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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
thoughtwoman's review against another edition
5.0
I gave this 5 stars because it told a different kind of werewolf tale and from another time period. I found the book fascinating, but I wish the author had explained the origins of the wolfbreed. If there was one pack of these wolf/human creatures, should there not have been others? What were its origins? Was Lilly the last of her kind? The book left many questions unanswered, but it kept me hooked nonetheless.
ribbles's review against another edition
2.0
Meh. I've read much better YA novels, particularly "The House of Scorpion." I felt this novel was lacking in character development, and the plot moved rather sluggishly (though it was nicely woven).
jetamors's review against another edition
2.0
I disliked this just as much when it was called Elfen Lied.
susyhendrix's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
4.0
yodamom's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 The Church controlling the population and hunting pagans is something I usually shy away from in stories. The Teutonic knight's torture, rape and maim in the name of their god. After finding the Wolfbreed babies and killing most of them in training they use the Wolfbreed to kill the pagans. They brainwash these children through extreme torture. Lilly one that survives struggles with her humanity and her "animal" nature separating them into individuals. She wants to please her master, to not be punished. Udolf has lost his family his arm and his beliefs because of the Churches directives. Their lives intertwine and the path takes the reader down a road of redemption and deep thoughts.
Great pacing, I could not wait to pick it up every time I had to set it down. What a surprise, I almost did not read it. It was recommended by an author I love, C.L. Wilson. If not for her I would have missed this treat. Fans of the Tarin soul should enjoy this book.
Great pacing, I could not wait to pick it up every time I had to set it down. What a surprise, I almost did not read it. It was recommended by an author I love, C.L. Wilson. If not for her I would have missed this treat. Fans of the Tarin soul should enjoy this book.
nuttkayc's review against another edition
2.0
Started reading this one twice before I got anywhere with it. There always seemed to be something better to read than this. Put it to the side once too often to give it a good review.
Can`t even really say what it was that made me not want to finish this one...
Can`t even really say what it was that made me not want to finish this one...
pixeltune's review against another edition
2.0
read about 3/4 of this and had to DNF. i really liked the plot overall, but was surprised this was shelved as adult fiction when it reads so much like YA and the main characters are in their late teens and seem immature.
TW: sexual assault
i had to stop reading this book after some details were revealed about the female werewolves. Lilly, the main werewolf, is used as a weapon throughout the story by her masters. she is horrifically abused throughout her whole life, including sexual assault. overall i actually thought these scenes were handled fairly well. no horrific details but also very clear what was going on.
however.
i had to stop when it was explained that because werewolves have the power of healing, the females continually grow back their hymens, and this is why the men love to assault them so much. i couldn’t get past how creepy this was and why the author felt it was needed. they didn’t need a “reason” for abusing them; it was believable since it was 13th century europe and women were already abused.
TW: sexual assault
i had to stop reading this book after some details were revealed about the female werewolves. Lilly, the main werewolf, is used as a weapon throughout the story by her masters. she is horrifically abused throughout her whole life, including sexual assault. overall i actually thought these scenes were handled fairly well. no horrific details but also very clear what was going on.
however.
i had to stop when it was explained that because werewolves have the power of healing, the females continually grow back their hymens, and this is why the men love to assault them so much. i couldn’t get past how creepy this was and why the author felt it was needed. they didn’t need a “reason” for abusing them; it was believable since it was 13th century europe and women were already abused.
craftingrama's review against another edition
2.0
I don't know ... it was ok I guess but far to easy not to pick it up again the next day. Narrator was a tad boring too the whole thing was a bit professorish sort of like being in a lecture that had interesting bits but just never seemed to end
thistlechaser's review against another edition
3.0
Some backstory is important, before I get to the book's actual story: For some reason, the publisher wouldn't take only this book -- they wanted the author to write at least one more in the series. So the author wrote Wolf's Cross. Not knowing that, by mistake I read Wolf's Cross first, and liked it a whole lot.
However, turns out I was nearly unique in liking it. Most reviewers loved this book, Wolfbreed, and hated Wolf's Cross. The author himself said that Wolfbreed was the best book he ever wrote...
All that being said, sadly I didn't like Wolfbreed very much at all. I'm also kind of surprised at the comment from the author about it being his best work (and embarrassed for him) as there were some major issues/errors in the book. Like in the beginning: Middle of winter, 13th or so century Poland (Middle Ages Europe), a very poor character is surprised by something and falls into a creek. He then climbs out and holds a long conversation with someone. Is he not wet? He didn't even have a coat, just a cloak... which he takes off and gives to the other person to keep them warm. Was the cloak not wet? How is he outside, at least partially if not fully soaked through, in winter, and not be cold? It's like the author forgot what just happened in the scene...
That was a minor thing though. The larger plot had issues for me as well. The story, set 100 years before Wolf's Cross, was about how the church found ten werewolf children (a litter of a mother werewolf they killed), and decided that werewolves were animals and thus could be trained and used as weapons. Doesn't that sound like an outstanding story idea? Like it would be dark and make you question stuff?
For me, it just seemed so... shallow? Not dark? I suspect that if I had never read any fanfic, thus my idea of "dark" was set only by published books, maybe I'd agree that this was a great book. However, I've seen this kind of storyline done so often, and so much better, in fanfics.
Wolfbreed wasn't awful. I did (with effort near the end) make it to the 50% point of it, thus can count it in my total for the year. Unlike other books I stop at the halfway point of, I felt no guilt this time and no curiosity as to what I might miss in the rest of the book. It wasn't bad at all, it just wasn't good enough for me to spend my limited reading time finishing.
However, turns out I was nearly unique in liking it. Most reviewers loved this book, Wolfbreed, and hated Wolf's Cross. The author himself said that Wolfbreed was the best book he ever wrote...
All that being said, sadly I didn't like Wolfbreed very much at all. I'm also kind of surprised at the comment from the author about it being his best work (and embarrassed for him) as there were some major issues/errors in the book. Like in the beginning: Middle of winter, 13th or so century Poland (Middle Ages Europe), a very poor character is surprised by something and falls into a creek. He then climbs out and holds a long conversation with someone. Is he not wet? He didn't even have a coat, just a cloak... which he takes off and gives to the other person to keep them warm. Was the cloak not wet? How is he outside, at least partially if not fully soaked through, in winter, and not be cold? It's like the author forgot what just happened in the scene...
That was a minor thing though. The larger plot had issues for me as well. The story, set 100 years before Wolf's Cross, was about how the church found ten werewolf children (a litter of a mother werewolf they killed), and decided that werewolves were animals and thus could be trained and used as weapons. Doesn't that sound like an outstanding story idea? Like it would be dark and make you question stuff?
For me, it just seemed so... shallow? Not dark? I suspect that if I had never read any fanfic, thus my idea of "dark" was set only by published books, maybe I'd agree that this was a great book. However, I've seen this kind of storyline done so often, and so much better, in fanfics.
Wolfbreed wasn't awful. I did (with effort near the end) make it to the 50% point of it, thus can count it in my total for the year. Unlike other books I stop at the halfway point of, I felt no guilt this time and no curiosity as to what I might miss in the rest of the book. It wasn't bad at all, it just wasn't good enough for me to spend my limited reading time finishing.