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The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

81 reviews

ribsgd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.75

Really empathised with the MC, Amara, but the story is very slow. Lots of world and character building but not a lot of story until the very end, although this is the first in a trilogy.

Definitely worth a read, albeit not a necessarily happy one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Abortion, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Pedophilia, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Grief, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Classism, Suicide, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

missleihzel's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Suicide, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

hannahd_19's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Vomit

sinceraly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

a bit of a slow start, but the prose of this book is something so different from any other modern greek/roman setting I've read, and when this book finally gathered it's bearings about a 3rd of the way in it had me hooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Alcohol, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Murder

sarabethcoyle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Sexual violence

Minor: Pregnancy, Abortion, and Fatphobia

danireads01's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Classism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

Moderate: Abortion

mordicant's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

meliroo's review against another edition

emotional sad

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Misogyny, Slavery, Classism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Trafficking

kirareads02's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a beautiful story about friendship and loyalty. It was funny in places and heartbreaking in others. The language made it seem so real and the characters were so rich and complex. 

A lovely story and I can't wait to read the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Slavery, Death of parent, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Violence, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Trafficking

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Gore, Abortion, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Medical content

inkdrinkeranonymous's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I absolutely loved The Wolf Den! Here are some pros and cons:

PROS: 

-I was enthralled and had to know what happened next! This book really kept me hooked. Amara was in such a precarious situation. 

-It was easy to get attached to the characters. 

-The turmoil of Pompeii and the hard decisions that needed to be made were well shown.

-The setting and ambience were lovey! I really felt like I was in the story. The quotes and graffiti in the beginning or within the chapters really add something special. 

-I loved the friendship between the she-wolves

CONS

- Handled some very heavy topics with little care. Or the topics were brushed quickly under the rug. 

-The pacing was odd and confusing at times. 

-Some characters made choices that didn’t make sense to them. It felt like the choices were made just to move the plot along with no regard to whether it made sense. 

This is the end of the list of pros and cons that are spoiler free! Overall, I really liked this book enough to overlook the flaws.  

!!!If you look any further there will be spoilers!!!

Amara was a truly bad person with some of the choices she made. There was a horrible double standard. Only Amara was allowed to make bad choices and if any other character did, they were portrayed as utterly evil!

After Victoria literally murders a man and is rightfully upset, Amara acts horribly. She literally killed someone. Have some sympathy!! Or at least common decency. Are we supposed to feel bad for Amara? I certainly don’t when she acts so horrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment