Fourteen-year old Tori Brennan is the unofficial leader of a band of sci-philes who spend their time exploring a secluded island off of the coast of South Carolina. They enjoy digging up bones, wading through marshes, and attempting to communicate with animals in their spare time. When they are accidentally exposed to an experimental strain of parvovirus while rescuing a wolfdog from a top-secret lab, their lives change forever. Now they have become Virals, with super-charged senses and inhuman physical abilities. As they begin to discover their powers, they stumble upon a cold-case murder mystery that has suddenly become very hot. Their new enemies are deadly but the band is now more then friends, they are a pack, they are Virals.
Rating:
This book had mostly everything: action, suspense, murder, emotion, romance (well, maybe not so much of the last one). I believe though, that the characters were just a bit too "supernatural" and not just because they got wolf-powers. Tory, for example, can solve a cold-case murder in a couple days; keep in mind that this murder has baffled police and investigators for years. And she's never had any training except for "advice from her Aunt Tempe".
Overall: This book kept me past midnight as I needed to find out how it ended. It's kind of one of those books where the first time you read it, it's amazing and suspenseful and everything, but then, if you go back and reread, you begin to realize that it really is kind of unbelievable.
Rating:
This book had mostly everything: action, suspense, murder, emotion, romance (well, maybe not so much of the last one). I believe though, that the characters were just a bit too "supernatural" and not just because they got wolf-powers. Tory, for example, can solve a cold-case murder in a couple days; keep in mind that this murder has baffled police and investigators for years. And she's never had any training except for "advice from her Aunt Tempe".
Overall: This book kept me past midnight as I needed to find out how it ended. It's kind of one of those books where the first time you read it, it's amazing and suspenseful and everything, but then, if you go back and reread, you begin to realize that it really is kind of unbelievable.
Amazing summary! I loved this book, it was really enticing
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