Reviews

The Devouring Wolf by Natalie C. Parker

kenxdoll's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

2.75

abishop23's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

bhrtng's review against another edition

4.0

This was a sweet middle grade novel about a young werewolf named Riley who is anxiously awaiting her first transformation. Unfortunately, the night arrives and the call goes out, but she doesn't transform. Alongside 4 other wolfless kids, she gets to the bottom of what's happening to their pack. The cast of characters for this was cute, if a little simplistic. I appreciated the way the author included a diverse mix of genders, sexualities, races, and body types. Riley and her friends are all 12 years old and they do feel young. It was well done for a middle grade novel, but I still can't find much enthusiasm for books in this age range.

zoraidasolo's review against another edition

5.0

There’s a quirky lil wolf girl named Aracely, and she is inspired by ME. The plus side of having writer friends. I’m immortalized in literature

xangemthelibrarian's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was fine. It was interesting, and great care is taken towards making it feel like a diverse cast, but two things:

1. Because the cast was so refreshingly diverse, I couldn't help but notice no people of color happened to draw others to them in an alpha way like Luke, Riley, and the other girl with an L name and pasty white skin did. Mama N was Mama C's wife, but she wasn't an alpha. Mama C was, also pasty white. 

2. This honest to god feels like a middle grade gateway drug into werewolf omegaverse fiction. It's literally just missing the fates mates, and even then it had a little bit of that with the "prime pack inside the larger pack" dynamics.

leithd15's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

leahta11's review against another edition

This was a really great middle grade spooky book. Natalie really captured the new big feelings and how 12 year olds try to process them. 

briannarengland's review against another edition

I’m not too sure how to rate this!

I enjoyed it and will most likely read future instalments, but I also feel like the story progression was too similar to other MG fantasy books. I’m not sure if there’s a recipe to follow when writing MG books or if it’s a coincidence?

I also think that there could have been a bit more introduction to the characters because there were a lot. I had a bit of a tricky time trying to remember who was who. I can definitely see there being development as the series goes on though!

The epilogue was perfect and I’m really happy that this queer werewolf story exists.

kellhart16's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

alilovesbooks4170's review

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

4.5