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Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison

26 reviews

little_bean's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-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

4.75

Grabbed this randomly at Barnes and it was an amazing surprise. I was worried it was going to read like a cheesy YA romance novel but it was extremely well balanced and more focused on the MC coping with the string of events going on than the actual fact that she had been turned into a werewolf.
I felt it was well paced with a fairly satisfying ending. A few things weren't wrapped up in the best way in my opinion, but I wasn't left wanting either. 
Overall, my favorite book of the year so far. 
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kace's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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michaelion's review against another edition

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

You tease me with a threesome mention and don't make it gay?! How dare!!!
This could've been werewolf Jennifer's Body! (And I include that as a spoiler because just after I asked myself "Who bit her? Who turned her?" I flipped to the last page to see what the last line of the book is and... well... spoilers for that.)


There's clearly a lot of love for the werewolf genre but the story was just fine. I didn't make the connection to the larger themes until after the sort-of climax. And I mean way after. Like, I was reading the last paragraph of the book. And no, I don't mean the last page of the story, I mean the last paragraph of the Acknowledgements section.
Usually, writers (of books, tv, and movies) put in a plot line including sexual assault as a gimmick, like "Look at me, I can mention a super serious topic so you, the audience, have to take me serious now too." Harrison doesn't do that here, and the conversations between Rory, Mia, and Cyndi are treated with care and respect, but the connection between transforming and raging and healing from previous anger wasn't really there for me, until I read that last bit about how The Body Keeps the Score was an influence.


I have never really been a werewolf girlie, but I did watch Teen Wolf all the way through even when it got bad. Those are some of the most exciting and fun parts of the book, even when it gets a little spooky scary ew that's gross.

It's also kinda written like there was room given for a sequel? If that's the case, the book is good enough that I would read that too.
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mpurdy's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

3.5

This book had a solid ending but meandered it's way getting there. The humor is niche and I can see alot of people not Vining with it. I did but even I got annoyed by Rory sometimes. And Scarlett could have just been forthcoming about everything I think Rory would have still come To stay with her. Also some of the descriptions caught me off guard with thr grotesque nature but it really complimented thr humor in my opinion.


Was anyone else hoping Ian was thr werewolf?! Like obviously I am happy that he just stomachs everything but Mia really? It just wasn't the reveal I was hoping for. 


Honestly I think if the reveal was what I was hoping for the meandering would have been worth it. I rated it a 3.5 because it just felt like there could have been so much more done with it. Idk maybe urban supernatural fantasy doesn't work for me
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imstephtacular's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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svangleboyer's review against another edition

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

4.0

 Such Sharp Teeth is an interesting take on a werewolf novel. I picked up because of the cover so I went into it blindly and really enjoyed it even though it wasn't what I expected.

Such Sharp Teeth follows Rory, who comes back to her hometown to help her sister pregnant sister. When Rory is almost home, she hits something that ends up being a large werewolf that decides to take a bite out of her. The novel focuses on how Rory deals with the new lifestyle while trying to help her sister and starting up a romance.

This is my first novel by Rachel Harrison, and I am looking forward to reading her past novels because I was not able to put Such Sharp Teeth down! It reminds me of the werewolf movie Cursed with Christina Ricci. I enjoyed the writing style because it flowed so easily and was a pretty quick read.

I highly recommend Such Sharp Teeth to any fans of werewolves and anyone who likes paranormal romances. 
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