While teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is being pursued through the streets of London by murderous hunters, her sister, the Werewolf Enchantress, is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen. Meanwhile, in the Scottish Highlands, the MacRinnalch Clan is plotting and feuding after the head of the clan suddenly dies intestate. As the court intrigue threatens to blow up into all-out civil war, the competing factions determine that Kalix is the swing vote necessary to assume leadership of the clan. Unfortunately, Kalix isn’t really into clan politics — laudanum’s more her thing. Even more unfortunately, Kalix is the reason the head of the clan ended up dead, which is why she’s now on the lam in London. . . This expansive tale of werewolves in the modern world — friendly werewolves, fashionista werewolves, troubled teenage werewolves, cross-dressing werewolves, werewolves of every sort — is hard-edged, hilarious, and utterly believable.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 19 reviews)

An ADHD Werewolf Adventure

I have read or at least attempted to read two too many of Millar's novels now. Between this particular work and "The Good Faeries of New York", I'm not actually sure which I dislike most.

Both seemed to have been written by a novelist suffering from ADHD. The editing is abysmal and the story's flow even worse. There are far too many characters to care about ANY of them. The story jumps around without any form or function... It's stylish. I'll give him that... and edgy. There does seem to be alot of backstory and thought that went into it's making, but it all seems to just be thrown out there without any regard to the reader.

I found myself wishing that the main character would just go ahead and take a silver bullet to the noggin and get it over with. I finally gave up myself at page 85.

I managed to actually FORCE the Faeries down... but could only suffer so much of this one.

I think my wife put it best after her failed attempt to read it as well. "It's like a Soap Opera, where you can actually skip 50 pages and pick up right where it left off without missing anything important."

That's not my idea of a good read.
November 24, 2008

Please tell me this is a series!!!!

I LOVE this book. I was literally laughing aloud while reading, which I rarely do with a book. The characters are so believable, the plot feels like a zany roller coaster, and there is an underlying sense of reality to situations that should not be real. Usually a book this poorly edited would put me off, but I could not put this book down. I became so emotionally involved with the characters that I felt like a bitter ex-girlfriend when it ended. PLEASE tell me that this will be turned into a series. I need my Thrix-fix!
November 22, 2008

A Fairytale Classic For The 21st Century

"Lonely Werewolf Girl" is a modern-day fairytale, destined to become a twenty-first century classic. Like the fables from the Brothers Grimm, Martin's story is a mixture of mysterious characters, improbable situations...laced with underlying social issues prevalent to current times. Unlike previous enchanted myths and legends, Martin interlaces his tale with his signature abundance of tongue-in-cheek humor.

Set in present day Great Britain, the story revolves around an angst ridden teenage werewolf, her werewolf family, two misfit humans, a large supporting cast of mythological beings, oh and a bevy of the inevitable evil bad-guys. There is murder, espionage, mayhem and bedlam, slapstick absurdity, and of course the expected guest appearance of Martin's fairies (after all, it wouldn't be a Martin Millar classic without the inclusion of the mischievous winged creatures).

Under all the fun and frivolity, Martin touches upon serious psychological and emotional issues that plague contemporary teens. Issues such as eating disorders, addiction, peer pressure, abuse, abandonment, heartache, and self-mutilation. Martin handles the inclusion of these serious issues with a nonchalant, non-preachy manner.

As with all of Martin's novels, "Lonely Werewolf Girl" features a cast of hundreds (ok, I am not sure of the exact character count, it could possibly be closer to thousands). Along with a robust cast of characters, the main storyline mingles with a plethora of subplots. This is the true genius behind all of Martin's works, his ability to effectively weave a multitude of characters and subplots into a coherent and plausible story. As always, he makes the reader believe in the unbelievable.

At 560 pages, "Lonely Werewolf Girl" is the most prolific of Martin's novels. Despite its length, the novel is a quick read, and evokes the "can't put it down" syndrome. The last chapter gives hint of a sequel...I know that I will be the first in line to read the further adventures of the "Lonely Werewolf Girl."
October 11, 2008

Good Writing, Bad Editing

This is one of the best books I've read this year. It's also the book with the worst editing I have ever seen.

The plot is wild and funny. The daughter of a werewolf Thane is being hunted by both her family (she tried to kill her father and quite nearly succeeded) and a guild of werewolf hunters. Worse, she battles her anxiety. Lonely Werewolf Girl has many, many characters. Sometimes it's difficult to keep track of them all. I enjoyed this book on many levels. I didn't finish this book quickly, not because it wasn't good, but the short chapters which jumped from character and place and did all sorts of funny acrobats which taxed my poor concentration. This was a good thing. I dragged the pleasure on for three days as opposed to finishing it in one swallow.

Millar, being at least as talented as Gaiman and Pratchett, would do himself well to find another editor. Or maybe the editor would do him or herself well by hiring a high school student to proof read the final draft before sending it to print. Obviously no human read the final draft, and any reasonably literary high schooler could do better than Microsoft Word at spelling and grammar. The sloppy editing did this writing wrong.

Regardless, I give this book a five. Reviews are generally seen as a reflection of the writer and not the editor. The writing was excellent.
September 29, 2008

READ THIS BOOK!!!!

I bought this book at my local bookstore.I was looking for a new book and the cover jumped out at me.It turned out to be one of the best books I have ever read.While it is not a dark horor story,there are great battles,fantastic characterization,and rivalry and back stabbing among werewolf clans.
Kalix is the main character of the story.She is an outcast from her werewolf clan for past crimes against her king.Now she is a skinny,homeless,malnourished werewolf girl living on the streets.She is being hunted by her clan who have orders to bring her back to face trial.She is both hated and feared by her clan because she is a fierce fighter when she is overcome by her battle lust.She trusts no one but her self,but grudgingly is befriended by a couple of roommates who take her in and help her.
One of her sisters is a werewolf fashion designer who has a friend that is an other-worldly-fire-elemental-warrior queen with a fashion fetish.

There are twin werewolf sisters who aspire to be rock stars,but in reality are slackers who lie around and just get drunk all the time,living off the clans money.

There is so much more to this book than what is written above.You will truely not want to put it down once you start reading it.This book ended up making the rounds at work and everyone who read it loved it.Some kept it awhile,so their family members could read it.

My review title says it all...READ THIS BOOK!!!

September 28, 2008

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