Author: S.J. Bell
Title: Bonds of
Fenris
Publisher: S.J. Bell (May
7th 2012)
Disclaimer: Copy
received for review purposes.
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My rating: 4 of 5
stars
“Talia Thornwood's life ended one year ago, when she became a werewolf. She survived the attack, and the horrifying transformation a month later, but the life she has now is barely worth living. She lurks about in a filthy, run-down house, with too many werewolves crammed into too small a space. Every day is a struggle against the stress of human contact, the romantic prodding of her obnoxious packmate Pierce, and the gnawing hunger for flesh in her soul.
She's all but resigned herself to a dreary existence on the margins of society when she meets Corwin. Corwin is a werewolf like none other. He walks among humans as if it was nothing, and can keep his wolf under control even when the moon is full. Talia's mind is suddenly opened to the possibilities before her, and the realization of how little she really knows about lycanthropy.
Corwin claims that he can teach her how to cope as he does, even how to transcend her affliction. But it will not be easy. It is a hard education that requires her to question everything her pack taught her, and confront exactly what she has become. And, more amazingly, what she never stopped being.” GoodReads’ blurb
This is a beautiful
book.
When the author
offered me a review copy, he told me a bit about the essence of the book, but
even then I couldn’t have guessed the real depth in this one.
First off, let me say
that this is not—I repeat, not—your average werewolf book. We’re used to paranormal
creatures that just exist, to doomed love stories, to perfect romances and,
failing that, crazy action. Well, how does a werewolf get to existing,
actually? How does a bitten human cope? What changes in their lives? What hopes
and expectations can they have?
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