This might be my new favorite Rosie Danan book! Did she just beat The Roommate?! Fan Service serves, well…. everything, haha! Its a compelling story with great characters and a beautiful romance! Really hope to explore more of this world in the future cause I don’t wanna say goodbye to them! Another great book, I highly recommend!

Devin, an actor in a former supernatural series, discovers he might actually be a werewolf. How do you find out where to get help with your new supernatural abilities? You find Alex, the moderator of a popular website following the television series, since this is where the most werewolf information lives. Though they appear totally different, an actor and a goth girl, both our lead characters suffer from insecurities from parental trauma growing up and keep folks at a distance. But their connection to The Arcane Files brings them together as they try to get some control over Devin's werewolf situation before the next full moon. I loved the complex characters in this novel, as well as Alex's surrounding friends and family.

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Absolutely hilarious, perfectly spicy, exciting, and heart wrenching. I was kicking my feet and giggling and also didn’t want it to end

This is perfect for AO3 stans and any fangirls who had a crush on Tyler Posey in 2011 when he played Scott McCall in Teen Wolf. This book makes me mourn the loss of my tumblr page

Incredible characterization of the “washed out celebrity who has a shit ton of emotional baggage”

They say never meet your heroes but what if your hero turns into a werewolf? Nerdy FMC using nerdy fandom knowledge to help the star get his life in order now that he's a werewolf? HERE FOR IT. Yes, please, and thank you.

I was ready and excited for a campy, fun, paranormal romp. And while the set up definitely seemed to be going in that direction, somewhere around the 30% mark it just got really bogged down and didn’t really recover.

For one, I couldn’t buy into the characters are adults in their mid thirties and early forties respectively. Devin was even previously married but was so aggressively stunted emotionally, he felt like a young frat boy that felt so embarrassing and frankly offputting. He was also quite abrasive and fairly cruel with Alex that I just didn’t see how he was ever falling for her.

As for Alex, while I love that she’s a sharp and blunt black cat type, I did find her obsession with the show and Devin very offputting. It felt like a very off power imbalance when she first met him and it continues to feel that way when they meet again as adults. I just couldnt buy it.

Maybe because I was never into a fandom like that or into anything like teen wolf, but it felt like this spent so much time as an homage to early 2000s paranormal shows than the characters and romance. Overall it was fine but quite snoozy. Many thanks for my netgalley e-arc!

In the beginning I didn’t find Devin charming or loveable. A few parts made me laugh out loud but overall he was just an insufferable man child. While I’m sure that was the point he was quite literally middle aged and that was a huge turn off.

Overall the story is very well written but I didn’t totally feel the chemistry. Overall I had fun reading it though!!

spent an entire day - when I should have been doing a lot of other things....reading this delightful book! Thoroughly enjoyed it and will be ordering it for my store

This one was fun. I liked the breakdown of fandoms more than anticipated. Likely anyone who delved deep into any fandom would also appreciate and probably like the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the e-Arc!

This book had me so invested, I love the warewolf/human story line. It was a great story and one I think everyone needs to read. It was for sure a romantasy that I will be purchasing.

This was enjoyable. Lots of fun! It will be particularly enjoyable, in my opinion, for people who grew up with fandom or fanfic. It was a fantastic beginning to Halloween month, and I must admit that I enjoy a fresh interpretation of werewolf mythology! It was a fast-paced read, as is typical of Rosie Danan's stories, which are always entertaining and captivating! Additionally, it reminded me of Buffy, but with werewolves, which is always a good thing. Overall, a lot of fun!

Does Rosie ever miss??

As a proud member of 2000s Fan Girl Culture, this was just… it. The plot to spice ratio was very well balanced, I loved how the couple met challenges together, and the ending was so sweet!

I knew this would be a 5 star read for me about 30% of the way in and placed an order for a physical copy of the book for my shelf.

This was truly a fan fiction rom com that lovers of Supernatural, Buffy, A03, Twilight, and any other fandom can appreciate.

I laughed out loud, I cried, I savored every moment of reading this book. Reading this book, you can expect:

- Black cat/golden retriever
- Hurt/comfort
- Spice, fluff, tension, pining
- A03 + pop culture references and humor (the Chad Michael Murray references were 💯)
- Dual POV
- 10 year age gap
- Werewolf/actor x Human
- Small town bullies
… And so much more

3.5

i wouldn’t call myself a “fan” of supernatural romance, but this one was ok. i’ve been reading danan’s books since her first, and i prefer her earlier works. this was kind of fun in a fandom type of way, and i think it was its best when they were running though devin’s trials in florida.

