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beastreader's review
2.0
I started out reading this book with lots of gusto. In fact, I read the first half of this book in one sitting. Although, it was not hard to do as the chapters are short about 3 to 5 pages long. This is a good length for a chapter. The pacing was fine as I kept moving along nicely. However after picking up this book again after a few days I realized that I was actually just going more through the motions and I was not really as connected with this book as I thought I was in the beginning. The reason I say this is because when I picked up this book again to start reading it I could barely remember anything that I had read in the first half of this story. In addition, I felt that this I one young adult novel that does not translate too well to the adult readers. Nessa and the rest of the characters acted just like their ages. The transformation from human to wolf was not super graphic or was there much violence. Not that every werewolf story has to be graphic but again I felt that the tone of this book was written more for the younger readers. A good concept that could have been stronger.
dontjudgefrog's review
3.0
I received this book for free (I think through an authors mail subscription?) and I wasn't expecting much. I figured it'd be a pretty bland run of the mill werewolf book, with some pack dynamics, family dynamics, a little lust, maybe some fighting.
I was very happily wrong.
It's a pretty tame book as far as the romance goes, but it strays away from the genre norm in many other ways. There's a whole other storyline that seems to have nothing to do with her being a weregirl, but ends up intersecting.
The storyline is definitely not what I was expecting and that was great.
That said, the emotions of the characters were a little hard to press into, and the MC did seem a little shallow - despite her actions showing otherwise.
So I would definitely pick this book up from the library and give it a read. I might recommend it to someone looking for a bill this book fits, but I wouldn't rush out and buy it right away.
Overall, it was a good time, and I don't think you'll regret giving it a chance if you happen to run across it.
I was very happily wrong.
It's a pretty tame book as far as the romance goes, but it strays away from the genre norm in many other ways. There's a whole other storyline that seems to have nothing to do with her being a weregirl, but ends up intersecting.
The storyline is definitely not what I was expecting and that was great.
That said, the emotions of the characters were a little hard to press into, and the MC did seem a little shallow - despite her actions showing otherwise.
So I would definitely pick this book up from the library and give it a read. I might recommend it to someone looking for a bill this book fits, but I wouldn't rush out and buy it right away.
Overall, it was a good time, and I don't think you'll regret giving it a chance if you happen to run across it.
b00kdragon's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
carolinevaught's review
4.0
ARC review
Interesting pace. I'm getting hints of a book two? Maybe? A little confused about the ending, might go back and re-read a few pages.
Interesting pace. I'm getting hints of a book two? Maybe? A little confused about the ending, might go back and re-read a few pages.
stephaniereaume's review
4.0
Good verses bad, as every book should be. Even when those lines cross, Nessa learns about both of her combined worlds. I sense a love triangle though. Wolves mate for life, so hopefully the right choice is made.
inmyhumbleopinion's review
4.0
Weregirl by C.D. Bell is a sweet, well written ya paranormal. There is enough angst and mystery to keep you turning pages. I’ll admit to reading it in one sitting. The author gets what it is to be a high school student. Nessa is responsible but not beyond her years or experience. I really enjoyed this book.
robinsversion's review
2.0
Started out really promising but soon became full of predictable and dull plot points, plus the depiction of Native American characters, especially one in particular, is what you’d expect from a book written in the 90’s, not 2016. Wish I loved it but I just don’t.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cultural appropriation, Racism, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Animal death
We definitely need tags for “racial stereotypes” and “microaggressions” cuz this book is full of them.lazygal's review
2.0
Not sure if the "were" part is supposed to be symbolic, or if the author is trying for horror - better readers than I can figure that out. What I got was a relatively standard high-school story about a character that isn't quite likeable (likeable enough for me to finish, but not for me to want to learn more about should this turn into a series) with a unique challenge: managing her change into a weregirl. And then there's the love aspect which wasn't convincing. There was promise here, unfulfilled promise.
thistlechaser's review
2.0
This was an odd book, and it wasn't until I read the afterwards that I understood why.
The first 50% of the book was about a girl in a modern day, very poor town. Set in Michigan, some chemical company was dumping toxic stuff there, and it got into the water system, which made all the kids sick. (Sound familiar?)
