Collider argues that Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth is a rare novel centred on a female werewolf, but that it fails to realise the creature’s horror potential. The article contends that its conventional romance plot weakens a premise that could more powerfully explore female rage, trauma, alienation and bodily autonomy.

It places the female werewolf within a longer history spanning Irish mythology, European witch trials and cultural fears of women who resisted social norms. While works such as Ginger Snaps use lycanthropy to examine menstruation, coming of age and female relationships, the article suggests Such Sharp Teeth cannot convincingly choose between horror and romance.