All her parents wanted was for Eryn to live a normal life... Redgrave had its share of monsters before Eryn moved to town. Mauled pets, missing children. The Delacroix family is taking the blame, but Eryn knows the truth. Something stalks the night. Wade, the police chief's son and Redgrave High's resident hottie, warns her the Delacroix are dangerous. But then so is Eryn--in fact, she's lethal. But she can't help falling for one of the Delacroix boys, dark, brooding--human Alec. And then her world falls apart. A normal life? Now that's the real fairytale.
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Eryn isn't like other girls. After all, that's what got her sentenced to living in Redgrave. She is a part-wolven, part-human girl banished to the small town in an attempt to destroy the magic that runs in her veins.
But when she discovers that she isn't the only magical being around, everything changes. Suddenly, she is the newest member of Redgrave's own paranormal detective squad, as well as being caught in a love triangle as epic as the TWILIGHT saga's.
She finds herself being forced to choose who she really wants to be with - the dark, brooding Wade, or the protective Alec. In a place where wolves are frequent guests and vampires run the town, will Eryn's life ever be normal?
Dripping with wit and humor, Judith Graves' UNDER MY SKIN is electric. Eryn battles werewolves, vampires, and high school armed with her unique sarcasm that all teens can relate to. She writes with a brutal honesty that makes her story stand out in a sea of novels and connects with the readers. Ms. Graves steps inside the reader's mind and leaves with the promise of two sequels in the future to keep your thirst at bay!
Reviewed by: Monica Sheffo
But when she discovers that she isn't the only magical being around, everything changes. Suddenly, she is the newest member of Redgrave's own paranormal detective squad, as well as being caught in a love triangle as epic as the TWILIGHT saga's.
She finds herself being forced to choose who she really wants to be with - the dark, brooding Wade, or the protective Alec. In a place where wolves are frequent guests and vampires run the town, will Eryn's life ever be normal?
Dripping with wit and humor, Judith Graves' UNDER MY SKIN is electric. Eryn battles werewolves, vampires, and high school armed with her unique sarcasm that all teens can relate to. She writes with a brutal honesty that makes her story stand out in a sea of novels and connects with the readers. Ms. Graves steps inside the reader's mind and leaves with the promise of two sequels in the future to keep your thirst at bay!
Reviewed by: Monica Sheffo
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I watched the video promo made for this book and was instantly hooked, but I'll admit the book did come as a bit of a surprise. For one thing, the illustrations made me instantly wary - what kind of YA book comes with illustrations? But aside from that, Under My Skin is actually surprisingly addictive - you can't put your finger on it, but it's a book that refuses to be put down.
The biggest plus of this book is that the main character, Eryn, is NOT a vampire or a werewolf, as is so common these days. True, she's a lot LIKE a werewolf - but only through her mother's side, and having spent her whole life repressing her inner animal with her father's drugs makes for interesting character and plot developments now that those drugs are no longer available. Also undeniable is the fact that there is a love triangle. Superficially, it's pretty predictable - the two contenders are a hunter and a vampire respectively - but both are pretty unique by typical YA standards. The hunter is a teenager leading a gang of equally young hunters (one of whom has a secret of their own you will NOT see coming); the vampire has a wonderfully original backstory of his own which I loved.
Another plus is the unique spin Graves has taken on her not-so-mythical creatures, and the blend of traditional myth - werewolves and vampires still don't like silver - with new ideas, like a Hunter Council (okay, new to YA anyway) and the importance of male witches. There's a few specific moments in the book that really mesh reality with fantasy - like Eryn cutting herself to sate her own bloodlust.
The only reason Under My Skin doesn't get five stars is the slightly predictable nature of the villians up to the climax - though they make up for it then!
All in all, can't wait for the sequel!
The biggest plus of this book is that the main character, Eryn, is NOT a vampire or a werewolf, as is so common these days. True, she's a lot LIKE a werewolf - but only through her mother's side, and having spent her whole life repressing her inner animal with her father's drugs makes for interesting character and plot developments now that those drugs are no longer available. Also undeniable is the fact that there is a love triangle. Superficially, it's pretty predictable - the two contenders are a hunter and a vampire respectively - but both are pretty unique by typical YA standards. The hunter is a teenager leading a gang of equally young hunters (one of whom has a secret of their own you will NOT see coming); the vampire has a wonderfully original backstory of his own which I loved.
Another plus is the unique spin Graves has taken on her not-so-mythical creatures, and the blend of traditional myth - werewolves and vampires still don't like silver - with new ideas, like a Hunter Council (okay, new to YA anyway) and the importance of male witches. There's a few specific moments in the book that really mesh reality with fantasy - like Eryn cutting herself to sate her own bloodlust.
The only reason Under My Skin doesn't get five stars is the slightly predictable nature of the villians up to the climax - though they make up for it then!
All in all, can't wait for the sequel!
