This was so incredibly fun! I was on board the moment I knew it involved werewolves, and I LOVED seeing how the lore of the ‘show’ overlapped with what was happening. The characters were also very fun - I would love to be Alex’s friend, honestly! Absolutely going on recommendation lists!

Thank you so much for allowing me to read an advanced copy!

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

"To be clear, I'm in love with you too." Even though Alex said it first, saying it back still felt like jumping off the edge of a cliff.
She snapped her head up. "You do?"
He nodded solemnly. "Devin Ashwood is in love with you."
Alex scowled. "You are not as cute as you think you are."

4.5 stars

What an absolute delight this book was.

This was cute, funny, heartfelt, spicy, everything. Devin had his character flaws, but his POV was so entertaining. So full of himself but an honest to god golden retriever, and the mix of a contemporary romance and throwing in the werewolf aspect was 🤌

Absolutely recommend for romance readers who also like a spoonful of fantasy 💙

4.25
I have to say- if you were ever a fandom loving, A03 reading fan girl- this is for you. If you aren’t familiar with these things you may not have some of that initial softness I found towards it in the comfortless of something so familiarly niche in public but explosive in the right forum. This reads like a Ali Hazelwood/Julie Soto novel without the emphasis of size difference and a Stark lookalike to Adam Driver. (Yes I love both of those things leave me alone) I desperately wish there had been more talk of traditional werewolf traits (e.g. mates, marking, bitting, knotting), but I found this well written and funny! I read it in one sitting and throughly enjoyed it. It just felt very far left of a traditional werewolf romance, not a negative thing necessarily especially if you’re new to the concept. As someone who is not- I would have liked a lot more werewolf moments and less half shifted/human.

I received a free copy of this book thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group; all opinions expressed are exclusively my own.

Again, I'm coming back after a long review hiatus, so it's been quite some time since I read this book. I will say I had some initial concerns about where and how the romance was developing, but honestly I felt it was handled well (age gap). This is a romance with a touch of the supernatural that really evokes the feelings of people in fandoms and was ultimately enjoyable.

Unfortunately, no warnings as I can't rely on my memory to be accurate.

I'm not going to say I hated this book but I did have a dawning realization while I was reading this book about why books like this don't work for me. When I say "books like this", what I mean are books that are mostly contemporary in nature but dabble in the paranormal, in this case, with the hero turning into a werewolf. I want the book to fully commit to the bit, meaning that either it's fully contemporary or it's fully paranormal and there's some level of world building happening. Here, if you take out the werewolf elements, it's just a full on contemporary, there's no world building that's happened, it takes place in a small town in Florida known for raising some of the best race horses in the world.

Secondly, the characters: Devin is 42 and Alex is 34 but they both read as so much younger that every time their age gets mentioned, especially Devin's, I'm taken aback. He reads as so immature for being 42 and I know that's part of the allure of him, his inherent need for attention and validation and approval, but it also makes it hard to take him seriously as a love interest for anyone. I can probably buy Alex as a 34 yo, if I squint my eyes a bit, but most of her character development solely rests the fact that she was abandoned by her mother when she was pretty young and has kept emotional walls up even with her closest friends since then because as Devin astutely clocks it, if she doesn't let anyone in too close, she can't be hurt.

That's not to say I disliked this book in it's entirely, I did like the way both Devin and Alex's baggage was presented, their sense of abandonment, Devin feeling like everyone leaves him once he stops paying them. And there's a great line about him not knowing what made him a werewolf but Alex made him human that is really lovely but on the whole, this subgenre of books (I don't even know what that is, really, is it paranormal lite?) just doesn't work for me. But that's just me, I think other people will enjoy it.

Fan Service was a roadtrip straight to my golden age of fandom. The sweet spot between the late 2000s to early 2010s, where I'm thriving on Tumblr, and discovering a supernatural show that reeled me in like no other. Where I'm connecting with new friends that become lifelong friends, where I'm forming a community that becomes home. Where I find a place of belonging.

Much like our heroine Alex, a stumble into a fan convention sort of took the shine off the love I had for one show (but in this case, at no fault of the actors! can't say the same for Devin, sorry bud.), and I left that bit of me behind. Until now, until Fan Service delivered some nostalgia that had me going down memory lane. That girl I was is still behind me, but I now look back on her fondly. I see someone who took something she loved and cherished it in a way we forget too often to do. Alex reminded me of that love and the mark it leaves behind, even after you've walked away from it.

