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Hopefully the low ebb of the series. Ms. McGuire does her usual good job with the Cryptids. The mice are wonderful, and play a larger role in the plot, and she creates one of the best depictions of werewolves that I've read recently. Dangerous, doomed, even sympathetic creatures. Alex comes off well, for the most part. The flaw with this book, and it's a big one, is that the Tanners, and most of the rest of the Australian characters (but especially the Tanners) are completely unsympathetic. There's no meaningful development in their characters. Frankly, I wanted them all to get bitten so that Alex would have to shoot them. They were portrayed as so irredeemably hostile towards Alex, not to mention remarkably dense - to the point of me wondering how they had survived so long - that I had trouble finishing the book. And we're talking a book with Aeslin mice in it. Sheesh. I'm fine with Alex, and will happily read the next InCryptid novel, but please Ms. McGuire, don't make us suffer through the Tanners again. Unless you're going to kill them off.


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Pocket Apocalypse InCryptid Seanan McGuire Books Reviews

About a year has passed since the events of Half Off Ragnarok. Alex Price is still running the reptile house at the Columbus Zoo and still dating Shelby Tanner, who moved with him after her apartment building burned down in the last book. One day out of the blue, Shelby asks Alex what he knows about werewolves. It seems her family in Australia is under attack and completely unprepared, despite belonging to a secret society of monster hunters. She wants Alex to go home with her and help defeat the werewolves.

After all the unusual creatures that have been featured in the Incryptid series, my first thought was, “Werewolves? Really?” But Seanan McGuire gave them a unique Incryptid twist. The lychanthropy virus, of which –w or wolf is the most common variant, began as a form of rabies that affected shapeshifters. It mutated and spilled over into other species and now any mammal large enough to transform into a wolf can be infected. For instance, in the prologue nineteen year old Alex battles a werewolf-horse (which was frighteningly horrific.) The virus has never been found in Australia, so the Thirty Six Society has no experience dealing with it. Alex’s descriptions of what could happen if they don’t stop outbreak sound a lot like a disaster movie – instead of zombies, it’s the werewolf apocalypse.

When they arrive in Australia, Alex finds himself in a “Meet the Parents” nightmare of epic proportions. He’s faced with not just Shelby’s family, but the entire Thirty Six Society. Even though Shelby asked for his help, she seems to be the only one who wants him there. He has to battle prejudice against cryptids, the Covenant and “guys who are dating my daughter” just to tell them what he knows about werewolves. And when he tells them they’re doing things wrong, they don’t get any more welcoming. Despite being the expert, Alex finds there’s a lot that he doesn’t know about werewolves once the war begins.

Alex is a somewhat unconventional hero. He’s capable of action movie worthy stunts, but he’s a science geek at heart. He’s just a very well-trained geek. When he executes any of those not-so-geeky moves, he explains the training he and his sisters had as children that made him able to do that. It provides some interesting insight into the Price family and a reminder that the series is about all three siblings. I didn’t feel like Alex was constantly comparing himself to Verity, the star of the first two books in the series, which was a big issue for me in the last one. I thought Shelby’s sisters were interesting characters as well, especially the brutally honest Raina, and I’m wondering if they’ll show up in later books.

Pocket Apocalypse is sort of a two-part mystery. First, Alex is gathering information about the virus and the creatures it creates for academic purposes and to improve his family’s reference materials. If the werewolves weren’t killing people I think that would be his primary focus. Secondly, and more importantly, he’s trying to identify the werewolves and stop them from taking over. The plot was exciting with lots of action and some unexpected twists. I really got involved in the story and had to stay up late to finish. I’m excited to see what’s next for the Price family and what creatures will get the cryptid treatment from Mcguire.

This review was originally published at Vampire Book Club and was based on a copy provided by the publisher.
Pocket Appocolyse as remembered by the Aesin Mice and recited by honorary acolyte Robin of the Bridge Four.

And Lo, it was declared by the God of Scales and Silences that he would travel to the dangerous Island of Australia to help the Unpredictable Priestess find the wolves that walk as men and cleanse her land. And the Older Heartless one did not want him to go but the Younger Heartless one declared
“Besides, if Alex goes to help Shelby with the werewolves in Australia, he can meet her family, and maybe they’ll approve of him.”

But alas the meeting of family did not go smoothly for the God of Scales and Silences as The Unpredictable Priestess’s family was not ready for the glory of our god.

We travelled by a bus that sweeps across the sky to the new land and it was a glorious crossing indeed filled with great blessings of Cheese. The God of Scales and Silence proclaimed
Stay Quiet and Stay Still until we were in blessed transit. And truly did we heed your words, which echoed the ancient teachings of the God of Unexpected Situations, husband to the Violent Priestess. But once we came to blessed transit, we turned instead to the words of the Noisy Priestess, who did tell us, lo, You May Leave the Bag, Just Don’t Get Caught. And we have left the bag, and we have not been caught!”

The Unpredictable Preistess’s family had many members and a large compound full of great trinkets and feathers to gather to add to our clan. We hunted the mighty snakes of the land and watched as the God of Scales and Silence searched to the Wolves who walk as men. He was hurt in his hunt and lo did the Unpredictable Priestess say
How have you even lived this long?”… “There’s a cockatrice, you look at it. There’s a werewolf, you get bitten by it. Did you ever meet a monster you didn’t want to turn into? It’s hard on the heart, Alex. It’s just . . . it’s so damn hard on the heart.”

The dangers were horrible not just the ones from the infections beasts but those from The Unpredictable Priestess’s family. They are not like our gods. They protect those Cryptids that cannot talk and scuttle on four legs but they did not help those who lived among them and thought them lesser. Spending time among or gods the Unpredictable Priestess knew this was not the way.

The challenges to the God of Scales and Silence were many. Find the one who walk as wolves, cleanse the ones who were infected and win the favor of the Priestess’s family. But lo, we were not afraid for we knew our God would persevere even if everyone did not make it out alive.

We now take this moment of silence to mourn those who were lost in our holy mission may they have cheese and cake and dance forever among the soft feathers of our past. Please join us later for the retelling of the Arboreal Priestess and the Snake Cult.

The short of it.

So basically this is Alex goes to Australia to win the girl and defeat the Werewolves. This is a fun story as we have now read various ways that Alex grew up and the how he was trained to be a Price. Well I thought that Shelby’s family would be the Australian version of the Prices. And they are to a certain extent but they are a whole different shade of crazy. So Alex has to find the Werewolves, convince Shelby’s parents that he is good enough for her and possibly change the mentality of the 36ers. Easy Peasy Right.

At least we find out how Sarah’s recovery is going. SHE IS DOING CALCULUS! YAY!!!

Another fantastically fun book in this series and I can’t wait to get back to Verity and Dominic to see what they are up to now.
Hopefully the low ebb of the series. Ms. McGuire does her usual good job with the Cryptids. The mice are wonderful, and play a larger role in the plot, and she creates one of the best depictions of werewolves that I've read recently. Dangerous, doomed, even sympathetic creatures. Alex comes off well, for the most part. The flaw with this book, and it's a big one, is that the Tanners, and most of the rest of the Australian characters (but especially the Tanners) are completely unsympathetic. There's no meaningful development in their characters. Frankly, I wanted them all to get bitten so that Alex would have to shoot them. They were portrayed as so irredeemably hostile towards Alex, not to mention remarkably dense - to the point of me wondering how they had survived so long - that I had trouble finishing the book. And we're talking a book with Aeslin mice in it. Sheesh. I'm fine with Alex, and will happily read the next InCryptid novel, but please Ms. McGuire, don't make us suffer through the Tanners again. Unless you're going to kill them off.