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This reads like a bottom-of-the-barrel AO3 fanfic that was written by a 6th grader who is trying to sound like a teenager. It’s also probably the straightest, most hetero gay werewolf book in existence. Idk how you can mess up queer enemies-to-lovers so badly but Penny Jessup somehow drove this book right into the ground.

andieobrien99's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

jessicainanook's review

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2.0

This reads as a fanfiction that was never edited to become a book. I enjoy fanfiction. I can imagine enjoying this fanfiction. The problem with copypasting a fanfic into a book is that it doesn't usually work. Most times, heavy edits are needed for a cohesive storyline to emerge. Not to mention the need to add world and character building to round it out.
Fanfics have source material.
Books only have themselves.

jackieyvette's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

So deliciously cringe. I need the next one.

Crying score: nope

drakoulis's review

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3.0

It's tough for me to rate this book, because I believe it is mismarketed: the writing, the structure, the plot, the characters, the depth, all of them are in the way you expect from a Middle Grade/lower Young Adult book.

To put it simply, this would be a 4-star or 4.5-star rating if the characters were aged 13 instead of 16 and I hadn't read the book with the expectation of reading something like e.g. The Extraordinaries in style, which is the more mature YA gay awakening books.

It is an enjoyable read nonetheless, following Max unwillingly attending a werewolf festival where they're supposed to find their mate, bickering with the jerky son of his pack's Alpha, the bickering evolving to something else, and then when he makes sense and accepts what he's feeling, trying to reach out to the rather scared Jasper. They obviously encounter obstacles in the form of enemies along the road and their path is bumpy.

As I said, the whole plot, dialogue and writing is more suited to younger characters and younger audiences. I wish the best to TinyGhost Press and Penny Jessup since it's the first book for both the author and the publisher!

sereneluna's review

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emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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