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A review by lilonishi
Fan Service by Rosie Danan
5.0
ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS WAS SOOOOO GOOD OMG!!!! Wholeheartedly if you are a fan of Bride by Ali Hazelwood then this will a thousand percent be up your alley and a hugely enjoyable read!! Ugh, I’m not over just how good this was and will be running out to grab a physical copy when it is available!
As someone who enjoys paranormal/supernatural romances like no other genre I was simultaneously super freaking excited to get my hands on a copy of this, and also hella freaking scared that it wouldn’t live up to the idea I had of it in my head.
Spoiler; IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOD
The only way I can describe this without giving anything away (because I strongly urge you to give this a chance and read it) is that it read like, and had the same overall vibes as early seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Supernatural and Teen Wolf. It was amazing and I don’t think I will stop thinking about it any time soon
Another huge thing for me was that this really did feel like connecting with my younger self in the wildest way possible. I was a huge fanfic reader when I was like 13-17, read tons off of AO3 and Wattpad, and having all of these callbacks to that culture within this book felt like such a warm hug. It felt like there was some little joke that I was fully part of, and honestly it felt like this book was written for me. It was a wild ride.
The fact that Devin is actually turning into a werewolf would be crazy enough in a contemporary romance setting, but throw in the fact that he is a washed up actor who used to play a werewolf heart throb in a tv show had me cracking up! It just felt like the perfect set up, and I seriously loved how he inlisted the help of Alex who was the ultimate fan girl (created and ran a web page dedicated to the show, read tons of fanfics and fixated on his character HARD).
I also couldn’t get enough of how they used the formula of this old tv show that he was on to try and help him connect and live in harmony with his werewolf side.
Obviously this is a romance book focusing on Devin and Alex, but it was a slow burn in the best way possible! I wouldn’t necessarily say that this was exclusively plot or character driven because it really did feel like a good balance of both. I loved the fact that they have a shared history/connection and that really serves as the foundation for everything that comes later on.
There’s no insta love, if anything they both try to fight it for their own reasons, but they just keep getting into the most stereotypical ‘fanfic’ kind of situations that Its inevitable. Think of it as a lot of forced proximity, enemies to lovers, golden retriever/black cat energy, mutual benefit kinda thing.
Again I don’t want give anything away because this was for sure one of my favourite books so far this year (possibly of all time?) but if you do enjoy fanfics and one shots then please please please read this!! It was so freaking good.
There were so many different tropes thrown into this, and so many callbacks to “fan” behaviour and culture.
By far one of the best books in this genre that I’ve read!
As someone who enjoys paranormal/supernatural romances like no other genre I was simultaneously super freaking excited to get my hands on a copy of this, and also hella freaking scared that it wouldn’t live up to the idea I had of it in my head.
Spoiler; IT WAS SOOOOO GOOOD
The only way I can describe this without giving anything away (because I strongly urge you to give this a chance and read it) is that it read like, and had the same overall vibes as early seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Supernatural and Teen Wolf. It was amazing and I don’t think I will stop thinking about it any time soon
Another huge thing for me was that this really did feel like connecting with my younger self in the wildest way possible. I was a huge fanfic reader when I was like 13-17, read tons off of AO3 and Wattpad, and having all of these callbacks to that culture within this book felt like such a warm hug. It felt like there was some little joke that I was fully part of, and honestly it felt like this book was written for me. It was a wild ride.
The fact that Devin is actually turning into a werewolf would be crazy enough in a contemporary romance setting, but throw in the fact that he is a washed up actor who used to play a werewolf heart throb in a tv show had me cracking up! It just felt like the perfect set up, and I seriously loved how he inlisted the help of Alex who was the ultimate fan girl (created and ran a web page dedicated to the show, read tons of fanfics and fixated on his character HARD).
I also couldn’t get enough of how they used the formula of this old tv show that he was on to try and help him connect and live in harmony with his werewolf side.
Obviously this is a romance book focusing on Devin and Alex, but it was a slow burn in the best way possible! I wouldn’t necessarily say that this was exclusively plot or character driven because it really did feel like a good balance of both. I loved the fact that they have a shared history/connection and that really serves as the foundation for everything that comes later on.
There’s no insta love, if anything they both try to fight it for their own reasons, but they just keep getting into the most stereotypical ‘fanfic’ kind of situations that Its inevitable. Think of it as a lot of forced proximity, enemies to lovers, golden retriever/black cat energy, mutual benefit kinda thing.
Again I don’t want give anything away because this was for sure one of my favourite books so far this year (possibly of all time?) but if you do enjoy fanfics and one shots then please please please read this!! It was so freaking good.
There were so many different tropes thrown into this, and so many callbacks to “fan” behaviour and culture.
By far one of the best books in this genre that I’ve read!