Title: Big Bad Wolf
Author: Laurie Gilmore
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 384
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Big Bad Wolf

Ruby lives with her sister, Lena, in Maple Hollow. One night, on her way home, she is almost attacked by a wolf. But another wolf saves her life and gets hurt in the fight. Ruby decides to help the injured wolf.

The next day, the wolf is gone, but suddenly, Rafe appears. That’s how Ruby finds out that Rafe is a werewolf. Rafe feels the need to protect Ruby because he believes this won’t be the last attack.

Other wolves are after Lena because she has visions. But Lena’s visions are getting worse, and they are starting to affect her entire life. They need to find help or at least some answers so Lena isn’t exhausted all the time.

Review

I was so excited to read this book. I’m a big fan of the whole Dream Harbor book series by Laurie Gilmore, so I thought this was a completely new book series. But that’s not the case. This book was actually published before under a different title and author name. Just a little warning in case you want to read this book too. Luckily for me, I had never read the original.

The story started off somewhat interesting. Ruby finds out that Rafe is a werewolf, but she’s still interested in him. They have a connection, and I was curious to see where their relationship would go. Lena also has visions, but they’re getting worse. They have to help her and somehow make it easier for Lena to control these visions.

The first half of the book was sort of promising. But then we never got any answers about Lena’s visions or how to fix them. Nope, because the book ended with a major cliffhanger.

At the same time, I really didn’t like Rafe because he was annoying. One moment he was kissing Ruby, and then the next moment, he had to stay away from her because he wasn’t good enough for her. He was too dangerous. I once met a guy who was exactly like this, and it was exhausting. So, every time this happens in books, I get annoyed. I honestly couldn’t care less about Rafe.

Ruby was okay. At first, I was waiting for the Little Red Riding Hood reference. The cover makes it pretty clear that the story is somehow based on the fairy tale. Eventually, she started wearing this red cloak, so there it was.

Lena was another character, and she’s an adult, but somehow she needed a babysitter. I found that a little strange. I understand that she needed someone to take care of her, but calling that person a babysitter felt a bit weird to me.

Overall, I was clearly disappointed. It felt like nothing actually happened in this book. We never got any answers about Lena, and instead, we got a cliffhanger. It feels like this book was just an introduction to the story, but in this case, it was a 400-page introduction, which is crazy.

I wasn’t a fan, and I’m not even sure if I want to read the next book.

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