Or in the title: on my list of werewolf books I read, there’s Once in a Full Moon, Moonlight, Moon Called, Killing Moon, Wolf Moon, and New Moon. The only werewolf book I can think of that doesn’t discuss this is The Howling, which is mostly because it’s from the point of view of the victims.Įven if the werewolves in a novel aren’t beholden to transforming on the night of the full moon, usually the moon will show up in some nice purple prose. Often there’s also a beta, or second-in-command to the alpha. In more complex werewolf world-building, there’s also an omega (either the lowest of the low in a pack, or what is essentially the opposite of an alpha). Almost every single werewolf book I’ve seen has some mention of at the very least an alpha, or the leader of the wolf pack. I’m not talking the A/B/O stuff of fanfiction or werewolf erotica (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, consider yourself lucky). If you pick up a book about werewolves, you will most definitely find at least three of these things: Werewolves in fiction have yet to escape their many trappings and rules of their mythology. Isn’t this supposed to be about werewolves? The one thing they always do is drink blood. Vampires come in all different shapes and sizes: some follow the rules, others are clear rule-breakers.
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