A fascinating collection and one of the stronger anthology books I have read. Despite all the stories (and a few poems which I loved) being about (as the title says) werewolves and women there is a good amount of thematic diversity and most stories managed to stand out from each other, exploring things like motherhood, male violence, bodily autonomy, sisterhood so on and so on. Found myself getting quite emotional with a few of these. Its very raw and brutally honest, untamed and uncensored, with all the beauty and ugliness of womanhood laid bare. Very grateful to read something with so much heart.

Of course with all anthologies some stories definitely stood out more than the rest but I can't say there were any truly bad ones, some were just less interesting a perhaps a bit long. If you are craving something feminist and also horror I can't recommend this book enough.

Howl is such a deep, emotional read. I cried for nearly every story in this book. It's empowering.

Each story carries the themes of werewolves, female rage, finding your inner strength, pulling the strongest part of you out to avenge yourself and the women who can't protect themselves, being free.


This was a hard read for me, but it was worth it. It was worth seeing that at the end of it all we yearn for the same things: Blood, revenge, justice, and freedom.

Thank you to NetGalley and Black Spot Books for a free ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review. I loved the wide variety of different stories in this collection, and how similar the themes could be in such distinct stories. The subject matter lends itself to the darker side of being a woman,...assault, rape, domestic violence, abortion when it's illegal, etc. It's so important to consider these things and make space for them, especially in a genre that is often lacking female voices. The last story was downright creepy and delightful.
I found myself taking note of so many new-to-me authors and making sure I added more of their work to my TBR stack because of how much I loved their stories. Two of my overall favorites were Shannon Robinson's Origin Story and Zin E Rocklyn's Wolf Like Me. Unfortunately there were two I really didn't like, one because of personal preferences with horror and one because of how cliche/predictable the plot was. Overall it was a strong collection that I enjoyed.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

This was a great collection of stories by a group of authors I really enjoy. Werewolves have become my favorite horror trope, especially in what they signify for women. I really enjoyed the variety of writing styles, tones and genres.