Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
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June 7th 2007
by Meadow & Black
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Paperback, 520 pages
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0955498406
(isbn13: 9780955498404)
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While teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is being pursued through the streets of London by murderous hunters, her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is…more
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Read in January, 2008
I really need to reread this, because I wanted to takes some notes while I was going through it, possibly make a paper or something out of it, because these are these are the kinds of books I like to keep my critical teeth sharp on. Anytime you have characters who most people would think unlikely to be interested in fashion, that is typically where you will find me writing critical analysis.
So fashion-obsessed fire elementals practically pull the harbrace handbook off the shelf while...more
So fashion-obsessed fire elementals practically pull the harbrace handbook off the shelf while...more
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Read in April, 2008
Neil Gaiman loves this guy. Need I say more?
Perhaps not but I will anyway. I must admit that when I walked into Elliot Bay I was drawn initially to the cover of the book and then I realized it was an author I'd previously enjoyed.
I loved Millar's "The Good Fairies of New York" for its irreverent take on the fair folk. "Lonely Werewolf Girl" doesn't disappoint. It was good balm for my psyche after getting sucked into the world of "Twilight."...more
Perhaps not but I will anyway. I must admit that when I walked into Elliot Bay I was drawn initially to the cover of the book and then I realized it was an author I'd previously enjoyed.
I loved Millar's "The Good Fairies of New York" for its irreverent take on the fair folk. "Lonely Werewolf Girl" doesn't disappoint. It was good balm for my psyche after getting sucked into the world of "Twilight."...more
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Reviewed by Candace Cunard for TeensReadToo.com
The first thing that hit me about this book was the richness of backstory and the sheer size of the cast of characters.
Although the plot centers around the titular lonely teen werewolf, Kalix MacRinnalch, she lives in a rich world populated with numerous other characters whose actions interfere with or drive important developments in the story. Fifteen-year-old Kalix is the youngest daughter of the Thane of the MacRinnalch C...more
The first thing that hit me about this book was the richness of backstory and the sheer size of the cast of characters.
Although the plot centers around the titular lonely teen werewolf, Kalix MacRinnalch, she lives in a rich world populated with numerous other characters whose actions interfere with or drive important developments in the story. Fifteen-year-old Kalix is the youngest daughter of the Thane of the MacRinnalch C...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Neil Gaiman fans
I picked up this book after seeing a bit of praise from Neil Gaiman about the author.
The story focuses on Kalix, an addict, a teenager, and an outcast, hunted member of werewolf royalty. First and foremost, Kalix is a teenager. She's emo; she cuts (although this is not a major theme in the book, it does occur for those wishing to avoid anything triggery). She whines and complains.
She also can't read or write particularly well, wishes Joan Jett was her mother, and thinks S...more
The story focuses on Kalix, an addict, a teenager, and an outcast, hunted member of werewolf royalty. First and foremost, Kalix is a teenager. She's emo; she cuts (although this is not a major theme in the book, it does occur for those wishing to avoid anything triggery). She whines and complains.
She also can't read or write particularly well, wishes Joan Jett was her mother, and thinks S...more
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Read in June, 2008
I've never read any Millar before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Neil Gaiman gives him the highest praise, but then he also praised Jody Scott, whose I, Vampire left me almost completely cold. But not to worry! Lonely Werewolf Girl is brilliant, disjointed, hilarious, convoluted and whimsical. The characters are all a little crazy, the overlapping love triangles are somewhat labyrinthine and the family relations are dysfunctional, but it all makes for a very good read, the kind that kept me u...more
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Read in June, 2008
recommended to Nathan by:
Neil Gaimanrecommends it for: Kurt Vonnegut
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Read in March, 2008
Great fun, and very compulsive reading - raced through this :)
I love his stories, because they are very familiar - lots about London, and students, and bands playing gigs - but they also manage to include all sorts of strange stuff (werewolves for instance) that seem to fit in so well with the rest of it I can almost believe that I've met werewolves too.
However, one thing irked me about this book - it seems as though proof reading consisted largely of running a computer spell c...more
I love his stories, because they are very familiar - lots about London, and students, and bands playing gigs - but they also manage to include all sorts of strange stuff (werewolves for instance) that seem to fit in so well with the rest of it I can almost believe that I've met werewolves too.
However, one thing irked me about this book - it seems as though proof reading consisted largely of running a computer spell c...more
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Read in May, 2008
recommended to Laura by:
Neil Gaimanrecommends it for: anyone
This is an odd book. None of the characters are truly likable (for any character, pick two or more of the following: crazy, violent, criminal, pathetic, annoying, stupid, or heartless). And yet they and their story captivated me.
