4 of 5 Stars
Andrea Cremer
Philomel
454 pg., U.S. Hardcover
One Star for Character Development
One Star for Conflict and Resolution
One Star for Plot
One Star for Ending
The book is about Calla Tor, the Alpha Guardian of the werewold pack, the Nightshades. On the night that we call Halloween, she is to be wed to Renier Laroche, the Alpha Guardian of the Wolfsbane pack. One day, Calla saves a Mortal boy from a bear in the woods, which is against the rules of her kind. Now Calla is in a heap of trouble.
I really liked the werewolves in this book, and they were such a relief from the stupid werewolves from Twilight*fan girl shriek, vomit*
The characters were well developed, but there are a lot to keep track of. Calla, Ren, Bryn, Ansel, Mason, Dax, Fey, Sabine, Colette, Neville, Lumine, Shay, Efron, and more. AND you have to keep track of which pack they belong to, which gets easier throughout the book, but for the most part...I forgot entirely about Mason and Fey. Sorry.
The main conflict is that Calla doesn't want to really marry Ren anymore, not that she ever really had. She wants to be free of the traditions of the clan, and not form a new pack: Haldis.
The sequel to this book, Wolfsbane, is released July 26, 2011, and the third book, Bloodrose, is released Spring 2012.
So maybe...you could buy Bloodrose, go see The Hunger Games, and then listen to the movie review of THG AND the book review for Bloodrose.
That sounds like a plan to me.
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