WELCOME TO ALPHAVILLE, where the she-wolves and alpha-males play. . .for keeps, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christine Warren. Dr. Annie Cryer has been called many things: Genius. Child prodigy. Scientific wonder. Wolf Shifter. Banished from her pack years ago, Annie’s lone wolf wandering has brought her to Alpha, Washington, home to all … brought her to Alpha, Washington, home to all shifters who don’t quite fit in in the “normal” shifter word. Now Annie has the chance to go back home…if only she can make good on a favor her alpha owes the mayor of “Alphaville.” But it’s not much of a favor when you’re helping the hottest shifter in town…
Grizzly shifter Jonas Browning has a clan in trouble. They haven’t had a child born in over a hundred years…and their clan faces going completely extinct. Genetic scientist Anne Cryer has been sent to help save them. But what Jonas doesn’t count on is being irresistibly drawn to the small wolf shifter, and his bear isn’t about to let her go…
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New to me author…
Wow, where to begin with this what is book one / interlude into this new series.
Alphaville certainly suits the name of this series.
When a bear shifter community is not producing like it should they call in child prodigy Annie Cryer.
Jonas Browning is Alpha and comes from a long line of money. What he doesn’t come from is a long line of shifters who choose to mate properly. He is shocked at this revelation by dear old mom.
Well, Dr. Annie is no pushover wolf so Jonas is gonna have his work cut out for him.
I enjoyed this exciting and sexy short read and really glad I was offered the chance to read it by the publisher. More Please !!
Something to Howl About is the prequel novella for a new shifter series. And, boy oh boy, it’s a great beginning. This fast read has a great hook for the series and will have you plotting on your calendar for the next volume. I can’t wait!
I love that this series ties into her other series. Great characters and descriptive scenes. This is a short book and highly suggest reading the other series so you know what is happening with this characters life.
This is a NON-SPOILER REVIEW. Something To Howl About by Christine Warren seems to be a spin-off/continuation of her fabulous Others series. (If you haven’t read this series before, I highly recommend it!) Alphaville is a quick and dirty short read that introduces us to a host of new characters that live and work in Alphaville. A place where the misfits have found a place to fit in. It’s a cute story, Jonas and Annie meet and sparks go off. Neither wants the other or know what to do about the sparks, until they do. There’s a great deal of humor, snark and sexiness in typical Christine Warren fashion. It’s a riot to see how two adults (shifters) can become so immature when faced with their own feelings and how they cope. A great feel good romp that will leave you smiling.
This is a new to me author and I was excited to try something new. I have read shifter books before, but this felt different and I really enjoyed it. Alphaville is a spinoff series from this authors’ Others series. You don’t have to have read the Others series to enjoy this one.
When I first picked up this book I chuckled at the title, I thought oh man I hope it isn’t cheesy. Well rest assured it is not cheesy, but boy is it funny! I snickered and barked out a laugh on more than one occasion because of the sarcastic snark.
This is a quick novella that introduces the cast of characters of the town of Alpha, Washington. The opening line in the book, “Hi. Welcome to Alphaville, home of the freaks, the losers and the emotionally challenged. How can I help you?” This opening statement sets the tone for the rest of the novella.
I enjoyed meeting the town mayor, John Jaeger, the charming secretary to the mayor, Vonnie Milner, and Dr. Annie Cryer, our heroine, a genetic scientist with two doctorates and a handful of master’s degrees and a she is wolf shifter. She was banished from her pack and has been drifting from place to place for the last three years while awaiting the opportunity to return to her pack. Her opportunity came knocking when her pack leader notified her that if she went to Alpha to help the mayor of the town with a genetics issue, she could return to her pack. Annie jumped at the chance but what she would rather jump is Jonas Browning! Her wolf kept pacing and insisting MINE as soon as she met him.
Jonas Browning is a millionaire and known playboy in shifter circles. He is also the alpha of his brown bear clan and has a concern with the lack of bears reproducing and is worried their breed would become extinct. He had no idea that his bear would take to the good doctor! His bear has never reacted so quickly to another female! Thus, began the love story of Annie and Jonas.
This novella was a quick, fun read and a cute love story. This is not a heavy, dark paranormal read. It is funny, snarky and sarcastic. Yes, it is insta lust/love but that is the way of the shifters, approach, sniff, pin and mount, to quote Jonas! There is no huge courtship as there is in a regular courtship. I loved the dual POV, so I could be in their heads. The only down side was that I wish it would have been longer.
This was a great start to a new series! I look forward to more from this author and this series.
This is my first read by Christine Warren and now I’m wondering how I’ve missed her. This well-written and fast-paced tale is easily read in one sitting and that’s just what I did. I would’ve liked more of Annie’s backstory, but the author does give enough to understand the character. I absolutely loved Jonas and his internal bickering with his bear as he struggles with the idea of a mate while trying to remain professional with Annie, and she was just as amusing with her scientific mind being thrown for a loop by the sexy bear. The storyline is intriguing and peppered with a bit of steam and some truly witty dialogue that kept me smiling and chuckling from start to finish.
Christine Warren’s “Others” series is one of my favorites so I was very excited to know that she was writing a new series that takes place in the same world and Something to Howl About is the prequel to the new Alphaville series. The characters are strong, compelling and draw readers into the story and romance is full of sparks and heat which keep readers glued to the pages. The prequel is a great short story to get this series going, in fact the only thing that could possibly make it better would be if it was longer because I wasn’t ready for it to end, but that’s okay, I’m off to read Baby, I’m Howling For You now.
My Thoughts – 5 out of 5 Unicorns – I loved it!!
