Sharp Teeth

fun read. unique, compelling, clever, at times violent and gritty, but in a very comic book sort of way. it's written in poetry format; don't think ellen hopkins, think dante allegheri. it doesn't seem to matter at first, but then you run across some lines here and there that would be trite and cheesy written into prose, but as poetry are rendered witty and even beautiful.

well played mr. barlow.

This is a novel in “free verse” which apparently means that the text has the first-glance appearance of being in the form of a poem but there aren't any rhymes. Whatever. It reads like novel with lean prose and it's a fast read. It's a story about a dogcatcher named Anthony and various gangs of people who just happen to be werewolves — weredogs, actually. These packs are in the midst of a various turf wars which also involve meth labs. One of the female weredogs takes a serious liking to Anthony but doesn't want him to know her secret. There's also a mystified cop trying to figure out what the hell is going on. The story's set in Southern California, present day and is by turns romantic, exciting and grisly. It's quite a cool read actually. I think I went through it in about four days of riding the train. (And I showed some restraint by actually borrowing this one from the local library.) Woof!