lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
Big Bad Wolf is an excellent start to a series! There was mystery, lots of action, supes, and more. I think if I had to say something more specific about the genre, I'd call it a political paranormal thriller. Because there is a lot going on, both with Joe and Neha, and with the country.
The characters are well fleshed out, and the character development is really well done. I feel like I truly know Neha and Joe, and I got to know quite a lot about Nate, Grace, Finn, Dany and Yulia as well.
I can't wait to get my hands on Pretty Little Lion in the fall!
The characters are well fleshed out, and the character development is really well done. I feel like I truly know Neha and Joe, and I got to know quite a lot about Nate, Grace, Finn, Dany and Yulia as well.
I can't wait to get my hands on Pretty Little Lion in the fall!
jage's review against another edition
It wasn’t enjoyable. I really wanted to like Neha, and in the beginning I did, but Joe was draining and whiny and with Neha (up to the point i read) she was also a bit grating after a while-- there was no true escapism with this and I don't finish stories with characters that aggravate me this much.
hannas_heas47's review against another edition
3.0
So the cover is eye catching along with the title but it was the blurb that sucked me in .
What did I like? Neha and Joe start out on opposite sides of the spectrum but by the end they have gone the distance....together. The attraction is physical but Neha makes a great main character who doesn’t waiver in loyalty to Joe.
Would I recommend or buy? So this is my first by this author and it has way too much going on but since it’s the first in a series it’s allowed. My problem lies with tying everything together and I just grew bored. Besides Joe and Neha I couldn’t care less what happened to anyone else. I’m not sure I’d pick up another in this series, and I’m not sure who I’d recommend it to. Two and a half stars.
I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review.
What did I like? Neha and Joe start out on opposite sides of the spectrum but by the end they have gone the distance....together. The attraction is physical but Neha makes a great main character who doesn’t waiver in loyalty to Joe.
Would I recommend or buy? So this is my first by this author and it has way too much going on but since it’s the first in a series it’s allowed. My problem lies with tying everything together and I just grew bored. Besides Joe and Neha I couldn’t care less what happened to anyone else. I’m not sure I’d pick up another in this series, and I’m not sure who I’d recommend it to. Two and a half stars.
I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left a review.
brittanyt's review against another edition
4.0
Big Bad Wolf was one of my most anticipated reads of 2021. Suleikha Snyder did not disappoint! Neha is an attorney and a psychologist who is helping with Joe’s case. Joe is a shifter who is going to trial for murdering six Russian mobsters. Neha’s job is to try to find the “why” behind Joe’s actions, but Joe is not interested in going free. As they spend more time together, Neha and Joe start to become attracted to each other, making them both contemplate crossing lines they both know they shouldn’t. An assassination attempt forces them both on the run and into each others arms.
If you like paranormal and mafia romance, you should read this book. And if you are a fan of danger banging, definitely read this book! This is the first in a new series from Snyder and it is doing a lot of work with world building. The world that this book is set in is essentially what would have happened if the insurrection were successful – spoiler (not) – it’s awful! While I liked Neha and Joe’s story, it is the side characters that have sold me on this series. I cannot wait to read the next in the series!
If you like paranormal and mafia romance, you should read this book. And if you are a fan of danger banging, definitely read this book! This is the first in a new series from Snyder and it is doing a lot of work with world building. The world that this book is set in is essentially what would have happened if the insurrection were successful – spoiler (not) – it’s awful! While I liked Neha and Joe’s story, it is the side characters that have sold me on this series. I cannot wait to read the next in the series!
maria_hossain's review against another edition
5.0
THIS WAS ONE OF THE HOTTEST, SEXIST, MOST EROTIC ROMANCE I'VE EVER READ AND I MEAN IT. THE SEX SCENES WERE AS EXPLOSIVE AND SIZZLING AS THE EMOTIONALLY VULNERABLE SCENES. NEHA IS SO AMAZING, I HAVE A CRUSH ON HER. JOE GOT ON MY NERVES SOMETIMES, BUT IN THE END, HE GOT BACK ON MY GOOD GRACES.
THIS IS A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (CW show) MEETS HARLEY QUINN AND JOKER ROMANCE, MINUS THE LATTER'S ABUSIVE DARK ROMANCE SHIT.
THIS IS A BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (CW show) MEETS HARLEY QUINN AND JOKER ROMANCE, MINUS THE LATTER'S ABUSIVE DARK ROMANCE SHIT.
katleap's review against another edition
4.0
4 stars
This is a shifter book. It was good, but I have mixed feelings about this book.
The magic and shifter angle is interesting. There is a definite political climate that feels similar to the current one and a "what if magic/shifters were real" vibe that lends a very interesting view to this story. However there was a lot of world building that I felt I was missing. The main couple a bit of insta-attraction that didn't ever really grow for me into something real. It was all very maybe for me.
I do want to read the next one because I'm a bit fascinated by what is going to happen next.
This is a shifter book. It was good, but I have mixed feelings about this book.
The magic and shifter angle is interesting. There is a definite political climate that feels similar to the current one and a "what if magic/shifters were real" vibe that lends a very interesting view to this story. However there was a lot of world building that I felt I was missing. The main couple a bit of insta-attraction that didn't ever really grow for me into something real. It was all very maybe for me.
