I thought this book offered a good, quick read. The storyline was well written with engaging characters.

Thankyou to NetGalley, NetGalley Connect and the author, Bryce Bentley-Tales, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
I thought this book offered a good, quick read. The storyline was well written with engaging characters.

The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane was a fast paced book and kept me hooked. The story is told from Colton’s POV and I enjoyed watching him grow as a character. Dylan, Jade, and Thomas were all great characters that played important parts in the story.

I really hope there are more books in this series, I enjoyed the magic and the world the author built. This book is perfect for my young teenage daughter!

Written by Bryce Bentley-Tales, this novel follows Colton, a gay teenage boy, Jade and Thomas, his two best friends, and Dylan, the new American boy in town. With people gone missing and everyone talking about packs of wild dogs, an unreasonable thing in Ireland, we have a set up of general mystery.

This is very much a YA book. Not a chapter book, because there are a lot of feelings and such in this novel. Now, it isn’t a poorly written novel, but it was hard to get into reading this and the plot was very out there. It was very much a novel where things happened because they had to happen.

For those who enjoy grand, random adventures occurring with lots of magic and some love interests, you might enjoy this. Again, the writing isn’t really captivating, but the plot is outlandish and fun if you enjoy that kind of thing. Otherwise, honestly, this isn’t worth your time if you don’t like that kind of thing.

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Actual rating of 3.5

44 Lowre Few Lane has a lot of rumours and stories surrounding it. Two local boys have been reported missing since heading into the old, rundown house and the townsfolk are full of questions. Colton, a thirteen year old boy, and his friend Jade are spying on the house when Colton notices a black wolf wandering around near the front stoop. Severely spooked they leave quickly, but unbeknown to them, they are about to be embroiled in an adventure like no other. When they become friends with the new guy, Dylan, they end up involved in something that has been going on for many many many years before them. A dark sorcerer and werewolf is determined to get his children back even if it means destroying a town and all those in it, to do so.

This story took me a bit by surprise, I was expecting young adult, but not THIS young. The protagonist and friends are between the ages of twelve to fourteen, so their thinking patterns, reactions, and even vocabulary are a bit younger than what I was prepared for. However, this doesn't entirely ruin the story for me. I liked the messages that the author was putting forward, A LOT.

Colton, our main guy, is a thirteen year old boy, who is of Asian descent living in Ireland. So we see him facing the expected struggles of not only going through puberty and growing pains, but also of the fact that he is constantly stereotyped as "the smart Asian kid" who is no good at sports and is constantly appearing to the butt of everyone's jokes about being weak and not good for anything but doing other people's maths homework. Not only is he trying to deal with these issues, he is also gay. He's not 'out', so to speak, but his couple of close friends know. I love how he gets nervous and excited around Dylan, it made me smile. One thing that did make me a bit sad near the end, which unfortunately, a lot of people still deal with to this day, is that at the school dance, Dylan and Colton really wanted to dance together to the slow song, but couldn't because they didn't want anyone else to see. It really takes a look at how people who are ostracised by society feel in normal situations for anyone else. Two girls would be able to dance together with no questions asked at all, but two boys? There would be strange looks, questions, whispers and side eyes, ultimately taking all of the joy out of the simple act of dancing together. I absolutely love that in a book that I would deem middle-grade to young young adult, that this is a theme constant throughout the entire story. I hope that it gives others who are too afraid to be themselves and show the world who they really are, a little bit of a helping hand, showing that you're not alone in the world with how you feel.

The concept of friendship is explored deeply and I found this to be the main theme running throughout the novel, it really made the story incredibly enjoyable to read. Friendship is important, it's important to find that tribe of people who don't judge you for who you are, who you love, what you wear, or how you speak. True friends can be few and far between.

The story itself was a great adventure with an alternate world that was built fantastically. The concepts in the world were done beautifully, and really fit with the story.

One problem I did have was that, when the revelation comes about a character being a werewolf, the other characters don't really question it. There's a slight bit of shock, but that is quickly replaced and they go about their merry way. This could be because of the age of the characters, maybe younger people would be more accepting of the fantastical than someone a bit older, but I still found it funny that none of characters really cared. In the end this was a good thing and cancelled out a lot of the trust rebuilding and the "yes I really am a werewolf" conversations. I just found it a bit hard to swallow.

I also sometimes had issue with the accents in dialogue. Especially when the Irish characters couldn't understand American slang that Dylan used. I know that some of it might be foreign and hard to understand, but I was under the impression that 'chill out' was a pretty universal phrase. Anyway these were just small pet peeves of mine that arose through the reading. They didn't detract from the story itself very much.

I've seen other reviews that spoke about how the reader was a tad annoyed that everything came about generally by dumb luck. Yes, I could see this as well, but by that stage I had accepted that this was intended for a much younger reading audience and put it down to the mindset of that demographic - good will prevail. We all know that this is not always the case, but I think for this book's intended audience, it fits well.

After getting into the story a bit slow, the rollercoaster started. It took me a while to think about how I’d formulate this review -and I’m still not completely sure- because of everything that has happened in this book.
How the author built this world is beyond my imagination.. the house on Lowre few lane sounds like a house straight out of a Disney movie and that deserves a whole lot of credit.
The characters were nice, nothing wrong with them but not very special and sometimes the plot was a bit.. predictable

But a very nice read!

4.5 stars - A quick, fun and interesting read, "The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane" has werewolves, a haunted house, friendship and love all crammed into one well written and beautifully crafted story.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, it was fun, quick and easy to read. The characters were well thought out and consistent throughout. There was a little bit of insta-love going on but otherwise the romance was cute. The story moved along at a good pace, although a bit fast at times meaning I got a bit confused. The ending was done well and was satisfying. I will say however, that this book perhaps needs to be marketed towards the younger end of the YA genre rather than teens but other than that it is a good read.

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read the ARC of The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane by Bryce Bentley-Tales. I voluntarily read and reviewed this advanced copy; all thoughts and opinions are my own. I give The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane 3.5 stars.

The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane is a story about four teenagers who look into the disapparance of a pair of twins who went inside a haunted house on Lowre Few Lane. While looking into this they are thrown into an adventure with werewolves, witches, magic worlds and a dark sorcerer. I won't go deeper into this because of spoilers.

My primary excitement for this book were the werewolves. I've been missing a story about/with werewolves and I'm happy to say this book delivered. I found the mystery around the haunted house, the dark sorcerer Ronan and the doorway into a ice world a very unique and interesting premise. I have to admit that the story did feel a bit sloppy and the predicaments the characters found themselves in were solved too quickly and mostly by 'luck'. I missed a bit more of world-building, background to the werewolves, witches and magic and backstory on the characters, which resulted in me not really connecting with the characters.

That being said, I did enjoy this story and found the friendship between the four teenagers: Colton, Jade, Dylan and Thomas to be very pure and true and my favorite part of the story. Bryce Bentley-Tales' writing is fast-paced, which was great for this story, and really takes you into this world. The ending was so sweet and made me very happy.

I recommend The Werewolf on Lowre Few Lane to 'younger' teen readers who love magic worlds, witches, werewolves and great friendships.

Quick read, loved the supernatural elements and the main character. This is my first book about werewolves and even though everything felt slightly rushed I enjoyed it.

Better than average werewolf book you can find now. I wish it had been a little more fleshed out. I recommend it.