The main character is a talented runner, a high school student. There were no werewolves at all in the first 50% of the book, no mention of them, no wolves, nothing. It's just about her. Which was fine! Learning about the high school track world was interesting, as were the main character and the other characters around her.
Then, about the 57% point, she got bitten by a wolf. "Chosen by the wolves to do something" she's told by a ~mystical Native American~. Still, I continued to enjoy the story. The werewolf part was interesting, the author handled it well.
Then the last third of the book changed. It suddenly became this big PLOT THING about the EEEVVVIIIILL company that had poisoned the town. See, the town sued the company that poisoned the water, but the company went bankrupt before it could pay anything out. Some other company bought the bankrupt company and paid off all its debts and way more. And no one in the story questioned why a company would do that.
So it turns out that new company was evil evil mcevil. It captured wolves and grew new human parts inside of them for transplant... Like the main character saw them cut open a wolf to take out a fully formed human nose.
It actually got worse from there, the company being so EVIL EVIL OH LOOK WE'LL KILL KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE THEY'RE JUST "A COLLECTION OF CELLS".
And then the ending... The company covered up everything the main character had seen, she brought the police there but in hours there was no evidence of anything at all there. And so the main characters just said "okay" and that's how the story ended! They said to each other "There are lots of bad companies in the world, they come and they go, this one will go too". AFTER THE COMPANY TRIED TO USE HER YOUNGER BROTHER FOR GENETIC EXPERIMENTS IN FRONT OF HER. "Ho hum. They'll go out of business eventually, so it's okay."
I loved the first two-thirds of the book so much, but the last third was awful. And then I found out why: In the afterwards, the author explained this book had actually been written by a committee. They brought a group of people into a room and came up with three story arcs (which explains why the last third was so different than the rest of the book). Then they brought in groups of teenagers to ask about what they like in their books, and added those elements as well, then one person wrote it all up, with the rest approving all the text.
The first 50% of the book was about a girl in a modern day, very poor town. Set in Michigan, some chemical company was dumping toxic stuff there, and it got into the water system, which made all the kids sick. (Sound familiar?)
The main character is a talented runner, a high school student. There were no werewolves at all in the first 50% of the book, no mention of them, no wolves, nothing. It's just about her. Which was fine! Learning about the high school track world was interesting, as were the main character and the other characters around her.
Then, about the 57% point, she got bitten by a wolf. "Chosen by the wolves to do something" she's told by a ~mystical Native American~. Still, I continued to enjoy the story. The werewolf part was interesting, the author handled it well.
Then the last third of the book changed. It suddenly became this big PLOT THING about the EEEVVVIIIILL company that had poisoned the town. See, the town sued the company that poisoned the water, but the company went bankrupt before it could pay anything out. Some other company bought the bankrupt company and paid off all its debts and way more. And no one in the story questioned why a company would do that.
So it turns out that new company was evil evil mcevil. It captured wolves and grew new human parts inside of them for transplant... Like the main character saw them cut open a wolf to take out a fully formed human nose.
It actually got worse from there, the company being so EVIL EVIL OH LOOK WE'LL KILL KIDS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE THEY'RE JUST "A COLLECTION OF CELLS".
And then the ending... The company covered up everything the main character had seen, she brought the police there but in hours there was no evidence of anything at all there. And so the main characters just said "okay" and that's how the story ended! They said to each other "There are lots of bad companies in the world, they come and they go, this one will go too". AFTER THE COMPANY TRIED TO USE HER YOUNGER BROTHER FOR GENETIC EXPERIMENTS IN FRONT OF HER. "Ho hum. They'll go out of business eventually, so it's okay."
I loved the first two-thirds of the book so much, but the last third was awful. And then I found out why: In the afterwards, the author explained this book had actually been written by a committee. They brought a group of people into a room and came up with three story arcs (which explains why the last third was so different than the rest of the book). Then they brought in groups of teenagers to ask about what they like in their books, and added those elements as well, then one person wrote it all up, with the rest approving all the text.