By: Nina Berry
Publisher: Kensington
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Format: ARC
Source: publisher for an honest review
In Nina Berry’s debut YA series, the
reader is introduced to Desdemona Grey, a socially awkward teenager dealing with
teenager issues including having to wear an embarrassing back brace to prevent
curvature of the spine (this back brace plays a very important if not strange
role later on). Her life is completely normal until one day she shifts into
Siberian Tiger and is tranquilized by a group of armed assailants. After waking
up in a cage across for the handsome Caleb Elazar, Dez learns that she is an
Otherkin Shifter and her life as she knows it is about the change. Berry does a
great job describing this new world without losing the reader’s attention.
Dez already knew she was adopted after
being abandoned in the wilds of Sibera. Her mother who was somehow drawn to
her, is relatively easy to convince that Dez is special. To protect her family
after escaping with Caleb from the dungeon of the Tribunal (who are out to kill
all Otherkin), Dez sends them into hunting and joins Caleb at a “school” for
Otherkin. There she learns about herself (even though everyone seems to be
frightened of her but won’t say why). She learns that Caleb is a Caller who are
normally enemies of the Otherkin. Their attraction to each other is quite
evident throughout the story. Dez also learns that not one of the Tribe’s (made
up of all the different shifters) get along, they have always only looked out
for themselves and could care less if on Tribe is being hunted to extinction.
Dez knows that to survive they must work together, but how is a teenager
suppose to unite everyone after centuries of fighting amongst themselves?
I definitely loved this first
installment and look forward to reading book two. There is very creative
writing involved in Otherkin that delivers a fast-paced intriguing read. Using
teenagers to show adults that fighting among themselves will only lead to the
death of all of them is ingenious on Berry’s part. I became invested in each of
the teenagers of the school and can’t wait to learn more about them. Highly
recommend for all YA urban fantasy fans who are looking for a new series to
start.
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