Though still mourning his recent loss, George Orton is surprisingly content. He's living in a secure compound where teenaged werewolf Ally is being trained to control her animalistic tendencies, and mad science experiment Eugene has regained most of his sanity. George knows they can't stay there forever, but for now, things are pretty good.
Then he receives some shocking news: people at the compound have brought his partner and best friend Lou back to life. Not as a flesh-eating zombie; he's the old Lou, as much of a wiseass as before.
But this comes with a great big string attached: George and Lou must take a cross-country road trip to kill Asher Anderson, a cloak-wearing lycanthrope who would love to see a war between humans and werewolves.
Does everything go wrong? Of course it does. This is George and Lou.
But they won't travel alone. Because Lou isn't the only one who was brought back to life...
Bram Stoker Award-winning author of a bunch of demented books, including PRESSURE, DWELLER, CLOWNS VS. SPIDERS, AUTUMN BLEEDS INTO WINTER, MY PRETTIES, the official novelization of ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES, and lots of others!
I’m not exactly sure if I should call spoiler for Wolf Hunt 1 and 2, so if you want to read them first, stop reading this review. Like, right now. I mean it…
Don’t say I didn’t warn you!
So, in WOLF HUNT, Ivan the werewolf was killed. Yippee! In WOLF HUNT 2, Lou was killed. Damn it!
How can you possibly tell a third story without those two? Easy – you don’t. That’s right, both Lou and Ivan are brought back to life. Like they say in the story: “It’s amazing what you can do with science or sorcery these days.”
And how can you make them regret coming back to life? Why, they have to work together in this one, of course. “Let’s just relax and enjoy our uneasy, tense relationship.”
The big question will be, who is actually the bad guy in this story? The guy who brought them back to life, or the man he wants them to kill…
And how can Eugene and Ally help?
This story was a really good werewolf story, but it didn’t blow me away like the first two. There’s still blood and gore and comedy, as only Strand can do it. But maybe I’ve read them too close to each other – something like ‘too much of a good thing’.
I can say, though, that Strand fans will enjoy this. And those of you who haven’t read Strand yet, just get your ass in gear already – it is hardcore fun like nobody else can.
After the first two books in this series I couldn't imagine how Strand could raise the bar any higher in thrills, chills and hilarity. Well, he certainly proved me wrong - and with authority. Wolf Hunt 3 took the pace to a rocket propelled level of gruesome mayhem, nonstop action and heaps of hilarity interspersed all throughout.
Several of the main characters from the previous two books join up with Lou and George in a forced quest so dangerous and horrific it makes the previous two books seem like child's play in comparison. The humor definitely helps to lighten the hideous events the characters find themselves fighting through one after the other. There is most certainly no rest for the weary - if they want to stay alive.
Jeff Strand did a magnificent job with the whole series. Only wish this was not the last book as I have become very attached and invested in each and every one of the amazing and dynamic cast of characters.
Highly recommend. The whole series is available on Kindle Unlimited.
Wolf Hunt 3 by Jeff Strand is a wild ride, bloody, grotesque, and hilariously entertaining. This final installment delivers a satisfying conclusion to the chaotic misadventures of George, Lou, Eugene, and Ally as they face off against werewolves and other dangers. The story masterfully balances dark humor with gruesome scenes, all crafted in the author’s signature style. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it, and highly recommend it to anyone who loves daring, over-the-top storytelling with a supernatural edge!
In Jeff Strand's novels, especially the Wolf Hunt series, I've learned to expect it all. Anything can happen. So when Lou is brought back to life by some evil alchemy, I didn't bat an eye, I just rejoiced in the fact that I could have more George and Lou banter for another 200 pages. And like Ripley in the Alien movies, wherever George and Lou go, the werewolves follow. The adventure this time brings together all of the supporting characters from the previous books planning an assassination in an effort to prevent a human/werewolf war.
If you're familiar with Strand's books, you know what the deal is. If you're new, get ready for some intense lycanthrope action, hillbilly psychos, deformed killer babies, and seriously demented humor.
More werewolves! More gore! More over-the-top violence! More sardonic quips from George and Lou! A madcap, satisfying sequel to Wolf Hunt and Wolf Hunt 2!
After reading Wolf Hunt and Wolf Hunt 2 a few years back, I had to wait a while for the Third. After finishing the book I've concluded that my fragile patience really paid off! Wolf Hunt 3 is WACKY, funny, and even demented (in a good way)! WOW!! I stop here to avoid spoiling the story. WELL DONE, JEFF STRAND!! YOU ROCK!!
Against all odds Lou and George are back in business and hitting the road. They may even pick up an old friend or two along the way.
Another winner in the Wolf Hunt series with all the typical Strand wit and appropriate amounts of death and mayhem.
