I first got into Vicki Lewis Thompson through her nerd romances, and much of what I loved about those books continued here. She’s got a fun, sassy, and somewhat sexy writing style that is fun to read.
In this story, Abby is in the Portland area trying to help her grandfather find proof that he really did see big foot, so he’ll leave and move to Arizona with the rest of the family. He’s stubborn, though, and digs in his heals when a professor by the name of Roark comes in and debunks his “evidence.” Turns out, Roark’s a hypocrite — he’s a werewolf who knows perfectly well there’s a bigfoot mated pair in the woods. In fact, he’s there to help relocate them so crazies will stop coming too close to the woods where a werewolf pack likes to roam.
The one problem I had with this book (and the prequel) is that I didn’t really care for these wolves. They just don’t seem real to me, or very wolflike. Or scary. Or much of anything really. As much as they go on about secrecy, they don’t seem willing to do much to ensure their secret. And the idea that they can’t reproduce until they perform a mating ritual — which is, literally, doing it doggie style — is absurd. Maybe it was meant to be. That would fall in line with Thompson’s style, but as a fantasy lover, it may be I take my world building a bit too seriously. At any rate, it kept me from loving the story, although I liked it well enough.
Rating: 3/5
Title: Werewolf in the North Woods
Author: Vicki Lewis Thompson
ISBN: 0451234987
Published October 4, 2011