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Scottish teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is in London trying to settle down and live a normal life. Her new friends support her as she goes to college to learn to read and write, but her old enemies won't leave her alone. Many powerful werewolves want Kalix dead, and the Guild of Werewolf Hunters is still dedicated to wiping out the entire MacRinnalch werewolf clan. Life might be easier for Kalix if her werewolf family were able to help, but her sister the Enchantress needs all of her sorcerous powers to locate the perfect pair of high heels, her brother Markus is busy in Scotland organising an opera, and her cousin Dominil is engaged in her own merciless vendetta with her enemies. Kalix must carry on alone but she's finding it difficult enough to pay the rent and cope with her anxiety and depression, while struggling with werewolf hunters and exams at the same time...
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Martin Millar was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but has lived in London for a long time. He has written a lot of things - novels, plays, short stories and articles. As Martin Scott, Millar writes the Thraxas series of books; the first novel in this series won the World Fantasy Award in 2000.
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Kalix McRinnalch is 17, suffering from anxiety, depression and various other problems hardly uncommon among teenagers: strained relations with her flatmates, eating disorders, unpaid phone bills, heartbreak . . . And a couple of less common ones: she's addicted to laudanum, and a surprising number of people want to kill her, mainly because she's a werewolf.
In his introduction to one of Martin Millar's earlier novels, the classic Good Fairies of New York, Neil Gaiman looked back at his writing from the start and said `he was good, and then he got better'. I think the first Kalix novel, Lonely Werewolf Girl, was great, and this one, well, is greater. The characters I loved in Lonely Werewolf Girl are (mostly) back again, sometimes more fully developed, often funnier than last time. Relatively minor figures - like sweet, spoilt Agrivex, with her goth boots and Hello Kitty ankle socks - move to centre stage. Even the dreaded (and mostly incompetent) werewolf hunters of the Avenaris Guild become more eccentric and complicated. Who except Martin Millar could have invented an intellectually competitive, romantic werewolf hunter? Or an albino werewolf who happens to be a Latin scholar? However beleaguered, Kalix now has a home of sorts, the south London flat of students Daniel and Moonglow, and their domestic life provides some of the most hilarious, and also most tender moments. But there are more sub-plots than before, all perfectly managed, and a lot more drama, spreading out across the British Isles, from Camden warehouses to opera venues in Edinburgh, not to mention one or two other dimensions. Like Lonely Werewolf Girl, this is a long book. I wished it was longer still.
In his introduction to one of Martin Millar's earlier novels, the classic Good Fairies of New York, Neil Gaiman looked back at his writing from the start and said `he was good, and then he got better'. I think the first Kalix novel, Lonely Werewolf Girl, was great, and this one, well, is greater. The characters I loved in Lonely Werewolf Girl are (mostly) back again, sometimes more fully developed, often funnier than last time. Relatively minor figures - like sweet, spoilt Agrivex, with her goth boots and Hello Kitty ankle socks - move to centre stage. Even the dreaded (and mostly incompetent) werewolf hunters of the Avenaris Guild become more eccentric and complicated. Who except Martin Millar could have invented an intellectually competitive, romantic werewolf hunter? Or an albino werewolf who happens to be a Latin scholar? However beleaguered, Kalix now has a home of sorts, the south London flat of students Daniel and Moonglow, and their domestic life provides some of the most hilarious, and also most tender moments. But there are more sub-plots than before, all perfectly managed, and a lot more drama, spreading out across the British Isles, from Camden warehouses to opera venues in Edinburgh, not to mention one or two other dimensions. Like Lonely Werewolf Girl, this is a long book. I wished it was longer still.
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I liked 'Lonely Werewolf Girl'. In fact, it is one of my favourite books, so you can imagine that I was a little cautious about a sequel. I was right to be cautious as it cannot quite come up to the high standard of the first book. The situations are largely no longer a surprise and the characters are not quite so interesting.
Those who have missed the point about Kalix - that she is a depiction of a run of the mill teenage girl - will dislike her in this too but even those who understand the problems of teenagers will find little more about her here and her attempts to 'be normal' are just not as interesting as in the first book.
I am glad I read it, but if you liked the first book, you will probably find this decent but not remarkable. If you did not like the first book, then it will probably not appeal to you.