***I choose what I read and review based on what intrigues me!! Yes, I received a review copy of this book, but no one tells me what to think, feel, or write about any book! I usually buy Christine Warren’s books in paperback!!
The cover is beautiful! I like it!
This is a prequel in a new series called Alphaville by Christine Warren which is a spin-off from The Others series. This is an adult series, and this is only a novella about 86 pages.
This was a quick read, but it is full of detail and a great story as is the usual for this author. I really like Annie. You see her grow because she was a loner and skittish in the beginning, and once the scientist comes out, she is very confident and in her element. Jonas started out good, and then he turned into an idiot for a while until his mom straightens him out. Even though there isn’t the action I usually crave, this was entertaining, and I couldn’t put it down.
I highly recommend to any shifter fan especially if you already love Christine’s work! I can’t wait to read book 1!
Annie is a wolf shifter and geneticist who was banished from her home pack 2 years previously. She has wandered around the country, never staying anywhere very long. All she wants is to return to her pack, The Silverbacks, in New York. When her pack Alpha calls and offers her a way to return to the pack, she jumps at the chance. Heading Alpha (Alphaville), a town that takes in the troubled, out of control, or any shift who doesn’t really fit in anywhere, Annie is not sure what she’ll find but any chance to get back to her pack…she’ll take.
Jonas is the head of the werebears in Alpha. He thinks his clan may be in danger of dying out since they haven’t had any new cubs born in years. He’s excited when the Mayor tells him a shifter geneticist is on the way to help. When Annie and Jonas meet, sparks fly and their inner-beasts start howling. What the heck? Could they be mates? Jonas doesn’t believe in true mates and Annie just wants to return to her pack. Will things work out for Jonas and Annie? And what Jonas’s clan? I think you’ll enjoy read this story and finding out for yourself.
This book is a prequel novella set in the new series from Ms. Warren, called Alphaville. I really enjoyed this book and meeting characters from the new series. My only wish is that we had received a little more background on why Annie was banished.
I received an invitation from the publisher, via NetGalley to read an advance copy of this book. My thoughts and reviews are my own.
Dr. Annie Cryer was ousted from her pack in New York and forced to wander. She moves from place to place never staying long enough to put down roots. Home is New York and she desperately wants to go back. When her former alpha requests her assistance with another pack in Washington state. When her former alpha indicates that doing this favor will put her back into her own packs favor, she jumps at the chance. She is requested to find out why the brown bear clan is not procreating, in an effort to keep them from dying out.
Annie was not expecting her inner wolf to become a hussy in the presence of one Jonas Browning, delectable bear shifter…and member of the clan currently requesting her help. She cannot, morally or ethically, become involved with any patients or research subjects – even when she connects with him on more than a professional level. The attraction doesn’t appear to be a problem, though, when Jonas denies the one thing that has drawn them together so fiercely and with explosive passion.
Jonas Browning doesn’t believe in the mate bond. He’s thought his entire life that brown bears don’t have the same mating instincts as other shifters. That is, until Dr. Cryer walks into the mayor’s office for a meeting concerning Jonas’s clan. Sure there’s inexplicable chemistry but the mate bond? Definitely not….
Something to Howl About is a great introduction to Christine Warren’s new Alphaville series. The novella is short and sweet, yet packs a gripping and emotional punch. Jonas is truly worried that his clan is going to die out because no one is producing children and haven’t been for many years. Desperate, the town mayor calls upon the pack alpha of a banished, but brilliant geneticist, requesting her help. Their chemistry cracks the instant she walks into the mayor’s office. Her wolf and his bear are smitten even though it takes their human sides a bit of time to come together.
I’ve had paperbacks of some of Christine Warren’s The Others series on my to-be-read bookshelf (yes, I really have a bookshelf, or a few, dedicated solely to tangible books that I had to have and still have to read) and after reading Something to Howl About, I think it’s time to make her a priority. She infuses humor, wit, and sarcasm into her characters at just the right times and in the perfect amounts (not too much or too little). The dialogue between the characters, even when its heated or prior to slipping between the sheets, is conversational, smooth, and easy to read. I became immersed in the book, engaged from start to finish, and enjoyed everything about the book. I hope to see more of these two in future installments – not as main characters but as secondaries so we can see how they’ve progressed.
Something to Howl About
Alphaville 0.5
This story hit the spot for me today! Why? I have been reading tons of words in many books but wanted something lighthearted and romantic that was a bit different, well written and had the ability to take me away from where and who I am and immerse me somewhere else and that is just what this novella did for me today. At times I kind of wished I were a shapeshifter with a mating instinct and alpha male nearby calling out to my were-side so I could experience that immediate awareness and act upon it. And yet, I suppose I shouldn’t complain as I have 39.5 years of marriage with the same man under my belt at this point in life…guess I am well and truly mated even without that mating bite 😉
Okay…back to the story. This was so much fun! An exiled female werewolf shows up at the request of her alpha to help out a group brown bears living in Alphaville. Her skills are needed to find out what is wrong with the werebear community and their seemingly low fertility rate/production of cubs. SHE knows immediately that one of the men she meets is her mate but her mate quickly draws back and is leery. With a bit of communication by both the hero and heroine with people they trust the two do eventually end up with their mated HEA and that, too, was fun to read! This book made me smile a lot. It made me care about the characters and community and then want to find out what comes next in this new series. I wonder if all the characters in Alphaville are misfits or not and just who lives there and why. This novella is written by an author I have enjoyed reading books by before and this one was just as much fun as others I remember reading by her.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars