Christine's Book Corner

It's not your classic werewolf story in Mostly Human,  a fantasy novel by D.I. Jolly about a young boy who becomes a werewolf by accident and learns how to live with his new changes in life. Alex Harris is a famous rock star known from the band The Waterdogs.  While the world knows of him as an ordinary rock star, his life is anything but ordinary.  He has been hiding a secret since he was ten years old, a secret only his family knows and they do all they can to keep it that way.  In Mostly Human,  Jolly takes us through Alex's trials as a werewolf and all the changes he grows through in his life, from teenager to adult. Jolly gives us a new take on the classic werewolf story as we see how Alex is bitten by a werewolf, all because he thought he was saving a regular wolf.  Alex was only ten when we find out he was bitten, giving us more of an insight in what his life was like before the incident.  But at the beginning, Jolly brings us to Al...

Photo from goodreads.com (370 pages) Synopsis: Jamie Pyke is the first character we meet and we quickly find out he's the son of a slave and a master.  He is on the run after killing his father who was going to sell him to slavery.  At the young age of 13, he runs away for his safety and not to be caught.  It is there when he meets Henry, a slave on the run, who saves Jamie's life.  Years later, the two meet again when Henry asks Jamie to take his son Pan on as a servant.  When Pan's stolen from Jamie a new adventure awaits for him.  Mixed in with his lover, who's married to another man, who is pregnant with Jamie's child, the adventure has many turns for him, full of love, heartache, and new beginnings. My Review: Grissom did a real great job bringing these characters to life.  Jamie was my favorite character throughout this book.  My heart felt for him which each heartbreak he had to endure.  Grissom showed...