Fan Service follows Alex, a one-time fanatic of a supernatural show called The Arcane Files, and the one-time hero Devin, the washed up lead of the one-time popular show. Back when she was a teenager, Alex became a fandom forum mod for the show and excitedly met her hero Devin during a fan convention, but as the saying goes...don't meet your heroes, folks. After Alex overhears some hurtful words from her idol, her love for the fandom dwindles and she harbors resentment 17 years later when her idol connects with her, suddenly desperate for help. For the tv show may not have been so far removed from reality, as Devin alarmingly discovers...he's becoming a werewolf. Armed with a vault of fandom lore and knowledge, Alex sets aside past hurt and helps Devin to understand his new being. But along the way, it's not the lessons of being werewolf that become most valuable-- for the both of them. They set the course for a literal life changing adventure.

And, wow, what an adventure they have! I loved it! I'll gush about this book all day and evening and night and morning. It was that good, that enjoyable, that memorable.

Let's start with our wonderfully relatable, messy leads. Alex and Devin

Let's begin with my new book queen, Alex. I never self-insert, but I couldn't help but slip into Alex's skin at times. I deeply resonated with the core of her character, from her anxiety to her all her insecurities; to how fandoms became her escape and home; to how connecting with online fandom friends blossomed into years-long friendships and community she now cherishes. I saw so much of myself in Alex. But for all the ways I felt she was me, there was just many where she wasn't. Where instead I strive to rise to meet her in all the ways she's different. I found myself so inspired by her tenacity to keep driving for her goals, even if it seems everything is stacked against her. The way she always sets her own wants and comfort to help others. How she steadfastly stands up for what's right, even if it outcasts her. We can all be more like Alex.
Whether I was slipping into her skin, or wishing I was more like her, I love Alex so completely.

Now, let's take it over to Devin. What a mess. I adored him. He's a fallible character, whose cracks are hard to miss. He is a character prone to stumbling, whether it's with hurtful words, misguided actions, or unexamined thoughts. Dude is a mess, I must reiterate. But he truly shines in his POV. From his vantage point we see his hurtful words come from a thoughtless speaker, never a malicious one. We see his misguided actions come from a man without real world experience, who is prove to take the wrong turn-- but always rights himself. Devin is honestly refreshing, because he's not just another pick-of-the-litter in typical male leads. He's not a know-all, cool, suave guy. He is, thricely (let it be a word) said, a big ol' mess. But he's a lovable mess, because he's a mess that learns to clean himself up. That owns up to his mistakes, that learns to take criticism to the chin, that allows himself to finally grow up and embrace his failures along with his triumphs. Devin is a male lead who evolves. I came to love him as wholly as I did Alex.

These two characters become better versions of themselves because they meet. Because of their begrudging partnership turned budding friendship turned blossoming love story. As we find out from the prologue, Alex holds some understandable hurt due to Devin's past words, and one thing I loved the narrative did was not allow too much time pass before that is cleared. It really helped advance their relationship-- and it's one I loved to see grow. Alex and Devin mutually help each other in so many ways. Once Devin's selfishness is set aside (thanks to Alex), he's able to really pay attention to the woman she is and appreciate every quirk that's part of her. He comes to love those quirks, to obsess over her smell, to adore her way of being. It takes him a while to understand Alex, but she helps him to see things from a fresh perspective. It unlocked a humanity in him he long lacked. And, in turn, he helps boost her confidence, he becomes her cheerleader when she aims to make positive changes for her community. He supports her, and she gives it right back. Alex is all heart, and she can't deny helping her fallen idol. So she helps, helps him to embrace the wolf in him and helps him to make peace with his failures. I could honestly write a million paragraphs of all the ways I loved this relationship, but ultimately it comes down to just this: they helped in each other in poignant ways that blossomed them as individuals. For as much as I adored their romance and them as a couple (and god! I did, I did!), seeing their individual arcs evolve the way they did heartened me so much. This is a love story for romance and for self. And I left it feeling whole. Another theme in this one-- embracing one self, each other, all good things with a full heart.

The romance hit, the leads hit, and this book hits the right audience beautifully.

