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| The cover for Pretty Little Werewolf uses the exact same stock photo, which I love. |
The story is about a girl in foster care by the name of Giselle. We find out pretty quickly that she is a werewolf and that she has been kicked out of lots of families over the years for giving into her inner wolf. When she goes to live with a new family in Las Vegas, it seems like everything might work out, especially when we find out that this whole family is also--you guessed it--a pack of werewolves. But things aren't that easy, of course. There's another pack of werewolves in the area and there is a generational feud going on between the two. When Giselle meets Asher and instantly develops the hots for him, things become problematic, because Asher is from the other clan. It seems things might start to take a little turn towards Romeo and Juliette here, except for Asher is a jerk. When he becomes Giselle's partner in Chem class, it became reminiscent of Twilight--new girl, falls in love with an aloof dude, there's a werewolf.... Oh, and another dude. This one happens to be a witch, though, not a vampire, although there is mention of vampires that we never meet. Maybe that will be in book two, if there is a book two.
Giselle talks to Asher and gets his side of the story. Determined to come to the bottom of the feud between the two families, she goes looking for the truth. She discovers a lone wolf, like herself, in the desert, guarding a secret. In order to solve the mystery and end the feud, she relies on all sides to come together and concocts a plan to make this happen. I won't spoil the ending for you, but it does turn out to be a little too predictable.
But that's okay. I liked the story. Salidas has written a lot of books, and you can tell; she is clearly becoming a master of her craft. There were a few times when I was actually comparing the plot to yet another well-known bit of literature--or TV, anyway--Scooby Doo. It was pretty clear the book was written for Young Adults, and so maybe it wasn't as sophisticated as literature written solely for older audiences, but it was well-told, and I really liked some of her characters (though some were very annoying, including Giselle) and she did a nice job of tying up loose ends with the possibility of a sequel coming down the line, if she'd like.
A few things bothered me. It needs one more proofread from someone with a keen eye. There are a few paragraphs where multiple people are talking. In one place, Giselle's name is misspelled. Things like that--picky little things.
Secondly, there's a lot of people just walking around naked in front of other people, and it's no big deal. Only Giselle seems bothered by this sometimes. Maybe it's part of being a werewolf, but it wasn't well explained.
Finally, there's a lot of repeated words that started to bother me after a while. There seemed like hundreds of reverences to Captain Obvious. And there was a lot of niggling going on in Giselle's neck. I'm not exactly sure what that is, but it happened frequently. Sometimes she's Giselle, sometimes just Elle. Sometimes her sister is Diana, other times it's Di. It could be Ash or Asher. I get that people use nicknames but there wasn't a lot of rhyme or reason to what they were being called and/or when.
Nevertheless, I found it a pretty good read, one that I finished in about four hours. I gave it four stars on Amazon, and you can read my review here. If you'd like to read it for yourself, you can purchase Pretty Little Werewolf for $1.99 here. If you're an adult who doesn't mind adult situations and language, please check out Deck of Cards by ID Johnson (same cover, remember?) which you can purchase for $2.99 right here.
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