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EVENING ECHO - reviewed by
Pet O'Connell |
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TEEN
WEREWOLF
SAGA IS A
MONSTER
SMASH
“It's the
family
curse. Lots
of us turn
into
werewolves.
It's been in
the
bloodline
for
more
generations
than
anyone can
remember. It
strikes in
adolescence.
Loads of us
hit 12, 13
...maybe
even 17 or
18 ... and
change.
“Our bodies
alter. We
lose our
minds.
Become
savage
beasts who
live to
kill.”
It puts
worrying
about your
pimples and
hormonal
changes
into
perspective.
The prospect
of turning
into a
werewolf is
not much to
look forward
to in your
teens, but
then if
your parents
and sister
have
already been
literally
torn apart
by evil
demons and
you've had
to battle
the biggest
baddie, Lord
Loss,
yourself,
then your
childhood
has probably
not been the
happest
to look back
on either.
Grubbs
Grady,
though, has
remained
surprisingly
sane for
someone
battling
with human
teenage
angst, his
developing
magical
powers and a
recently
ac�quired
habit of
howling at
the
moon.
Is he indeed
turning into a
werewolf;
will his uncle
be forced to
kill him? And
more importantly
for the survival
of the rest of
hu�manity,
exactly what is
lurking at
the
bottom of a very
large hole
Grubbs has
uncovered in a
nearby forest?
… We would
expect no less
than the
obligatory
bloodbath
from Limerick's
horror king.
[This book]
gives added
depth to Shan's
usual
flesh-ripping
yarns. One of
his best yet.
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