I’m so happy that Heidi is here to share her favorite werewolf books with us for the Spooktacular. She has some fabulous ones on her list.
Hi guys, it’s Heidi from YA Bibliophile. When Lori asked for anyone who had YA werewolf suggestions I was totally on board. I love werewolf stories! These picks are much more shape shifter werewolf than monster werewolf because, well, that’s just my thing!
Top Five YA Werewolf Books:
Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: This is the first book in a trilogy. I read it back in 2010 and it’s actually one of the first books I ever reviewed! I loved the idea of having a human girl raised in a pack of werewolves. Also, Jennifer Lynn Barnes does an amazing job writing about a number of different types of relationships and the pack mentality.
Shiver by Maggie Steifvater: The Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy kicks off with this book. Basically Maggie introduces you to awesome characters, makes you fall in love, and then rips your heart out. Thanks Maggie. Thanks a lot! These werewolves cannot change at will. I liked the different spin this brought to the story.
Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock: Another first in a trilogy! I love, love, loved the idea that there is a virus (Lupine syndrome) that causes people to become werewolves! Plus, murder and mystery? Secrets and betrayal? Yes!
Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne: This is the first of the four Dark Guardians books. Rachel Hawthorne also writes adult romance novels and it shows! The romance and relationships are really front and center in these books. Also, you get to learn a lot about how the “guardians” (werewolves) society works.
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause: I feel like no werewolf list is complete without this book. It was back in 1997 when YA wasn’t really “a thing”yet. The werewolves in this book are actually a different species (loups-garoux) from humans. The main character, Vivian, is a sixteen year old loups-garoux who falls for a human boy. This is very taboo in her world and things get crazy. Blood and Chocolate is definitely the darkest book on my list.
There are also a number of series I love that have werewolves as one type of paranormal creature among many. I didn’t feel like I could include them above but they are super great so you should check them out too!
Series with werewolves as part of an ensemble cast:
Paranormalcy series by Kiersten White: If you’re tired of angsty paranormal stories check this series out. You will fall in love with the main character, Evie.
Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong: The werewolf is totally my favorite character in this series. I don’t want to spoil anything so that’s all you get!
The Mortal Instruments series by Cassanda Clare: Luke Garroway. You want to meet him. Trust me.
Honorable Mention:
Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr: Okay, so they are actually “daimons” but they’re totally werewolf-esque and I loved it. I think it’s the idea of pack and the bonds that creates that totally draws me in. So good.
Next up:
Fateful by Claudia Gray: Werewolves on the Titanic. Why have I not read this yet?!?!?
Aw so I am not a big fan of Werewolves.. there has to be something about them that totally grabs me. I don’t even know why I’m not the biggest fan. But, Raised by Wolves was great and so was Shiver.
I still need to read Hemlock.
Oh and the Nightshade series could probably make it to your list as well!!
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Yay Shiver, it’s the only one on the list I’ve read and I love that series and I agree with Carnival of Souls, they were a bit werewolfish!
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SHIVER. YES! That’s my favorite werewolf book ever. And I was actually really surprised when I read BLOOD & CHOCOLATE because the love triangle ends in a way I was totally NOT expecting. Oh, and totally agree about Luke. He’s like, the perfect hot older guy.
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I really want to read Hemlock
I heard great things about it. Nice list!
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I haven’t read any of the books one the list, but I’ve definitely heard of them! Speaking of werewolves, I actually though Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia had werewolves in it before I read the book, maybe the word “creatures” threw me off a bit? Anyway, just a little story I had with werewolves books
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Great lost. I have been wanting to read Shiver and Raised by Wolves. I loved Hemlock!
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Haha!! List, not lost.
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Hi Heidi! I really want to read Hemlock, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. But I have to admit that I didn’t really like Blood and Chocolate. Sorry
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Blood and Chocolate is definitely not for everyone! It was one of the first werewolf books I came across in the YA genre so there was no way I could leave it out!
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Great list Heidi! Many great books here + I completely agree on that character being my favorite as well in the Darkest Powers series!
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I’ve only read Shiver and the ensemble books, but Hemlock has also caught my eye. Fateful is one I want to read too. Thanks for the werewolf recs!
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I liked Shiver too! I am going to check out the rest of those books too! I love werewolves so much! Also, another great YA series that has werewolves in it is The Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis. These are amazing! Here is a link to the author’s blog http://quinnloftisbooks.com/index.php/the-grey-wolves-series , I think you should definitely check these out. I also have did reviews on my blog for these books too. Great list! Thanks!
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You completely missed 13 to Life by Shannon Delany. I picked it up on a whim and loved it. 0An adult series about werewolves written by Patricia Briggs is pretty nice.
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I’ve never read 13 to Life but It’s on my list! I didn’t want to include books I haven’t read here
Thanks for the recommendation!
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I love werewolves! My favourite so far is Moon Spell by Samantha Young. I really must get round to reading Shiver. Sounds fab!
I’m thrilled to see Blood & Chocolate on this list!! That one was my first favorite. Hemlock was awesome too
love this list! Raised by wolves is one of my faves and I’ve been meaning to read Blood and Chocolate for some time now.
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I love Heidi!
And werewolves!
I really need to read Blood & Chocolate. And it’s such a little thing too!
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Hemlock is on my to-read list. It sounds great and I’m always on the look out for more books with supernatural creatures that aren’t vampires or angels.
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