Stephanie Kuehn

A lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy must either surrender his sanity to the wild wolves inside his mind or learn that surviving means more than not dying.

Charm & Strange

Syahla Aurel

But what is there to say when what's inside of me is unspeakable?

Very well written but some of the characters were too confusing to follow.

Alexa M

The 2014 Winner of the William C. Morris Award When you've been kept caged in the dark, it's impossible to see the forest for the trees. It's impossible to see anything, really. Not without bars . . . In Stephanie Kuehn's brilliant debut Charm & Strange, Andrew Winston Winters is at war with himself. He's part Win, the lonely teenager exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts all his classmates out, no matter the cost. He's part Drew, the angry young boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who spent a fateful, long-ago summer with his brother and teenage cousins, only to endure a secret so monstrous it led three children to do the unthinkable. Over the course of one night, while stuck at a party deep in the New England woods, Andrew battles both the pain of his past and the isolation of his present. Before the sun rises, he'll either surrender his sanity to the wild darkness inside his mind or make peace with the most elemental of truths-that choosing to live can mean so much more than not dying.

Jasmine

Wow, not at all what I was expecting! I went into Charm & Strange blind so I didn't realize how dark and fucked up it was going to be. I personally love dark reads, and while at first I was so lost as to what direction this story was going or just plain frustrated with the constant change of pov it all made sense in the end. Funnily enough, it was that same disjointed style that kept pulling me in and intrigued me enough to keep reading. The writing is powerful and evocative. It's one of those stories where once you accept the confusion, the mystery of what is truly happening gets very addicting. The way this story unravels is very hard hitting and those last couple of chapters knocked the wind out of me. Very twisted but at the same time extremely compelling.

Emi Gilmore 

3.5. This story was not quite what I was expecting.

Jen Estrella

Because blood is blood, and every family has its own force.
Its own flavor.
Its own charm and strange.


HOLY SHT. THIS BOOK! I CANNOT. I JUST. JKASDNFKASD. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL AFJKLAF. HELP?
If any of you guys decide to read this, please please do not even think about reading spoilers or guide questions or anything. I blindly dove into this, and I REGRET NOTHING.


  Me until the last two chapters




  Me after that glorious revelation




  Me right now

María Belén

3.5

Well, this was definitely strange. 

It's an interesting book, the writing flows and it's engaging. I thinks it's more psychological than thriller given that it's quite obvious what's going on with Win once you get the hang of it. 

Overall this is a sad, metaphoric and intense book. I really enjoyed it.

A deftly woven and unnerving psychological thriller from debut author Stephanie Kuehn. ‘Don’t. Please don’t say my name. You have no idea who I really am.’ No one really knows who Andrew Winston Winters is. Least of all himself. He is part Win, a lonely teenager exiled to a remote boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. The guy who shuts the whole world out, no matter the cost, because his darkest fear is of himself . . . of the wolfish predator within. But he’s also part Drew, the angry boy with violent impulses that control him. The boy who, one fateful summer, was part of something so terrible it came close to destroying him. Fans of Meg Rosoff, Kevin Brooks or Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin will be gripped by this story, but it is unlike anything you have ever read before. The pace, tension and raw emotion within this books for teens is almost palpable. Charm and Strange is a book that will stay with you long after you have turned the final page.

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No one knows who Andrew Winston Winters really is, least of all himself. He is part Win, a lonely and misunderstood teenager, exiled to a remote boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy. Someone who shuts out the world because of his darkest fear--the wolfish predator within. He is also part Drew, the angry kid with violent impulses that control him. The boy who, one fateful summer, was part of something unthinkable...

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