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For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

18 reviews

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

tak_everlasting's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Body horror, Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol and Sexual content

ldermer's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Grief, Body horror, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

20sidedbi's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I know this is supposed to be a dark fairytale version of Red Riding Hood, but I thought it was everything I've ever wanted from a take on Beauty and the Beast. Interesting magic system, consensual romance under tough circumstances, soft and strong masculinity. Gorgeous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abandonment and Suicide

dannythestreet's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Stalking

bodiesinbooks's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol and Suicide attempt

booksthatburn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

FOR THE WOLF is a slow burn fantasy story full of magic and longing, built on wound care and vibing. Probably not a retelling in traditional sense, it has the bones of Beauty and the Beast, the flesh and sinew of something all its own, twisted and bloody but still whole. 

The plot is there, technically, but most of the action is them running around bleeding or not bleeding or asking the other one to bleed or not bleed on something so it can do or not do a magic thing. Also there's only one bed, and some gestures at a love triangle that resolves itself with very little fanfare. If you don't like wound care and longing then read something else, as that's (gloriously, intimately) the bulk of the text. There's a larger arc involving Red's twin sister which is set to continue in the next book, and it has a lot of promise. I like this one, it hits a niche I didn't realize I was missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Self harm, Body horror, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual content, Confinement, Gore, Murder, and Death of parent

sierraechobravo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content