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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A powerful commentary on bodily autonomy from a variety of perspectives! This book was so much more than I expected from it, and though I wish it had trigger warnings to prepare me for some of the more intense content (specially surrounding child sexual abuse), I think it was really well written and very emotional. I really loved Rory’s journey through acceptance and forgiveness, and was hooked on the story from the start.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Didn’t really enjoy the book the main character really annoyed me. I understand the themes of trauma and female rage.
Powerful depiction of trauma, survival, and rage. I’m super glad I gave this one another chance. Brilliant and cathartic. Definitely one of my all-time favorites.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rory, a young adult living in the big city, returns home to a town she thought she had left behind so she can support her sister during her pregnancy. Things take a turn for the…weird, when on the way home from the bar she hits a large animal with her car and is subsequently attacked, thinking it’s a bear. Miraculously, she survives the attack! But she starts to notice odd changes within herself: an aversion to silver, super fast healing, and an attraction to the moon. As she realizes she is turning into what she believes is a monster, will she be able to balance everything going on in her life with her out of control body?
I honestly loved this. I don’t get too enthralled by audiobooks, but this one really had me in a chokehold. Honestly, not much for me to hate here. This book embodied feminine rage, put it in a werewolf, and set it loose on a full moon. There was a lot of paralels between Rory and her twin sister Scarlet, which made for some really enjoying juxtaposition when it came to Rory losing control of her body in a monster-sense, and Scarlet losing control of her body in a pregnancy sense. Both girls experiencing some sort of life altering change in their body…albeit in extremely different forms. I was a huge fan of the romance plot in this book, not too overbearing and Ian was a generally likeable guy. Definitely read this if you’re looking for something contemporary and monstrous, but maybe not too scary. Five stars.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Pregnancy
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I would categorize this as general fiction and not so much a fantasy/horror. I think expecting horror made me not like it as much as I could have if I went in with the right expectations.
It’s good! It’s just not what I was looking for at this moment!
It’s good! It’s just not what I was looking for at this moment!
A fun, quick, quirky October read! Started very much like the film Ginger Snaps, happy it went in a slightly different direction!
I read about 60% before giving up, than I read the last two chapters and I feel like I didn’t miss a thing. I hated the protagonist and she was the epitome of the ideal millennial woman and she is stupid. I you’d have me a vacation of six months and werewolf powers and I would have been very happy
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes