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Sep 22, 2011

Book Chick City rated it:

I gave this book 7/10 on the blog, but Goodreads still doesn't offer half stars!!

Cursed is the first book in a new werewolf series by David Wellington. I have had my eye on this book for what feels like ages so I was thrilled when Piatkus sent me a review copy. And I wasn't disappointed, Cursed is a very good werewolf tale.

We meet Cheyenne Clark, "Chey", out in the wilderness of the Arctic Circle. We're not sure why she's there but she's heading towards something. More...

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Sep 17, 2011

Catherine rated it:

Cheyenne is a dedicated woman and she has a job to do, but when she is scratched by the very thing that has haunted her since she was twelve years old, she now becomes that very monster. Her life drastically changes and her survival is at risk. The choices she has to make will determine what kind of future she will have. Nobody can help her decide; her thoughts have to battle themselves before she can make one final choice. Will she join the beast that ruined her life all those years ago, or wil More...

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Dec 26, 2011

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I have discovered an author that has got me hypnotize by his work. The name is David Wellington and he has written a couple different series on vampires etc. This particular series that I love and I thought this has to be shared with the world! Cheyenne Clark is out for vengeance in the name of her father. Who was killed years before by a Lycanthropic (Werewolf) so v More...

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Mar 10, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Frostbite is an intriguing werewolf tale set in the arctic Canadian forest that relies on the formulaic style of start with the end, then go back and explain what led up to it, which makes for a somewhat disorganized pacing. However, once the novel gets going, the characterization is compelling enough to drive readers through the story.

For those werewolf aficionados, the novel observes traditional werewolf mythology: transformation by moonlight, a lethal aversion to silver, super-st More...

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Feb 08, 2010

Shelly rated it:

Not as great as his vampire books, but being the first book (I hope) of a new series (I hope) I suppose that's to be expected. (No, I honestly have no idea if this is going to be a series or not, but I can hope, right?)

Cheyenne Clark is lost in the Arctic wilderness when she hears howls in the night air. She manages to climb into a tree to avoid the wolf pack that is curious about her, but when they are chased off by something bigger, Chey knows she's in more trouble then she ever i More...

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May 07, 2011

Chibineko rated it:

It's kind of hard writing a review for this because I still can't make up my mind as to how much I liked it. I did like it & plan to read the sequel, but the more I think about the book the more flawed it seems in the long run.

First the good. I absolutely loved that Wellington put a new-ish spin on werewolves & it was nice to read something that wasn't along the lines of the current "tortured soul who is a dangerous creature who won't harm a soul". The werewolves in this b More...

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Apr 08, 2011

Charlie added it

I liked Frostbite. Its a slightly different take on the usual werewolf plot with a few interesting new concepts. I especially like the idea of the human and 'their wolf' being at odds with each other.

I really enjoyed the dialogue and interaction between Chey (short for Cheyenne) and the other characters and wish there had been more of it. However, so much of the book is flashback, introspection, or her as a wolf that we never really get much.

I've read a couple of Wellin More...

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Feb 11, 2011

Alchemical Evelyn rated it:

So... about this book...

The beginning of this book was.. not interesting. It felt forced. Then I got about halfway through it and I had this NEED to keep reading. I was hooked! I really liked how there was a painful attraction between the two main characters. Not sure if this was written as a YA novel or not.

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-At first I didn't like the short chapters. But I grew to like it so that I wasn't staying up all night to try and get to a stopping point. I really disli More...

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May 02, 2010

Karen rated it:

Frostbite is a different kind of werewolf tale. There’s no big sweeping romance , no studly six pack ab werewolf racing in to save his damsel in distress.
In Frostbite we go back to a more deadly type of werewolf, cursed by an ancient spell, one that loses his humanity when the moon rises, can be killed by silver, a wolf that can never live among people.
Chey gets bitten by the wolf with the piercing green eyes. She knows this wolf – she has come to the Arctic to get her revenge but no More...

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Jan 26, 2012

Lady Journal rated it:

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Let me just explain something awhile back I posted Frostbite by David Wellington. I finally had gotten around to finishing this novel! Wow ...

It's a novel about a girl named Cheyenne Clark. Who lost her father in a horrible death by a lycanthrope (Werewolf) - (Shape shifter). She ventures out in to the A More...