I do feel this book is perfect for 30+ year old readers. It includes pop culture we will instantly get and be tickled by (I see you LiveJournal namedrop!). Usually, I don't care for pop culture references, I think it can age a book in the years to come, but these are references of the past that really elevate the narrative by not being afraid to remind us of our heroine's age at 34. I massively appreciated that. These are older leads, with Alex in her 30s and Devin in his 40s. And the pop culture references emphasize that positively. And, as a reader in her 30s, it brought me comfort. It's even made me wonder if I was too harsh at the inclusion of pop culture references in past reads, because, as it turns out, when you're the target audience, it hits so incredibly well!

Much like the communities I become part of in my thriving fandom days, I felt warmly at home in this one.

This book is for the fandom nerds, of every kind! If you grew up on Tumblr obsessing over your favorite show, if you connected with fandom friends that formed a cherished community, if you found comfort in a seasons-long show, Fan Service is just right for you. Welcome home.

Thank you Berkley Romance and NetGalley for this advanced complimentary copy, I leave this honest review voluntarily.

This is one of those books that I think just isn't for me. While I have entertainment that I adore, I've never been able to get into the die-hard fandoms which I think makes this book harder for me to connect to than for it's ideal audience. It doesn't help that I really really didn't like Devin and found the relationship between him and Alex a bit icky. They both seemed far younger than their 34 and 42 ages and that is a personal pet peeve of mine. So all of this together just made it hard to read for me.

I think that there is a large audience for this and it is well written with a new take on the paranormal/urban fantasy genre but it just wasn't for me.

This was SO GOOD🥹🫶🏼 I think Rosie Danan has a way with words that sucks you into the story to the point where you can’t stop reading and finish it in one sitting. It’s truly remarkable… 10/10

I absolutely loved this book!!! There were so many clever, off the cuff niche references to 2000s ephemera and just what it feels like to be a die hard fan girl, and that exceeded my expectations and more. I am always happy when a book makes me (for lack of better term) guffaw. I loved the set up for how Alex and Devin met (the first time) and how that catapulted their relationship to where we find them in the present day. I want to be friends with Alex. She was bad ass, and her secret emotionality and sensitivity was very relatable. She was deadpan funny- I loved how she went through the world, and how she was drawn characteristically. Devin was a hilarious himbo, and I think that him and Alex made a really cute pair. He was more to what met the eye, and I think that his character growth was satisfying and earned. I loved their bickering and bantering when they were trying to come down to what caused his problem, and just their banter in general. I think Rosie Danan has a really great talent for creating worlds and characters that are biting and hilarious, but full of tenderness, and the way she crafts chemistry between her characters is scorching fiery hot. Also, can we get some commotion for the cover??? It is a work of art.
I loved this story, and can't hardly wait for her next release. I will read anything she writes, even if it is just a to do list. 10/10 would recommend to everyone who will listen to me rave.

I have loved all of Rosie Danan's books and this one was no exception - I'm very into the supernatural elements in this one and Do Your Worst, but I think it was executed even more effectively in this book. Devin Ashwood is an aging actor most famous for his role as a werewolf detective on a cult TV show called The Arcane Files. He's struggling with his status as a forty-something actor past his prime and is really pushing for a reunion 7 years after the conclusion of The Arcane Files when something really weird happens to him - he seems to be becoming, somehow, a werewolf in real life. Desperate to figure out what's going on and to avoid totally destroying whatever professional reputation he has left, he finds himself scouring the internet for information about his new condition. He comes across a super comprehensive fan site about The Arcane Files and when he realizes that his current predicament is closely reflecting his character's experience on the show, he reaches out to the moderator and gets an email in response with a date, time, and place - a small town in Florida. He flies across the country and the only person who seems more shocked than he is is the moderator herself - Alex Lawson, who assumed that the email was from one of her lifelong fandom friends playing a joke. Alex and her dad have some major debt to pay off, so she agrees to help him with what she assumes is a totally fictitious problem... for a fee. Meanwhile, she's trying to get over her own anger at him for blowing her off and calling her a freak at a con in 2008, deal with the fact that he actually does seem to be turning into a werewolf, fight her very inconvenient attraction to him, and navigate her life in a town she hates (and that hates her back). All of the components here just really worked for me - there was a great balance between paranormal stuff, relationship building, character growth, and steam. It was a touch long - over 400 pages, I think - but it moved quickly and I found it really compelling all the way through.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this digital ARC

4⭐️

This was a fun black cat/golden retriever nerdy supernatural romance. I also really enjoyed that the characters were a bit older, it’s nice to read about people that aren’t in their 20s!

