Yes, it's a book too. And it came to our library here just in time for me to read it before going to see the movie! Again, Red Riding Hood.
Plot: Just like the movie, a reinterpretation of Red Riding Hood, only with werewolves and a love triangle.
Don't miss out on the extra chapter online. If you're planning on watching the movie too, the movie does include the extra chapter, but the book does not.
Looking at comments on Amazon, a lot of people were furious about the ending of the book. The book does end at a cliffhanger. The extra chapter includes a resolution, matching what was filmed in the movie. I thought that was annoying, having to read the end of the story online after reading the book, but I didn't hate it like some commentators did. But then, I got this from the library and didn't pay for it, so that might help. To be totally honest, though, I liked the open ending of the book better than the resolution provided in the extra chapter. For all the mystery and build-up of the story, which was very well-done actually, the resolution in the extra chapter felt very simplistic and a little rushed, a bit of a letdown, really. Almost too neat for the way the story had been developed. It seems like both a marketing ploy, so that people still want to come and watch the movie without the surprise having been ruined, and at the same time a bone tossed to the tween demographic who wouldn't be able to handle an open ending.
Looking at comments on Amazon, a lot of people were furious about the ending of the book. The book does end at a cliffhanger. The extra chapter includes a resolution, matching what was filmed in the movie. I thought that was annoying, having to read the end of the story online after reading the book, but I didn't hate it like some commentators did. But then, I got this from the library and didn't pay for it, so that might help. To be totally honest, though, I liked the open ending of the book better than the resolution provided in the extra chapter. For all the mystery and build-up of the story, which was very well-done actually, the resolution in the extra chapter felt very simplistic and a little rushed, a bit of a letdown, really. Almost too neat for the way the story had been developed. It seems like both a marketing ploy, so that people still want to come and watch the movie without the surprise having been ruined, and at the same time a bone tossed to the tween demographic who wouldn't be able to handle an open ending.
The book itself is not a hard read. It is a simple Young Adult (YA) book, after all. I cranked through it in about 5-6 hours. Came home from work, curled up with it under a comfy blanket, and finished up that evening. Granted, it was one of those days where I wanted to escape into a good book, but it still wouldn't take a reader all too long to finish this one. Nice fluffy read, and we all need those from time to time. Anne has Trashy Romance Novels, I have YA fantasy. :)
Overall: 3 of 5. Not a classic, even for young adult fiction, but it was a fun little read. Not one for the shelf, though. I enjoyed it much more than the movie, so this is a repeated message: read the book, don't watch the movie.
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