How to Marry a Werewolf

Publisher's Summary

Guilty of an indiscretion? Time to marry a werewolf.

New York Times best-selling author Gail Carriger brings you a charming stand-alone story set in her wildly popular Parasolverse. Described as: Georgette Heyer goes to the wolves. 

Werewolves

The monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they're her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge. But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be. 

Americans

Backward heathens with no culture, Major Channing has never had time for any of them. But there's something special about Faith. Channing finds himself fighting to prove himself and defend his species. But this werewolf has good reason not to trust human women. 

Even if they learn to love, can either of them forgive?

From the best-selling author of the Parasol Protectorate series. Look out for appearances from favorite characters and the serious consequences of unwarranted geology. 

A Note on Chronology

The Claw & Courtship novellas can be heard in any order. This book can be enjoyed without having heard any of Gail's other works. Set in the spring of 1896, this story occurs after events chronicled in Romancing the Werewolf.

©2018 Gail Carriger LLC (P)2018 Gail Carriger LLC

A miss

Normally I LOVE Gail Carriger. But this one was...pretty bad. I'm actually doubting if Carriger actually wrote it. The prose was purple, the love scenes were cringeworthy, and the romance fell flat. Additionally, the production did this odd tinny effect anytime a character had a "thought," and it was very distracting.

I really can't recommend Carriger enough, but skip this one.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Entertaining

Wonderful to see Channing find Love. Heartbreaking to learn both pursuer and pursued are hiding such devastating secrets from their pasts. I enjoyed the narrator, but did not like the echoey effect they used to show when someone was thinking a monologue or comment instead of speaking it. Neat idea, but annoying in practice.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Witty, funny and delightful

If you like Carriger's work you'll like this. Same funny wit, hilarious banter and great characters. You don't need to read the other novels in her series, but previous knowledge makes the enjoyment all the richer. Narrator is good, but there's some timing issues with the inner dialogue effects towards the end, hence the three stars. Otherwise, a highly enjoyable book.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

excellent

This book was excellent and enjoyable. it's a great story and the narrator did it justice.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Wit, wisdom and werewolf shenanigans: perfect mix

This is another gorgeous notch is Ms. Carriger's belt (pardon the pun). It's a surprisingly meaningful story that takes one of the most amusingly cantankerous characters in her Victorian-period books, and gently redeems him through love, banter, and the powerful support of his pack. His new lady is a perfect match for him. All this is set against the backdrop of Ms. Carriger's perfectly zany world and its mix of steampunk zaniness and Victorian-era morales (which is its own craziness in modern eyes.) The reader underlined and emphasized all these emotions beautifully, bringing the story to life.
I loved it!

This book is good for the soul and the soulless!

Loved every word of this book! I smiled during my entire listen! Channing Channing meets his match.

Great read but not my favorite narration

I LOVE Gail Carriger and the world of the parasol protectorate and so after listening to so many books it’s hard to listen to names and phrases common to other books in the world being mispronounced. Otherwise I loved the story!

so fun

immensely enjoyable. this is very fantastic and I highly recommend it to those who like Regency romance, science minded ladies and werewolves

Loved This

It has been a while since I enjoyed the Protectorate series and I was happy to be back in that world. Major Changing is a growly, reluctant suitor but he meets his match in Faith. She is a bit of an independent, strong American who had been rejected by her family and sent to London to capture a werewolf mate if she can.
The character interaction is fun especially with the secondary characters pushing things along.
I enjoyed when these two revealed their vulnerabilities and accepted each other's strengths.
I like this author and recommend her werewolf series for the light escape and romance they share.
Audio Notes: Emma Newman does a fine job with the narration. She gives each character their appropriate voice and personality. There are some 'thought asides' presented in a different tone, which I found acceptable once I realized what it was. I do recommend this as a fun audio experienced.

Major Channing!!

I enjoyed the Major Channing character in the previous series, its going to be fun to have Ms Carriger fully develop his personality and story line. This book did not disappoint, I am looking forward to more! Its also great to hear more about Biffy and Lyle! Keep creating!

Funny and touching

Beautifully and subtly narrated. I particularly liked the American accents.
I enjoyed encountering familiar characters from the earlier novels. The author takes her time telling the story, allowing you to get to know the characters major and minor.

When Faith meets Channing...

I liked the finishing school series, I loved the Parasol Protectorate series but this is my favourite. Major Channing Channing Of The Chesterfield Channing's is to be blunt a bit of an ass, in the other books and my favourite part of meeting him was when Alexia whacked him with her parasol! But there was always a sense that there was more to him than just being spoiled and arrogant or even as a wolf he wouldn't have survived for so long. This is a nice love story, with just enough glimpses into the other characters we have come to know and love to keep the die hard fans content a brilliant addition to the parasolverse!

Brilliant story told by an excellent narrator

I loved this story when I read the book, so was really looking forward to listening to it too when it was available. But the actual audiobook is so much better than I expected! The narrator, Emma Newman, does an impeccable job of bringing the story to life, and I love her voices for all the characters. I also loved her variation of accents used throughout the book - very impressive! The only negative I'd say about the audiobook is that the echoey effect they used for the internal thoughts made it difficult to hear what was being said for me, with my hearing impairment. Whilst it was good to try and differentiate between external and internal thoughts, this maybe wasn't the best way, especially as it's clear what's internal anyway in context of the story.
Anyway, I loved this story and this audiobook, and I would highly recommend it to all Gail Carriger fans, those who enjoy the genre, and anyone who just likes a good story! Can't wait for the next story!!

A book about chasing and courting and being caught

I loved this when it came out in book format, and couldn't wait to get it in audio. Of course initially I had to get over that it is about Channing, I really didn't want to read Channing's book at first, he was so irritating a character and I just didn't see away to retrieve him.

This audio is as good as expected, I've listened to it twice already. It took me a while to get used to the accents though, I guess I'd not imagined the right American accent.

This story of Channing and Faith finding each other has a feel of Georgette Heyer about it. I love how they skirt round each other dancing in and out as they work each other out.

This book made me laugh out loud and it made me cry, I loved it. I enjoyed it so much I've listened to it twice in 24 hours.