Was this book written for me? Even though I didn't have one particular fandom that I was obsessed with, this was my community. I love that we got to experience it in a vulnerable, loving way. Alex is so relatable and I wanted to hug her! Devin had so much trauma and I just wanted him to be loved. The way their relationship build was both fun and tender. The spice was HOT and the romance so sweet. I will definitely be recommending this to all my nerdy romance friends.

Thank you Berkley and Netgalley for the ARC.

I think that this book was good at what it was trying to do, but it just wasn’t for me.

The plot was unexpected; even after reading the synopsis, I was surprised that he was actually a werewolf, but I think that this paranormal twist made this a more unique and refreshing romance book. I also usually don’t like dual POV romance books at all, but I think it was done fairly well in this book and helped make the story more entertaining. While I didn’t love either of the main characters, I did think that the development of their relationship was well-paced and well-written overall.

The reason for my low rating is really because parts of their romance was just icky to me, even some things I’m sure that die-hard romance readers wouldn’t mind at all (I am just not one unfortunately.) I also felt like the dialogue and some attempts at humor were often stilted and cringe-worthy. Also, Devin was SO immature, and I couldn’t believe he was supposed to be in his 40s..

I think I would recommend this to certain people based on their reading taste, but overall I won’t be thinking of this book much in the future.

This book transported me back to my 2012 superwholock tumblr days in the best way possible. Was this book basically just a Jensen Ackles y/n fanfiction? Yes. Did I eat up every second of it? Also yes. This is the silliest goofiest ride and truly glorifies and embodies what it is like to be a fangirl. My inner high school nerd was fed with this book. Devin was the best dumb himbo and Alex was so relatable I loved their dynamic. Sometimes you just need a goofy werewolf x goth girl love story. This cleansed my soul and makes me want to get back on tumblr just to recommend it.

I've enjoyed Rosie Danan books in the past, but her books have recently taken a more paranormal slant. I don't mind it, but they haven't met the level of her contemporary novels. Fan Service is about a former fangirl and the object of her affection working together to solve the case of his recent lycanthropy. A lot of this book focused on blogs, fan conventions, and obsession over a fictional television show. I believe this was loosely based on a combination of Teen Wolf and Supernatural. I'm sure I missed a lot of references or Easter eggs because I'm not familiar with either show. I've lost my passion for fake Hollywood romances, but thankfully Fan Service focuses on the aftermath of the hero's career.

There were many elements I liked in this book and many others I did not particularly care for while reading. I loved the hero, Devin. He was charming, funny, and very sweet. On the other hand, I despised the heroine. She was a goth chick with a nose ring and a bad attitude. He enlists her help as a superfan to help him understand his new status as a werewolf, just like his television counterpart. My favorite were when he went wolf mode and was addicted to her scent. It was totally primal and an excuse for him to chase her through the woods. I'm sold. The book went on too long and went stale after they revealed their feelings for one another. Whenever Devin fully embraced his werewolf side were the best sections of Fan Service.

Fan Service was a fun paranormal romp that I'm sure I would have liked more if I had more fangirl tendencies. I still think her debut novel, The Roommate, is her best work and I keep hoping with every new release she'll recreate that magic. To misquote Abby Lee Miller: Fan Service was good, but I'm looking for great. I wish we had more werewolf scenes and I would have been a much happier lass. Although I may not have been in this fandom, I was very appreciative of all the Fan Service.

This book is like an ao3 girly's dream (iykyk). Imagine your favorite tv show growing up about this superhero werewolf, and it turns out to be more of a reality than you thought? I won't say too much more, because I feel like that will just give the whole story away. But yes everyone, we got a werewolf/shifter romance 😎

I will be honest, the first 40% of this book was just okay. Like it wasn't bad by any means, but I was kind of waiting for something more...? And then suddenly the book turned for the better and the rest of the book absolutely delivered. I could not put this book down, and ended up staying up way past the time I should've because I had to KNOW how this was going to play out. I was squealing and I even teared up. I was not expecting to get emotional over this lack-of-emotional-depth-"bro" mmc. And don't worry everyone, he get's better.

