Weregirl Review

**Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me an ARC in return for an honest review. 2.5 stars!!! Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book very much especially towards the end of it. The novel is your basic werewolf story though I would say this had very little to do with the kind of lycans one would usually read about. There were no alphas or hunters or anything like that. Plus, the book deals with a lot of sports which I'm not a huge fan of. The MC Nessa is your average teen girl who gets bitten by a wolf and notices her body going through these weird changes. The whole story was very cliched. There was nothing new brought to the table. I enjoyed reading about her relationships with her family and her best friend Bree. But that was it. I didn't find anything about Nessa's character that made her memorable. Plus, I feel that this book was geared to a much younger demographic as even her transitioning into a werewolf was not as intense of a scene as it should have been. On top of this, the author seemed to be content for her to play the role of a high school student instead of focusing on a much bigger narrative like her life as a werewolf. Even the werewolves were rather plain. I guess I was expecting more action, suspense, betrayal and bloodshed. I did not get, sadly. I also would have liked to see more emotions being played out. The MC is going through a very emotional charged state with all these changes and she seems to just accept them which is not natural or realistic. I felt the author was really playing it safe with the storyline. The plot of the story was rather flimsy as well. I won't go into much detail regarding it but the last parts of the book were just plain silly. The idea was so far fetched. I mostly skimmed through them. I preferred the parts when Nessa was in high school even if it was rather mundane. The romantic interest introduced for her was also rather bland. There's no real spark between the characters and seems to have been introduced but not developed further. I also did not like Chayton who is meant to be her mentor. He is hardly ever there when she needs him. The pacing of the book was fine. It goes at a brisk pace but there were a lot of grammatical mistakes. This combined with improper sentence structure made the writing seem haphazard. All in all, I was looking forward to reading a story that brought a new spin on werewolves. However, this book did not live up to that expectation. Although, I do feel that kids who are just entering into the paranormal genre might enjoy this book as it is very tame. But the story is not relatable to adults or older YA readers.

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