Now I bet this sounds like the next terrible werewolf novel, and you're probably thinking it's something like Twilight. It's okay, I thought so too when I first saw it, but it is actually nothing like Twilight. I haven't completely finished it, but so far it is a very good book.
The main character is 13 year old boy named Tobias (Toby) Vandevelde. The book starts when Toby is in the hospital after waking up in a dingo pen at the local zoo, with no memory of the night before or how he got into the dingo pen. While still in the hospital, a priest named Father Ramon Alvarez leaves a letter for Toby that says he thinks Toby has a rare condition, but he didn't specify what it was at the time.
Later, when Toby has gone home Father Ramon comes to his house with a guy named Reuben Schneider. They tell Toby and his mother that he is a werewolf, but they don't believe them. Toby met up with them and some others after that incident, without his mother knowing. He is soon convinced that he's a werewolf, but before he can take the precautions advised by Reuben And Father Ramon he is kidnapped.
These two men drive up to him in the street and claim to be police. They tell him that the owner of the zoo is mad and wants to press charges for the damages made to the dingo pen. He comes with them and realizes too late that they lied to him. They were actually people that collected werewolves to stage fights every full moon.
They drug him with something that makes him sleepy, and he wakes up in an underground jail cell. He's skinny enough to squeeze through the bars, so he does and then starts to explore the place. He comes across another boy locked in a cell and together they manage to escape.
After they are out of the underground cells a truck drives up and though they fear it's the "police", it turns out to be a guy that Reuben knows that had escaped from the cells, and now lives in the desert.
This guy is Danny Ruiz and he wants to ambush the "police" and kill them. They don't ever actually die, but they come close to it. The rest of the book is crazy event after crazy event. You just grasp what is happening in one insane situation and then the next already unfolding before your eyes.
I won't give away any more because it's too much for me to even explain. This one is a good read, and a real page turner. I recommend reading it.
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I enjoyed the introduction, telling us that it isn't based on Twilight, as that is what most of us corespond werewolves with these days. I disliked your synopsis though, i feel you spoiled too much of the begininng of the book, when a synopsis shouldn't give much away.
ReplyDeleteI know it seems like I may have given a lot away but really I only summarized the first ten out of thirty something chapters. There's actually so much more that happens after that.
DeleteThe book sounds very interesting due to the action that you portrayed that happens in your post. From what you said in the beginning is what I believe many experience when they just see the cover of a book they grab, and in this case, the response would be like you said...
ReplyDelete"Oh werewolves... Twilight, (here we go again)"
People should be more open minded to read new things/ try new things, just like you were when actually flipping to the first page.
This sounds like a good book although it isn't my preferred genre. I love action novels though so I might consider reading this one day. I fall under the group of people who think "gosh, not another werewolf book" but this one seems different. Good job keeping the attention and making people realize it is different from the stereotypical werewolf book!
ReplyDeleteIf you like action books then I think you'll actually like this one. It's like an action book with a supernatural twist.
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