Bored gay werewolf by tony santorella

My main complaint, and the reason why this category scored four stars, was that at times the characters fell a little flat. Nik and Darby were also relatively well-developed and I easily got a sense of their personalities within the first couple of chapters.

Tony Santorella might be new to the queer fiction scene, but Bored Gay Werewolf arrives fully fanged and fabulously strange. He moved to Washington, DC inwhere he waited tables until beginning his decade-long career in international development.

Still, it did make the overall reading experience enjoyable. Age Group. I genuinely enjoyed seeing him grow as a person. Overall Experience. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm.

I can see it gaining a cult following in certain circles, and will do everything I can to help make that happen. The Downfalls of Toxic Masculinity. : Bored Gay Werewolf: Santorella, Tony: BooksTony Santorella was born and raised in Danvers, Massachusetts, site of the Salem Witch Trials and related hauntings.

I am going to be honest, I did not expect the plot to be as poignant as it was. What starts as a quirky tale about a twenty-something slacker navigating life quickly turns into something.

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Writing Style. Still, outside of those moments I could tell Santorella put a lot of thought and time into their creation. Funny how some of my favorite books were random ones that I picked up on a whim, but boy am I glad I did. Through his work he has traveled the globe designing aid programs in Asia and Sub.

Bored Gay Werewolf is Tony Santorella’s hilarious and heartfelt debut — a sharp blend of queer satire, horror tropes, and emotional realness that just works. Brian, an aimless slacker, works doubles at his shift job, forgets to clean his room and lays about with his friends Nik and Darby.

Found Family. Even the antagonists were multifaceted. Even towards the end, I started warming up to Abe. Brian himself was extremely well-developed and nuanced. Abe, Darby, and even Nik had several moments where this happened. Story Elements.

Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm. Reading a book about werewolves as an analogue for the wellness movement to manosphere pipeline was not on my bingo card.

Tyler has got a plan, and weirdly his self-help punditry actually encourages Brian to shape up and to stop accidently marking out guys who ghosted him on Grindr as potential monthly victims. I stumbled across this book while scrolling through the Queer Liberation Library on Libby anyone with a U.

I must confess, the only reasons I borrowed it was because I thought the title was funny and it was immediately available. Let me be clear, I loved Brian, Nik, and Darby.