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chthonic_child 's review for:
A Werewolf's Guide to Seducing a Vampire
by Sarah Hawley
As much as I loved the other two books, I just didn't feel this one as much. Even though I really looked forward to it (a werewolf and vampire, helloooo), it didnt hit me as hard as the other two did.
Eleanore is amazing, and I loved reading Ben. It was refreshing, seeing as I read about so many morally grey/black men and then to have anxiety riddled, people pleaser, plant dad Ben being his awkward, and sometimes really hot, self. It wasn't super smutty and the smut wasn't very intense either, it was there and it was fine :). Largely because, due to the curse on Eleanore, they decided to not have penetrative s3x until it was lifted.
One drunken night, Benjamin Rosewood orders a plastic, 'magical', crystal. Shits and giggles because no way its real right? Out of it comes vampire assassin Eleanore. Bound to the crystal by a spell of the Witch in the Woods. The owner of the crystal can command Eleanore to do anything. Ben, sweet bby angel, really really really doesn't want that but he doesn't know until later, which means he accidentally commands her to have a theatrical performance at the theater thing he's building next to his plant emporium. Next to that he's helping his sister run for president /and/ he promises to help Eleanore find the WitW to reverse the spell... However that last thing, which you'd think is a pretty big deal, didn't _feel_ like a pretty big deal. The urgency was missing for the characters, so it was missing for me. I feel like in this story there was just too much going on to really feel the importance of the one thing? Where with Astaroth and Calladia (#2) it was just very much focussed on finding the WitW and their coming together during the journey. If Sarah had done that this book it wouldn't have been original.
I enjoyed what was happening- Eleanore finding herself in theatre, building on her skill and growing and learning about this centure. Ben, slowly learning to set boundaries, communicating with El and teaching her. His, indirectness and her straightforwardness, they fit together really well. There were some really good, meaningful conversations too. Just, I couldn't get as invested as I did in the other two books sadly. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to see what else Sarah has to offer!
Eleanore is amazing, and I loved reading Ben. It was refreshing, seeing as I read about so many morally grey/black men and then to have anxiety riddled, people pleaser, plant dad Ben being his awkward, and sometimes really hot, self. It wasn't super smutty and the smut wasn't very intense either, it was there and it was fine :). Largely because, due to the curse on Eleanore, they decided to not have penetrative s3x until it was lifted.
One drunken night, Benjamin Rosewood orders a plastic, 'magical', crystal. Shits and giggles because no way its real right? Out of it comes vampire assassin Eleanore. Bound to the crystal by a spell of the Witch in the Woods. The owner of the crystal can command Eleanore to do anything. Ben, sweet bby angel, really really really doesn't want that but he doesn't know until later, which means he accidentally commands her to have a theatrical performance at the theater thing he's building next to his plant emporium. Next to that he's helping his sister run for president /and/ he promises to help Eleanore find the WitW to reverse the spell... However that last thing, which you'd think is a pretty big deal, didn't _feel_ like a pretty big deal. The urgency was missing for the characters, so it was missing for me. I feel like in this story there was just too much going on to really feel the importance of the one thing? Where with Astaroth and Calladia (#2) it was just very much focussed on finding the WitW and their coming together during the journey. If Sarah had done that this book it wouldn't have been original.
I enjoyed what was happening- Eleanore finding herself in theatre, building on her skill and growing and learning about this centure. Ben, slowly learning to set boundaries, communicating with El and teaching her. His, indirectness and her straightforwardness, they fit together really well. There were some really good, meaningful conversations too. Just, I couldn't get as invested as I did in the other two books sadly. Nevertheless, I'm looking forward to see what else Sarah has to offer!