I picked this up for a funny and whimsical romance but ended up being put off by most of the romance scenes due to the love interest's possessive behaviour. In stead of a funny romance, this read to me as some kind of twisted Stockholm syndrome-ish relationship with a plot that twists towards the end so much that I can't wrap my head around it (

a cult kidnapping women to be used to awaken a dormant god-parasite???

).

The possessiveness doesn't get better

; if it did, I would give this book a higher rating.

The love interest is a werewolf who thinks the FMC is his fated mate, but he is also under the influence of a love potion, so there's guesswork whether his feelings are real or not. This possible double reason for insta-love makes him behave impulsively and wanting to claim the FMC as his.

Even if this book is ment to make fun of these kinds of tropes, I only see horrifying red flags in the werewolf's behaviour:

the werewolf goes to the court house and forces the workers there to sign him a marriage license to be married with the FMC without her being there or without her knowledge/consent, and at the same time he changes her surname to his. Then he moves into her house. And the smutty scenes... he's very possessive then as well.

🚩 Moreover, the smut gets very weird.

Tentacle weird.

🚩

The werewolf recognizes that he is possessive and even manipulative, but doesn't see that as a problem:
"I am [stalking the FMC]", I snapped, "No, wait, I'm not stalking, not anymore anyway, she wants me around now."

I should have checked the content warnings more thoroughly before picking this book up, even though I usually don't need to do that especially with books I expect to be lighthearted.