Once in a Full Moon (vuoden 2010 painos)

Celeste has spent her life living on in Legend Run trying to fit in. She and her two best friends are dating three best friends and have formed the perfect group. Except that Celeste feels there should be more than just hanging out at the games, waiting on the guys. When Brandon moves to town Celeste feels an attraction that only grows after he saves her from a pack of wolves in the woods. Celeste is a mature young woman who willingly volunteers in a nursing home, and doesn’t want to share the prejudices of her side of town. Yet, she is torn between her loyalty to her friends and her growing interest in Brandon.

If you are a fan of paranormal romances, you will like this book. If you liked Vampire Kisses but wanted something a bit more mature, read this one. Oh, and prepare for werewolves instead of vampires.

I have issues with the eBook version I read. Evidently each chapter starts with a picture—which takes up to 60 clicks on my Kindle to get through. I could see just a section of it at a time. I had to be dedicated to reading the book in order to get through it. An ordinary kid would bail out.

*Ordered for the HS library; arriving for the fall 2011 term.
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Couldn't finish this. And I tried, oh I tried. Look at my progress! Valiant effort I did make.

But, oh, the cheese! This book and all it's cheese!

I did skip ahead and read the last chapter so I would know how it ended. ( )

So.... Celest's increasing worry about Brandon was beyond annoying. Everything was centered about werewolves and Celeste's relationship with Brandon which could have been good if Celeste wasn't so bleh. I'm really sad I didn't like this one because wolves/werewolves are my thing. ( )

Marking as DNF. I can read child/young writing when I'm expecting it, such as when I read a Goosebumps or children's story, but this is written too simply for my tastes as a YA. It's a very young YA, I guess, and I'm just not interested. Besides the simple writing style, everything is told to the reader instead of shown, and there doesn't seem to be genuine personality with the characters, more of stereotypes. I'm not that into the plot summary, either, so it's best if me and this book part ways.

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