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Apr 13, 2011

Kristin rated it:

Frostbite takes away any romantic concepts about werewolves and replaces them with the grim and rather gory truth: werewolves are vicious and brutal. Set in Canada, Frostbite tells the story of a girl-turned-hunter out to avenge her father's death with the death of the beast that killed him. She finds the beast, a massive and bloodthirty werewolf, and it bites her. The story deals with her revulsion for werewolves and what she has become, but also with the relationships between herself, now turn More...

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May 05, 2010

Mark R. rated it:

This book actually wasn't a part of my werewolf reading list, but was recommended to me by a friend who knows I like werewolf fiction ("recommended" may be a bit strong; she actually said she didn't think it was that good--but she gave it to me to read anyway, so I guess that almost counts as a recommendation).

The story in this one is pretty good, and after the first third of the book, the main characters backgrounds are explored, and I appreciate the way the story unfolds More...

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Oct 02, 2010

Chris rated it:

Like he's done with vampires (and I would imagine, his zombie novels, but I have yet to read those), David Wellington adds his own unique spin on lycanthropes with this lean and nasty horror novel. One of the things that I really dig about Wellington is his straight-to-the-point writing style, raw and full of energy, and his use of short chapters. The pacing is brisk and sometimes sparse, but it works. Granted, there's enough here to satisfy diehard werewolf fans, but also a few new twists th More...

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Oct 17, 2009

Todd rated it:

As a fan of Wellington's vampire novels, I liked this. I think the story was interesting and the characters kept me hooked. The setting was cool. I guess isolating yourself as a werewolf is one way to ensure doing as little human killing as possible. Though they need to contend with the Arctic days and nights.

I think the thing that left me a bit empty was the fact this installment left me wanting more. But it wasn't one of those "can't wait for the next one" feelings More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Michelle rated it:

My initial surprise in this book was at how well Wellington wrote a female. Chey isn't feminine or maybe as emotional as most women would write a woman, but in this instance it worked to a greater effect. Her responses were as to be expected from a female, without all the unnecessary drama that would have dragged the story down.
The next was the story's content itself. Men have a habit of choosing sex over romance and as much gore as a book can reasonably contain. This book was not a romanc More...

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Dec 31, 2011

Bill rated it:

If there were half stars, I would have given this 3.5. Slow starting, but quite enjoyable once it hits its stride. I especially enjoy the reversion to a more horrific interpretation of monsters -- none of this overly sympathetic, star-crossed lover nonsense. Werewolves: They rip your throat out. Sure, their humans might feel bad about it after the fact, but when the moon rises, the wolves go right back to throat-ripping.

I think the next one is going to be even better...

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Jan 26, 2011

LupLun added it

I try to go into each book I read with a kind of presumption of innocence. I flip the front cover for the first time with the idea that the book will be good, and as I read the evidence is presented for or against that point. With Frostbite, it wound up going in the other direction -- I started to hate the book in short order, but slowly warmed up to it as the story progressed. The result was a read that was kinda lumpy -- the bad stuff is piled at the beginning, and the good stuff at the end. More...

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Jan 24, 2011

James rated it:

I liked this book. I liked the pacing, I liked the story, and the werewolf mechanics made sense (mostly). It's a nice departure to have a werewolf story that recognizes that these are monsters, they act like monsters, and regardless of whatever a person might think, they're always going to be monsters.

There's some interesting backstory that's glossed over and I see that this may be the first in a series, so perhaps we'll have another opportunity to learn more about Dzo, or the origi More...

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Jan 20, 2011

Emily rated it:

interesting take on lycanthropy, i was intrigued with the way he handled werewolves within the reality of this world. some good and some bad, im so used to reading trilogies that i always expect another book, but this seems to be a stand alone novel. it was very in the minute, there was some background on the characters but it was not emphasized. mostly dealt with how a human and a wolf can live in the same brain and also the ways in which they can't.
i would give this to people who have rea More...

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Jul 30, 2011

Meggy rated it:

I personally would not recommend it to anyone. Around chapter five, I could no longer tolerate the confusing descriptions, or the idiocies of the Mary Sue protagonist, Chey, and grabbed my trusty highlighter and pen. I made it to chapter thirteen before I gave up--honestly, worse than "Twilight", and that's saying something. I haven't read the author's other books, and if they're anything like this, I don't want particularly want to, so I don't really have a standard on which to compar More...

