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Werewolf Smackdown (2010)

by Mario Acevedo(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061567183 (ISBN13: 9780061567186)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Harper Voyager

series

Felix Gomez

review 1: So my wife and I were on vacation one summer, and here I am checking into a hotel, dragging my duffel bag and toting a copy of Werewolf Smackdown. My Suffering Sunflower rolled her eyes as I slapped the book down on the counter to check in.Some people don't get Mario Acevedo or Felix Gomez, maybe it's the cover art or the book titles. I love 'em all, great fun reads with solid plots, fleshed out characters and good writing.
review 2: Much more a detective novel than a supernatural one, in my opinion, but a good read all the same. I wasn't put off by the fact that there are apparently four novels or so before this one because the salient points were highlighted in various places as necessary. It did make me want to go back and read them, but it didn't make m... moree feel like I was missing something by not having read them.The writing was easy to follow, the mystery a bit more transparent (no hidden clues) because it wasn't a "solve-it-yourself" kinda mystery, but there were plenty of twists and turns before the end!There were also a couple of new twists on supernatural lore particularly as regards werewolf culture and the choice of a new clan alphas. Acevedo highlights the contrast between werewolf culture and vampire culture nicely. The protagonist is a vampire being dropped into unfamiliar werewolf territory. The only really new (to me) piece of lore was that he makes a distinction between the three stages of werewolf - (1) human form; (2) werewolf form (like the werewolves in The Howling); and (3) supernatural wolf form - shape of a full wolf. He mentions a similar situation for vampires - (1) human form and (2) animal form, which is different for each vampire - it's not always a bat.Other supernatural races (i.e., zombies) are mentioned, but don't make an appearance in this book, except for one lone dryad.I may very well find myself going back to the series beginning. less

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