Books like Maneater

3.5 stars in reality.From the back cover:She's not sweet. She's not nice.She doesn't fight evil. She doesn't protect the weak. She doesn't serve humanity. She doesn't work in an office by day and have a secret identity by night. She doesn't have friends and family who know nothing about her but when they find out they love her anyway. She's not cool. She's not clever. She's not kind to animals. She won't help children, the elderly, and those less fortunate than herself.In fact, she doesn't care. But if you hurt her, she will kill you. Actually, she might do worse than that - Meet Laura. She'll eat you alive.Let me say what this book is not - that is not werewolf fiction that falls into the PNR category; if you like novels about weres that normally have a picture of a guy's abs on the front than chances are you won't enjoy this book. This is werewolf fiction set firmly in the horror/action genre. This means there's plenty of gore and general unpleasantness, and the author doesn't shy away from giving you the details. If this sort of thing grosses you out, then again you won't enjoy this book.The story is basically about a long running feud between families, but there's also a couple of sub-plots confusing the waters, and the author drops the reader in part way through without any explanation and leaves you to sort it out as we go on(probably one of my favourite horror/UF tropes).Laura is the FMC of the book; she may be as smart-mouthed as any other UF heroine, but the 'sassy and sexy' elements are thankfully missing. I found Laura an entertaining protagonist, if not an especially likable one. Her male counterpart, police officer John Thorn, is nice enough (thankfully there's no brooding, almost monolithic, alpha male in this), competent and tough without being absurdly overpowered. All the characters are drawn in fairly broad strokes; there are no subtle shades or delicate nuances here. The prose is also fairly basic; it does its job without any poetic flourishes.This is the novel that introduced me to Thomas Emson's work, and I enjoyed it enough to buy his other novels, so yeah, I enjoyed it. If any of the things I've mentioned put you off then you might be best advised to avoid this novel. However, if you like the idea of a violent, fast-moving werewolf movie set in Britain (hurrah!), you may find this novel your cup of tea.