look at me, I'm funny!", and I just found the whole story really fun from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this to paranormal fans, and as it was such a fun, quick read, I would recommend it to someone who is going through a book slump as well. I will definitely be reading more by this author, and am anxiously anticipating the next book in this series, The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf, which is due out later this month.
marythecrazycatlady's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
idmiliris's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
marieintheraw's review
3.0
July 2022: Grumpy and sunshine but make it werewolves.
Feb 2019: This is on par with the rest of Molly Harper's books; however, it uses two of my least favorite tropes, I will give this book props for not using the second trope as a true driving force for the novel once it's introduced, but it still was a bummer to see...even if I understood the logic behind the decision.
Feb 2019: This is on par with the rest of Molly Harper's books; however, it uses two of my least favorite tropes,
Spoiler
miscommunication and oops one character is pregnant.dajoyofit's review
3.0
It was a light hearted and fun read, but don't buy it at full price. As a supernatural romance, it wasn't the best and it wasn't the worst. I did love the main character Mo. She's fun and I like her quick wit. The narration was fresh and snappy. My only complain about this story is that I never got why Mo loved Cooper other than that's what she told us. Cooper didn't even have that much dialog in the story. Yeah, Mo said he was good looking, well endowed, and could make her libido meter spike, but other than that, I have no idea why she fell in love with him. I would have enjoyed it more and given it 5 stars if the author had spent more time developing their relationship. She could have put them in a situation where they had to work together; it would have made their relationship believable. The transition between Mo lusting after the quiet brooding guy who never talked and sleeping with him was quick. I wanted them together, but when it finally happened, I was left scratching my head. Their relationship needed more development. It would have made more sense for Mo to sleep with Alan, whom she actually spoke with and actually went out on a date with.