Comments on: REVIEW: Dancing with Werewolves by Carole Nelson Douglas

By: Karim

Karim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:56:17 +0000

As a salsa dancing fan, I like this book very much, I didn't get tie to read this as I bougt this for my daughter for his christmas hamper, but I'm looking forward to getting stuck in after she reads it

By: alan

alan — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:35:09 +0000

Hi,
This was my wifes choice of reading on a recent holiday. She gave up on it without completing the read. I picked it up for a flick through and although I struggled to get into it at first, I finally quite enjoyed it. The plot built well and was not over complicated with some strong charactorisation.

By: discoteca roma

discoteca roma — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:55:43 +0000

Thanks for the information… I’m going to give it a shot!

By: Jaxon

Jaxon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:12:38 +0000

I think I’m an odd man out. I’ve been trying to read this book for the past couple of weeks and nothing in it is drawing me in. I actually thought the book was doing well until we ended up in Vegas. Once there, it just seemed to go downhill for me. It was harder to see where the plot was going with all the errands and then the interactions with the old vampire and then the werewolf triad was just weird. Also, I didn’t like how Delilah kept getting forced into situations. I haven’t given up on this novel yet, but I’m putting it aside for right now.

By: Gloria Oliver

Gloria Oliver — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:34:34 +0000

While I agree that the first few chapters had some issues, once we meet Ric the book takes off and it was back to the awesome writing I am used to seeing from Carole Nelson Douglas. :P I’m not quite finished at the moment, but have been enjoying the ride immensely so far and have not had problems with the plot. If anything, it’s great that there are so many layers, and how things which do not seem related end up tied together anyway.

By: Renee Leppard

Renee Leppard — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:20:45 +0000

In reading “Dancing with Werewolves,” I found it great as a set up to more books in the same scenario. The primer of the set so to speak. I personally am looking forward to more from this author and more of the Deliah adventures with the Werewolves, Vampires and undead of the Las Vegas area.

Having lived and worked in the same area, much of what is written is true to form, of the norm and seriously fun to compare Ms Douglas’s scene with the real Las Vegas. We all have known good police, bad police and several people who may or may not be wolves in human guise.

Personally, I found it a quick, fun read and am looking forward to more.

By: Virginia DeMarce

Virginia DeMarce — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:08:43 +0000

Because if you read it again with understanding, it may become fun also.

By: Jill Myles

Jill Myles — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:34:45 +0000

But if you’re reading a book for fun, and it’s not fun the first time around, why would you read it twice?

By: Gladys Queen

Gladys Queen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:58:09 +0000

I totally agree with Ms. DeMarce that the plot isn’t that complicated but you do have to pay attention to what you are reading. Ms. Douglas is an author of note who imbues her characters with three dimensional depth. A great deal of the fun is in watching her characters grow and develop with the story lines in subsequent books. I must confess that I am not a dyed-in-the-wool fan of Urban Fantasy but I found DWW delightful and truly held my interest. What I want to know is, when will book 2 in the series be published?

By: Bev(QB)

Bev(QB) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:24:56 +0000

I put this on my TBP list before it was even released and just haven’t gotten around to buying it yet. But, based on your description, I think I’m going to move it up in priority and make a point to buy it and read it ASAP. It sounds like my kind of book!

By: Virginia DeMarce

Virginia DeMarce — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:23:12 +0000

Honestly, the plot isn’t that complicated.

The major plot specific to this book is the discovery in Las Vegas and identification of the two “cold case” corpses of the young lovers tied to the mob origins of the city. All the others feed into that, namely:

1) Delilah as the detedtive (and what her unknown/mysterious-dreams-involving-aliens background may be); including the apparent death of her apparent identical twin Lilith); this brings her to Las Vegas, where she meets

2) Ric, his talent for “corpse dowsing,” and his connection to Delilah;

3) both of which connect to the Y2K revelations concerning the existence of paranormal beings, of which there are a myriad in the book, as you mentioned in your review, although you miss the significance of Delilah’s two(?) dogs, Achilles and Quicksilver; all of which tie back to

4) Hector Nightwine, who has connections with all of the above.

In the course of the book, Delilah’s focus does not jump from one thing to another. She simply comes at the problem posed by the specific plot from a variety of different angles. This is excellent investigative methodology.

Try reading it again, with focus, rather than letting the entertainment distract you.

By: Shannon C.

Shannon C. — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:05:14 +0000

Small Kansas town, huh? I think I’d read this book for the nod to my home state if nothing else.