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14 Oct 2010
By TeensReadToo
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Eryn isn't like other girls. After all, that's what got her sentenced to living in Redgrave. She is a part-wolven, part-human girl banished to the small town in an attempt to destroy the magic that runs in her veins.
But when she discovers that she isn't the only magical being around, everything changes. Suddenly, she is the newest member of Redgrave's own paranormal detective squad, as well as being caught in a love triangle as epic as the TWILIGHT saga's.
She finds herself being forced to choose who she really wants to be with - the dark, brooding Wade, or the protective Alec. In a place where wolves are frequent guests and vampires run the town, will Eryn's life ever be normal?
Dripping with wit and humor, Judith Graves' UNDER MY SKIN is electric. Eryn battles werewolves, vampires, and high school armed with her unique sarcasm that all teens can relate to. She writes with a brutal honesty that makes her story stand out in a sea of novels and connects with the readers. Ms. Graves steps inside the reader's mind and leaves with the promise of two sequels in the future to keep your thirst at bay!
Reviewed by: Monica Sheffo
But when she discovers that she isn't the only magical being around, everything changes. Suddenly, she is the newest member of Redgrave's own paranormal detective squad, as well as being caught in a love triangle as epic as the TWILIGHT saga's.
She finds herself being forced to choose who she really wants to be with - the dark, brooding Wade, or the protective Alec. In a place where wolves are frequent guests and vampires run the town, will Eryn's life ever be normal?
Dripping with wit and humor, Judith Graves' UNDER MY SKIN is electric. Eryn battles werewolves, vampires, and high school armed with her unique sarcasm that all teens can relate to. She writes with a brutal honesty that makes her story stand out in a sea of novels and connects with the readers. Ms. Graves steps inside the reader's mind and leaves with the promise of two sequels in the future to keep your thirst at bay!
Reviewed by: Monica Sheffo
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Paranormal Read with a Twist
18 April 2010
By Mundie Moms/Mundie Kids
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
Under My Skin is one of those books, that you sit down thinking you'll read a few pages of it and then a few hours later you're done. I found myself wanting to read more of Judith's mythology and world building. By the time I finished reading the book, I wanted to read more.
The first half of Under My Skin was a little slow for me, but this was due to the building up of the mythology and introducing the reader to the characters and the world in which Judith has created. Being the first in a 3 book series, there needed to be the world building and I think Judith did a good job with it. Had there been a lot of the action that comes later in the book, I think it would have distracted from the mythology and getting to know the characters and what Eyrn is and why she's in Redgrave. I loved the setting of Redgrave.
Eyrn is a very snarky, stubborn character who isn't afraid to fight her worst nightmares in the form of werewolves. That's not all that's hidden within Redgrave's small population. Witches, Vampires and more are introduced as we get to know some stand out characters. Be rest a assured there is some great tension in two hot, bad boys that Eryn is torn between.
There's the dark, brooding Alec, who she has an immediate chemistry with, but there's something about him that she has yet to figure out. I loved her first meeting of him, when she's running in the woods, and he's running with "pet" wolf. Then there's Wade, who she can't help but be drawn to, especially after her dream about him.
Eryn will soon find herself torn between Wade and Alec, and the dark secrets that are unraveling around her in Redgrave. As tensions build between Alec and Wade, who are both trying to help Eryn, she will find herself facing the toughest choice of all. Letting her true nature be revealed.
I liked Under My Skin and I'm looking forward to reading the second book in the series.
The first half of Under My Skin was a little slow for me, but this was due to the building up of the mythology and introducing the reader to the characters and the world in which Judith has created. Being the first in a 3 book series, there needed to be the world building and I think Judith did a good job with it. Had there been a lot of the action that comes later in the book, I think it would have distracted from the mythology and getting to know the characters and what Eyrn is and why she's in Redgrave. I loved the setting of Redgrave.
Eyrn is a very snarky, stubborn character who isn't afraid to fight her worst nightmares in the form of werewolves. That's not all that's hidden within Redgrave's small population. Witches, Vampires and more are introduced as we get to know some stand out characters. Be rest a assured there is some great tension in two hot, bad boys that Eryn is torn between.
There's the dark, brooding Alec, who she has an immediate chemistry with, but there's something about him that she has yet to figure out. I loved her first meeting of him, when she's running in the woods, and he's running with "pet" wolf. Then there's Wade, who she can't help but be drawn to, especially after her dream about him.
Eryn will soon find herself torn between Wade and Alec, and the dark secrets that are unraveling around her in Redgrave. As tensions build between Alec and Wade, who are both trying to help Eryn, she will find herself facing the toughest choice of all. Letting her true nature be revealed.
I liked Under My Skin and I'm looking forward to reading the second book in the series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
New twist on paranormal?
30 Aug 2010
By Novel Chick
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I'm not a paranormal fan, but Graves' take seemed unique. She's done her research and created a world based on many elements of mythology which added depth to the book. If paranormal is your genre, don't miss this one!
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