Bloodborn

by Karen Kincy

Overview

I can't fight the wolf inside me forever.

I lost my brother to werewolves. Now I'm losing myself.

Bitten by a werewolf, I resist the transformation. It hurts like hell, but I know it's punishment for my mistakes. Thanks to a risky drug called Lycanthrox, I've managed to stay human for two full moons.

But I know I can't last much longer.

Hungry for revenge, I promise to hunt down the wolf who bit me. My ex, Cyn, still cares about me enough to stop me. Even though she's beautiful and I'm a beast.

I can't stay with her. I can't ignore the wolves howling outside my window. By the light of a cruel and tempting moon, I'm on the brink of becoming a monster.

When I find the werewolf pack, Cyn follows me. The werewolves take us both hostage, then start running, the police hot on our tails.

Either the wolf within kills me, or someone else does.

Praise for Bloodborn:

"With Bloodborn, Karen Kincy opens a frightening new chapter in the werewolf legacy. Brilliant, dark, and filled with haunting images. Highly recommended." - Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Rot & Ruin and King of Plagues

"A bridge between paranormals and boys' realism about thugs and delinquents, reminiscent of Neal Shusterman's Dark Fusion: Red Rider's Hood (2005)"-Kirkus Reviews

"Teens will enjoy this alternate-reality story of a young man trying to come to terms with what he is."-VOYA

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781737925125
Publisher:	Indigo Dragon Press
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Series:	A Cruel and Tempting Moon , #1
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Karen Kincy is the author of the Other novels for young adults. Her debut novel, Other, was named to the American Library Association's 2011 Top Ten Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults list. Kincy is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and lives in Redmond, Washington.

Editorial Reviews

How many metaphors can one werewolf embody?

In the case of incipient teen wolf Brock, it's an easy two. His lycanthropy, held temporarily at bay by medication, makes his facial hair grow "so much faster than it did before," keeps him hungry although he just "had two roast beef sandwiches and an apple turnover shake" and forces him to fantasize about his ex-girlfriend, Cyn, who "drives [him] wild." In other words, he's a teenage boy. Meanwhile, parallels are continually drawn between the racism practiced against werewolves and humans; the same sheriff who tells a werewolf mother, "I should put a bullet in your brain right now and spare myself the paperwork," begins the novel by pulling Cyn over for Driving While Latina. Amid all this metaphor, there manages to be plot—Brock, previously vilely racist against Others, now has to come to terms with his new identity while fleeing the bigoted lawman. Despite Brock's infantile behavior, the werewolf pack feels responsibility for having turned him (though the original bite was an act of self-defense). Unless he can overcome his own self-loathing and guilt, Brock will wind up dead, maybe bringing Cyn with him.

A bridge between paranormals and boys' realism about thugs and delinquents, reminiscent of Neal Shusterman'sDark Fusion: Red Rider's Hood(2005).(Paranormal. 12-14)

Kirkus Reviews