Blood and Chocolate
YA / November 26, 2018

Vivian moves to a new city after the traumatic loss of her father leaves her pack in disarray. She finds the jockeying for power too violent after his death. Her mother is out fighting to stay the pack leader’s mate. Her childhood friends have created hostility amongst themselves now that they see her as a potential mate instead of just pack. She wishes for things to be simple like they used to be like when she could just change and run for the joy of being wolf. She just wants things to be easy and normal again. After seeing a poem about “the change” a werewolf goes through, she seeks out the author. Upon discovering he’s a human, she decides she wants to learn more about him and finds herself drawn to his softer mentality and love of life which leads her to fall in love with him in turn. Now she’s caught in the middle of not wanting to betray her pack to a human and wanting to share everything she is with her human love. Overall, I like the story because it’s relatable in some ways. Obviously not all of us are able to shape shift, but it…