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For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

19 reviews

celiaaa7's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol

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

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

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

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

ldermer's review against another edition

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

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, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide and Abandonment

dannythestreet's review against another edition

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: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

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

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

bodiesinbooks's review against another edition

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

Minor: Suicide attempt and Alcohol

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

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

sierraechobravo's review against another edition

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