Naked Brunch By Sparkle Hayter

Annie Engel hasn’t been feeling herself lately. With good reason. A mousy secretary by day, she’s been transforming into a werewolf at night. In the morning, she’s not quite sure what she’s been up to, but she knows she’d like to do it again. She soon discovers that her odd dreams and strange hangovers are actually the remnants of a night out on the prowl.

But Annie’s predatory activities have not gone unnoticed, and soon she is being pursued by one hapless reporter, a psychiatrist who wants to save her from her beastly impulses, and another (guy) werewolf who captures her heart. Who is a nice werewolf to trust? Get ready for a manic, madcap chase through the dank underbelly of the big city, a place where no one seems to sleep and the scents of fear and desire are always in the air. Naked Brunch

This was a werewolf book, a romance book, and full of drama. I liked the idea of werewolves as medical or scientific phenomenon as opposed to supernatural or paranormal. I liked reading about the werewolf woman's journey to understanding her condition and finding love.


However, at times this book was very slow. There was often too much unnecessary information that bored me and didn't further the plot of the book whatsoever. I think that this book is better suited for readers who prefer slower paced books. Naked Brunch I finished reading NAKED BRUNCH a few years ago, and enjoyed the way the author tied in the stories of the main characters (e.g., Annie Engel, Jim, Dr. Marco, Sam), thus making for a harmonious whole. It's a refreshing morality tale and provides an interesting departure from the usual werewolf fare. Annie Engel, both as a woman and as a werewolf, has a big heart and soul. She is representative of those of us who are sickened by the rich and powerful, who, time and again, place profit and personal gain over the best interests of humanity. Consequently, we feel frustrated by our relative powerlessness as individuals to do anything to stop the amoral robber barons and 'merchants of death' in today's world. At least, when Annie becomes a Wolf, she can sniff out these amoral powerbrokers and hunt them down. She's a righteous Wolf!

WHEN WILL THERE BE A SEQUEL???


Mystery Thrillers I really enjoyed this book about werewolves. It's a light read and fun. 9781400047437 It's a fun book but don't expect any deep insights like in the infinitely more complex and literary Nightbitch. This one's legit fantasy, I'd say it's squarely urban fantasy with our main character, the placid alter girl and all around doormat, Annie, taking way too long to realize she is a werewolf. (I did do a healthy amount of skimming.) I enjoyed when Carol, the half-Polish wife of the arrogant murderer, Dr. Marco, gets a backbone and takes over the center. The book kinda has a Devil Wears Prada vibe with the place Annie works for and the people she hangs out with. I wondered if Sparkle Hayter the name of the author is a cute pseudonym but I didn't bother finding out. 1400047439 It is a modern fairytale, a comedy on werewolves - not something you read everyday. English

Took me two tries to get through, just wasn't really mine.
The book starts out annoyingly slow.
Annie's friends being terrible people didn't help my enjoyment, good guy Sam grows on you with time, just like on everyone else in the book, he's propbably the best character in the whole story - oblivious but genuine.

Some of the jokes are great, some other stuff she wants to poke fun at is too close to real happenings to be actually funny. The story picks up towards to end and becomes quite entertaining, but it happens too late to really save the book.

I guess readers which are a fan of chick-lit will enjoy it a lot more than I did, but even there I would rather recommend Karen McInerney's books. 9781400047437 A really fun read about werewolves as if they could exist in Manhattan. The metaphorical subtext is satisfying: these wolves only kill bad people. Like Trump would be an instant hit for themâ€"for his dismissal of all the workers who voted for him, his unethical, predatory, lying, cheating, xenophobic behavior. They also have this way of communicating without speech as we know it and I thought that was more than clever. It was psychologically true. Fun, fun, fun. 9781400047437 I quite liked this one - it's a werewolf story set in a city that is tongue-in-cheek reminiscent of most major cities. Between a nice young woman (who can't help that she's a werewolf), her psychiatrist (who wants to breed with her), and another werewolf on the run who wants to protect her from the psychiatrist, things are conflicted enough - then add in the mayor, a reporter who is clueless but lucky, and a few other grand players, and this story is a blast to read.

It's not your gritty werewolf tale, nor is it as wacky as the Robin Hudson series that Hayter writes, but nevertheless, I enjoyed this one cover to cover. 9781400047437 Ok, but won’t bother with any more from this author. 9781400047437 An entertaining and contemporary read (as a number of mine lately have been), with an authentic portrayal of the world of journalism and current affairs media, from a woman who's been amongst it. The characters who exist in this world, and the real world of New York, where image is everything, are genuine and funny, but the characters our heroine meets from the werewolf world are - perhaps not surprisingly - not as convincing. The love-match Annie makes also lacks substance. Overall though, it's readily readable escapism.

On another note, isn't Sparkle a wonderful name? English