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Blood and Chocolate

Blood and Chocolate

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Really adult for a YA novel
Review: Vivian loves being a werewolf but she doesn't like having to hide what she is from humans. She also isn't too happy with the boys her age in the pack so she begins dating a human. Aiden is respectful of her and he is interested in the occult. Vivian begins to hope that she can trust him with her secret. Meanwhile, the pack is in disarray while they battle it out over the position of leader. While this continues no wolf or human is safe, including Aiden.

This book was very different from a lot of YA books I've read. The author does a really good job of writing the animalistic side of Vivian's personality. It was also petty adult for a YA book as the sex and violence aren't too watered down. People who are looking for fluffy romance with supernatural bits thrown in are going to be disappointed. However, if you like good werewolf books this one shouldn't be missed.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not bad!
Review: I do enjoy a good werewolf tale... this one, with its slant on a powerful (and - yawn - needless to say, stunningly beautiful) teenage girl's developing hormones, is entertaining enough for a quick read. It's not an amazing book by any means (I actually wanted to give it 2.5 stars) but the characters and plotlines are fairly well-developed. It's definitely written to a teen market for which I am, ahem, a bit too old; however it's still a good read and I recommend it, especially to younger readers.

On the other hand, I can wholeheartedly recommend "Bitten" by Kelley Armstrong as a fabulous female werewolf novel. The quality of writing and storytelling is far superior.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The other side of the werewolf story.
Review: Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause is such a page turner that I couldn't put it down! This is a must have for any teenager's library. I think every high school library (andy younger is inaproprate) should have! The book is about a teenage female werewolf, Virginia, that falls in love with a 'meat boy' or human. Her pack is forever fighting because there is no leader to sort the problem of an unknown werewolf who keeps killing humans and all the clues lead to Virginia the teenage werewolf. Torn between her loyalty to her dissolving pack and her love for a human who would most likely kill her if she tells him she is grieving for her father who died trying to save others from fear and cruelty to their kind in their old home.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Spine tingling romance!
Review: this is a very unique novel with the thought of a young female werewolf who has lost her father and or parents and now must choose between the pact of wolfes which is her home or a boy who seems to understand. a really good book that is worth reading it has tons of action and a slight twing of a bloody after taste but an overall life decision that could the main character forever. So which is sweeter blood or chocolate?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "Wolf" Side Story
Review: If they remade "West Side Story" with werewolves, this would be the roller-coaster result. Vivien is a loup-garoux and proud of it. Aiden is a human, or "meat-boy" as Vivien's pack calls him. She yearns for him as much as she yearns for life as a "normal" teenager, but that will never be the case as long as loyalty and blood bind her to her tumultuous pack, now in search of a new leader. And just when she thinks things couldn't get any more complicated, a series of mysterious murders in her hometown seems the work one of Vivien's fellow wolfpeople...or even Vivien herself.

Klause writes with a ferocious sensuality and beauty as she chronicles Vivien's struggle to balance her feral wolf-nature with her gentle love for Aiden. The author's descriptions of the thrills and longings of first love are dead-on, and when Vivien "changes" under the full moon...well, let's just say you'll never wonder again how it feels to shapeshift (assuming you ever wondered in the first place). Along with being a riveting read, Blood and Chocolate relates a positive message about loving yourself just as you are AND understanding that the person you want might not necessarily be the person you need. Warning: I would recommend this for mostly older teens.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: WOW!!
Review: There has never been a better book, well, maybe Harry Potter, but this book is top notch! I've read it at lease 12 times.
Great charactors, wearwolves, teenage life, what could reach more people.
I highly recamend it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the great supernatural novels for teens
Review: This book is awesome! Annette Curtis Klause creates an absorbing and sensual world of loup garou. The main character, Vivianne, is not the tired sterotypical heroine in the supernatural teen genre. The fact that Viv isn't the "good girl" makes the book more enjoyable to read. She's sexy, knows it, and uses it for her advantage. Just read the part of Aiden's parents' picnic. I highly recommend this book to all who like romance with a little suspense.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Absolutely Brilliant!
Review: Enchanting, intoxicating. Everyone will love this book! Vivian is a werewolf and thinks of herself as a beautiful creature, in both animal and human form. When her attraction grows to a human, Aiden, she is sure he will accept her for who she is and they will love each other. But then things start to terribly wrong - Aiden is not what Vivian hoped for...and there are murders, murders in which Vivian suspects are her fault when her evil unleashes. To add to that, a man named Gabriel wants her to mate - but will she let go of Aiden? This book is powerful, and addicting. It is also realistic, in which Aiden does not return his feelings. A lovely read. Buy this, it's worth the money.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good Writer, Terrible Outcome
Review: The book was really well-written, but my problem was when Vivian exposed herself to Aiden. It was the most unrealistic thing I saw come out of the book. He reacted very unrealistically, I admit a real human being would be frightened -- at first. In the end, he would had come running back, rather into his ex's bed, which I found a bit disgusting and low in its nature.

Although, I did like the pairing in the end. Some had a problem with his age, but he could relate to her and he was of her kind.

I would suggest this for older teens, it may be a little explicit for the younger readers with some sexuality. If you're looking for a well-written book, then read. if you want something not overly dramatized, look elsewhere.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this is the best book i have read in a long time, it pulls you right in and keeps you there. I read it one sitting, and didn't want it to end. i would tell anyone to read this book regardless if they like the werewolf genre.


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