Book: Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock
Pages: 404
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal
Source: Library
Short Synopsis: Ever since the death of her best friend, Mac has been haunted by Amy, and what really happened to her. Her two remaining friends Kyle and Jason try to get on with life, and trying to deal with the werewolf that killed her.
My Thoughts: A very fast paced read that kept me interested throughout, but there were some questionable circumstances.
Mackenzie and Amy were best friends.Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an extremist group called the Trackers has come to Mac's hometown of Hemlock to hunt down Amy's killer:A white werewolf.Lupine syndrome--also known as the werewolf virus--is on the rise across the country. Many of the infected try to hide their symptoms, but bloodlust is not easy to control.Wanting desperately to put an end to her nightmares, Mac decides to investigate Amy's murder herself. She discovers secrets lurking in the shadows of Hemlock, secrets about Amy's boy-friend, Jason, her good pal Kyle, and especially her late best friend. Mac is thrown into a maelstrom of violence and betrayal that puts her life at risk.Kathleen Peacock's thrilling novel is the first in the Hemlock trilogy, a spell-binding urban fantasy series filled with provocative questions about prejudice, trust, lies, and love.--From Goodreads
At the loss of her best friend, Mackenzie's life has been turned upside down. As she tries to survive life after the loss of her best friend, Mac gets thrust into a world filled with werewolves, and the fact that a werewolf killed her best friend, doesn't help much either.
Thankfully, Mac still has two friends she thought she can rely on, Jason, Amy's boyfriend, and Kyle, Mac's close friend, who she starts to have closer feelings towards. But she soon finds out that they both have their own drama in life, as Jason is bound to find Amy's killer no matter what, and Kyle, is ultimately under no will of his own, dragged into the world of werewolves as well.
First, I must say, that I wasn't a fan of the initials that kept popping up like LS, and RfW. I felt that it was a bit odd that these initials kept popping up, but wasn't really introduced to the reader right off the bat what they meant.
I also wasn't a fan of how all of the sudden, there is a town infested with werewolves. It's fine to introduce a paranormal world, but through out the whole novel, I kept wanting find the background info, like how the world became infected with werewolves, or who was the first one to get infected in town, simple information like that, was completely lost among the reader.
And don't get me started on the love triangle issue. There was obvious attraction between Mac and Kyle, but I felt so sorry for Jason, who was practically ignored by Mac, when she didn't see the obvious. It kind of felt like there was trying to be a love triangle, but to me, it obviously wasn't working.
It was also sort of interesting/weird that Amy still kept popping up in Mac's unconscious mind, whenever she was asleep or knocked out. And though the characters were in mourning for Amy, I kind of felt that it was a bit annoying how Amy acted towards Mac, and most of the time, I just wanted to shut her up. Overall, it was a fast paced interesting read, but there were some situations that didn't sit right with me.
Would I recommend this book: Maybe
Rating: I give this book a 3/5.
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