There's lots of interesting parts of the book exploring queerness, like excessive heterosexuality of the people Brian meets through Tyler (and the ways in which Brian has to navigate the gender and sexual stereotypes that arise when he's around these people) and the various jokes about coming out as a werewolf, and it was nice to see a non-binary friend character in adult fiction who, yes, is a bit notably quirky, but is also a rounded person. Tyler's plan for the The Pack (™) includes getting Brian in shape and in control, but it seems that Tyler's business plans might go further than that, and meanwhile, Brian is drifting away from his friends and his previous self. I think these two wildly varying tones conflicted too much with each other for the book to feel cohesive.

I’m more bored than the werewolf, the writing is incredibly stiff, it feels like reading a report honestly. It sounded perfectly natural, it suited the character, and it hit all the right tones of apathy, frustration, exasperation, and sass.Characters are good, but we never feel like we know enough about Darby and Nik, as the story focuses so much on Tyler and his clique.

It’s really easy to read and I inhaled it in a short space of time because I didn’t want to put it down. The title of this book is such a hilarious draw to read it, and it really gets across the tone, which is partly satirical, partly fun, and partly a sincere look at queer community and finding your people.It's more of a satirical exploration of werewolves in a hyper-capitalist world, so don't expect, like, ABO content. Really, he is not great at the whole werewolf thing, and his recent murderous slip-ups have caught the attention of Tyler, a Millennial were-mentor determined to take the mythological world by storm. I don’t always manage to see books in my head as I’m reading them, but I could picture Bored Gay Werewolf really clearly - particularly the characters of Tyler and Mark, who I fancast as Chris Evans and Sebastian Stan, respectively, in the movie version of Bored Gay Werewolf. As soon as it was available, I dove right into the story for the second time, relishing every moment of the experience while reading along. As someone who ticks two of those boxes (I’ll let you decide which), I knew I had to read this book as soon as I saw it, but I was not prepared for how much I would love it.