Wolfsbane (Nightshade, #2; Nightshade World, #5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 17, 2010 Mariya rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, best-couple-award, epicness-happening, favorites, shifters, emotional-wreck, cliffhanger-disaster, cuddle-bunny, heartbreaking, action-packed

I admit I was a little terrified to read WOLFSBANE. I had no freaking clue of the contents inside this book, but after flipping the first page I could not put the book down. It was like I was possessed and if I put the book down I could not stop thinking about it. Oh, man Andrea Cremer has done it again!

WOLFSBANE picks up right where Nightshade left off. Calla is now in the searchers hands and being taught all her life that the searchers are the evil ones she is quite un-trusting of them. Calla I admit I was a little terrified to read WOLFSBANE. I had no freaking clue of the contents inside this book, but after flipping the first page I could not put the book down. It was like I was possessed and if I put the book down I could not stop thinking about it. Oh, man Andrea Cremer has done it again!

WOLFSBANE picks up right where Nightshade left off. Calla is now in the searchers hands and being taught all her life that the searchers are the evil ones she is quite un-trusting of them. Calla finds out just how much lying her beloved Keepers have been doing. And Calla decides it is time to get her pack back, it should be really easy, right? Well, guess again. Nothing is easy in the world of Nightshade.

I seriously thought this book has changed so much from Nightshade and in a very good way. I wasn't completely in love with the first book to be honest, I mean I liked it and the ending had me guessing while glued to my seat, but Andrea Cremer really stepped it up in WOLFSBANE. I think I was completely caught off guard that I didn't expect to be this blown away.

"Staring at the wreckage of the life we could have had, I knew it wasn't about love or Shay or the Searchers now. It was about sacrifice and redemption, loss that could have new meaning."

We meet some new characters in WOLFSBANE and I love them to death. Great character development. I mean we have some really fun and loving characters that you don't ever want to forget. And some secrets to be revealed that will blow your socks off.

Ren and Shay. Ren and Shay. Oh, my god. I am becoming Team Shay, when the hell did that happen? We got to spend more time with Shay than Ren in this book and we got to learn more about Shay. He is very overprotective and jealous in this book. I am liking that. And I don't know, I have really become conflicted in this book. I love both Ren and Shay!

"Yeah, she is great. I spent the whole week with her.
"Doing what?" I asked, catching a growl before it left my throat. "Aw, you're cute when you're jealous."

I declare WOLFSBANE one of the best YA books of 2011! It deserves it big time. Secrets will be revealed, deaths that will make you mourn, steamy hotness between characters and a bloody cliffhanger that will make you go insane. I loved this book to death and I think that Andrea Cremer enjoys being evil with all these damn cliffhangers she writes. I am highly anticipating the last of the Nightshade Trilogy, Bloodrose, coming February 2012.

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Mar 24, 2011 Chelsea rated it it was amazing

Shelves: uf-pnr, weres, ya

This review was originally published at Vampire Book Club.

Note: There is no way to write this review without spoilers from the first book. If you haven’t read Nightshade, please read the VBC review of that book instead. Trust me. But I promise not to spoil Wolfsbane at all.

Wolfsbane picks up quickly after the crazy WTH moments at the end of Nightshade. (Really, if you haven’t read the first book, you’ve been warned.) Calla finds herself at the Searchers’ HQ. They want to use her to help make an This review was originally published at Vampire Book Club.

Note: There is no way to write this review without spoilers from the first book. If you haven’t read Nightshade, please read the VBC review of that book instead. Trust me. But I promise not to spoil Wolfsbane at all.

Wolfsbane picks up quickly after the crazy WTH moments at the end of Nightshade. (Really, if you haven’t read the first book, you’ve been warned.) Calla finds herself at the Searchers’ HQ. They want to use her to help make an alliance with her pack. The only person she knows in this den of the enemies is Shay. He’s trying to protect her — which is a whole other issue — and is skeptical about just how the Searchers will treat Calla.

Plot-wise, this review is going to stop there. Yep. Andrea Cremer weaves a twisty tale in Wolfsbane, and you’ll like being surprised by characters. The surprises can be good, but some of the shockers will have you clutching at your chest as Cremer details the emotional blows that hit Calla over and over. The emotional ride is necessary. Calla is learning what it means to be alone. She’s trying to determine if that’s truly freedom. (If you ever wonder why we suggest the Nightshade novels to fans of Vampire Academy, now you have it: emotional ride with a strong heroine defining freedom.)

Then she has to deal with Shay.

She loves him, but can’t stop thinking about those final moments with Ren …and that kiss. She still wears Ren’s ring. Can she really be with Shay if she remains so connected to Ren? The Team Shay readers (like myself) will love seeing him step up — he wants to protect her (though she can handle herself), he wants to fight to be with her, he wants her to have freedom. The romance between them will give you butterflies, but is far from graphic. Don’t worry, Team Ren, Calla is very conflicted and though Ren doesn’t play a major role in this novel, he’s always on Calla’s mind.

Worth noting is Cremer’s prose is once again beautiful to read. Her descriptions of the Searchers’ academy walls, the kisses between Shay and Calla and the visuals when on a rescue mission are stunning and moving and, really, just beautifully and precisely written.

Expect emotional upheaval, indecision about Shay, answers about the Guardians’ history (you’ll be surprised, Calla was) and one hell of a frustrating cliffhanger in Wolfsbane. (Yes, the first chapter of Bloodrose has been posted, and now we all know why.)

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Dec 04, 2010 Dru rated it really liked it

I thought this was a great book. Better than the first one in someways. I for some reason am still not totally sold on Shay. I know he's a good guy, and loves Calla; his personality just annoys me most of the time. I don't know why. He did grow up in this book, and I do like him more than the last book (like many other readers). But of cours,e it could also be that I like Ren. It's just some things Shay does and says that annoys me, like he's always trying to prove something yet he doesn't reall ...more

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