Kalix MacRinnalch is outcast and on the run. The young werewolf has never fitted in with life at the MacRinnalch castle. After a wicked fight with her father, the Thane, she has been living on her wits on the streets of London.
Now, following the death of her father, (as if life wasn’t hard enough for the young runaway) there is a price on her head. Her grandmother, Dulpina, doesn’t just want her back for punishment; she wants her dead. Kalix’s father was her son; she holds the youngster responsible for his untimely passing. To whichever of Kalix’s brothers deliver the teen’s heart, Dulpina will bestow her vote towards their election as the new Thane and Head of the Clan.
The youngest of four, Kalix does not have a good relationship with any of her siblings. Neither of her brothers are the slightest bit perturbed by their grandmother’s request and happily send their fiercest wolves and cut-throats after their youngest sister.
Also threatening Kalix’s life are The Avenaris Guild--a human society of hunters intent on wiping out werewolves everywhere. Killing Kalix, the werewolf princess, is on the top of their agenda.
Running out of options and wishing for death, Kalix accidentally stumbles across two young humans who, despite their reservations about homing an unstable young werewolf, take her into their home and their hearts. For the first time she can remember, Kalix finds herself with a warm place to sleep, food, people who genuinely care about her and and access to the music of The Runaways, her favourite band.
When you throw into the mix her older sister, Thrix, a werewolf enchantress who grudgingly keeps an eye on Kalix on behalf of their mother, Thrix’s best friend, the elemental fire queen, and her adopted niece, you have in your hands one fast-paced, action-packed, filled-to-bursting story.
With love tangles, vicious battles, underhanded plotting and lots of humour including a bizarre addiction to Sabrina The Teenage Witch, this is one of the most ‘unputdownable’ books you will ever read.
Martin Millar makes it perfectly believable and acceptable that humans are living alongside werewolves in current times. This is a no guts and gore story where the wolves are mindless killing machines preying on the weak humans. These lupine beings fit right into society; although, with their handsome males and beautiful females, they do tend to stand out a bit as well.
If you enjoy tales of mythical beasts, power struggles, humour and violence, stuff you can really get your teeth into, then this book--at six hundred pages--is definitely for you. And the best news? There’s a sequel: ‘Curse of the Werewolf Girl.’
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