PublishedAtlantic, July 2023 |
ISBN9781838957223 |
FormatSoftcover, 272 pages |
Dimensions21.6cm × 14cm × 1.9cm |
Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby. He's been struggling to manage his transition to adulthood almost as much as his monthly transitions to a werewolf. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm.
Tyler has got a plan, and weirdly his self-help punditry actually encourages Brian to shape up and to stop accidently marking out guys who ghosted him on Grindr as potential monthly victims. But as Brian gets closer to Tyler's pack, and alienated from Nik and Darby, he realises that Tyler's expansion plans are much more nefarious than a little lupine enlightenment...
Adam finished his undergraduate in writing and publishing in 2021 and has been working at Boffins ever since! He especially likes to read queer fiction, sociology and biographies.
Not high-brow reading by any means but still a fun and clever satire observing the relationships of queer people underscored by exciting fantasy tropes. There’s a lot of social commentary on capitalism and ‘wellness’ culture that made me laugh out of the sheer ridiculousness that the fantasy genre lends to this commentary. Still, it had a satisfying ending that was moving and heartwarming and very poignant to read as a gay man.