At first, I definitely was like this is a bit too much of the mmc's point of view, and he's kind of a crappy person, and then it goes more into what environment he was raised in, and how he's basically been fighting all his life to belong, to matter, and then you realize it's actually quite sad. Even though I was really skeptical initially, wondering does he have... any depth? He surprised me constantly throughout this book. He was actually very thoughtful, and tried his best, and he was even sentimental about everything?! 😭

"There were many things Devin didn't know [...]
How to love someone. How to ask them to love you back.
But he knew he could be good for her. That he wanted to be.
Tonight. For as long as she let him."

I very much enjoyed Alex and Devin's dynamic. She absolutely hates him at the start, and watching her get to know the "real Devin", and see all the thoughtful things he does for her slowly melt her heart of ice was so fun to watch. He becomes such a wonderful addition to her current outcasted life in a conservative small town in Florida, and just watching them both grow and learn to be better from each other is something I always LOVE to see in a couple. It also doesn't hurt that this is a forced proximity, slow-ish burn romance hehe.

I also just want to mention that I loved the formatting of this book. The fandom vibes and the fanfic lingo. It was all too perfect for me, and enjoyed watching Alex interact with her friends that she bonded over this fandom.
"#blackcat/goldenretriever #enemies-to-lovers #agegap 3ook Rated E"

Overall, this was a fun time. Were we robbed off a knot? We sure were, and honestly? I'm not angry about it. This really wasn't like an omegaverse dynamic to begin with in the first place. Sure, it could have been nice, but I was screaming already from their moments together, laughing at the relatability of it all (older main characters and fanfic vibes), that I completely forgot that knotting could have been done here. But honestly, the poor man was so frightened and scared of everything that was happening to him, imagine if he found out he had a knot? 😂

Thank you netgalley and Berkley for this arc ♥

Ah Rosie has done it again!!! As a forever fan since The Roommate, I was expecting lighthearted, swoon-worthy romance and boy did this deliver! The story is super fun with the added supernatural elements to the mix. It felt like reading about Buffy or Supernatural or any other 2000s show that really sunk it's teeth into the world and left an obsessive fandom. The celebrity part of the male lead was handled expertly and felt very real (and now Devin is one of my fave love interests ever ever!) The chemistry was palpable on every page and the spice level was 👌👌👌 perfect in my opinion! If you're a romance fan and want something fun and lighthearted with a touch of werewolves, then this is definitely the book for you!

ARC Review: Fan Service by Rosie Danan
Pub Date: March 11

Thank you to @berkleyromance for the #gifted eARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

My goodness what a FUN book! I'm a huge fan of paranormal romances and this one just hit all the highlights that I usually love and had some additional elements that made me love it even more.

When she was younger, Alex used to run a fan site for the show The Arcane Files - a werewolf detective show. She also had a huge crush on the main actor, Devin Ashwood. That is, until she meets him at a convention and overhears him call her a freak who will die alone... Now an adult, Alex has never fit in in her small town. She works a few part time jobs to make ends meet and help cover her dad's medical bills. When none other but Devin Ashwood shows up asking for her expertise in werewolf lore because he just *might* be turning into a werewolf, she can't resist the mystery and the extra money isn't too shabby either.

I love a black cat/golden retriever type of relationship - Alex has a really tough exterior but is ultimately a pretty big softie once she opens up. Devin is just obsessed with her and I loved that for him (and her)! And as much as this is a romcom, the characters are also multidimensional. The tension throughout the book is just excellent!

If you want to just turn your brain off and read a super fun book, I definitely recommend this one!

This is the third werewolf novel I’ve read in the last six months, and each has a unique twist on the theme: How To Help for a Hungry Werewolf by Charlotte Stein uses witchcraft as the device for creating a monster that changes every night and has a larger than life appendage, while Ali Hazelwood’s Bride forces a match between a vampire and a werewolf and doesn’t shy away from knotting. Two involve a chase through the woods, two imagine other kinds of supernatural beings as real, and two feature a snowfall of feathers. All have in common the ability of the werewolf to partially or fully shift.

In Danan’s universe, art imitates life when a middle-aged child star and former lead of a very popular supernatural detective show The Arcane Files, on which he portrays the chosen one who turns into a werewolf at the full moon, actually turns into a werewolf. When he begins experiencing alarming shape shifts, actor Devin Ashwood hunts down Alex Lawson, the mod of his series fandom site, for help. He doesn’t remember their one meeting at a con where the then 25-year-old star dissed a 17-year-old awkward superfan after she froze at their paid photo op, and her crush is crushed under his obliviously cutting remarks. Alex launched the site as a teen and maintained it well into her adulthood, although it hasn’t been updated in years. When an email comes in to her admin address, she agrees to meet the actor reaching out for help, unaware she’s going to meet her former teen idol who she’s never forgiven for hurting her. Her dad’s medical bills make it easy to agree to assist Devin—for a fee. Life imitates art as they use the details of the show to test Devin’s strengths, weaknesses, and limits of control.

