![]() ![]() Without the confession his death would've been a sigh of relief instead of a flicker of pain. The kids confess to an evil doctor who suddenly becomes their benevolent guardian just in time to get himself killed. There's a lot of confessing to move the plot along here. I expected more concrete science given the author's reputation and professional background.ģ. The author was out of touch with how a fourteen year old thinks and behaves.Ģ. Tory skipped one grade - which should have made her exceptionally bright but not exactly a prodigy. ![]() It's been a long time since the author was a teenager. Small flirtations and crushes flowed seamlessly through the story without taking over.ġ. It's sort of werewolves with a scientific rather than paranormal background, which is a new and interesting take - much more interesting than wolves changing because of temperature instead of cycles of the moon. ![]() The author never loses her sense of place and time.Ĥ. The story is solidly set in a vivid and well-described location. Intelligent, techy, unabashedly nerdy, and willing to use all those skills for a little breaking and entering.ģ. The whole group is a bit like Big Bang Theory meets Veronica Mars. The rest of the cast are entertaining and developed. The main character, Tory Brennan, is the sort of a smart, self-confident heroine that YA sometimes lacks.Ģ. ![]()
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