Lonely Werewolf Girl
Martin Millar
Piatkus 2009
Reviewer: Jeremy Kong
Cross-dressing werewolves, drug-using werewolves, fashionista demonesses, Goths,
werewolves with eating disorders – all these and more.
Infidelity, rock n roll, drugs – it’s not easy being a modern werewolf.
Kalix is the lonely werewolf girl of the
title. She has been banished from her clan the MacRinnalch
for attacking the Thane, the lord of the werewolf clan, who also happens to be
her father. She has been on the run since then living on the streets, trying to
starve herself to death (she is bulimic in her human form) while the clan hunts
her down. She will, however gorge herself while in werewolf form then throw it
all up when she returns to human. As the story progresses we meet more of her
family.
There
is Thris, a fashion designer sorceress werewolf, and
her sister Malveria “the fire queen, whose extreme
beauty existed somewhere between a Babylonian Death Goddess and an Asian
supermodel” and is a fashion tragic.
Kalix has two brothers – one is the
traditional werewolf warrior who really wants to kill Kalix
for the reward, and the other is Marcus who has a penchant for women’s
clothing. Then there are the two cousins Delicious and Beauty, who have been
kicked out of the clan for their rock n roll lifestyle of booze and drugs.
With
the death of the Thane Kalix becomes aware of her
powers – she was born on the full moon while her mother was in werewolf form
and has tremendous powers. All she wants, though, is to be left alone but
circumstances seem to keep dragging her back into the politics of the werewolf
clan.
It’s
an understatement to say that the plot is complex. It is a massive book and you
want to follow each character, as there is so much going on. The characters are
well drawn with a lot of depth and they carry the plot so it grabs hold of you.
Even the evil characters grow on you because of their quirks and oddities. With
Kalix the author has pinned down the typical teenage
girl perfectly. It’s a three course meal of a book and will leave you
satisfied.
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