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A Certain Wolfish Charm by Lydia Dare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A werewolf novel set in Regency England and it actually works.
The story: Lily has been raising her late sister's child for the past six years. However, she's baffled when the boy transforms from a sweet child to a moody, snotty, boy who eats enormous amounts of food. She's confused (though anyone who has been around boys would just tell her "welcome to puberty.") and decided to consult his official guardian, Simon Westfield, a duke who has largely ignored the two of them for six years.
Simon has problems of his own. The full moon is approaching and he's in a churlish mood that renders him unfit for society. Hiding at the family home, he's quite dismayed with Lily shows up, demanding his attention.
Antics ensue which include an annoying younger brother, a matchmaking neighbor, a full moon, a wedding, and gossip rags.
I liked this book quite a bit, though I felt like I wasn't getting the whole story, as if it had been pared down a bit. Perhaps the rules of lycanthropy will be better explained in the next two books of the trilogy, because I didn’t really get the drift.
I liked Lily, because she was practical and not prone to hysterics (all right, there are a couple of hysterics, but they're short and well deserved). I like Simon, because of his realistic flaws. The full moon makes him horny and difficult. He also has an interesting relationship with his family who he both loves and is annoyed by.
However I like both of them because once they are in a relationship together, they are pretty good at communicating. When she catches him in a compromising situation with an ex-lover, she's miffed, but she does believe him when he tells her the truth about what was happening.
I'm looking forward to the next in the trilogy.
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