Adventure is in Tory Brennan's blood. After all, she’s the grandniece of world-famous forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Always up for a challenge, Tory and her science-geek friends spend their time exploring the marshlands of Loggerhead Island, home to the very off-limits Loggerhead Island Research Institute, where something strange is going on. After rescuing a stray wolfdog pup from a top-secret lab, Tory and her friends are exposed to a rare strain of canine parvovirus, changing them--and their DNA--forever. Now they are more than friends. They are a pack. They are Virals. And they're dangerous to the core. But are they unstoppable enough to catch a cold-blooded murderer?
Having read a couple of Kathy Reichs' books I wasn't quite sure how she would translate to writing a YA book. I needn't have worried, this book, while different, was brilliant.
The central four characters were well written, with depth and the supporting characters weren't shallow or insubstantial either. I did think it took a while for the virus to develop, I think it was almost halfway through, but that didn't mean it was boring, there was still plenty going on.
I liked the link between the adult and young adult books and I think this is a good way to get younger people into reading her books, I'll certainly be looking up more of both the Virals and Bones series.
