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3.87 AVERAGE
Okay so. Most of my friends know this but I lived in Alaska for about 3 years where I've suffered through below 50 degree weather, ridden on an amusement park ride in the middle of winter and seen the beginning of the Iditarod.
Essentially: it's cold there.
Long made me feel like I was in back in Alaska where it's cold and unforgiving and the wrong decision can kill you. Tundar is a 3 dimensional, living, breathing world that feels real and Sena isn't a perfect "chosen one" protagonist where she figures out her calling before the 1st third of the book ends. She fights with everything she has against healing Iska, against bonding with her, against running the race, against making friends. She's messy and human and imperfect and I want to wrap her up in a blanket.
I, especially, enjoyed that there wasn't any romance in this. Not that it's a bad thing but sometimes, a girl just needs a good story with no romantic leads.
Essentially: it's cold there.
Long made me feel like I was in back in Alaska where it's cold and unforgiving and the wrong decision can kill you. Tundar is a 3 dimensional, living, breathing world that feels real and Sena isn't a perfect "chosen one" protagonist where she figures out her calling before the 1st third of the book ends. She fights with everything she has against healing Iska, against bonding with her, against running the race, against making friends. She's messy and human and imperfect and I want to wrap her up in a blanket.
I, especially, enjoyed that there wasn't any romance in this. Not that it's a bad thing but sometimes, a girl just needs a good story with no romantic leads.
Thank you to Wednesday Books for gifting me an ARC of this book through a Goodreads giveaway.
I really loved this book and the relationship between Sena and Iska. The race was the most exciting part of the book. I was left on edge the whole time. However, the start of the book (first 80 pages or so) was a little difficult for me to get through, but after that it was very engaging.
I really loved this book and the relationship between Sena and Iska. The race was the most exciting part of the book. I was left on edge the whole time. However, the start of the book (first 80 pages or so) was a little difficult for me to get through, but after that it was very engaging.
I don't usually DNF a book this quick. I usually give it a chance. At least 25% in but I DNFed this book on page 9. I didn't care for the sci-fi/futuristic setting and some details thrown in just didn't seem to fit.
COLD THE NIGHT, FAST THE WOLVES reads as if JULIE OF THE WOLVES is all grown up and back in the frozen landscape, fighting her way through a deadly race with only her wolf, her wits, and her mother’s spirit to guide her. As she struggles to keep herself and her ragtag crew alive, she is also trying to determine friend from foe and to find a place of belonging in the world, in this sci-fi/fantasy/dystopian genre-bending quest.
{3.5 stars}
Just because you can do something alone doesn’t mean you should. Sena is hard and disassociated from most human relationships after losing her mothers. She is surviving as a pick pocket hoping to save up enough to get off the planet and onto a new life. Her life is turned upside down when she attracts the attention of the local baddie who wants her to heal his fighting wolf. Instead she steals it and goes on the run and hides amongst a group of scientists in the planet's epic race. If she can get them to the finish line, they will pay her enough to get off the planet.
If you like action, then this is the book for you. This planet has factions of people pitted against one another based on political philosophy and resources. The planet is riddled with intense ion storms, all manner of strange and dangerous beasties and people with no moral compass.
Sena starts off quite challenging and focused only on her own ends and needs. Through the story we see her grow and mature through adversity and experiencing the kindness of others.
If you are looking for a YA read with a fast paced plot focused on adventure, revenge and finding your place in the world then Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is perfect for you. It's got an intense action movie packed within these pages.
Thanks to Netgalley for access to an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.
Just because you can do something alone doesn’t mean you should. Sena is hard and disassociated from most human relationships after losing her mothers. She is surviving as a pick pocket hoping to save up enough to get off the planet and onto a new life. Her life is turned upside down when she attracts the attention of the local baddie who wants her to heal his fighting wolf. Instead she steals it and goes on the run and hides amongst a group of scientists in the planet's epic race. If she can get them to the finish line, they will pay her enough to get off the planet.
If you like action, then this is the book for you. This planet has factions of people pitted against one another based on political philosophy and resources. The planet is riddled with intense ion storms, all manner of strange and dangerous beasties and people with no moral compass.
Sena starts off quite challenging and focused only on her own ends and needs. Through the story we see her grow and mature through adversity and experiencing the kindness of others.
If you are looking for a YA read with a fast paced plot focused on adventure, revenge and finding your place in the world then Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is perfect for you. It's got an intense action movie packed within these pages.
Thanks to Netgalley for access to an advanced copy. All opinions are my own.
I received this ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Sena is a thief trying to make herself enough money to escape the deadly race that causes tourists to flock to the harsh, barren, tundra of a homeworld that took her mothers' lives. Unfortunately, Sena makes herself an enemy of the leading mob boss on the planet, stealing away with his prized fighting wolf and fleeing into the desolate world of the race as her only means of escape. It is going to take everything Sena has to keep herself and her small racing team alive as they fight to the finish.