I listened to this one on audio and Scott Thomas really nails it like I knew it would. His pacing and tone fits perfectly with the characters and the wacky action.
“I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this honest review."
Another winner from Jeff Strand! I do believe that the Wolf Hunt series is my favorite of Strand’s novels and he does have some great ones.
George and Lou are back at it, along with Eugene and Ally, and a revived Ivan. Truth be told, Ivan was such a great addition to the team, I kinda forgot how much of a snivelling psychopath he was in the first Wolf Hunt. This time we got several new versions of evil folk, each with their own agenda. That’s all I’ll say about the plot so I don’t ruin in for anyone.
Any way you cut it, it is a wild, action-packed, horrific (sometimes disgusting) sarcastic romp that all readers will love. It is so much fun, you will gobble this up in one sitting. Looking forward to Wolf Hunt 4 (Hint, Hint, Nudge, Nudge...)
And with that the adventures of George Lou ally and Eugene are done. I’m very sad because this series has been the biggest delightful surprise I’ve experienced in a series. The dialogue was always on point and the horror was more present than ever in this book. Overall loved it however my only strikes are not enough time with ally and Ivan’s rather anticlimactic death. Could’ve at least had a little more banter beforehand
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Who wants to take over the world? Everybody!! A little bit of monster magic and we get to drive across the country with a couple of werewolves in order to bring down a werewolf cult! What could possibly go wrong? George has made a few enemies over the past couple of years so he has plenty of company to help him not get to where he has to go.
I patiently waited for this one, and I was definitely not disappointed! Tons of werewolf action , and how can you not love George and Lou! I hope this is not the end though. Plenty of misadventures left for them!
Something is seriously wrong with Jeff Strands brain. I fear for his sanity, but I am happy that the side effect is hugely entertaining books like Wolf Hunt 3.
If you thought George and Lou were in dire straits in previous books, you will love the sh*t they get into in this one.
I only recommend it if you enjoy sick humor, demented visual imagery and a whole lot of werewolves.
This could be a great end to an awesome trilogy, but it could also be the third book in a kick @$$ series about bounty hunters, friends, and werewolves. (Fingers crossed for a series - I can't get enough of George & Lou. I hope they meet Andrew Mayhem!)
I first came across these books (book 1 and book 2) a few years ago and enjoyed the hell out of them. Jeff Strand is pretty reliable with his horror thrillers (often administered with an absurdist flourish, as it is here), and the Wolf Hunt series is by far my favorite of his work.
Still, book 2 ended in a pretty satisfying way. I dislike sequels that continually just use the same formula over and over again (aside from the odd Jason Vorhees movie, haha). I also had no interest in what a Wolf Hunt novel looked like without a couple of elements that did not survive book 2. So my excitement for finding Strand published yet another Wolf Hunt was immediately tempered by suspicion. I just didn't think there was any call for a Wolf Hunt 3. Sure enough, there wasn't. There isn't.
I'm sure certain fans disagree with me. As for me, there is only so much time on earth and yet so many other good novels to explore. Having said that, I totally dove in! Stat! And I had a lot of fun. It was nice being with the old gang. It was also entirely unnecessary and even somewhat squandered.
No spoilers.... But there was one villainous character from past books who appears again. But why?? It's a rehash of old ground except done far less well and goes nowhere. Strand keeps things tight here, and so at least it wasn't drawn out. That's the one thing I really just hate. A choice like somebody being revived and torturing it out in the story as if that'll justify an empty idea.
It wasn't just that choice. Again, it's a fun book and I don't regret reading it. But it all has a dissatisfying "fast and cheap" vibe. Or more exactly, RUSHED.
No, NOT "a rush!" RUSHED.
As evidence, there is something called "The Melt" that happens in this book that Strand explains TWICE seemingly without having noticed it. I don't mean that it was explained to remind readers or to explore a new aspect. I mean that the villain TWICE uses the explanation of "The Melt" as a verbal gotcha in two completely different part of the story. Each time George and (redacted!!) react with grim surprise, as if the second time they still counted on secrecy of what "The Melt" is despite having already discussed it in detail with the villain closer to the beginning of the journey (as opposed to approaching the last 3rd of the story where the revelation is dropped again).
That's a mistake I've never seen a professional writer making even through the editing and proof reading process.
That's not all that big a deal to me in terms of how much or how little I may have enjoyed the book. It's just that detail became emblematic to me of the whole book. It's rushed and under cooked. Yet we still get the similar charm we found in the first books, which is probably all that really matters. It's just that one hopes one's perhaps guilty pleasures can convince us to feel less guilty when the after taste begins to set in.
