How to Help A Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein

I like How to Help A Hungry Werewolf a lot but it took me a bit to get into its groove. For instance, I thought Cass would express more anger. And that Seth would grovel more, especially at the beginning. Use your words, I kept thinking. But then I realized/learned why they didn’t and couldn’t at that point, and not just because they are magical.

Slight spoilers ahead …

Both Cass and Seth are victims of parental neglect and bullying. Both of them suffer from trauma based on the bully and neglect. And that trauma has arrested their emotional development. They both have trust issues and they have virtually no one to express those issues to outside of each other. Magic plays a part in this but isn’t the whole story. They are stuck, teen hearts in adult bodies, and while they are definitely grown up in a lot of ways, they are incomplete.

HTHAHW does a lot to allow Cass and Seth to heal themselves and each other. And it’s truly hot and riotously funny in parts, achingly tender in others. I inhaled this book, to be honest. Sequels would be nice. And Cass and Seth developing their own coven/pack of dear friends and solid friends would be so up my alley.