The Werewolf’s Wife by
Michele Hauf
Published by Harlequin
Nocturne
Free ARC Provided by
NetGalley
Rating: 3 Stars
I love Michele Hauf’s
voice. If her name’s on a book, I’ll read it. And I’ve never been
disappointed—until now.
The Werewolf’s Wife has
a great premise. Who wouldn’t want read about a yummy shifter wolf saving a
damsel in distress, commiserating over drinks, getting hitched in Vegas and having
a crazy-wild night of passion? Okay, so that’s only the start for the rest of
the book, but it grabs your attention, right?
Ridge Addison becomes
pack leader. In order to set a good example and help his pack grow, he needs to
marry and have children—which means he needs to get a divorce from his
who-knows-where-she-is-or-what-she’s- doing witch of a wife. No, seriously. Abigail
Rowan’s a real witch with powers and everything.
Here’s where the plot
derailed for me. Ridge wants to have a family desperately. Of course Abigail
has a son, and of course Ryan might be Ridge’s child (or the deadly abusive
boyfriend Ridge rescued her from). A little predictable, but I rolled with
that.
When Ridge finally
tracks Abigail down to ask for a divorce, all kind of wrong hits the page.
Abigail has received a call that her son has been kidnapped. She’s scared,
angry, hurt. Then Ridge knocks on her door.
She basically tells him
this isn’t a good time so shove off. Ridge says he has divorce papers, but what
if he wants to keep her. He’s working an angle just to get inside the house.
Lousy angle. These two people had a one-night stand and haven’t seen each other
in 13 years. Why would they want anything to do with the other?
I digress. Abigail lets
him in. She’s stressed. Then she notices how good he looks. Really? Her son’s
kidnapping just occurred. Why wouldn’t she just sign the divorce papers, get
him out of her hair, search for her son and fry the bastards that took him?
That’s what a badass witch would do, right?
Nope. Abigail’s
obsessive, controlling and plain mean. I didn’t like her character at all—which
is sad because I really liked Ridge’s
character. I had to forgive him for being such a knob toward Abigail, but the
rest of his qualities made him a nice, caring, working-on-being-an-alpha male.
Will I read more of
Michele Hauf’s books? You bet. Hopefully the characters will be more engaging
as a whole and the plot will not be so predictable.
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