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Fans of Maggie Stiefvater and the hit television show True Blood will flock to this first book in the supernatural mystery series set in a town where werewolves live in plain sight.

Mackenzie Dobson's life has been turned upside down since she vowed to hunt her best friend Amy's killer: a white werewolf. Lupine syndrome—also known as the werewolf virus—is on the rise across the country, and bloodlust is not easy to control. But it soon becomes clear that dangerous secrets are lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, Mac's hometown—and she is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her in grave danger.

Kathleen Peacock's thrilling debut novel provides readers with a mystery that Kimberly Derting, author of The Body Finder, calls "clever and frightening," while Sophie Jordan, New York Times bestselling author of Firelight, raves: "Forget every werewolf book you've ever read. This one breaks the mold."

Chelsea, Mishma and I will be reading this on September 22nd. Everyone welcome ☺

Thanks for making the thread Sarah!
It's been a long time since I've read about werewolves.Can't wait to read it.

I like the sound of it too. Not long til the sequel is out! Think it's due in september ☺

Thornhill,right?Both the covers look amazing.

I can't wait! :)

I'll join in as well. :)

I'm joining too. :)
I'm starting soon.

I almost forgot this.I am starting right now.

I sense a love triangle.

2% (view spoiler)[ i wonder how they knew it was a werewolf? (hide spoiler)]

Got delayed. :(
Starting now.

Mishma wrote: "I sense a love triangle."

Ah. :(
I'm not sure what's better.. Love triangles or insta love.

It's pretty unusual that everyone knows about the wolves.

17% - (view spoiler)[ That poor woman! Would be awful to see your children get killed first. (hide spoiler)]

Abbie wrote: "It's pretty unusual that everyone knows about the wolves."

That's what I thought too.The idea is unique.

I got delayed too! Starting again now.

Abbie wrote: "It's pretty unusual that everyone knows about the wolves."

I have to agree. It's really weird that they're openly saying it was a werewolf.

I'm at 25%, and i'm having a hard time getting into this one. :(

snap. Admittedly I keep getting distracted, but it isn't all that interesting really.

Me too, i haven't got much read this week. :(
The past few books i've read haven't been very good, so it makes it worse.

I know what you mean, feels like it will never end now.

17% (view spoiler)[ so this is like dystopian? Everyone knows about werewolves? That's a bit odd. (hide spoiler)]

17% (view spoiler)[ people didn't want to turn themselves in for lifelong internment? how surprising! not. (hide spoiler)]

right, for the next 20 minutes I'm going to read my socks off. we'll see how that goes ☺

30% (view spoiler)[ so she's supposed to just lie to Jason? That doesn't sound like a good idea. he's bound to find out. (hide spoiler)]

43% (view spoiler)[ how does she think she's going to find the werewolf that killed amy, and what does she think she's going to do if she does? (hide spoiler)]

44% (view spoiler)[ jason obviously isn't happy about kyle and Mac, they should probably have broken the news to him gently! (hide spoiler)]

50% (view spoiler)[ if Kyle had turned Heather in, what would have stopped her from turning him in too? plot hole? (hide spoiler)]

52% (view spoiler)[ dead amy has a point - mac asked why jason didn't tell her about it, not why he broke up with amy! That could be seen to be a little self involved! (hide spoiler)]

I'm a bit bored really. not much is happening, and I don't really like Mac all that much.

54% (view spoiler)[ Would you really be talking out loud all over the place about Kyle being a werewolf when he doesn't want anybody to know? They aren't exactly being discreet! (hide spoiler)]

54% This is getting silly.

(view spoiler)[ I think you'd have to be pretty darn sure about joining this group to get a freaking tattoo! I mean it's not like he's just going to say 'alright then, I'll just change my mind and bow out.' like the group would even accept a resignation like that!

Plus, why the hell would she call Jason 'because he's human', that's ridiculous, you wouldn't call him for that reason, you'd call the werewolf who was evenly matched to the werewolf attacking you, and who couldn't get infected! she actually put jason at risk by calling him! duh. (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "52% [spoilers removed]

I'm a bit bored really. not much is happening, and I don't really like Mac all that much."

I'm still only at about 27%, I just haven't had time today. D:

Has anything decent happened yet?

Not really. It's pretty dull and a bit silly. I've also noticed at least one plot hole. I'm not impressed to be honest.

Ah, that sucks.
I'm not going to get chance now until tomorrow, but i can see it being put down if it's that bad..

Really hoping Unwholly doesn't suffer from middle book syndrome.. I need that one to be good.

56% Jason just asked what the word chauvinistic means. I mean really?

Abbie wrote: "Ah, that sucks.
I'm not going to get chance now until tomorrow, but i can see it being put down if it's that bad..

Really hoping Unwholly doesn't suffer from middle book syndrome.. I need that on..."

I hope that is good too! :(

60% (view spoiler)[ wasn't expecting Amy to have been drugged. (hide spoiler)]

65% - getting a bit more interesting now.

68% (view spoiler)[ didn't see that coming! (hide spoiler)]

70% really interesting! (view spoiler)[ can't believe Kyle is trapped in the burning house! (hide spoiler)]

Sarah wrote: "65% - getting a bit more interesting now."

It takes nearly 70% to get interesting? :(

Yep :(

82% (view spoiler)[ can't believe that Kyle knew! She is so p*ssed. (hide spoiler)]

95% (view spoiler)[ I can't believe how self-involved this girl is!

"I wondered if I could have pulled the trigger; thanks to Kyle, I would never have to know the answer"

Well thanks Mac - your best friend/boyfriend can live with the guilt instead! Talk about freaking selfish. (hide spoiler)]

96% (view spoiler)[ she 'fell' again? She really needs to learn to come up with some better excuses! (hide spoiler)]

98% (view spoiler)[ he went to Her place to retrieve the coins for the bracelet? Well that's funny - seeing as she lost them in Ben's bedroom, and his place was stripped bare. (hide spoiler)]

99% (view spoiler)[ Oh well, Kyle may have left, but she's still got Jason, I'm surprised she isn't patting herself on the back for that one. (hide spoiler)]

Do you think it's worth finishing? I'm only at 27%.. So i've still got to read 40% until it even gets interesting.

I don't know. it was pretty good between the 65% mark and the 90% mark, but it really annoyed me in places. I'm giving it 3 stars, so you'll probably think it's a 2. Maybe read unwholly then come back to it?

I might just do that, actually!
A break might be good. :)

Sorry I wasn't able to start this yet, I've been super busy with college, I will try to start tomorrow.

Okay ☺