Bloodborn

by Karen Kincy

Overview

He won't lose to a wolf again.Brock lost his brother to werewolves. Now he's in danger of losing himself. Bitten by a werewolf at sixteen, he fights the transformation, taking the excruciating pain as a punishment for his mistakes. With the help of a risky drug called Lycanthrox, he's managed to stay human for two full moons. But he knows he can't last much longer.Hungry for revenge, Brock vows to kill the wolf who bit him. But Brock's ex, Cyn, still cares about him enough to stop him from a suicide mission. As the heat between Brock and Cyn rekindles, he feels like a beast next to her beauty. He can't stay with her; he can't ignore the werewolves howling outside his window. When he hunts down the pack, Cyn follows him; the werewolves take them both hostage, then start running, the police hot on their tails. Brock isn't sure he can get out of this alive before the wolf within kills him-or someone else does."With Bloodborn, Karen Kincy opens a frightening new chapter in the werewolf legacy. Brilliant, dark, and filled with haunting images. Highly recommended." - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and King of Plagues

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541310230
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	03/03/2017
Series:	A Cruel and Tempting Moon , #1
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.64(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Karen Kincy is the author of the Other novels for young adults. Her debut novel, Other, was named to the American Library Association's 2011 Top Ten Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list. Kincy is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and lives in Redmond, Washington.

Editorial Reviews

How many metaphors can one werewolf embody?

In the case of incipient teen wolf Brock, it's an easy two. His lycanthropy, held temporarily at bay by medication, makes his facial hair grow "so much faster than it did before," keeps him hungry although he just "had two roast beef sandwiches and an apple turnover shake" and forces him to fantasize about his ex-girlfriend, Cyn, who "drives [him] wild." In other words, he's a teenage boy. Meanwhile, parallels are continually drawn between the racism practiced against werewolves and humans; the same sheriff who tells a werewolf mother, "I should put a bullet in your brain right now and spare myself the paperwork," begins the novel by pulling Cyn over for Driving While Latina. Amid all this metaphor, there manages to be plot—Brock, previously vilely racist against Others, now has to come to terms with his new identity while fleeing the bigoted lawman. Despite Brock's infantile behavior, the werewolf pack feels responsibility for having turned him (though the original bite was an act of self-defense). Unless he can overcome his own self-loathing and guilt, Brock will wind up dead, maybe bringing Cyn with him.

A bridge between paranormals and boys' realism about thugs and delinquents, reminiscent of Neal Shusterman'sDark Fusion: Red Rider's Hood(2005).(Paranormal. 12-14)

Kirkus Reviews