#netgalley

I probably would have enjoyed Fan Service more had I watched Teen Wolf (should I watch it?). I think that Fan Service, through Alex, perfectly represents fandom and what it’s like to be caught up in the fanfare of it all.

I loved the idea behind the novel, but it was too long, particularly the ending.

Fan Service follows Alex as she helps her childhood crush and lead actor from The Arcane Files, Devin, as he becomes a werewolf. Readers get intimate insights into the show and the obsessive fandom it generated. Along with the obsessive fandom, readers also get to experience the soul crushing feelings when that love is shattered.

Alex and Devin have decent chemistry. For a novel steeped in fandom and, by extension, fanfiction, I expected there to be more angst and tension between Alex and Devin.

As mentioned previously, I thought Fan Service was too long. The final stretch of the novel plays out exactly as expected and not in a good way. I found myself skimming through some of the chapters.

Overall, Fan Service is an enjoyable enough novel about fandom, self-esteem, and love.

I have to admit before this book I wasn’t the biggest fan of Rosie Danan books. I’ve read most of her work and found them to be a bit overhyped on social media. However, Rosie won me over with “Fan Service” Plus I’m so glad I read this in October because this book met all of my spooky season needs! While also being a perfect love letter to fandoms and fan culture. If you are a fan of Ali Hazelwood “Bride” & Lana Ferguson “The Fake Mate” then “Fan Service” is right up your alley!

My favorite thing about this book has to be our MFC Alex. I love that we finally got a MFC that wasn’t your stereotypical blonde bombshell. Instead Alex is a tattooed, pierced black cat gal through and through. Plus throughout the story she’s constantly seen as the town weirdo and I’ve never related to something more.

Then of course we have our MMC Devin. I will admit I struggled with him for a bit. Because in the beginning he was 100% an asshole. However, once we learn his backstory you can’t help but fall in love with him and just want to give him a big hug.

Devin & Alex together was electric. I loved watching their agreement blossom into more. Plus the spice between the two of them 🥵😉the woods chase scene 🥵😉 and the submission trail 🥵😉

Overall, I highly recommend “Fan Service” when it comes out next March. Can’t wait to pre-order my own physical copy! Lastly big thank you NetGalley and Berkley for giving me this e-arc in exchange for an honest review!!

An absolutely delightful and steamy romance. I was hooked from the first page, Devin and Alex grabbing me with their imperfections and chemistry. I adored every moon-soaked, howling word!

What to say. This really dove head first into the life of fanfic. This romance was different than alot of things I’ve read before and for that, I enjoyed it. The characters themselves kind of sucked for me. Devin was just such a selfish person and even though he does get there in the end he really just fell flat for me on the romance scale. The whole werewolf thing was A+ though and big kudos to the author for the spicy stuff; just didn’t really hit for me romance wise.

Really really enjoyed this one! I always love a romance with an older set of main characters. Also the premise was so much fun, as a fellow fanfiction girly growing up, I felt really seen with this. I was hoping for the fanfiction to factor in a little more (would have loved to have the friend group more involved!) but overall I really enjoyed this.

I am a die-hard fan of Rosie Danan's books, and I think this might be her best book yet! I was just completely tickled by the concept -- a diehard fan of a long-running supernatural TV show (so diehard in fact, that she ran the fandom wiki) meets the former star of the show...when he seeks her out because it turns out he has actually become a werewolf in real life and he's freaking out. As Alex helps Devin tackle his inner wolf, they get to know each other and fall for each other. I really liked the layers of complication and personal baggage they had to work out as they both grapple with struggling to connect and trust.

One of the things that makes this book so fun is the excerpts from Alex's fandom wiki as well as the text messages with two of her best friends who she met through her internet fandom.

A must read for 2025!

If I had not previously read and loved Do Your Worst, I probably would not have read this book. The blurb did not sound like something I would enjoy. I was so wrong though. Something I thought would be cheesy and cringey was so good! The characters had beautiful arcs and change that was so believable and touching. While they were a very unlikely couple, it just made total sense. It was not hard to suspend disbelief about the werewolf plot line because the author handled it so well. I’m so glad I took a change and read this!