minslibrary 's review for:

A Werewolf's Guide To Seducing a Vampire by Sarah Hawley

1.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

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I did not expect to hate this book. But goddamn did I want to rip my paperback copy in half multiple times while reading. In fact, ’hate’ might be too soft a word to fully describe my distaste for it. 

 

Ben Rosewood is the first character in the Glimmer Falls series that I have actively despised. He came across as a whiny, self-pitying incel who desperately needed to sort out his priorities—helping his sister run for mayor should not have taken precedence over helping Eleonore free herself from a literal slave-contract. 

 

There was no romantic chemistry between the main characters, and Ben occasionally taking the time to comment on Eleonore’s ’sexiness’ felt very icky considering the power-imbalance between the two. 

 

The third-act conflict was also extremely predictable and felt like watching a car crash in slow motion. 

 

Somehow, this book managed to hit all of my least favorite tropes. I truly wish I could unread it.