2.5 stars 
 **This review is not finished and will be edited over time** 
 Disappointing. I struggled with this one. For the first half the book I wanted to DNF it actually. I didn't because I already own the next several books of the series and had heard such good things about the books. Well this did not live up to the hype for me. 
 The characters were bland and no matter how I tried I could not get into them. Grace honestly frustrated me at times. The obsession with a wolf to finding out he is sometimes human therefore she MUST be in love with him! Phooey! 
 Sam is a bit better but not much. He has not memory of being human when he is a wolf yet is still obsessed with her. That is what this story seems to be about. Stange obsession. Be it over a girl, wolves, cures, etc. Everyone is obsessed with something and that something seems to be the only thing that matters to the character. 
 When Grace's friend stops showing up at school, she is too wrapped up in Sam to bother worrying. Just like her parents are self-obsessed. Guess she just lost the right be be angry at them in my opinion. 
 The only character with potential was Isobel. And she is an annoying, conceited brat most of the time! 
 While I liked the dual perspectives between Sam and Grace the writing was just so-so. It wasn't bad, but it didn't flow. Many chapters seemed choppy. The writing was a bit too simple for my taste. Reminded me more of something I would expect in a 4-6 grade novel. 
 Bottom line, I felt nothing for the situation of characters. The only thing I felt was that it seemed like I was trudging through a deep, mucky swamp to finish this. The last 100 pages does pick up but not enough to redeem the boredom I felt for the first several hours of reading.