Please, Go Home

by Ann Scarlett

Hyde Walker, a werewolf, had been away from his family for six years, keeping the events of a traumatic night hidden deep inside. He meets a vampire with a similar problem, Rune. Except he wants to remember, and Hyde finds himself pushed to confront that night. Pushed to confront his family. Pushed to face feelings he hadn’t expected to grow. The two accompany each other to their homes, fearful of going alone, becoming an inseparable duo. They find both their families have mysteries to reveal; the death of Rune’s parents, the murder of Hyde’s grandfather, a shared history. The dead relatives coming back to life will prove quite helpful. — Hyde needs a push to face his family, and Rune will be the one to give it. A queer werewolf-vampire fantasy romance. Gay werewolf Hyde Walker hasn’t been home for six years. He doesn’t want to face what he’d done and refuses to talk about it to anyone, other than his journal. He pretends he never had a life before coming to this village six years ago, despite the scars that mark him. All he has now are a girl who won’t take a hint, a witch constantly working on her necromancy research, and a village full of people who demand he helps at their makeshift police station. He hates it. Bisexual vampire Rune Brightbold has found himself in quite the predicament. Needing a way to provide for his family after the death of his parents, he took a shady job and can’t find a way out of it. That is, until he’s sent to a small village and is arrested by someone who takes quite a liking to him, who would rather help than throw him in jail. Rune will finally be able to see his family after five years. Hyde and Rune poke and pry at each other, trying to get the other to tell them about their past. Why is Hyde in this village? Why did Rune take that job? Why won’t Hyde talk about his family? Why won’t Rune go home, now that he can? They push each other to finally go home. Rune finds the gang he worked for aren’t tricked so easily, and they don’t have a merciful bone in their body. Hyde is faced with the aftermath of his departure, and the pack responsible for his grandfather’s death is back for round two. As the two desperately try to keep each other alive, having grown attached to the comfort the other provides, they see others from their families quite like being alive all of a sudden, too.

Includes character illustrations.

453 pages, Paperback

Published August 14, 2023

About the author

Ann Scarlett, also goes by Ann Whiskers online, has been imagining stories all her life, ever since she was a kid. She told herself stories with toys, imagined scenes in her head every night while falling asleep like a movie, or while listening to music. In 2016, she started to teach herself to draw, mostly to give those stories and characters a place to exist. Not long after, she began to write, too.
She likes cats, she’s had them all her life.

Reviews

[Skye · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm reading this book right now.
I bought it in the bookshop close to my house and they told me i was the first one to buy this book.

Right now i'm at page 188, and i love it so far!
I started reading it a couple hours ago. I couldn't stop reading it, before i knew it was 3 A.m😅.

i really love the romance between Hyde and Rune. (this is the first gay romance i've read.)

I definitely recommend this book.❤️

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

first of all, the story itself it quite cute, that's why i'll give it two stars because i like queer fantasy and i agree with the writer that there should be more queer fantasy.

but.

this book feels a bit like fanfiction that hasn't been proofread yet? there are literal spelling errors and almost no paragraphs, which bothered me most. the pov changes within the next line? that confused me sometimes. also; there's very little worldbuilding. the town Hyde lived in has no name? the only thing you get to know about it is that a lot of elderly people live there. Hyde lives in an apartment but you have no idea what it looks like. there's nothing about the weather, the other creatures that live there or their backstory. also, this book could do with more time indication (what year is it? what season? how much time has passed since the last scene?) it all just felt very rushed. also zero gang backstory? lastly, there is never any mention of cars or phones, but there are jeans and cereal, which made me wonder what the time setting was supposed to be.

i did really enjoy the banter and sarcasm and flirting and the feelings and the families working together though.