Wild Things

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding. Best in the series!
Review: I've been a fan of Christopher Golden for a long time, every since I read his OF SAINTS AND SHADOWS, but with this Young Adult horror series, I have been hanging on his every word. (Which is funny for a 35 year old.) Each book has been better than the last and with this entry Golden outdoes himself... Jack ("The Giant Killer") Dwyer and his gang-- Courtney, Molly, Artie, Eden, and Bill-- find themselves drawn into a complex web of deceit and terror as Jasmine, the alpha of a huge pack of Prowlers in NY City, looks for revenge against the humans who murdered her lover, Owen Tanzer. By killing Jack-- who has become a kind of living legend, to his surprise-- Jasmine hopes to bring together all the Prowlers across the continent and overthrow humanity once and for all. In the process, however, her grand scheme lauches a war not only between humans and prowlers but pits prowlers against prowlers in a final battle for supremacy. When it's over, nobody will be the same... It's my understanding that this is the last of the series for the forseeable future and it comes as a huge disappointment. Rarely have I become so involved in a series of books and I'll miss all of the characters like old friends. Thanks for the ride, Mr. Golden, it's been a great one. I hope you'll let us revisit Jack and his friends again in the future. In the meantime, I'll continue to buy anything with your name on it!

Rating:
Summary: Take On Me
Review: Wild Things takes you on a joyride from start to finish. Jack and Molly travel to New York. Evil lurks in the city that doesn't sleep.

Though I adore all of the Prowlers books so far, this may very well be my favorite installment of the series. Again, Golden truly creates unique characters who come alive and fight scenes that leap off of the page at you. The book is fast-paced and keeps the readers on the edge of their seats. Jack and Molly learn a great deal more about Bill's past, meet up with his niece Olivia, and take their enemies on in an exciting climax.

Only Golden could blend the Ghostlands, dream sequences, truckers, the music industry and road trips in such a stunning form. His books never fail to please. The Prowlers series offers Hitchcock-like suspense, villains at every turn, smart and strong heroes that you root for, surprises galore and action sequences that kick tail.