A review by ellenpenleysmith
Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson
4.0
What a really nice book. Claire de Lune was a quick, easy, funny read with some mystery and that tint of supernatural goodness.
Claire de Lune isn't a typical werewolf story--so don't not read this just because you fear a predictable read. Werewolves are known in Hanover Falls. You have to be born a werewolf to be a werewolf. And the best one yet: there are only female werewolves. Boys born to a werewolf die instantly. We meet Claire at her sixteenth birthday party where she has gained the attention of Matthew Engle--a really gorgeous guy--and semi popular. Not to mention that his dad is all anti-werewolf. But there is only one real topic at the party: the recent werewolf attacks that have the town people staying in after dark and keeping guns by the door. On her sixteenth birthday her usually not there mother introduces Claire to the world of werewolves and how she is now one of them.
I loved the characters in Claire de Lune. While the only major set back was the fact that we didn't see much of the pack (not as much as I would have liked, anyway), despite one of the ending scenes being a really dramatic moment, I felt like the pack had to be introduced more for the announcement to reach its full 'wow' edge.
Claire is great and we see some awesome characterisation from her as she delves deeper into her relationship with Matthew, the relationship with her mother and pack, as well as her coming to peace with her new form, and finding out who is really the murderer (which honestly wasn't much of a surprise). Okay, so the pack wasn't the only set back. The writing, I think, could have improved just a bit. We don't get much of a description of the settings or people and I think it could have improved a bit more. Mainly, the writing was the biggest let down.
Other than that Claire de Lune was a great read and I look forward to reading the sequel.
Claire de Lune isn't a typical werewolf story--so don't not read this just because you fear a predictable read. Werewolves are known in Hanover Falls. You have to be born a werewolf to be a werewolf. And the best one yet: there are only female werewolves. Boys born to a werewolf die instantly. We meet Claire at her sixteenth birthday party where she has gained the attention of Matthew Engle--a really gorgeous guy--and semi popular. Not to mention that his dad is all anti-werewolf. But there is only one real topic at the party: the recent werewolf attacks that have the town people staying in after dark and keeping guns by the door. On her sixteenth birthday her usually not there mother introduces Claire to the world of werewolves and how she is now one of them.
I loved the characters in Claire de Lune. While the only major set back was the fact that we didn't see much of the pack (not as much as I would have liked, anyway), despite one of the ending scenes being a really dramatic moment, I felt like the pack had to be introduced more for the announcement to reach its full 'wow' edge.
Claire is great and we see some awesome characterisation from her as she delves deeper into her relationship with Matthew, the relationship with her mother and pack, as well as her coming to peace with her new form, and finding out who is really the murderer (which honestly wasn't much of a surprise). Okay, so the pack wasn't the only set back. The writing, I think, could have improved just a bit. We don't get much of a description of the settings or people and I think it could have improved a bit more. Mainly, the writing was the biggest let down.
Other than that Claire de Lune was a great read and I look forward to reading the sequel.