Those who have missed the point about Kalix - that she is a depiction of a run of the mill teenage girl - will dislike her in this too but even those who understand the problems of teenagers will find little more about her here and her attempts to 'be normal' are just not as interesting as in the first book.
I am glad I read it, but if you liked the first book, you will probably find this decent but not remarkable. If you did not like the first book, then it will probably not appeal to you.
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The humour in this book was a breath of fresh air. It is quite unlike any book I've read before. The main protagonist is a teenage werewolf girl called Kalix. She is living with two human friends and a fire elemental in a student flat in London. Even this set up alone gives you a good idea of the kind of absurdity that can be found in the story. Absurdity of the delicious kind.
One of the things i really like is the magic realism. Weird things like travelling between dimensions, werewolves drinking coffee, are described as though they are everyday things. A much bigger deal is made out of mundane things like paying the rent, passing school exams.
Other stand out characters include Thrix, a fashion designing werewolf, Malveria, a fire elemental Queen obsessed with fashion trends, and her neice Vex who is going to to the same remedial college as Kalix, as well as Beauty and Delicious, young ditzy werewolves trying to make it in the music scene. Other characters include werewolf hunters, one whom is hell bent on revenge on a werewolf because she upstaged him in a university quiz contest (really!). Another is a promiscuos werewolf Thane who is, in his spare time, a cross dresser.
There are many coincidences and complications that involve these characters and many more. It is great fun just trying to keep up with Millar as he spins ever more amusing sub plots and twists. If you're looking for a book where the author does not take things too seriously (which many authors do in the fantasy genre) this is the book for you. It is long, but I just didn't want it to end - it's one of the best books i've read this year. I really hope there is a follow up to this!
One of the things i really like is the magic realism. Weird things like travelling between dimensions, werewolves drinking coffee, are described as though they are everyday things. A much bigger deal is made out of mundane things like paying the rent, passing school exams.
Other stand out characters include Thrix, a fashion designing werewolf, Malveria, a fire elemental Queen obsessed with fashion trends, and her neice Vex who is going to to the same remedial college as Kalix, as well as Beauty and Delicious, young ditzy werewolves trying to make it in the music scene. Other characters include werewolf hunters, one whom is hell bent on revenge on a werewolf because she upstaged him in a university quiz contest (really!). Another is a promiscuos werewolf Thane who is, in his spare time, a cross dresser.
There are many coincidences and complications that involve these characters and many more. It is great fun just trying to keep up with Millar as he spins ever more amusing sub plots and twists. If you're looking for a book where the author does not take things too seriously (which many authors do in the fantasy genre) this is the book for you. It is long, but I just didn't want it to end - it's one of the best books i've read this year. I really hope there is a follow up to this!
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Curse of the Wolf Girl by Martin Millar
Scottish teenage werewolf Kalix MacRinnalch is in London trying to settle down and live a normal life. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Nikki Bywater
Curse of the Wolf Girl
As a fan of Martin Millar's work I was greatly looking forward to Curse of the Wolf Girl and largely I was not disappointed. Read more
Published 8 months ago by DoCMF
Curse of the Wolf Girl
This sequel to Lonely Wereworlf Girl is an excellent as the first. A brilliantly exciting story with appealing and well rounded characters and brilliant dialogue. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Vickie
Martin Millar's kalix books just get better
After havubg fallen in love with Kalix in Lonely Werewolf Girl I just had to buy the second instalment Curse of the Werewolf girl- loved it so much- when is number three coming... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. Joanna S. King
good fun
I love Martin Millar's books, in particular I think "Ruby and the Stone Age Diet" and "Lux The Poet" are just fabulous books, so I bought the two werewolf books with high... Read more
Published 20 months ago by NattyB
Benefit of the Doubt
I've been a big fan of Martin Millar's work since reading the Thraxas novels and the Good Fairy's of New York, and Lonely Werefolf Girl was my favourite Millar book to date, and it... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Rat Breath
Dislikeable Lead Character
To be honest I really didn't get into the originally offering by this author and really wasn't expecting that much from this, the second title in the series. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Gareth Wilson - Falcata Times Blog
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