Review: AN UNUSUAL TEENAGE WEREWOLF STORY
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
There's a very old black and white movie called "I Was A Teenage Werewolf". It's full of cliches-the werewolf had been in lots of trouble with the law before he was turned. I think the movie was trying to teach all of us to stay out of trouble or we would die horrible deaths.But then they chose the young, handsome Michael Landon as the star.Some people would get in trouble just to be near him.The young man in this book who is accidentally turned thinks the curse is a blessing in disguise; he doesn't mind it at all. The reason he was exposed in the first place was that three bullies had kidnapped him and dropped him off in a wooded corner of a nearby reservation. Then he was used as target practice. Oh, don't worry. They didn't use real bullets, just CO2 paint pellets, but those things smart, too.Then they drove off and left him.One of the guys came back for him. Big mistake.The other two didn't escape either.But there were other, undeserving victims before this guy had figured out what had happened to him, what he was doing. Truthfully, his friends figured it out first. One of them even liked the idea of the power- no one would pick on you more than once. You had a way to take care of it forever.But another friend wanted to know what had started it in the first place.He and his new neighbor found that answer at the scene of the crime, sorta.They found her uncle there, too, a very closed mouth individual until it's clear his niece might be in danger.This book is pure revenge gone wrong, written about teenagers, so it will appeal to them the most. There is mistrust, one mention of sex without details and a few kisses.It's a quick read and easily holds your interest all the way to the end.