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Romance Rules for Werewolves

Item: Romance Rules for Werewolves
Rating: 4
Author: Kim

category: Book Reviews
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title: Romance Rules for Werewolves
author: Linsey Hall
series: Charming Cove #3
published: 11.1.2023
publisher: Bonnie Doon Press
genre(s): cozy mystery, paranormal, romance
pages: 271
source: bought
format: eBook
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the blurb

Autumn is a time of snuggly sweaters, crisp breezes, and.... sexy, broody werewolves?When I inherit a magical house in the beautiful seaside village of Charming Cove, it's just what I need to turn my dismal life around. Fresh off a bad breakup and with magic that I've ignored for a decade, I'm ready to rekindle my inner witch.The catch? The house is inhabitable until I renovate it, and the only place to live is with a brooding, rugged boat-builder who definitely doesn't want me in his space. Though there's no denying the electric spark between us, neither of us is willing to act on it.To make things more complicated, I have to renovate the house in thirty days or I'll lose it. But the house hates anyone who enters it and attacks with loose floorboards and horrific odors. I can't get a single contractor in Charming Cove to help me out.That leaves only one option-convince my new roommate to help me until I can untangle the mystery of why my new home is so moody. It'll mean spending every day with the sexy, infuriating werewolf, but I'll do whatever it takes to make my dreams a reality.Romance Rules for Werewolves is a fun, frothy romantic comedy full of laughter, love, and magical hijinks. It's the third in a series of stand alone romances set in the seaside village of Charming Cove and the books do not need to be read in order.

a few notes

POV: 1st person; dual
setting: England
keywords/phrases: magic, werewolves, found family
tropes: hero’s journey, unlikely allies, happy ending, the misunderstanding, grumpy-sunshine, forced proximity
spice: 3/5🔥🔥🔥
language: 0/5🤬

public reading: safe
cover notes: beautiful
mood reading: in the mood for cozy settings, wrongs being righted, found family
bonus points: as usual with this trilogy, the familiar! I loved Poa!

my review

The premise of this last book in the trilogy was one I haven’t seen often… the idea that the house is embued with its own personality. And that personality is angry, refusing to let anyone inside to repair it, much less live in it. Which is a problem for Isobel, as she’s just inherited it, with the stipulation that she restore it within a month. Otherwise she loses the inheritance to an ornery uncle.

The story between Isobel and Rafe is fun, watching the grumpy/sunshine, forced proximity unfold. I felt for Isobel, after the cold realization of her relationship with Tommy. It was a sad moment, but also one that was full of strength and hope, which I loved for her. But it was Rafe’s story that broke my heart. For much of the book. he was a truly tragic character. The pain he carried with him, and the story behind it, was terrible, and I was Team Isobel as she took it upon herself to help him, no matter what.

At its heart, this was a story of second chances in life, of finding hope in dark places, of finding your own strength. And it’s all set in an enchanting magical world with fabulous characters.

About Linsey Hall

Before becoming a writer, Linsey was an archaeologist who studied shipwrecks in all kinds of water, from the tropics to muddy rivers (and she has a distinct preference for one over the other). After a decade of tromping around in search of old bits of stuff, she settled down to start penning her own adventure novels and is freaking delighted that people seem to like them. Since life is better with a little (or a lot of) magic, she writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance.