Better than most werewolf stories. Sometimes I feel like werewolf books get a little cliched and more than a little creepy (not in the scary-halloween way, in the eww-what-the-heck way). But this was actually enjoyable. I liked that humans were aware of werewolves and the prejudice against them was really interesting to read because it reminded me of the prejudices that exist now, and in history. At one point in the story Claire said something along the lines of, when people get scared they find someone to blame. And the werewolves took the blame for pretty much everything here. But werewolves were not inherently bad. Rather the opposite. There were a few renegade werewolves (in this book there is really only one, but its mentioned that there were others) and the rest were just normal. A bit like humans really.There is a love story here, but I felt like it wasn't the main point. The main problem with their relationship was whether she could tell him what she was or not. The more important, and more interesting, aspect of the story was coming-of-age. Claire starts the book as a normal, shy teenager. When she finds out she is a werewolf she is less than pleased, and has issues with things like watching the other wolves eat a deer, and she is very very resistant to saying goddess rather than god (mostly to annoy her mother I thought). But by the end of the book she has come to terms with it and even enjoys parts of being a werewolf. There is one point at the end where she says "goddess" completely naturally and umprompted by her Mum or anyone else. And thats when you can really tell she has embraced it.The best relationship in this book was the one between Mother and daughter. They were not very close, partly because Claire's mother had been keeping secrets from her all her life, and partly just because their personalities clash. But it was so fascinating to see their relationship grow and improve throughout the book. Claire began to get closer to her Mum and some of the things that happen between them at the end was incredibly touching.I am unlikely to read the sequel, mostly because I feel this book ended well and the blurb for the second book doesn't really entice me. But I definitely recommend Claire de Lune, particularly if you are interested in werewolves but would really like a different take on them, or if you want to try a werewolf book and need a place to start (although Bitten by Kelley Armstrong is my all time favourite werewolf book). I wasn't expecting very much as there is a proliferation of cliche paranormal YA, but I quite enjoyed this. Yeah I found the main character can be a bit of a sterotypical teenager at times, and I found her home situation/mum-daughter relationship a bit odd, but I really enjoyed the werewolf stuff in the book & while it was kind of predictable, it didn't detract from my enjoyment of it. Plus no love triangle! Bonus!
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It was quite easy to imagine how the story is from the character's point of view. Truly nice book ;)
—thedarkknight
It was okay but it could be a bit more action but all in all it was good
—Tibha
