This is one of the first book reviews I've written, so I'd like a little bit of peer review before I ship it off to be published....
J.L. Langley’s novel, Without Reservation, takes the werewolf genre to a totally different level. Instead of having the classic werewolf horror genre, she turns it into a romance genre. At the beginning of the novel Chayton, a Native American veterinarian, finds his mate, Keaton, a blonde haired Caucasian teacher.
Together, Chay and “Little Bit” must fight against two different prejudices in order to live their lives. Not everyone in the community is happy about Chay dating a Caucasian. But even more people have a problem with them both being males. After several attempts on Keaton’s life, Chay and Keaton both must work together and face these problems head on, or risk losing each other.
The book has an interesting premise, gay werewolf lovers, a plot you don’t see too often. The book started off pretty good, decently paced and very interesting. About a third of the way through the book that changes, instead of being just a book focusing on the relationship and its problem, it turns into erotica. It seemed like after that point that there was a sex scene every couple pages. Even if you ignored the sex scenes, the book started to go downhill. Everything started to happen really fast, the attempts on Keaton’s life and his healing felt rushed. It didn’t have the amount of drama it needed. The ending of the book was also a little predictable and rushed.
Overall, the book is a cute read. If you’re looking for something to read on a Sunday afternoon, and don’t mind a bunch of sex scenes, then this is worth the couple dollars it costs. Don’t pick it up expecting a literary masterpiece, but check it out if you have a couple hours to burn and feel like reading about gay werewolves.
