Reviews - Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: a Novel

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Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: a Novel

Meg Long

3.87 AVERAGE

literannie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous tense

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rachel___mae's review against another edition

4.0

Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves was a pleasant surprise for me. The description sounded interesting and like it had a lot of potential, and it didn’t disappoint. This YA story tackles gritty and real topics in a science-fiction world. For me, the world-building was one of the stars of the story. The reader is pulled into a cold, frozen planet where the money can be made by participating in a race each year to harvest exo-carbon from a remote location.

Sena lost her mothers to the race when she was young, and she’s been on her own to figure out how to survive. That involves thieving and stealing from tourists who come to the planet, but when she lands herself into trouble with one of the undercity bosses on the planet, she’s left caring for an injured fighting wolf while navigating a complicated relationship with a scientific team that wants to race just to study the exo-carbon.

I don’t want to go into the plot, since I don’t want to spoil anything, but I have to say that the found family aspects of this story were another favorite, second only to the world-building. I did knock off one star for pacing. There were parts of the book that felt like they were longer than necessary, and I didn’t feel the urge to continue reading as strongly as I wanted to. But this was an enjoyable read and I’m so glad that I read it.

Warning: This book discusses some sensitive topics that may be triggering for some readers including death of a loved one (past), physical trauma, torture, and injuries/blood.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the digital copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

caelin's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

maroonie's review against another edition

3.5

I loved the concept of this book and the atmosphere was very good. But sometimes the pacing was too slow for a world in which basically everything is trying to kill you. Since this is a debut I will try the next one and see how the writing improves.

pandareads41's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookish_heidi's review against another edition

4.0

"Nothing gets easier Sena. You get stronger."

There's nothing better than a book with a strong female MC. Oh wait.... yes there is! A strong female MC with a badass wolf sidekick 🙌 Surviving the frozen wasteland that is Tundar isn't easy. Especially when you're pretty much all alone. But when Sena hits rock bottom and decides to help a racing team, she knows she has to do something different with her life. Found family and the most loyal wolf companion save her in every way.