This 2003 novel by Sparkle Hayter is a werewolf romance, a genre I'm not usually drawn to but, hey, this is Sparkle Hayter and that girl always makes me laugh. The stories of Annie Engel, legal secretary/ werewolf, Sam Deverell, aging reporter/cuckold, Dr. Marco Potenza, werewolf/werewolf tamer, Jim, a werewolf falsely accused of a murder/ Annie's love interest and the lovesick mayor of New York, are skillfully intertwined. It all unfolds in New York's seamy underbelly, in its tunnels and on its rooftops. The werewolves are sympathetic characters who rip out the throats of egregiously corrupt scumbags, ridding the world of human waste, as it were. It's funny, not howlingly funny, but Hayter's humourous turns of phrase always leave me wishing I could write like that. Naked Brunch is a book I'd like to read on an airplane but I couldn't wait two weeks to sink my teeth into it.
Monday, March 24, 2008
Naked Brunch
This 2003 novel by Sparkle Hayter is a werewolf romance, a genre I'm not usually drawn to but, hey, this is Sparkle Hayter and that girl always makes me laugh. The stories of Annie Engel, legal secretary/ werewolf, Sam Deverell, aging reporter/cuckold, Dr. Marco Potenza, werewolf/werewolf tamer, Jim, a werewolf falsely accused of a murder/ Annie's love interest and the lovesick mayor of New York, are skillfully intertwined. It all unfolds in New York's seamy underbelly, in its tunnels and on its rooftops. The werewolves are sympathetic characters who rip out the throats of egregiously corrupt scumbags, ridding the world of human waste, as it were. It's funny, not howlingly funny, but Hayter's humourous turns of phrase always leave me wishing I could write like that. Naked Brunch is a book I'd like to read on an airplane but I couldn't wait two weeks to sink my teeth into it.
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