Beverley Lee's Reviews > Mongrels

I'll begin by saying werewolves are not really my thing. By now you'll know I'm firmly Team Vampire. But this one has so many great reviews and I kept seeing it do the rounds on Bookstagram, and I already knew by reading The Only Good Indians that Stephen Graham Jones can spin a wonderful story.

And I'm not going to launch into a description of what happens, there are plenty of reviews already circulating, but I will say, without question, that this one captured my heart. At its core a coming of age story, with complex family dynamics, you can't help but be catapulted along by each chapter. The lore is so well crafted, so believable, that you begin to wonder how much truth is between the pages.

It's fresh and bloody and drenched in the kind of detail that makes these characters leap off the page. And one more thing I loved, the main protagonist is never named, something I only realised midway through the book.

If you love fierce and protective family love, along with the story of a boy born on the fringes of society and trying desperately to find his way in it, then you could do no better than pick this one up.