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Wolfsong by TJ Klune
3.5
TJK is a master of creating immersive worlds. When I tell you I can absolutely feel the passion and joy and love this man puts into his writing, and therefore into the world - and the way he writes grief? Whew.
Ox reminds me of the neighbor kid from American Beauty - the one that films the plastic bag. He's a quiet and sweet boy that sees things others don't see - the important things.
Also, can I just say that I know what TJK was doing by referencing sparkly vampires, because clearly people were going to draw comparisons, but uh, "Three years. One month. Twenty-six days.", was GIVING "October. November. December. January." Plus the imprinting, obviously.
[spoiler-y from here on]
I feel like my rating is confusing, because I have good things to say about the book overall, but I just couldn't get fully into Ox/Joe because they're apart and angry for the appropriate age/formative years, and then there's all this anger and resentment when Joe comes back - they're two different people, and we don't really ever see WHY they end up together, outside of like... biological/fated mates/werewolf reasons? Like I feel Joe needs to earn Ox back, after all he's been through, after all he's done and he... doesn't... really?
IDK! I was just more invested in allll the other relationships/pack dynamics than the actual romance portion of it. I still liked it and I'll read the rest of the series, but I wanted more "epic and awesome" from grown Ox/Joe.
ALSO: literally FUCK Richard Collins, goddamn, what a gigantic piece of shit, I hated him SO MUCH. A mark of a well-written villain is that I was furious and disgusted every time he was on the page.
Ox reminds me of the neighbor kid from American Beauty - the one that films the plastic bag. He's a quiet and sweet boy that sees things others don't see - the important things.
Also, can I just say that I know what TJK was doing by referencing sparkly vampires, because clearly people were going to draw comparisons, but uh, "Three years. One month. Twenty-six days.", was GIVING "October. November. December. January." Plus the imprinting, obviously.
[spoiler-y from here on]
I feel like my rating is confusing, because I have good things to say about the book overall, but I just couldn't get fully into Ox/Joe because they're apart and angry for the appropriate age/formative years, and then there's all this anger and resentment when Joe comes back - they're two different people, and we don't really ever see WHY they end up together, outside of like... biological/fated mates/werewolf reasons? Like I feel Joe needs to earn Ox back, after all he's been through, after all he's done and he... doesn't... really?
IDK! I was just more invested in allll the other relationships/pack dynamics than the actual romance portion of it. I still liked it and I'll read the rest of the series, but I wanted more "epic and awesome" from grown Ox/Joe.
ALSO: literally FUCK Richard Collins, goddamn, what a gigantic piece of shit, I hated him SO MUCH. A mark of a well-written villain is that I was furious and disgusted every time he was on the page.