I keep seeing this book compared to other ones. Balto, The Call of the Wild, Mad Max, etc... It felt very familiar, but I'm not sure what I would compare it to; it's very much a mishmash of a lot of things.
I haven't read a good adventure/survival novel in SUCH a long time, so while this one wasn't perfect by any means, I did really enjoy it. Sena is an intelligent and realistic main character. I loved the little mocking allusions to other survival novels and how they aren't accurate, and I really enjoyed the journey as a whole. I thought the book was pretty well-paced and the world-building was awesome. I thought the character development was beautifully done and the way Sena and Iska grew together made me feel all types of warm and fuzzy.
I think the only thing I didn't like was the CONSTANT vehemence (on Sena's part) towards the race. It got to a point where I was like... "I get it. You hate the race and everything to do with it. But you'll join it anyway, I'm sure." And sure enough! I just think that's an overused trope and wasn't super necessary for such a cool plot. I mean, you have a whole SciFi novel packed with adventure and the character continues to waste time insisting for the 17th time that she'll never have anything to do with the race or the animals even though the book is all about her and her relationship with one of the animals during the race? Maybe that's nit-picky.
All in all, it's 3.5 stars for me! I enjoyed it, but it was not anything super unique.
Sena is a thief trying to make herself enough money to escape the deadly race that causes tourists to flock to the harsh, barren, tundra of a homeworld that took her mothers' lives. Unfortunately, Sena makes herself an enemy of the leading mob boss on the planet, stealing away with his prized fighting wolf and fleeing into the desolate world of the race as her only means of escape. It is going to take everything Sena has to keep herself and her small racing team alive as they fight to the finish.
I keep seeing this book compared to other ones. Balto, The Call of the Wild, Mad Max, etc... It felt very familiar, but I'm not sure what I would compare it to; it's very much a mishmash of a lot of things.
I haven't read a good adventure/survival novel in SUCH a long time, so while this one wasn't perfect by any means, I did really enjoy it. Sena is an intelligent and realistic main character. I loved the little mocking allusions to other survival novels and how they aren't accurate, and I really enjoyed the journey as a whole. I thought the book was pretty well-paced and the world-building was awesome. I thought the character development was beautifully done and the way Sena and Iska grew together made me feel all types of warm and fuzzy.
I think the only thing I didn't like was the CONSTANT vehemence (on Sena's part) towards the race. It got to a point where I was like... "I get it. You hate the race and everything to do with it. But you'll join it anyway, I'm sure." And sure enough! I just think that's an overused trope and wasn't super necessary for such a cool plot. I mean, you have a whole SciFi novel packed with adventure and the character continues to waste time insisting for the 17th time that she'll never have anything to do with the race or the animals even though the book is all about her and her relationship with one of the animals during the race? Maybe that's nit-picky.
All in all, it's 3.5 stars for me! I enjoyed it, but it was not anything super unique.
Thank you to Netgalley and Meg Long for this ARC. I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Pros: great world building
Interesting backstory
Unique plot
Bad*ss MC.
Cons: slow plot development
Little to no romance
Overall 3/5
I liked this story. It was good. I wouldn't say it was the best ever. But if you don't mind no real romantic plot and you like unique, fun worlds then I say go for it.
Pros: great world building
Interesting backstory
Unique plot
Bad*ss MC.
Cons: slow plot development
Little to no romance
Overall 3/5
I liked this story. It was good. I wouldn't say it was the best ever. But if you don't mind no real romantic plot and you like unique, fun worlds then I say go for it.
Oh my I was not expecting everything that this was! What a fantastic, atmospheric and descriptive debut!! I could not stop reading. I was so immersed in the world, I wish there was more. Sena and Iska's bond shines through everything and is rooted in the backstory of Sena's moms. It was just an overall wonderful read.
A very big thank you to Netgalley, Meg, and Wednesday Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
A very big thank you to Netgalley, Meg, and Wednesday Books for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
I went into this book without knowing too much about it, and it took some time for me to warm up to the story. I had a bit of a hard time finding a good pace, and connecting with the characters. There was just a bit back and forth moving the story forward. But once it was out on the race I was thoroughly invested in the characters. Like when bad things happen to them, I felt emotional about it. Because this found family was so sweet and amazing, and so I just didn’t want anything bad to happen to them. But it’s a brutal place the story takes place in, so it’s expected that nothing will run smoothly in it.
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is a lovely, yet at times heartbreaking, story about a girl and her wolf who just want to survive in an unfriendly place and the friends that can be found even in the darkest of times.
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is a lovely, yet at times heartbreaking, story about a girl and her wolf who just want to survive in an unfriendly place and the friends that can be found even in the darkest of times.
