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A review by stephbookshine
Cynetic Wolf by Matt Ward
3.0
*I received a free copy of this book, with thanks to the author. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
This is a fast-paced YA dystopian sci-fi adventure, in which Raek – a wolf-human hybrid – and the other animal hybrids are treated like scum by society and the underground resistance are boiling to revolution point. So when Raek loses everything he loves, and finds out he has hidden abilities which shouldn’t be possible, which are only available to those humans with technological enhancements rather than the lowly ‘animals’, he quickly finds himself at the very centre of a class/race war.
The story is full of action, action and more action, with lots of guns, bombs, knives and heroic diving around, that would all look fantastic on the big screen. I was a little unconvinced by just how quickly Raek went from rural innocent to a superhero able to master every martial skill within a matter of minutes, but the story moves so quickly that I guess he had to speed up to keep up with it!
I really enjoyed the worldbuilding, with the distinctions between the animotes, cynetics and emulates, and was fascinated to know more about the different societal groups and how their status affects their everyday lives, as we mainly saw the animal-ish viewpoint in this story. And this story ends with the revolution only just beginning, so there is plenty more story to tell.
I will definitely check out the sequel – Wolfish – and let you know my thoughts!
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/catch-up-quickies-5/
This is a fast-paced YA dystopian sci-fi adventure, in which Raek – a wolf-human hybrid – and the other animal hybrids are treated like scum by society and the underground resistance are boiling to revolution point. So when Raek loses everything he loves, and finds out he has hidden abilities which shouldn’t be possible, which are only available to those humans with technological enhancements rather than the lowly ‘animals’, he quickly finds himself at the very centre of a class/race war.
The story is full of action, action and more action, with lots of guns, bombs, knives and heroic diving around, that would all look fantastic on the big screen. I was a little unconvinced by just how quickly Raek went from rural innocent to a superhero able to master every martial skill within a matter of minutes, but the story moves so quickly that I guess he had to speed up to keep up with it!
I really enjoyed the worldbuilding, with the distinctions between the animotes, cynetics and emulates, and was fascinated to know more about the different societal groups and how their status affects their everyday lives, as we mainly saw the animal-ish viewpoint in this story. And this story ends with the revolution only just beginning, so there is plenty more story to tell.
I will definitely check out the sequel – Wolfish – and let you know my thoughts!
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2021/08/13/catch-up-quickies-5/