Review: What the Fang?

• Title: What The Fang

• Author: Stacey Kennedy

• Series: Undead Ever After #1

• Genre: Adult Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / Paranormal

• Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

**Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this ARC. I’m providing my honest review willingly.**

The only complaint I could have about this book was that it was only 198 pages long - much too short when it was such a wonderful read! Despite its page length, what Stacey Kennedy set out to show in this book was wrapped up by the final page, with the promise of more to come in the next installment later this year. I loved everything about this book. From the first line of the book I was hooked, and both characters and plot were written in a way that was engaging and addictive. I knew as soon as Willa described Killian on first look that I’d be hooked on him for the rest of the novel. As someone who read a lot of vampire novels as a teen, there’s nothing better than the broody, stoic vampire who turns out to have a heart of gold and a willingness to protect and care for those he loves. After all these years, I was sucked into this world (pun intended) and thoroughly enjoyed the magic, the fangs, the witty puns (I will now proceed to say “what the fang” and “oh fang” in casual daily conversation), and delightful desire throughout this book. Did I mention Willa has a dragon? No? Well, I have now, and if Killian didn’t cement my interest, Ambrose certainly did. I loved all the elements that made this book both wholesome with the need for Willa to find her place in the world and a darker underlying threat around magic and power. The author executed this balance with ease, and not a page felt dull or unneeded. The characters, Ambrose included, all helped this story along and felt like more than just plot markers, which impresses me that Kennedy achieved this with such a little page count. I also liked the twists along the way and was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong by which family member was pulling the strings. The romance between Killian and Willa was believable, even if their connection was quick. That comes down to a part of the plot that predictably comes through in the end, but I still felt their need for the other palpable and real. The steamier scenes were tastefully written and placed well within the book. What the Fang? isn’t life-altering, but what I expected coming into this novel was checked off with such wit and skill by the end of the read that it is an easy 5 stars from me.