Thank you NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
The wolves are coming. Running through the woods, fur flushing and puffs of cold breaths, these magnificent beings pound the Tundra ground. Although, this isn’t your typical frosty world - no, it’s your deadly ice planet.
It’s been quite a while since I thoroughly enjoyed such a cold-hearted world, and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves isn’t simply a cruel world but one so refreshing it makes me shiver. With its gorgeous imagery and beloved friendships, I can’t help but end the book with awe.
The story follows young Sena, a despised scavver , who gets into trouble out of survival. After having lost her mothers in the wicked Tundra race, she refers to any means to obtain the chips necessary to escape this forsaken planet: thievery. Although, this realm is known for corruption and finding trouble with various powerful leaders is a big no. Unfortunately, she finds the biggest trouble with Kalba, the infamous and deadliest Corporate boss on the planet. Escaping with a prizefighting wolf, Iska, and deemed a threat, there is no asylum for her - that is until a team of scientists offers to pay her way off her frozen planet on one condition: she gets them to the finish line of the planet’s infamous sled race. Though Sena always swore she’d never race after it claimed both her mothers’ lives, it’s now her only option.
But the tundra is a treacherous place, and as the race unfolds and their lives are threatened at every turn, Sena starts to question her own abilities.
I could go on and on about how amazing the book is, with its ruthless world and gorgeously written development of friendship and family. The suspense that grips you from your shoulders and yanks you back to the dangers of the Splinter Woods is never-ending, encasing you with fear of what the next page will bring to Sena and her team. Of course, this book wasn’t written to endear reads with romance but with its wintery depths and deadly creatures.
Yet, for starters, the slow development of growth that Sena displays from the beginning of the book to the end of this beauty was spellbinding. It was written so smoothly and realistically, it is easily able to paint a holistic picture of how important and big her steps were - from being a lonesome orphan to a girl and her furry companion. Speaking of which, this bond that Sena and Iska have is undeniably incredible. Not only do we understand why so much distrust from both sides makes them the perfect match, but we also explore a bond so strong - it breaks all barriers either character have, making them the best duo. Overall, this tale was swift and the best story I have ever read. The dangers, the biting cold air, the sinister beasts that roam the woods, and the incredible prose of friendship and growth make this anticipated read one of the best debuts on my list.
Beautiful debut novel and an amazing author whom I can’t wait to read more of!
Rating: ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️
The wolves are coming. Running through the woods, fur flushing and puffs of cold breaths, these magnificent beings pound the Tundra ground. Although, this isn’t your typical frosty world - no, it’s your deadly ice planet.
It’s been quite a while since I thoroughly enjoyed such a cold-hearted world, and Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves isn’t simply a cruel world but one so refreshing it makes me shiver. With its gorgeous imagery and beloved friendships, I can’t help but end the book with awe.
The story follows young Sena, a despised scavver , who gets into trouble out of survival. After having lost her mothers in the wicked Tundra race, she refers to any means to obtain the chips necessary to escape this forsaken planet: thievery. Although, this realm is known for corruption and finding trouble with various powerful leaders is a big no. Unfortunately, she finds the biggest trouble with Kalba, the infamous and deadliest Corporate boss on the planet. Escaping with a prizefighting wolf, Iska, and deemed a threat, there is no asylum for her - that is until a team of scientists offers to pay her way off her frozen planet on one condition: she gets them to the finish line of the planet’s infamous sled race. Though Sena always swore she’d never race after it claimed both her mothers’ lives, it’s now her only option.
But the tundra is a treacherous place, and as the race unfolds and their lives are threatened at every turn, Sena starts to question her own abilities.
I could go on and on about how amazing the book is, with its ruthless world and gorgeously written development of friendship and family. The suspense that grips you from your shoulders and yanks you back to the dangers of the Splinter Woods is never-ending, encasing you with fear of what the next page will bring to Sena and her team. Of course, this book wasn’t written to endear reads with romance but with its wintery depths and deadly creatures.
Yet, for starters, the slow development of growth that Sena displays from the beginning of the book to the end of this beauty was spellbinding. It was written so smoothly and realistically, it is easily able to paint a holistic picture of how important and big her steps were - from being a lonesome orphan to a girl and her furry companion. Speaking of which, this bond that Sena and Iska have is undeniably incredible. Not only do we understand why so much distrust from both sides makes them the perfect match, but we also explore a bond so strong - it breaks all barriers either character have, making them the best duo. Overall, this tale was swift and the best story I have ever read. The dangers, the biting cold air, the sinister beasts that roam the woods, and the incredible prose of friendship and growth make this anticipated read one of the best debuts on my list.
Beautiful debut novel and an amazing author whom I can’t wait to read more of!
Rating: ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️