Fascinating story! Nessa lives in Tether, Michigan. The water there was contaminated by a company called DutchChem. The company went bankrupt, but was bought out by Paravida who invested in the town and made sure the residents had good medical care. The company also set up a medial centre for testing the juvenile residents to make sure they were healthy. Nessa is on the track team, trying to make a name for herself to obtain a full scholarship to college. One day as she is out running, she comes across a wolf caught in a trap. While she tries to free the wolf, she is bitten by another. Over time, Nessa experiences some changes, she can run faster, see better, hear better and finally experiences transformation into a wolf. There seem to be strange things going on in the town and it seems that Nessa is chosen by the wolves to find out what is wrong and put a stop to it. Am now going to read the second book in the trilogy!

“Weregirl” by C. D. Bell, the first book in a three book series, is not the typical werewolf story. This book introduces the reader to a young high school girl, Nessa Kurland, who becomes part of the supernatural world, must solve a mystery behind the good works of a company the is suppose to be a savior of her failing town, have a couple crushes, and learn to become of a protector.
Nessa has set her goal to leave her failing small town by getting to college on a scholarship in cross-country track. To do this she needs to improve her times and she turns to the current senior track star for tips.
When a run through the woods to catch up with her school mate goes wrong and she is seriously bitten by a wolf, she thought her dreams for college were over. She soon learns her life has drastically changed as she heals rapidly, is faster, able to see and hear better, and is starting the grow hair all over.
With the help of a shaman, her best friend, and a determination to succeed, she will learn how to control her werewolf changes, make her track meets, solve the town mystery, and save her little brother from a mad science experiment.
The story flowed well and the pace in the action will keep you wanting to find out what was going to happen next.

Nessa was determined to get out of her small town and a cross-country running scholarship was her only hope. It was just Nessa, her mom, her sister and her autistic brother, so every chance she got, she ran and ran, until the night she ran straight into trouble, of the wolfish variety. Her thanks for rescuing a trapped wolf was a bite that would make traversing the trials and tribulations of high school seem like a walk in the park.

WEREGIRL by C.D. Bell is a wonderful young adult fantasy with a main character and her quirky best friend who never seem caught up in the teen angst that saturates so many YA tales! Toss in some strange events, a dark corporate presence that seems to be the root of all evil in her small town, and this tale had some “meat” to it! I mean, who doesn’t love the mysterious big bad wolf masquerading as the helpful service dog for an unsuspecting town?

All in all, a fun read that “ran” along at a great pace with many unexpected little subplots along the way, including a simple bow to young romantic potential.

I received a complimentary copy from Chooseco!

Publisher: Chooseco; 1 edition (November 1, 2016)
Publication Date: November 1, 2016
Genre: YA Paranormal
Print Length: 395 pages
Available from: Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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These stories are full of tentative alliances, betrayal, redemption and so much more. Not only is this world complex but the characters are too. I was pulled into the story and just when I would think I know where the story was going I would be so surprised that I just keep reading one book after the other.

The overall story is interesting, but the chapter breaks and dialog are somewhat disjointed. It doesn't feel like things ever get moving smoothly in the story, everything is start and stop repeatedly. Although there's some good moments of action the story gets bogged down in a lot of the conversations between characters. I'd have liked it better if it flowed more naturally from scene to scene and somehow fixed the stilted dialog. Overall a decent story and an interesting take on a fairly common werewolf theme, but that wasn't enough to carry the book for me.

I’m a huge fan of werewolves stories, so I was excited to get an ARC of this book. I thought it was a great and compelling read, I would recommend this book to anyone that’s a lover of werewolves.

REVIEW
I'd had this book on my kindle quite a while and had just not gotten around to reading it. I decided to look back on my kindle and checkout the titles that weren't so new. I fancied a shifter/werewolf genre read so with a title like Weregirl this one seemed the perfect choice!

The first thing I noticed about the cover were the beautiful piercing icy blue eyes of a wolf. Before reading the book I automatically presumed they would belong to the werewolf/girl that was also the simple straight to the point title of the book. The fur of the werewolf on the front cover is a luxurious looking white, silver grey. The byline on the cover say's "everyone has an animal inside" and after reading the book I can say is a quote from another mystical character we meet in the book who tries and I feel succeeds in being instrumental to Nessa accepting her gift.

