(Hemlock #3)
Publication Date: January 6, 2015
Hardcover, 368 pages, Katherine
Tegen Books
Genres: YA, Paranormal
Willowgrove is Kathleen Peacock's riveting conclusion
to the Hemlock trilogy, a dark,
romantic, paranormal suspense series that pits friendship against survival, and
trust against love.
Ever since Mac's best friend, Amy,
was murdered, Hemlock has been a dangerous place. But now that Mac, her
boyfriend, Kyle, and Amy's ex, Jason, have investigated a mass breakout from
Thornhill, a werewolf "rehabilitation" camp, the danger has only
grown. Fear of the infection spreading is now at an all-time high, and anyone
with a scar is suspected of being a wolf.
What makes Mac even more afraid,
though, are the dark experiments that the warden of Thornhill was performing on
wolves in a secret asylum called Willowgrove. Uncovering the truth about what
happened may be the only way for Mac to save everyone she loves and end her
nightmares for good.
My Review
WARNING
SPOILERS
may lie ahead! This is the third book in a TRILOGY,
so don’t read my review unless you want SPOILED.
Mac, Jason, and Kyle are trying to
fix the world—or at least the United States—and its horrible treatment of
werewolves in this installment of Peacock’s trilogy. There’s a lot going on in
this last book, but the amount of action and prejudice isn’t as jaw-dropping,
exciting, terrible, and/or anger-inducing, than the second book, Thornhill. Maybe this is because,
instead of being in a rehabilitation camp setting (which is actually more like
a concentration camp), the characters are all back at Hemlock.
Mac hasn’t really changed any since
the first two books; she’s still the same somewhat naïve, yet caring and
determined girl. Kyle, Mac’s boyfriend, also hasn’t changed any. He’s still
protective of his friends and he still doesn’t talk much. However, Jason, the
rich bad-boy with a complex has grown. He’s risking himself for the sake of
others and he’s understanding the problems his decisions have caused. So for
overall character development, I’d have to say that there just wasn’t a lot of
it in this book. The plot took up a majority of the storyline.
While, like I mentioned, the plot
didn’t shock me as much in this book, I did enjoy it. It’s always awesome to
read about characters fighting for civil rights. And yes, this includes
werewolves’ rights. Mac, Jason, Kyle, Trey, and Selena are having to run away
from bad people, stand up for what’s right, and deal with all the craziness in
a fairly short amount of time. I think the book was set in less than a week, so
there was always something happening. However, what the book made up for in
action, it lacked in romance. And I’m a huge lover of romance. Now, don’t get
me wrong, action-packed books are awesome, I just like to read about hot guys
more than I like people killing people. Ya feel me? And while Kyle did provide
some nice alpha-maleness some of the time, it just wasn’t as often as someone with
my romance standards requires.
All in all, I love werewolves. Oops,
not what I meant to say. Let me try that again… All in all, Peacock’s Hemlock trilogy is a great addition to
the werewolf world, so if you’re missing some paranormal in your life,
definitely think about checking this series out.
*Note:
I purchased a copy of this book for myself.
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