Scent of the Wolf by Tracy Jones

Reviewed for MonsterLibrarian.com

Lachesis Publishing,
ISBN: 9781592798261
Available: used

Scent of the Wolf is a loosely historical romantic mystery, Scooby-Doo style.  It centers on Sophia, who, with her cousin Karl, is called to a strange castle  where she must stay for a month in order to inherit whatever it is that her grandfather left her. Unfortunately; there’s a very old werewolf curse on her family, and although the conditions for the inheritance are real, they are also a means to lure Sophia to the arms of an evil creature that prowls outside the castle. The setting and time period are details-vague, the horror isolated to small glimpses of a sinister family past, and the bad guy’s threats to rape the heroine. Sophia’s behavior is frustratingly erratic, fluctuating between determined strength and being pliable and easily manipulated. It’s not a bad book, but it’s too passive for urban fantasy fans, and too vague for hardcore historical lovers. Scent of the Wolf is a stylish old classic werewolf tale that would especially appeal to fans of werewolf horror movies (An American Werewolf in London, The Wolfman, etc.) and classic haunted castle tales.
Review by Michele Lee