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The Blurb On The Back:

The promises are the most important thing to me.

I have to find a loophole.

I’ve got to find a way to keep both Promises, no matter what it costs me.

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The Verdict:

Jackson Pearce’s YA sex comedy is told in a breezy, light style and has some interesting points to make about grief and loss of faith. However, the central premise simply doesn’t work – specifically Shelby keeps insisting that she has to obey her father when the promise was actually to listen to him. I could have believed in that had there been at least an acknowledgement of the fact that listening to someone doesn’t mean having to obey them but this doesn’t come up, which is particularly irritating given that the whole plot revolves around her having to find a loophole to escape pledging her virginity. This is a shame because I actually liked the way Pearce writes about virginity and sex and the fact that girls are allowed to like it and want it without being slut-shamed and I liked the idea of a sex comedy from a girl’s perspective. However, the failure of the premise coupled with a predictable ending meant that while it’s an okay read, it is a deeply flawed one and it’s only due to Pearce’s easy writing style that I was able to finish it.

PURITY was released in the United Kingdom on 6th March 2014. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the free copy of this book.

The Blurb On The Back:

The story of Scarlett and Rosie March, two highly-skilled sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who prey on teen girls – since Scarlett lost her eye years ago while defending Rosie in an attack. Scarlett lives to destroy the Fenris, and she and Rosie lure them in with red cloaks (a colour the wolves can't resist), though Rosie hunts more out of debt to her sister than drive.

But things seem to be changing. The wolves are getting stronger and harder to fight, and there has been a rash of news reports about countless teenage girls being brutally murdered in the city. Scarlett and Rosie soon discover the truth: wolves are banding together in search of a Potential Fenris – a man tainted by the pack but not yet fully changed. Desperate to find the Potential to use him as bait for a massive werewolf extermination, the sisters move to the city with Silas, a young woodsman and long time family friend who is deadly with an axe. Meanwhile, Rosie finds herself drawn to Silas and the bond they share not only drives the sisters apart, but could destroy all they've worked for.

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The Verdict:

This modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood had me hooked from start to finish with its utterly convincing relationship between two sisters and its scary spin on werewolf mythology. In a YA fiction world where the werewolves and vampires are there to be loved and redeemed, this book isn’t afraid to make them the big bad guys and it’s all the better for it. Check it out – it’s worth your time.

SISTERS RED is published in the UK on 3rd June. Thanks to Hodder Children’s Books for the ARC.