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A review by kateywumpus
Pure of Heart by Danielle Parker
5.0
This book is like when you see a speeding car swerving about and is about to crash into a car in front of you. You know exactly what is going to happen and how awful it's going to be but you just can't look away. Once all the major characters have been introduced you know exactly how this book is going to play out. This isn't to say that it's bad. Quite the opposite. Predictability isn't always a marker of how good or bad a book is. It's the execution that matters, and this book executes it quite well. I was biting my nails during the final confrontation, even though I knew how it was going to play out. The book drew me in anyway. That's quality right there.
It's also kind of refreshing to see them play on the 'werewolf as a curse' angle of the lore. Not many were books do that anymore, play on the horror of having a wild animal living inside your head, and the body horror of your form reshaping against your will. Most werewolf stories nowadays the wolves are smooth and sleek, composed and fierce. A Shelby Cobra, if you will. This werewolf is that beat up old chevy that has an engine that's way too big for it with broken power steering and brakes careening down the highway at two hundred miles per hour. Like I said, a wreck in the making.
This book has a happy ending, but it's not going to feel like it's going to be a happy ending until the end. I'm actually excited to read the sequel, but that's going to be going on the backburner for a while as I move on to other novels. 5 stars.
It's also kind of refreshing to see them play on the 'werewolf as a curse' angle of the lore. Not many were books do that anymore, play on the horror of having a wild animal living inside your head, and the body horror of your form reshaping against your will. Most werewolf stories nowadays the wolves are smooth and sleek, composed and fierce. A Shelby Cobra, if you will. This werewolf is that beat up old chevy that has an engine that's way too big for it with broken power steering and brakes careening down the highway at two hundred miles per hour. Like I said, a wreck in the making.
This book has a happy ending, but it's not going to feel like it's going to be a happy ending until the end. I'm actually excited to read the sequel, but that's going to be going on the backburner for a while as I move on to other novels. 5 stars.