Reviews

The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group by Catherine Jinks

blaarrosir's review against another edition

4.0

I picked up this book because it's by the same author who wrote The Reformed Vampire Support Group and I loved that book. There are a few crossover characters from the previous book, like Father Alvarez, Reuben, and a few of the members of the Vampire Support Group, but the book focuses mainly on Toby and can be read entirely by itself without any need to read the previous book. The beginning gets off to a slow start as Toby figures out what's going on and what might have happened that night when he ended up at the zoo. It takes reading through about the first 1/3 of the book before the action picks up and when it does pick up it takes off running and doesn't stop. During the course of the book we get to meet two other werewolves and an entirely new species which keeps things very interesting. Though the book was slow to start I still enjoyed it immensely and would definitely read it again.

jennl's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 ⭐️

jpear1977's review against another edition

3.0

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alids's review against another edition

4.0

This was a good time.
I haven't read the Reformed Vampire Support Group for a long time, so it took me a minute to recognize those characters making cameos.
I really enjoyed how chaotic werewolves are...like the vampires are so organized and then there's these guys...lol
Also a treat: the fact that the author is Australian and distance is measured in km and m and I ACTUALLY knew how far things were in descriptions. yay!

fantasy_with_me's review against another edition

3.0

While this was less whiny than the vampire one, the main character sure complained and chickened out a lot - more than enough to make up for it.... I did enjoy how amazing and tough Reuben seemed from Toby's POV. I can only imagine how intense and energetic a book written from Reuben's POV would be!! I liked all the referencing back to the first book, always makes a reader feel more involved when they can go "I remember that!"

gracecrandall's review

lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

As much as I enjoy paranormal urban fantasy in general and this premise in particular, I'm not super happy with the way these books deal with a lot of the moral qunadaries that they introduce. They bring forth interesting questions, but provide few interesting solutions. I also feel that the fact lycanthropy only effects people in large families of a specific ethnicity is an odd thing to add, and I was deeply unhappy with how Sergio specifically was treated in this book. Oh well. 

wakela's review against another edition

2.0

This is the second book in a series. I did not get the chance to read the first book. There were a few places where they referenced things that happened. But it wasn’t necessary to read the first one in order to understand this book.

First off, I thought that the characters were pretty weak. Toby was supposed to be thirteen, but for much of the book he was characterized as a much younger boy. His mom might as well just been holding her hands over her ears shouting “la la la I can’t hear you” for as much as she was listening to what people were trying to tell her.

The first portion of the book was extremely slow moving. During that time, I kept putting it down and really didn’t want to pick it back up.

I had heard such great things about the first book in the series. So I had some high hopes for this one. Unfortunately it fell flat.

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nerfherder86's review against another edition

4.0

A fun sequel/companion book to [b:The Reformed Vampire Support Group|5266733|The Reformed Vampire Support Group|Catherine Jinks|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zBmOlxAuL._SL75_.jpg|5334050], which I loved. In this one, the main character is a teen boy who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the night before--and is told he was found naked in the wild dingo pen at the zoo! Two characters from the first book, the priest, Father Ramon and the werewolf Reuben, show up to help explain to him that he suffers from a rare genetic condition: he is a werewolf! As Tobias falls in with them and their friends, a group of sickly insomniacs (reformed vampires), trying to come to grips with his new circumstances, he is kidnapped! By werewolf fighters! And you'll have to read it to find out what else happens.

jeannemurray3gmailcom's review

4.0

I enjoyed reading The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group. (I think I pretty much like anything that Catherine Jinks writes.) It was a continuation of some of the characters in The Reformed Vampire Society with new characters added to continue the story. The main character, Toby, is 13 years old and is told by a werewolf that he is a werewolf, also. Toby does not believe it at first but is finally convinced. Drama, humor, and suspense are added to the book to make it above average.

We'll see what happens. I think it is set up for a zombies sequel.

lsmith36's review against another edition

1.0

Truly awful.

Find my full review here: https://aggietheskeletonreads.wordpress.com/2016/04/10/review-the-abused-werewolf-rescue-group/