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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-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
The writing style didn’t work for me. Dialogue felt clunky and not how real people talk to each other in my opinion.
4.75 stars rounded up
Loved:
- Main character finding her place
- Female friendship / sisterhood
- Flawed characters
- Interesting body horror and foreshadowing
- Writing flowed and was very easy to read without feeling juvenile
- The twist was great and I actually didn’t see it coming
- Sweet romance
Didn’t like:
- Dragged on a little towards the middle
Loved:
- Main character finding her place
- Female friendship / sisterhood
- Flawed characters
- Interesting body horror and foreshadowing
- Writing flowed and was very easy to read without feeling juvenile
- The twist was great and I actually didn’t see it coming
- Sweet romance
Didn’t like:
- Dragged on a little towards the middle
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was such a pleasant surprise. I didn’t expect the other elements of it, since I just thought it would be a cliché flat out horror, and I actually ended up liking it more than I thought. I felt attached to the characters too, which is also another unexpected treat. A lovable story for sure
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
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
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book, or its writing style but the further along I read the more I realized how well the writing style loaned itself to the story. Had actually never read a werewolf book before. I do appreciate *warning potential spoilers ahead* how the author used werewolf transformations / body horror in unison with some of the horrors women’s bodies endure (puberty, pregnancy, assault etc.) the whole time I was reading this book it made me really want to watch Ginger Snaps because of the parallel themes.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
a fast paced, straightforward, darkly comedic novel about a woman coming to terms with the fact that she is turning into a werewolf while navigating her personal life and confronting her childhood trauma as an adult. i thought i would fly through this one bc it was exactly the kind of read i was looking for after a string of fantasies and love stories--something dark but with just enough of a romance subplot to satisfy the tiny bit of craving i have left for it--but the more i read, the more invested i got mostly bc rory's character and her journey. i loved her rage and her unhealthily nonchalant but also slightly chaotic and destructive response to trauma (which i related to a tad much. just a bit), and the way she learned to cope and heal from all of that even while she was going through all this wolfish messiness. the decision to have rory's werewolf transition play into her reclaiming of her bodily autonomy and scarlett's struggle with physical changes during pregnancy was a stroke of genius that i deeply admired rachel harrison for. overall, i could've done without that graphic birth scene but i wiped it out of my mind almost right after so i guess i'll live. 4.25 stars. i didnt realize rachel wrote a lot of other thriller/supernatural stuff and now i'm definitely checking those out.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Car accident, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity, Medical content
Minor: Sexual content
