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thereadingangel 's review for:
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves
by Meg Long
*I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
4/5
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is Meg Long’s debut novel. It features dog/wolf sledding, sci-fi, action, adventure, survival and you guessed it, snow. And lots of it.
The story follows 17 year old Sena. A girl tired of being alone and fighting for every scrap she can get just to leave the ice-cold planet Tundar she calls home. With every scheme Sena gets closer to saving enough money to leave, but when she’s caught by the planet’s mob boss, she must use all her wits to survive all by herself… though maybe she doesn’t have to do it alone.
Look. I liked the premise. I read the synopsis and I was like “yes! Balto plus angry teen girl? I’m in!” I’m just sad it took about 1/3 of the book for the synopsis to even be relevant in the story.
So it started slow, oh well, that’s fine, most books do. This book also has a LOT of exposition at the beginning. Though it does take some time, Long does explain a lot of how the universe works and Sena’s background and everything.
What I did love about this book - and why I’m giving it a higher rating than what I was planning - is that once the action part got going, it went and Did. Not. Stop. Meg Long went HARD during the last 1/3 of the book. Also, the women???? Strong, bad-ass queens. I would die for them all. Even the animal ones.
Here’s where I’m torn though. The ending was so open that I was shocked. Threads were not just left open, they were straight up dropped and left to drift in space for eternity. So, if there is a sequel or companion book, then I will gladly keep my rating at a 4 and GLADLY read any book from this (hopefully) series. But if this ends up being a stand-alone then I’ll have to lower my rating because just too many threads were tossed away.
I really, REALLY hope there is a sequel though! I’m fully invested in this world Long has created and I am willing to go on a journey with her.
4/5
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves is Meg Long’s debut novel. It features dog/wolf sledding, sci-fi, action, adventure, survival and you guessed it, snow. And lots of it.
The story follows 17 year old Sena. A girl tired of being alone and fighting for every scrap she can get just to leave the ice-cold planet Tundar she calls home. With every scheme Sena gets closer to saving enough money to leave, but when she’s caught by the planet’s mob boss, she must use all her wits to survive all by herself… though maybe she doesn’t have to do it alone.
Look. I liked the premise. I read the synopsis and I was like “yes! Balto plus angry teen girl? I’m in!” I’m just sad it took about 1/3 of the book for the synopsis to even be relevant in the story.
So it started slow, oh well, that’s fine, most books do. This book also has a LOT of exposition at the beginning. Though it does take some time, Long does explain a lot of how the universe works and Sena’s background and everything.
What I did love about this book - and why I’m giving it a higher rating than what I was planning - is that once the action part got going, it went and Did. Not. Stop. Meg Long went HARD during the last 1/3 of the book. Also, the women???? Strong, bad-ass queens. I would die for them all. Even the animal ones.
Here’s where I’m torn though. The ending was so open that I was shocked. Threads were not just left open, they were straight up dropped and left to drift in space for eternity. So, if there is a sequel or companion book, then I will gladly keep my rating at a 4 and GLADLY read any book from this (hopefully) series. But if this ends up being a stand-alone then I’ll have to lower my rating because just too many threads were tossed away.
I really, REALLY hope there is a sequel though! I’m fully invested in this world Long has created and I am willing to go on a journey with her.