I do want to read the next one because I'm a bit fascinated by what is going to happen next.
kblincoln's review against another edition
4.0
I misjudged this cover to indicate more UF than PR, but this is definitely, solidly, steamily in the paranormal romance category with insta-love and shifter-mates and secret military ops, etc. All the delicious PR tropes you could hope for with an added dash of desi culture in the heroine that actually informs her actions & personality (rather than just window dressing).
We begin our introduction to the secret Third Shift operations with Neha, a psychological legal aide, walking into a jail with her criminal defense lawyer superior to interview their current client: a bad-ass, ex military brute who confessed to killing a bunch of Russian mobsters. There's insta-lust and she can't help herself from going back again and again. So she's there when someone attacks the jail and they have to go on the lam.
Neha is an upright, desi daughter within the Sikh community whose religion and family informs her decisions. She dishes about her life over pani puri with her cousin, she stays in an Auntie's guesthouse, she avoids gurdwara with her criminal companion because she doesn't want to hurt her community, she feels the need to be of service to others because of her faith......I wanted to give 5 stars to this book based on Neha alone.
But the stream-of-consciousness over action style of writing (very romance-trope heavy) resulted in quite a lot of Joe Peluso, murder-for-hire waxing on and on in alpha male shifter manner about what he wanted to do to Neha (and this is not my personal taste, insta-love flavored with alpha male. I like some foreplay thank you very much) and how he didn't deserve her, etc. etc. And Neha waxing on and on about how she could handle herself and didn't mind Joe's murderous past.
There's also a beta couple present in the book with some POV sections: the younger sister of the main bad criminal guy and a cop involved in Third Shift trying to get her out.
But to be honest, I kept reading late into the night because Snyder has reached the sweet spot on bad-ass/flirty vampires and bisexual lawyer side characters. Finn Conlan and his over-wraggly eyebrows steals every scene he's in, and Snyder also sets a really intriguing base for further exploration of Third Shift staff with giving us little bits about the lion-shifter and the sorceror co-founders that make you want to read all the sequels.
So four stars for the insta-lust and over-deployment of the "I love her so I must avoid her" trope but definitely am going to buy the rest of this series. Fans of Marjorie Liu's Dirk & Steele or Kresley Cole's Immortals after Dark should take note.
We begin our introduction to the secret Third Shift operations with Neha, a psychological legal aide, walking into a jail with her criminal defense lawyer superior to interview their current client: a bad-ass, ex military brute who confessed to killing a bunch of Russian mobsters. There's insta-lust and she can't help herself from going back again and again. So she's there when someone attacks the jail and they have to go on the lam.
Neha is an upright, desi daughter within the Sikh community whose religion and family informs her decisions. She dishes about her life over pani puri with her cousin, she stays in an Auntie's guesthouse, she avoids gurdwara with her criminal companion because she doesn't want to hurt her community, she feels the need to be of service to others because of her faith......I wanted to give 5 stars to this book based on Neha alone.
But the stream-of-consciousness over action style of writing (very romance-trope heavy) resulted in quite a lot of Joe Peluso, murder-for-hire waxing on and on in alpha male shifter manner about what he wanted to do to Neha (and this is not my personal taste, insta-love flavored with alpha male. I like some foreplay thank you very much) and how he didn't deserve her, etc. etc. And Neha waxing on and on about how she could handle herself and didn't mind Joe's murderous past.
There's also a beta couple present in the book with some POV sections: the younger sister of the main bad criminal guy and a cop involved in Third Shift trying to get her out.
But to be honest, I kept reading late into the night because Snyder has reached the sweet spot on bad-ass/flirty vampires and bisexual lawyer side characters. Finn Conlan and his over-wraggly eyebrows steals every scene he's in, and Snyder also sets a really intriguing base for further exploration of Third Shift staff with giving us little bits about the lion-shifter and the sorceror co-founders that make you want to read all the sequels.
So four stars for the insta-lust and over-deployment of the "I love her so I must avoid her" trope but definitely am going to buy the rest of this series. Fans of Marjorie Liu's Dirk & Steele or Kresley Cole's Immortals after Dark should take note.
plaidpladd's review against another edition
3.0
I felt like this book wanted to be a paranormal thriller instead of a romance novel. I really liked the world building and the premise--basically everything except the relationship. The two leads didn't really have one besides sexual attraction. I know other reviewers complained about all the different POVs, which is out of the ordinary for a romance novel, but I actually really liked them, maybe because I felt those characters and plotlines were a lot stronger and more interesting than the main "romantic" one.
iggyebab's review against another edition
4.0
This book is a wild ride. You have a man who has been arrested for taking out human traffickers. His lawyers need him to give them something to help defend him. Except he’s not cooperating. He is a veteran that was “altered” by a specialized government agency. He refuses to cop to PTSD and doesn’t expect to survive jail because the people he killed were a part of the Russian mob (who are also bear shifters).
The attorneys include a beautiful Punjabi woman who is immediately drawn to him. The heat is off the chart.
There is a lot of political, social, culture overlaid in this book. There is a charming Irish vampire named Finn who Whistles achy breaky heart and gives directions from Peter Pan.
This book was fun and sexy and a little crazy.
The attorneys include a beautiful Punjabi woman who is immediately drawn to him. The heat is off the chart.
There is a lot of political, social, culture overlaid in this book. There is a charming Irish vampire named Finn who Whistles achy breaky heart and gives directions from Peter Pan.
This book was fun and sexy and a little crazy.