I ran into this trilogy by accident when I attended the Breathless Reads Book Tour in 2010. I was
attending with friends and was excited to hear for an author who was also a professor of history for a college in Minnesota. Up until that point I had a strict policy that I would not begin a trilogy until all the novels had been released. But after listening to Cremer speak I was intrigued with the plot of the novel and wanted to know if the author had included her research on 17th century New England in a contemporary young adult fantasy novel. That night as I lay in bed I picked up the novel and couldn't put it down until I had finished the book. This time around I started earlier in the day and finished in just a few hours. The novel itself revolves around a young pack of werewolves, though the they are called Guardians. I don't want to talk about the plot itself, though there is the seemingly requisite teenage love triangle that all YA novels seem to have. The writing was compelling and the plot was interesting enough to keep me intrigued. I was interested in the hierarchy that is apparent among the packs. The patriarchal control found within the packs and even those the pack report to lead to quite a discussion with one of my friends. The possibility of learning that your life has been lived in ignorance. What if everything we thought we knew wasn't true. How do we handle the change? What do we give up to try for the freedom that our American society says is a right?
I have started the second book but wasn't able to concentrate due to a nasty flu bug. With school starting tomorrow I hope to get it finished soon and but can make any promises. All I know is I have a dinner on Friday to discuss the final book in the trilogy that came out last week. So.. here's to making it all work.
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