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More like 1.5 stars, but rounded up because of the last two chapters.

Verity is a teen paranormal books following the life of Perdita, (oh gosh at that name) and is by definition quiet, and keeps to herself. Her overprotective dad is always in her way, but somewhere along the line she decides it's time for a change. Enter Nathan, a boy who at one moment seems interested in her, the next not even wanting to talk, and there is strange things happening, like the creepy people that always seem to be around...

This book probably would have been a lot better if there was more werewolves, and less of the teen drama. If I wanted teen drama, I would not have gone and picked up a book promising werewolves. The romance, sure, that should be there. But they only mentioned werewolves once the BOOK WAS HALF OVER. The other half was just bleh. Nathan and his younger sister come to school, and half of the book is her worrying about Nathan and crushing over him, along with her best friend becoming evil.

I suppose the first half was supposed to be character development on Purdita's part, but really she seemed to stand up for herself from the first few chapters on, and I didn't really get the whole "poor me I'm a freak" thing because she didn't fit in with anyone, because she was shy? I really didn't care about this part of the book at all, and quite frankly, thought it was terrible. I almost quit the book, but I was holding out for the werewolves.

What I did like:
- Werewolves, even if they didn't show up until the second half. I wish there was a little more of it though.
- Tammy. She made me laugh even when it was totally unnecessary. She was terrible, but her and Dawn were both just so funny to me.
- Amelia. I have a love hate relationship with her because she did not act her age most of the time, but then again none of them really did. She was a little bit different though, so points for her standing out.
- Final action scene. Then the book ends. Seemed a little strange but something FINALLY happened worth mentioning.

What I didn't like:
- Nathan. Everything. Him. What he said. How he acted. How they were soul-mates so obviously and he was all weird about everything.
- The curse. Seemed kind of weird and pointless. Can't explain much without spoilers, but there wasn't much to explain in the first place? Not really sure, not too much explanation on this.
- All of the adults, especially Perdita's dad. They seemed weird, and while Lia was pretty nice, she didn't appear enough for me to like her enough.
- Lack of character development. Nathan and Perdita did come to... Tolerate each other, it seemed, which was all fine and well. Seemed rushed and odd though, considering he had been avoiding her for basically the entire book up until the end.
- The weird stalkers. Why did they stalk her the entire book but not make their move earlier, and why did they seem so weak?
- Plot. Non-existent basically. Trying to find a way around the curse, and the two trying to fall in love (not fall in love?), even though they were meant to be together anyway... Oh gosh that makes no sense.

Conclusion, this book was pretty boring. Wish there was more to it, and even at just 224 pages, this book seemed to go on forever.