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A review by exteenawreads
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
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
5.0
This is my favorite thing I have read so far this year. It's also my first TJ Klune book, and after this I am feral for more. I feel like he'd hate this description, but this felt basically like if Twilight was just about (mostly) gay werewolves, more focused on the fated mates and alpha structures and found family like the Cullen's, and it's just small town simple life meets the extremes of the unknown mixed with teenage angst that just rips your insides apart. And I mean that as a high compliment.
I'm not sure if I was just perfectly in the mood for angsty, wholesome, queer paranormal found-family journey or what, but I was fully obsessed the entire way through. I laughed, I cried, I yearned, I ached, I felt way too many feelings. This is just the kind of story that perfectly tugs on all of my heartstrings and buries itself deep inside my soul. It is written so beautifully, and the characters are all so fascinating in their simplicity. A large cast of characters can sometimes get overwhelming, but each person here is integral and unique and memorable.
There is a bit of a creepiness factor with an age gap romance - they meet as children with a 6 year difference and the story is told over a decade, but there is no romance aspect to the relationship until the youngest is 17- not nearly as creepy as Rennesme but in that vein a little. It is handled...as well as it could be, though. It's hard to explain. It gave me a bit of an ick but the rest of it more than makes up for that.
I just loved these characters and how they cared for each other and supported each other so much. It's the kind of story where I look at fan art now of certain scenes and want to cry. I just really really loved it. And I can't wait to read the rest of the series.
I'm not sure if I was just perfectly in the mood for angsty, wholesome, queer paranormal found-family journey or what, but I was fully obsessed the entire way through. I laughed, I cried, I yearned, I ached, I felt way too many feelings. This is just the kind of story that perfectly tugs on all of my heartstrings and buries itself deep inside my soul. It is written so beautifully, and the characters are all so fascinating in their simplicity. A large cast of characters can sometimes get overwhelming, but each person here is integral and unique and memorable.
There is a bit of a creepiness factor with an age gap romance - they meet as children with a 6 year difference and the story is told over a decade, but there is no romance aspect to the relationship until the youngest is 17- not nearly as creepy as Rennesme but in that vein a little. It is handled...as well as it could be, though. It's hard to explain. It gave me a bit of an ick but the rest of it more than makes up for that.
I just loved these characters and how they cared for each other and supported each other so much. It's the kind of story where I look at fan art now of certain scenes and want to cry. I just really really loved it. And I can't wait to read the rest of the series.