At first glance, a struggling to make ends meet gothy vet tech who still lives with her dad seems to have little in common with a wealthy celebrity, but they share sacrificing for their parents, parental betrayal, no college degree, a lack of close friends. Both lose themselves in stories, and both are playing an expected role for so long (the weird goth girl, the werewolf) that’s it’s hard to figure out where the persona stops and the person begins. Together, they learn to trust and be vulnerable.

Chapters are interspersed with excerpts from the Werewolf Support Group website, in a careful chronology to introduce the show. The description of werewolf characteristics and the order in which features change (eyes claws, jaws) follows Devin’s first shift in front of Alex. Trials undertaken on the show guide the tests Alex puts Devin through to strain his endurance, instincts, and submission.

Messages from Alex’s group chat with two friends she met during her tumultuous teenage years, when she faced the torment of bullying, the pain of her mother’s leaving, and the hurt of being humiliated by her idol, appear sporadically and help move the plot by providing the response from the outside world to Devin’s strange behavior. These excerpts show Danan’s range and serve as a unique way to contribute backstory and build character and The Arcane Files universe. Her signature sly wit and scathing humor orient around perfectly chosen sensory detail. Every sentence is finely crafted, snort out loud snarky humor abounds, especially a light disdain for Hollywood, and including shade from Devin’s agent of twenty years. The writing is peppered with a broad spectrum of gaming, television, movie, and pop culture allusions from Call of Duty to Teen Beat to Yoga with Adriene to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Wheel of Fortune, and Beauty and the Beast. The narrative is sprinkled with up to the minute slang (rizz, zaddy), chat acronyms (idec, stg) and conventions, like putting actions bookended with asterisks, like in 1990s chat rooms. Pop culture references are a touchstone for GenXers, like livejournal’s Frank the Goat (remember livejournal?), Jingle Ball, AO3, The Teen Choice Awards, and a plethora of celebrities. There’s a lot of turning of tables: the celebrity gets a crush on the normie, Alex’s friends label her new relationship with hashtags as if it were fanfiction.

And, this is science fiction based on facts. There is such a thing as a super blue blood moon was a total lunar eclipse visible in the US only once every 150 years, though Danan takes liberties with the timing. Wolf behavior and werewolf lore are equally well-researched. It’s extra convenient that Alex’s father is a wolf conservationist—a career that puts him at odds with racehorse-obsessed Tompkins, Florida residents.

Queer representation is strong—Devin’s agent, the town librarian, and Alex’s best friend are lesbians, a coworker is gay, and Alex identifies as bisexual. Producer Brian Dempsey is closeted queer and the Arcane Files homoerotic overtones are not subtle. Trigger warnings include bullying, queerbaiting, and homophobia. The sex scenes are unconventional and off the charts hot; Devin’s choice for aftercare after a bondage scene is the icing on the cake.

The most masterful parts of the writing are Devin’s slow sorting out of what’s human-him and what’s wolf-him: the lycanthrope is all id and is reduced to simple rushes of words with no spaces in between (DarkBitterDelicate, FearSadnessPanic). As the moon wanes, he can more easily recognize when the wolf part is talking. As the moon waxes, the wolf asserts himself more and more until it takes over, feral. Once the full moon arrives, Devin is resplendent as a wolf and docilely dog-like as a human, snapping at bath water and terrorizing the mailman.

This is the manic pixie dream girl fandom homage that Buffy, X Files, and Dawson’s Creek fan didn’t know they were waiting for. A must-purchase.

I received a free advance reader’s review copy of #FanService via #NetGalley courtesy of #Berkley. A review will post to HLBB on 3/11/2025.

Another winner (mostly) from Rosie Danan. I am a fandom girlie and a romance girlie so this was right up my alley, even though werewolves aren't really my thing. I loved the fandom aspects of this, Alex's whole character, the wolf trials, and the relationship for the most part. I did have to mentally age Devin down while reading - having him be 42 didn't seem necessary and some of his behavior would have been marginally more acceptable if he was younger.