How many times has this happened to you? You're coming home from your job at a diner only to bump into a buff, handsome man with a serious gunshot injury. Instead of calling 911, you bring him up to your apartment, where you're overwhelmed by the urge to make out with him. When you suddenly freak out and call for help, the man vanishes out the window, leaving only the bullets that popped out of his healing abdomen behind. Just another Wednesday night…if you're the protagonist of a paranormal shifter romance.

Shifter romances have definitely gained a deserved reputation for being at least mildly unhinged in recent years. From the now-infamous werebadger series to an entire series that casts Santa's reindeer as romance leads, authors have been having a lot of fun with the concept. But the tried-and-true werewolves remain a staple, and Manta Comics' series Werewolves Going Crazy Over Me, written by SHINAE, takes the best of both worlds – assuming that “best” here equated to “unhinged.” The shifters in the story are regular old werewolves, but the plot points are pure modern paranormal romance, meaning that there's a hefty dose of WTF in among the more familiar tropes.

The story centers on Olivia, a single mother trying her best to support her daughter, Luna. Luna has a rare disease that causes seizures, resulting in unconsciousness, apparently different from well-known seizure disorders. Each seizure leads to a coma that's harder to bring Luna back from, and Olivia is at her wits' end. Her best friend, Minsun, helps and encourages Olivia to try to relax a little – preferably by dating Max, the hot reporter next door. But Olivia's life gets exponentially more complicated after she saves Damian Brown, the aforementioned handsome gunshot victim. Damian is one of the eponymous werewolves (the other bears the unlikely sobriquet of Silas), and not only does he share Olivia's overwhelming instantaneous sexual attraction, but kissing her reduces the symptoms of his lycanthropy.

This is particularly important in the story's world. Somewhat dubiously, the opening of the book claims that it's suddenly become much harder for werewolves to live alongside humans, and Damian's family pharmaceutical company has developed a drug that lessens werewolf…symptoms, I guess? But the drug itself has dangerous side effects, although it's not fully clear whether Damian's migraines and other health issues are caused by the medication or simply being a werewolf. Whatever the case, Olivia's kiss helps, and Damian wants to find her and use her to help him improve the drug…and if she'll do that, he'll get Luna into a clinical trial that would otherwise cost $30,000. Against her personal feelings, Olivia agrees.

Alongside this plotline, there's another unfolding involving Silas and a Catholic priest (who is also a werewolf) trying to do…something. Just what it is isn't clear yet, although it appears to involve creating new “betas,” which in this case are turned werewolves. Max's best friend Tommy is mistakenly chosen for this due to being an orphan new to New York (the story's setting), leading to the assumption that no one will miss him. How they came to this conclusion when he's currently the lead in a play is beyond me, and it frankly says a lot about the logic in this volume: fairly nonexistent. There's also an interesting blurring of traditional vampire and werewolf lore, because after having his throat chewed out by Silas, Tommy will rise in three days as a beta werewolf. That may be the most creative element of this book.

The art is probably the major draw here, especially if you like muscular men who take their shirts off a lot. They come in blond, brunette, and redhead, so you've got your bases covered, and Olivia is also drawn very attractively. (She mostly keeps her clothes on; this is purely about the female gaze.) Colorists Cr, Hyun, NaGyung, and MAX do a very nice job with NZ's line art, and more than that, I really appreciate that Manta and Seven Seas are crediting them for their work. There are some awkward angles and odd choices, but for the most part, this looks very nice.

If you're a fan of shifter romances in general or bizarre ones in particular, Werewolves Going Crazy Over Me is a safe bet. It's unhinged and takes itself way too seriously, and there's a lot of fun to be had with that combination. If you prefer your stories more grounded, though, this probably isn't going to be the book for you – it's always got the dial turned all the way up and doesn't always care about making sense. It's the sort of genre romance where your mileage is going to vary based strictly on your trope preferences.