Werewolves.
In general, I am not a fan of werewolf fiction (or of Vampire fiction, for that matter). But, the Young Adult book "Raised by Wolves," by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, is excellent. This is not your run-of-the-mill action-violence-horror novel. (There are no such things as vampires in this book.) Unlike a lot of werewolf fiction, this should not be categorized as "horror." While there is a certain level of violence (this being a werewolf novel partly about a "rabid," evil werewolf), This book is also about the different kinds of relationships that werewolves have with each other and with the pack. The parallels between these relationships, and the relationships that people have with (and impose on) one another, will continue to echo in your memory long after you have finished reading this book.
From a Christian point of view, I cannot help but see the echoes in this book of the relationship that God has (or wants to have) with people, that people have (or should have) with one another, and that people have with themselves as they struggle to overcome the temptations of their own body.
While there are a small number of expletives used in this book that a Christian would not use, this book is well worth buying, and reading multiple times, and giving to your friends.
Read well,
Logan
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