• How to Marry a Werewolf

  • A Claw & Courtship Novella, Book 1
  • By: Gail Carriger
  • Narrated by: Emma Newman
  • Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (473 ratings)

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How to Marry a Werewolf

By: Gail Carriger
Narrated by: Emma Newman
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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Distracting narration

I generally enjoy Gail Carriger's books, but this one might be best read oneself. The narrator has a lovely voice and changes her voice well to suit different characters, but her American accent was pretty bad, and I found myself too distracted by it that the story itself wound up feeling kind of rushed and lackluster. I could tell that the narrator struggled to maintain the accent she used for Faith's speech- it slipped into something closer to a southern drawl frequently (not fitting for a character from Boston, as we are told many times Faith is), and even more Australian sounding a few times. I also though it an odd choice to have Faith's thoughts narrated with a British accent, when she is an American character.
I felt, by the end, that there hadn't been much development of affection between Faith and Channing, but I'm not sure if that was part of the novella itself, or simply because I missed too much since i kept being distracted.

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good plot, weird inner voice

just did not like the echo effect for inner voice. throws you out of the story.

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excellent

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

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Gail is my favorite cup of tea

Gail Carriger has been the author I most consistently turn to in all times - supplanting Pratchett and Rowling. Need a laugh? Gail. Need a reassuring, familiar “voice” to ease into sleep? Gail. Need to get lost in the story? Gail. Though she’s a great writer no matter what, we all have our preferences in genre (yay period supernatural romance) and this particular series and set of characters are my favorite; I am a devoted fan of the parasol protectorate. However, I have never taken the time to write a review out of self consciousness. This hidden gem has made me put that aside because Gail Carriger chose a very difficult topic. I am certified in perinatal mental health; I can say taking on the most severe consequences of untreated postpartum depression and infertility is damn hard. Faith and Channing are unwittingly part of the same group of those with intense grief, loss, and shame spirals. She doesn’t cheapen it all by providing the impossible. Gail tells a story where they are able to turn the corner, accept themselves, and find hope again. Thank you.

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Yikes!

I haven't finished this story, and I'm not sure I can..... I bought it after I had listened to the Parasol Protectorate and Custard Protocol and loved both, although the former is a much better narration. The conversation is super stilted, and it's made so much worse by the production. When the narrator does an American accent, it's not the bad accent that bothered me so much as the horrendous, monotonous, flat way the narrator expressed it. The maid sounds like she's an unprepared actor reading the lines out of a play. This was a real disappointment :(

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love the universe

absolutely love this universe and narration. I personally was not a fan of the echo used for monologues and at times it was unnecessarily droned on but still entertaining to see how biffy as an alpha is like.

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howling good time!

I love the whole world of steampunk, werewolves, vampires and romantic adventures. Gail Carrier brings these adventurous, humorous characters into your life.

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