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Title: The Lunenburg Werewolf

Author: Steve Vernon

Publisher: Nimbus Publishing

Rating: 5/5 stars

Genre: Middle Grade Fiction, Fantasy, Supernatural

Review:

The Lunenburg Werewolf was such a fun book to read.

This book has a lot of fun things in it. I think the first thing I will say is that I really loved and enjoyed the writing style. The writing style reminded me a lot of middle grade books (in a good way), it was dramatic, but also playful and fun. Really easy to read. I loved the writing style, and I was so happy about that because the last thing I want is to read a book and not like reading the book. You know?

I think that another thing I thought was important was that there were a lot of stories that I loved. I was so interesting in reading about all of them, I didn’t find a single story boring or felt like it didn’t need to be in the book. Another thing I liked was that it highlighted all of Atlantic Canada with the stories. I feel like Atlantic Canada doesn’t get that much recognition in general, so for multiple places to get a spotlight was pretty nice. If I tell my friends here in Thailand that I’m from Canada, they ask me “which part” and if I tell them I live in New Brunswick, they say “where’s that?”. I know I shouldn’t expect many people to know about Canada, especially people on a completely different side of the world, but usually people know about Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver, and the tiny provinces like the ones in the Maritimes don’t get that much recognition.

Despite this book being very small, it’s filled with so many good stories. Small little forgotten stories that you don’t even know exist. You learn something new, and you’re also entertained. You may be a little bit creeped out, but in the end you know more things. This book also gave me an idea to write something sort of similar, which I’m super grateful for. This book can be read to children of all ages, and I think that it’s such a good book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about Atlantic Canada, or just sit back and read some fun stories from time to time. Maybe don’t read them to kids as a bedtime story though… they might get a little bit freaked out. These stories would be more suited to tell around a campfire 🙂

I highly recommend The Lunenburg Werewolf by Steve Vernon! Here’s the official synopsis on the Nimbus catalogue!

Spanning the length and width of Nova Scotia, these 25 blood-chilling yarns make perfect campfire fare. Some stories are so terrifying that they have been told far and wide, such as the Ghosts of Oak Island or The Haunting of Esther Cox. Others, including the Murder Island Massacre and the Caledonia Mills Spook, might be lesser known, but are no less scary. Written in Steve Vernon’s unique style, these stories of the haunted, the supernatural, and the unexplainable are part history, part folklore, and a lot of old-fashioned, frightening fun.