The Wolf House, Book I: Origins and Overtures by Mary Borsellino, with cover art by Audrey Fox
My friend Mary Borsellino is writing a series of young adult books called The Wolf House, and the first book was released as an e-book from Drollerie Press recently.
The press release describes The Wolf House as “Twilight for punks,” but as Wolf House-reader Beckah said:
…it could just as easily be called “Twilight for feminists” or “Twilight for queers” or “Twilight for people who really like monster movies” or “Twilight for people who don’t — well, ok, who do think that stalking can be kind of sexy, especially if it’s a vampire, but only if the author admits it’s kind of creepy too” or “Twilight for people who think everything would be better with kittens in.”
I tend to bristle at the desire to call any YA vampire book a “Twilight for [audience]” since Twilight was actually “A YA vampire book for Mormons,” but let’s not sweat it.
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August 7, 2009
Categories: Books, Reviews . Tags: reviews: books . Author: Regina Erbs . Comments: 1 Comment