This is a weird mixture of psychological terror, fantasy, romance, thriller, etc.

A woman grows up on a mountain with her grandmother. No mention is made of her parents. At least, I don't recall mention. And yes, that kept popping up in my mind, the - where the heck are the parents? question. She lives semi-wild and without much in the way of fear. Until, some event or series of barely remembered events changed her. These are remembrances of a woman grown, though, since the book is about the woman as a woman.

A woman who spends a good amount of time fearing wolves. Which is natural, since she spends seemingly every night dreaming nightmarish dreams about wolves. Wolves with blood dripping down their lips.

Somewhat magically, an unknown woman turns up in this small town. She's apparently gorgeous. And zeroed in on getting to know Megan better. On a personal and physical level. Her name is Kara. Which Megan calls exotic or something like that. Seriously? Exotic? I went to school with two people named Kara, and a third might have lived in my neighborhood, but of a different age group. Exotic? Hmms.

There were certain vaguely strange things like that that pop up. Like a gorgeous woman suddenly turning up in a town with, apparently, two lesbians. And she just happens to be one herself. And has a deep interest in the librarian (Megan, who works as a librarian). Then there's the incredibly weird living situation Kara eventually reveals but I won't go beyond this to detail.

then there's the odd nature of the wolves interactions with Clyde - I'm fairly certain the fellow's name is Clyde. The wolves, remember this is all in spoiler so if you don't want to know stop reading, eh? The wolves have been watching over and protecting Megan. Since her birth. So . . . how did Clyde get away with psychologically torturing Megan while Megan was growing up? I mean, they knew - the wolves. Based on some comments Kara made. Bad protectors! Bad!

Well . . . darn. I mispelled spoiler. Um . . . hope no one actually reads this in feed or mails - the review before spoiler got fixed. Sorry about that. mmphs. ( )