A review by suflet
In This Iron Ground by Marina Vivancos

5.0

This was an excellent read, I completely enjoyed it and read it in a single sitting. I enjoyed it too much, in fact, and basically had to explain to my thesis advisor why I lost an entire day’s work without anything to show for it, which really is the curse of starting a good book during the week. I would highly, highly recommend this book. If you enjoyed Wolfsong by T.J. Klune, I do think you’re an ideal audience for this book, though the two stories only have three things in common and the first two of them are relatively superficial: They’re both shifter stories, they both feature queer male relationships. The thing these two stories have in common which stood out to me is that they’re both heavily character-driven explorations of family, human relationships, and the struggle to understand oneself. I’d also super recommend this book for fans of Courtney Milan, K.J. Charles.