Who’s Afraid? by Maria Lucas

A young woman looks into the mystery of her absent father and discovers she is part of a family of werewolves. It’s not exactly happy families though and Tommi has a tricky path to tread figuring out exactly who she is and what she wants. Lewis has constructed a complex supernatural hierarchy that she is in too much of a hurry to impart. She tells rather than shows and the constant exposition gets very dull. A better edit could have improved this aspect and also picked up some of the poor typos and odd word use. There is some vivid writing, particularly about the change process to werewolf, but an interesting start devolves into a plot that becomes very predictable – budding romance with mentor – tick; girl goes stupidly alone into danger – tick. The pace picks up again towards the end, the action is violent and bloody and Lewis does not shy away from hard choices, providing a more satisfying read and neatly setting up the next book in the series.