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Christine Johnson
Simon Pulse
(Simon and Schuster)
5 August 2010 / ISBN 1847389287
Teen / Fantasy Contemporary
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
Claire Benoit
is an ordinary girl until her sixteenth birthday, when she makes
an unusual discovery – she is a werewolf! Her new boyfriend
is the gorgeous Matthew Engle, but with their hometown of Hanover
Falls experiencing a worrying werewolf problem it is Matthew’s
father who is leading the hunt! All werewolves are not the same
and soon Claire finds that she is not the only one in town…
Instead of a normal girl dating a supernatural boy this is the other
way around. Teenagers (and a lot of other people) will recognize
that this is basically a novel about being different, and also about
growing up and struggling with relationships and burgeoning feelings.
Ms Johnson wraps it all in the perennially fun idea of werewolves
in our midst, and the characters are rather sweet, sensitive folk
who create a story that sounds as if it could be dark, but is actually
not. There is more in here too than just romance, and some of the
most interesting parts of the book involve Claire meeting up with
the other werewolves, and discovering this particular author’s
invented werewolf mythos. If you like your paranormal romances dark
and deadly this maybe won’t suit, but I felt that this is
perfect for a younger teen that wants to get in on the act but is
not ready for the full blown and more adult books. This sort of
thing is what good YA fiction is surely all about.
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Note: US edition is different and in hardcover
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