Kinda dark and gruesome with lots of people being eaten and maimed. Also a very key plot element involves one of the main characters being set up for rape by her mother.Fast paced with lots of danger and adventure. The supporting characters could be developed more three dimensionally. ( )

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.com

Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson is a typical teen. Ticked off to be spending his summer vacation with his parents and younger brother, Tom storms out of their rented cabin in the Seattle forest, needing some time to himself. Next thing he knows, he's wading in a fast-moving river, with a bear between him and freedom. After being tossed unmercilessly down-river, Tom passes out--and awakes in a strange bed in a strange house.

Tom's now at the mercy of the Folan family--mom Marcie, a former nurse, dad Henry, an author, son Wesley, and strange daughter Kate. The family (minus Kate) informs Tom that he's now on an island, cut off from the mainland, with severe injuries sustained from his trip down the river. In terrible pain and totally weak, Tom spends what he believes is a week in the Folan home, recuperating from his wounds yet somehow feeling stranger as every day goes by.

Then a shocker from the strange but lovely Kate--Tom's been in the Folan home for a month, not a week, and Marcie, Henry, and Wesley aren't normal family members. They're werewolves, and they're doing everything within their power to change Tom into one to act as Kate's mate.

Suddenly, Tom is in fear for his life, and not from the raging river than wounded him. He realizes that Kate Folan may be his only chance for salvation from the beast that now resides within him, and the two set off in the dead of night after a deadly confrontation with Wesley to find a mystery man named Jicaque in New Orleans, who just might be able to cure Tom of the beast he's now living with.

WOUNDED is a great, fast-paced read! Touted as young adult book, probably because the hero is sixteen, this story will appeal to any lovers of the paranormal, especially those who enjoy werewolf stories. I've already ordered the final two books in the series, PREY and RESURRECTION, and am looking forward to getting started on them.

Definitely a recommended read! ( )

Stephen Cole has created a master piece. Wounded was as orginigal idea from the begening. Every part was truly surprising. It's too bad that Cole isn't that well known in the USA, he has one of the best trilogies I've ever read. ( )

The Wereling is the story of 16 year old Tom who is on a camping trip with his parents and younger brother that turns into a nightmare when he is kidnapped and turned by a family of werewolves bent on making him a mate to their daughter.

I just finished this novel and really enjoyed it. There was a lot of action and the story moved along quickly. I can't wait to read the next one in this trilogy, it can't come from the library fast enough for me. ( )

Readable story about a teenage who becomes a werewolf from a bite so as to be the partner of a female werewolf. Then they discover that he may be the saviour or the ruin of the werewolf race. Well researched. ( )