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3.0
Edo van Belkom, Lone Wolf (Tundra, 2005)
Second book in the series continues the story of the Brock werewolf kids, four fifteen-year-olds being raised by a sympathetic forest ranger in the wilds of British Columbia. This one tries for the same action-heavy feel as the first, but adds heavy-handed environmentalism into the mix that slows things down a great deal. One would also hope for deepening of the characters, as often happens in second books in series, but with the exception of a couple of the main characters, that doesn't happen. In fact, coming this early in the series, it almost looks as if the series was started just for van Belkom to air ecological concerns; I'll hold off on judgment on that until I've read the next two books (believe me, if I knew it for certain there would be a lot fewer stars at the end of this), but very disappointing compared to the first book. ** ½
Second book in the series continues the story of the Brock werewolf kids, four fifteen-year-olds being raised by a sympathetic forest ranger in the wilds of British Columbia. This one tries for the same action-heavy feel as the first, but adds heavy-handed environmentalism into the mix that slows things down a great deal. One would also hope for deepening of the characters, as often happens in second books in series, but with the exception of a couple of the main characters, that doesn't happen. In fact, coming this early in the series, it almost looks as if the series was started just for van Belkom to air ecological concerns; I'll hold off on judgment on that until I've read the next two books (believe me, if I knew it for certain there would be a lot fewer stars at the end of this), but very disappointing compared to the first book. ** ½
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