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Granny is a Werewolf
Carson is a young boy with big dreams, but nothing in his world will prepare him for this. At just nine years old, he learns the family secret. Granny Mae is a werewolf, and that means Carson is too. Join him on his adventure into the unknown, and travel along as he learns just what it means to be different.
134 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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Rae Z. Ryans
8 books176 followersRae Z. Ryans currently resides in Tumbleweed, Alabama, with her family and belongs to the Romance Writers of America. She has lived all over the east coast and was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. Published since the age of fourteen, Rae enjoys writing romantic, erotic,fantasy/paranormal stories and poetry. Her name pays homage to her brothers: Specialist Ryan D. Rexon and Zachary U. Berthot.
She is currently working on Beyond the Brothel Walls #2: Altered. This post-apocalyptic, erotic paranormal romance is emotionally driven, dark fantasy.
She is currently working on Beyond the Brothel Walls #2: Altered. This post-apocalyptic, erotic paranormal romance is emotionally driven, dark fantasy.
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April 1, 2013
I ran across a Goodreads First Readers giveaway for this book, and was intriguied by the premise: kid discovers that lycanthropy runs in his family (this has been done before --and vastly better!-- in the drama form in various movies and TV specials, some of them also aimed at pre-teens). Knowing it was a children's book, I didn't expect a lot of depth; but I did expect it to be a reasonably well-written book for its age bracket, that I could at least like --after all, I was an Are You Afraid of the Dark? fan (as an adult!) in the 90s. (Okay, there wasn't much supernatural fare on TV back then!) But alas, when I unexpectedly won a copy of the book, even that modest expectation was destined to be dashed. :-( If I didn't feel a sense of obligation to review it, I'd never have even bothered to finish it.
This is the kind of self-published book that gives self-publishing a bad name, and the kind of children's book written by people who don't respect the intelligence or taste of children --who think the latter can't tell the difference between a well-crafted story and a helping of thrown-together swill served up with no thought or effort. (If the discernment of today's nine-year-olds actually IS that poor, we as a nation are in even worse shape than I've imagined!) At just 57 pages (with very large type), this isn't long enough to develop as a chapter book, though nine-year-olds are normally getting into chapter reads. The storyline is thin, and the characters cardboard; there's no development of setting (indeed, the geographical settings aren't even specified, although middle-grade readers can and do appreciate a defined setting); and the denouement is so far-fetched that it would have destroyed any chance for suspension of disbelief if I'd read it when I was five, let alone nine. On top of this, Ryans' execution is unbelievably slipshod. She clearly didn't even attempt to proofread, or even to pay attention as she was writing; while the book is mainly written in first person, she often disconcertingly drops into third person (sometimes in the next sentence!), in what appears to be simply heedless carelessness as to what person she's using. We don't learn that Carson is nine until p. 8, or that James and Jenny are his cousins until p. 34(!). The dream sequence appears to have no other function than to confuse the reader. Ryans seemingly never heard of the injunction, "show, don't tell;" and the intended message is stated explicitly with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Even though it's April 1, my review of this disaster unfortunately isn't an April Fool's joke. :-( Don't waste time or money on this!
This is the kind of self-published book that gives self-publishing a bad name, and the kind of children's book written by people who don't respect the intelligence or taste of children --who think the latter can't tell the difference between a well-crafted story and a helping of thrown-together swill served up with no thought or effort. (If the discernment of today's nine-year-olds actually IS that poor, we as a nation are in even worse shape than I've imagined!) At just 57 pages (with very large type), this isn't long enough to develop as a chapter book, though nine-year-olds are normally getting into chapter reads. The storyline is thin, and the characters cardboard; there's no development of setting (indeed, the geographical settings aren't even specified, although middle-grade readers can and do appreciate a defined setting); and the denouement is so far-fetched that it would have destroyed any chance for suspension of disbelief if I'd read it when I was five, let alone nine. On top of this, Ryans' execution is unbelievably slipshod. She clearly didn't even attempt to proofread, or even to pay attention as she was writing; while the book is mainly written in first person, she often disconcertingly drops into third person (sometimes in the next sentence!), in what appears to be simply heedless carelessness as to what person she's using. We don't learn that Carson is nine until p. 8, or that James and Jenny are his cousins until p. 34(!). The dream sequence appears to have no other function than to confuse the reader. Ryans seemingly never heard of the injunction, "show, don't tell;" and the intended message is stated explicitly with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.
Even though it's April 1, my review of this disaster unfortunately isn't an April Fool's joke. :-( Don't waste time or money on this!
May 28, 2013
I enjoyed Granny is a Werewolf, it was a nice little short story. I look forward to reading more of Rae Z. Ryans work in the future.
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January 5, 2013My nephew read this over Christmas. See his review soon.
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