Curse of the Wolf Girl

Title: Curse of the Wolf Girl (Kalix MacRinnalch #2)
Author: Martin Millar
Publisher: Piatkus Books
Release date: August 5, 2010
Genre: Urban fantasy
Source: Purchased
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Scottish teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch tries to settle in London though she still struggles with anxiety, depression, and self-abuse. Her new friends support her as she goes to college to learn to read and write, but her old enemies won't leave her alone. Many powerful werewolves want Kalix dead, and the Guild of Werewolf Hunters is still dedicated to wiping out the entire Werewolf Clan. Life might be easier for Kalix if her werewolf family were to help, but her sister the Enchantress needs all of her sorcerous powers to locate the perfect pair of high heels, her brother Markus is busy in Scotland organising an opera, and her cousin Dominil is engaged in her own merciless vendetta with her enemies. The MacRinnalch Werewolf Clan has problems of its own, from angry Fire Elementals to uncooperative fashion editors, leaving Kalix to struggle on alone. Kalix finds it's difficult enough for a young werewolf to pay the rent, without struggling against werewolf hunters and college exams at the same time.

My thoughts

This is the second book in the Kalix MacRinnalch series. If you haven’t heard of the first book then I suggest checking out my video review of it here on YouTube. It is one of my favourite werewolf books I’ve read so far. You need it in your life.

The Curse of the Wolf Girl starts off a couple of days to a week after the final incident in the first book. Since not a lot of time has gone by when the reader wasn’t there, there isn’t much to explain to get back on track with the story and the characters.

The feeling of soap opera family drama gets back to you the instant you start reading. Some of members of the werewolf family are dead, which has led to positive outcomes for some and negative ones for others. Our main character Kalix still has a bad relationship with almost every family member, but her mother is now funding her to go to school. Her two human friends are still housing her, but that has become a little easier since Kalix now has the money to pay the bills and her own food. All the other characters (too many to name) are continuing on with their lives, hoping for some peace and quiet. Unfortunately for them that is not what they’re getting. Some evil plans are made and the people who plan them will make sure the werewolves’ lives won’t be peachy keen.

Martin Millar has created an amazing world within our own. Werewolves and Fire Elementals living together with humans in London. He structured the book so that every character gets a change to speak up and show us what he or she is feeling and experiencing. It is something that you have to like. I love getting to know as many characters in one book as possible. Because Millar has so many characters with small chapters is might seem like a soap opera with all the different relationships, schemes and families all with a short time on screen.

The Curse of the Wolf Girl is a character driven book. The characters construct the book more than certain events do. It’s an urban fantasy tale with a soap opera feeling.

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