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Aug 08, 2011

Jenna added it

I love Wellington. I have not read a book of his yet that I havent liked. He writes about these monsters and changes the way everyone thinks about them, but he keeps enough of the legend to be able to keep the name of the monster. some books change the rules so much you cant even call it a vampire, or werewolf anymore. I love that this one was written in the perspective of the monster and not of someone hunting the monster. I recommend Wellington to anyone who likes books.. You dont have to only More...

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Nov 11, 2009

Olivia rated it:

This was an okay book; I love all of Wellington's other books, but this one felt amateur to me. The dialogue was stilted and clumsy and the exposition got tired. It felt like the story took way too long to get started and then it barreled toward the end, throwing out plot twists and characterization changes haphazardly. By about two-thirds of the way through, I was done reading all the back-story and I ended up just skimming anything that wasn't action or dialogue.

Overall, I'm glad I More...

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Mar 26, 2011

Milly rated it:

As i read the back of the book, I thought it was going to be an interesting story of beautiful wolf creates.. something along the lines of love, death and etc.
However, the author spent most of the pages describing the surroundings instead of the characters which I found quite annoying.. also the way some things were described made it sounds less magical and beautiful.. for example the way the transformation was compared to an orgasm? made me cringe.
I did not like the characters, and t More...

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Apr 20, 2010

Floyd rated it:

Not a great book, but not terrible either. A little too lovey-dovey at times with sprinkles of metaphysics here and there. With werewolf tales, I prefer a little more oomph a la "Cycle of the Werewolf"; The lycanthrope Professor Lupin in "Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban" was more terrifying than the "Frostbite" werewolves.

I really liked Wellington's vampire books, but this werewolf tale just didn't do it for me. Not quite as lame as those ridicu More...

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Feb 07, 2010

Heather rated it:

This is horror, not Young Adult. When I first read this, I was taken aback by the language--but that is because I had been on a Young Adult binge. It’s a little graphic but a great read, Wellington kept the story suspenseful and quick. It was realistic and gritty; the story's ending left it open for a sequel. The reason I gave it four stars was there is a character that is never fully explained, and I am still scratching my head wondering what he was--if you read the book you will know who I More...

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Oct 28, 2011

ηicolε rated it:

(I would say spoilers, but the synopsis on the back cover pretty much gives everything to the reader anyway. So, yeah... “surprise!”)

I have to admit, for the longest time, I’ve had my sights on Wellington’s zombie series called, Monster Island. It genuinely sounded like it would be a good read. After reading Frostbite, am I still going to look for it? My answer is a shaking chuckle and a swish of the hand. If you’re not fluent in my human body language, that means no.

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Oct 03, 2011

Amy rated it:

The story opens with Cheyenne, "Chey", Clarke being swept away in an Arctic flash flood. (We aren't told why she's in the Arctic alone, that is kept a mystery at first.) Her pack is destroyed on the rocks at the bottom of the ravine and she loses all her supplies except her useless cell phone, a compass, a water damaged map, and a few energy bars. She becomes lost and it on the edge of starvation when she encounters a pack of wolves. She escapes them by climbing a tree, but the await a More...

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Jan 29, 2012

Debora rated it:

Frostbite è quello che io definirei un buon libro ma senza infamia e senza lode. È un bel libro, senza dubbio e David Wellington sa scrivere molto bene ma, aldilà di questo, non lascia strascichi, né sfavorevoli né entusiastici.

Prima di tutto dobbiamo dire che, almeno per quanto mi riguarda, la trama mi aveva tratta in inganno ed era leggermente forviante. Quello che mi ero realmente aspettata era un libro dove la Lupa in questione, Chey, si ritrova ad essere cacciata dal Lupo che l’aveva trasfo More...

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Feb 10, 2012

Willowfaerie rated it:

I found this book compelling and thoughtful. David Wellington definitely has a lot of interesting ideas. I love his description of the woods, the cold, the raining pine needles in the beginning with the flash flood. There’s some great descriptions about what it feels like for Chey to turn into a werewolf. There’s a certain grittiness in “Frostbite” that I really enjoy, and a lot of good action.
I think for me, the main problem was the characters. I found Chey to be a distant char More...

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Dec 17, 2011

Char rated it:

This is a book of two parts for me. I really struggled to get into the story, despite being thrown in at the deep end. Once the book had settled and I got accustomed to the author’s writing style I got into the book and found it to be a quick read. The ending was incredible and I couldn’t put the book down, in fact, I didn’t realise I was reaching the end until I ran out of pages to turn. I also loved how the author chose to let the reader discover Chey’s back story. So many authors would’ve st More...

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