Lonely Werewolf Girl is also well-written from a literary standpoint. Characters are hardly described at all; all the characterization stems from other sources (action or dialogue). An incredible number of characters and plot threads are woven together in ...more
Lonely Werewolf Girl is also well-written from a literary standpoint. Characters are hardly described at all; all the characterization stems from other sources (action or dialogue). An incredible number of characters and plot threads are woven together in ...more
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Read in August, 2008
Overall, I enjoyed this book. The idea was entertaining and I liked the pacing and off beat feel of it. BUT I got really annoyed with the whole Thrix/fashionista sub-plot mostly because I didn't give a damn and got really bored with the constant repetition of Malveria or whatever her name was throwing the exact same fit over and over again. Also, the constant reiteration of how thin all the main females were got pretty old. I understand that in some contexts it was some form of mockery, but come...more
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Read in August, 2009
The thing is, this was actually a good story ~ I liked the ideas, the history, and some of the characters. Had this story been written better and perhaps organized a little differenlty, it could have easily been a captivating series of two or three books. But the writing was awful!!! Really, really, awful. It's a shame.
Before starting Lonely Werewolf Girl, I read a few reviews on Goodreads and found it curious that so many people said this book read like a first draft, or that it nee...more
Before starting Lonely Werewolf Girl, I read a few reviews on Goodreads and found it curious that so many people said this book read like a first draft, or that it nee...more
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Read in July, 2009
Kalix is a lonely werewolf girl. She’s seventeen and angst-filled, not to mention drug-addicted, antisocial, and lovesick. She’s attacked her father, the Thane of the powerful MacRinnalch werewolf clan, and is on the lam in London. And no one is going to leave her alone. Her brothers Sarapen and Markus are fighting each other for the throne but they both want Kalix dead, her sister Thrix is too busy designing a fashion wardrobe for the Fire Queen Malveria to be bothered with her little s...more
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Read in June, 2009
Unexpectedly, this got off to a shaky start for me. I had assumed I'd simply fall in and enjoy. Neil Gaiman has enthusiastic blurbs on it; a good friend had recommended The Good Fairies of New York. But somehow, the exposition and introduction of the major characters struck me as eye-rollingly clunky. (Like why, if Kalix can barely read, is she so determined to keep a journal? And why do we have to try to read more than one of her clumsy attempts to write?) Luckily, the story gained momentum, an...more
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Read in May, 2008
This was a meh kind of read. I was expecting more when I got it. I don't think it was intended to be a book for a young adults but that was how the writing came off some of the time. The character development was interesting but the dialogue kind of made you cringe at times. In a who-the-hell-says-that? kind of way. And the ending was not kind exactly what I was expecting so that was refreshing. A good read by the pool with an en duble margarita.
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Read in July, 2009
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The MacRinnalch clan of Scottish werewolves is in uproar after the thane's daughter, Kalix, attacks and mortally wounds her father, leaving the succession in question. Kalix defects to London, on the run and hiding in the city's slums from her brothers and the rest of the clan. She is anxious, alone, and despondent over the loss of her lover who has also been exiled from the clan. The plot is unpredictable, and at times a little insane, as Kalix interacts with a host of colorful characters in...more
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Read in January, 2009
Melancholy metalheads who talk forever about their favorite bands to everyone else's indifference, good-hearted goths falling prey to their own strongly romantic streaks, adorable punk klutzes, bloodstained battle queens ferociously determined to win the fashion wars, I was pretty much doomed to love this book.
I am generally not a fan of unadorned prose, but the minimalist style serves the fantastical characters very, very well as they navigate the human concepts of street cred, TV p...more
I am generally not a fan of unadorned prose, but the minimalist style serves the fantastical characters very, very well as they navigate the human concepts of street cred, TV p...more
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Read in January, 2009
The absolute best thing about this book is how utterly prosaic it is, and I mean that in the very best of ways. You would think that a war of succession between the werewolves of London (well, Scotland, but a lot of it takes place in London, and Warren Zevon is The Man), a histrionic queen from the elemental plane of fire and her rebellious niece, and a couple of hapless university students who get caught in the middle, you wouldn't really expect that the majority of the drama and suspense in w...more
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Read in April, 2009
Kalix is on the run. Once a proud member of the MacRinalchs, the ruling family of Scottish werewolves, she was cast out of the clan when she attacked her father, the Thane. Now, Kalix is living in London, dying of malnutrition and addicted to laudanum. She is alone, not even her family will have anything to do with her, in fact they are out to kill her for revenge.
Unexpectedly, Kalix is rescued from one of her brothers by a couple of humans, Daniel and Moonglow who take the lonely...more
Unexpectedly, Kalix is rescued from one of her brothers by a couple of humans, Daniel and Moonglow who take the lonely...more
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Read in March, 2008
I found the prose style a little off-putting on this one. It felt stiff despite the hip, humorous, werewolf subject matter due to the author's writing style. The characters were fun and I did warm to the story after a while, but this is definitely a one-time read for me.
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Read in September, 2009
I really wanted to love this book. I liked it a whole lot, but definitely did not love it. The writing combines real clunking lines like this, on page 61: "Even the airline stewardesses, used to dealing with the most awkward of customers, didn't feel entirely comfortable in his presence." with really clever pieces of dialog, e.g. page 428: "'You think I am lacking in empathy?'
"'If you go around saying things like it is not something with which I can easily empathise [si...more
"'If you go around saying things like it is not something with which I can easily empathise [si...more
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