Accidentally Wedded to a Werewolf by Isabelle Taylor

Accidentally Wedded to a Werewolf by Isabelle Taylor
Series: Claw Haven #1
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Paranormal
Pages: 316
Published By: Harlequin on 31st October, 2024
Format: eBook
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Book Synopsis:

Welcome to Claw Haven, where monsters go to find some peace and quiet.

Spoiled heiress Luna Stack is meant to be sipping mai tais on a beach with her fun-loving fiancé. Instead, a snowstorm strands her in Claw Haven, Alaska, a cozy town full of monsters living the quiet life. At least the werewolf innkeeper’s hot—until he opens his mouth.

Luna’s more than ready to leave the grumpy wolf and his decrepit inn behind as soon as the snow clears, but when a potion mishap bonds the two of them together, she resigns herself to staying in Claw Haven, just for a little while.

She’s only werewolf married, though, not married married, like, legally. No big deal.

Oliver Musgrove wants nothing to do with his new “wife.” He has annoying, friendly townsfolk to ignore, and he’s lost his ability to shift, which means his alpha ambitions are currently on hold.

Unfortunately, no matter how much Oliver wants to keep his distance from Luna, the bond says otherwise. Even though the two can’t stand each other, maybe they can stop bickering long enough to explore the magical spark between them…

After all, what’s a little knotting between enemies?

Book Review

I’d not heard of this author before but ended up discovering it as part of the Romanceopoly Book Club choice for January.

I will start off by saying that I found the FMC very unlikeable pretty much all the way through! This is totally on me (not the book), but I don’t like open relationships at all, and that made this aspect hard for me to enjoy. The FMC is engaged to someone else before meeting the werewolf, which immediately turned me off. I liked the MMC a lot—I felt his character was much more developed as the story went on. He was definitely delivering on the grumpy side which I liked. It was nice to see him soften as the story progressed.

The romance element was okay but I just kept thinking that if it wasn’t for the bond forcing the romance, the chemistry between the two main characters just didn’t feel right. I honestly felt more invested in the FMC career development than I did with the romance. I actually enjoyed seeing more of the cosy side characters in the small town rather than the main characters at times.

The pacing of the book was overall okay but at times I do feel like it dragged out the main plot for a little too long. I also feel like it went from 0-100 with the spice at times. At times, the story included spice in situations where it didn’t feel necessary.

The small town vibes is what carried this book for me. I loved the descriptions of the Alaskan town and was definitely feeling the wintery vibes. I honestly feel like this book was a Twilight and Hallmark movie mixed together and I’m not sure how I feel about that.

If you’re a fan of monster romances, grumpy/sunshine and small town vibes then you may like this book. It’s not a terrible book; I just think the execution could have been better. I had fun but expected more romance wise.