Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff has been lingering on my TBR since it came out, but you really can’t go wrong with menopausal lesbian werewolves.
Becca lives in an isolated mountain town and, after her divorce, has made a life for herself with a house, a job at the hardware store, and active participation on a local womens’ club. Her story begins with a hot flash, soon followed by an invitation from her hot neighbor, Erin, to a menopause celebration party.
I was expecting more Romance plot; I am not sure why, but while there is romance happening, and Becca’s realization she’s attracted to a woman for the first time, this book is really a plotty fantasy novel. Because Becca is newish to the town and new to being a werewolf, the reader learns what’s going on, and the dangers that have been happening out of her purview, as Becca does.
The other werewolves in the town, and some of the humans, know more than Becca does, and like her I sometimes found that frustrating; she is part of the pack but ignorant of it’s recent history. That aspect of the book felt like a naive narrator tossed into a thriller, with new, unknown dangers at every turn.
It was a suspenseful light read for some hot summer days. Happy Pride!