The central character of this book is Nessa Kurland who lives with her hardworking single parent mother Vivian Kurland and her younger siblings, Delphine and Nate. Vivian works as a veterinarian technician at the local vets in Tether. The youngest in the family Nate has ADHD/Autism so has to be handled in a certain way to prevent him withdrawing completely into himself or having a meltdown. Structure and routine are extremely important to Nate. Delphine is the middle child, she loves fashion, clothes and is probably the most social of the siblings. Nessa is more reserved than Delphine and enjoys working weekends at the vet surgery her mum works at earning her own money to fund her running necessities, such as trainers etc. It's whilst Nessa is doing her running through the woods that she comes across a wolf stuck in a farmers trap. Nessa is an animal lover and has a good calming way with animals and she cannot just run by, unlike the other runner Cynthia that was supposed to be meeting with Nessa for them to run together. Cynthia hadn't waited and it was whilst attempting to catch up with her that Nessa found the injured wolf. Nessa approaches the animal carefully making sure it knows she is wanting to help. It's whilst freeing the trapped wolf that Nessa is attacked by a different wolf and is bitten. Nessa passes out and when she wakens she is in the health centre with Dr Kallish dressing her fairly large, painful wound. Dr Kallish asks about the wolves Nessa encountered and reassures her he has given her shots to counteract infection and the possibility of rabies, he even gives her the tooth that the wolf left behind in her hip when it bit her. Dr Kallish and Dr Raab work at the health centre where Nate and other children his age are being regularly monitored to check for any ill health that could be the result of the enviromental waste that a local company called Dutch Chem has illegally and irresponsibly dumped in the area.
Nessa heals much more rapidly than expected and is eager to abandon her crutches and get back to school and her running training with Coach Hoffman. Delphine, Nessa's younger sister takes the tooth to school and gets a hole drilled in the tooth to make into a necklace/talisman for her sister. Despite still being in pain from the bite, Nessa begins running faster times. It is good news as if Nessa is to get into college she will need a scholarship. Then things start to be a bit strange, her hearing becomes much more sensitive. One day whilst at her best friends studying, she hears a conversation between Bree and Gabe who are both downstairs whilst she is in the upstairs bathroom. Nessa's eyesight has also improved so much that she no longer needs her contact lenses. Nessa hides all these changes including the recurring nightmares she is still having about being attacked by the wolf. The final straw that finally makes her reach out for help is when she dreams that she is changing into the wolf. That's when a friends of Bree's rather hippy mum introduces Nessa to a local shaman who helps Nessa understand what is happening and how to deal with it.

I was immediately pulled in by the prologue, and wanted to learn more about the scientist featured in it called Camille Rogerson. Camille has been given a job on the team attempting to to clean up what Dutch Chem has left behind in the form of pollution. It's whilst working alone than Camille has an encounter with wolves. Then the book begins telling us Nessa's story. It was a shame we didn't revisit Camille and learn more about her work and her run in with the wolves. The genres I have seen this book labelled as are YA, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal and Shifter, which all fit the book well.

I did really enjoy this book, its difficult to explain why on Goodreads I only gave the book 4/5 stars. The book felt a little slow in some places, though it is well worth sticking with and reading to the end. I enjoyed this book so much I read the second in the series that is called Chimera straight away. The cover of Chimera has me making all sorts of guesses and thoughts about what could happen next.

My immediate thoughts upon finishing reading this book were that I found this to be an interesting start to what could be a fantastic book series! Not sure how to explain it other than to compare it to two Book/TV adaptations and say it's more like the Teen-wolf TV series and YA aimed than the Bitten series adaptation from Kelley Armstrong's Women Of The Otherworld book series.

Not sure if the "were" part is supposed to be symbolic, or if the author is trying for horror - better readers than I can figure that out. What I got was a relatively standard high-school story about a character that isn't quite likeable (likeable enough for me to finish, but not for me to want to learn more about should this turn into a series) with a unique challenge: managing her change into a weregirl. And then there's the love aspect which wasn't convincing. There was promise here, unfulfilled promise

This book seemed to go off in multiple directions all at once and seemed quite disjointed. The ending was somewhat abrupt and incomplete.

For all those that like werewolf books here is one that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Be sure to check it out.

Amazing!!!
I cried, laughed, screamed and got mad at the story... everyhting at the same time!!

Please consider me for the second part!!!!!!!!!! I will definitely read it!

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