Hard to add much about the plot if you already read the book description, but I will say that this is pretty damb dark despite the bits of comedy through out the narrative. There were a few scenes, one involving a very unclean toilet, that were a little hard to read. The plot is fast-paced as hell and sometimes ridiculous but that is kind of the point I think. I recommend all three Wolf Hunt books but you don’t have to read the first two to enjoy this one.
Anyone who has read my reviews of Wolf Hunt 1 and 2 knows that one of the things I like best about this series is the author’s ability to surprise me again and again and again. Well nothing you’ve read before can prepare you for what’s coming this time. George and Lou are back in action (yes, I know Lou’s dead, but there are werewolves in this story so you should know that absolutely anything is possible) and everything that made you love them in books one and two is back again, bigger and better.
George and Lou are two of the strangest heroes in all of fiction. They are not nice men. They are petty criminals who hurt people for a living. But the willingness to stop at breaking a few bones and leaning on deadbeats makes them come off looking like honest-to-God saints compared to the true villains of the piece. Add to that the sarcastic, drive-your-car-off-the-road-its-so-funny humor, and you are in for a wild adventure.
George and Lou and a surprise cast member are off to kill the werewolf king to prevent him from starting a war to subjugate all humans to lycanthrope rule and as you might guess from the previous books, they have no chance of pulling their mission off. It’s not even clear they can reach the werewolf king’s home because of the long list of men seeking vengeance upon them for their actions in the previous books. It’s one hilarious mishap after another as George and Lou discover that you don’t have to be a lycanthrope to be one sick customer.
Scott Thomas reprises his role as narrator of the audiobook and I’m very glad he did. His characterizations first brought George and Lou to life for me and they continue to make this series excel. He’s the sort of talent who could get a base hit out of any wild pitch, but when you give him a real treasure like Wolf Hunt 3, he hits it out of the stadium and into orbit.
I got this book free from Audiobook Boom in exchange for an honest review.
Wolf Hunt 3 is a fun return to the world Jeff Strand created. All the sarcasm you’d expect is here, with the “hair-raising” situations you’d want from a novel by this crazy author. If you’ve read the others there is no reason to skip this one!!!
Note: This is for the audiobook version which doesn't seem to be on Goodreads.
If you've read Wolf Hunt and its sequel, you know George just keeps getting into trouble. It just seems to find him. And Wolf Hunt 3 carries on that unfortunate tradition. Poor George.
Wolf Hunt 3 is just as action-packed, gory and hilarious as its predecessors. Jeff Strand is the king of horror comedy, and every book in this series is an absolute delight to read, including this one. Picking up shortly after the events of part 2, this one opens with a bang and you know exactly what you're in for.
Scott Thomas' narration is, as usual, nothing short of fanf'ingtastic. He gives so much life to the characters, there is never, ever any confusion on which one is 'speaking'. This Wolf Hunt series was my introduction to Scott's work and he's easily one of the best I've heard.
Fans of Jeff Strand will love this entire trilogy, made even more exciting by Scott Thomas' performance.
Let me just start by saying I really like Jeff Strand's style. I love the humor and I enjoy the way he thrusts the readers into the insanity of the worlds he creates. This book was no exception. I realized after I started it that I had not read the second book so I was apprehensive about continuing the series in this haphazard fashion. It didn't really matter. All became clear as the story unfolded and can I just say that I love the characters of George and Lou. I am not sure I appreciated them as much in the first book, but I would certainly read more about them. Jeff Strand somehow makes it ok to have melting nipples, deformed werewolf babies, and thugs who have gone soft-ish but not so soft they are not opposed to tossing baddies to deformed werewolf babies or melting characters parts. That was so much fun to write.
This audio book was given to me at my request for my free and unbiased review.
I like reading books that I’m reasonably certain deserve four stars. So why read a trilogy that I gave each one three stars. 1) The Good Reads total ratings were well above 3 stars. 2). I bought the entire trilogy and felt compelled. 3). It became a guilty pleasure. 4) They are quick reads. It was a little like eating an entire bag of chips in one sitting and guzzling a 7-11 large soda-(not that I’ve done that) — still pleasurable. Plus I grew fond of the main characters, George and Lou, and the various characters they met along the way. The books are gory but not scary and the comedy is good. I think that #3 will be the last of the series and no more potato chips for me.
This one is difficult to summarize without giving away major plot points of the first two novels. So I'm not going to try. If you are unfamiliar with the Wolf Hunt series, it involves witty thugs-for-hire, situations going from bad to worse to spectacularly worse to batsh** crazy, and werewolves.
Wolf Hunt 3 is as much fun as 1 and 2, with Strand's typical sharp dialogue and over the top action. Two scenes in particular are extended gross outs, and there's a ton of werewolf carnage (especially at the climax). These books have served as a great palate cleanser for some of the more serious stuff I read. Another fun horror comedy ride by Strand.