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A review by alexrambles
Claws by Mike Grinti, Rachel Grinti
4.0
Claws follows Emma Vu, a twelve-year-old girl whose sister Helena has been missing for months. Emma lives in a world not so different from ours, but in her world, there are creatures that live alongside humans in a tentative truce. These creatures are called Crags.
Crags are all the mythical creatures we associate with fantasy books. Selkies, Hags, Incan snake shifters, Nagas, and of course, cats.
Cats are the most magical of all creatures- they hold the magic to transform themselves into any other creature. Not put a glamour on themselves like the fae, actually physically change their shape and nature. For instance, if a human changes to a lion she also gains all the instincts of a lion.
Emma's father moves their family to a small town on the edge of the Deep Forest, a magical place that suddenly grew to overwhelm part of the city years ago. He tries to ally himself with the Crags in hopes that they can help him find his daughter.
Little does he know that his daughter Emma has already met a Crag- a cat named Jack- and has forged a deal of her own to find her sister. She knows Jack has an agenda of his own, but she is willing to do almost anything to find her sister and return her to her family.
Even become a Crag herself.
I loved this book! I feel like it's the first in a series though. The ending doesn't seem very final. I don't want to spoil, but Emma's future is left uncertain, and Jack hints at more to come. If a sequel to this book is released then I may up the rating to five stars. As it is, it is a terrific book, but the lack of a sequel is driving me crazy! You can't just hint at more like that and not give me a sequel!!!
Crags are all the mythical creatures we associate with fantasy books. Selkies, Hags, Incan snake shifters, Nagas, and of course, cats.
Cats are the most magical of all creatures- they hold the magic to transform themselves into any other creature. Not put a glamour on themselves like the fae, actually physically change their shape and nature. For instance, if a human changes to a lion she also gains all the instincts of a lion.
Emma's father moves their family to a small town on the edge of the Deep Forest, a magical place that suddenly grew to overwhelm part of the city years ago. He tries to ally himself with the Crags in hopes that they can help him find his daughter.
Little does he know that his daughter Emma has already met a Crag- a cat named Jack- and has forged a deal of her own to find her sister. She knows Jack has an agenda of his own, but she is willing to do almost anything to find her sister and return her to her family.
Even become a Crag herself.
I loved this book! I feel like it's the first in a series though. The ending doesn't seem very final. I don't want to spoil, but Emma's future is left uncertain, and Jack hints at more to come. If a sequel to this book is released then I may up the rating to five stars. As it is, it is a terrific book, but the lack of a sequel is driving me crazy! You can't just hint at more like that and not give me a sequel!!!