A review by mburnsides
For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.
 Boring and hard to read.

I found myself completely unexcited to read this book after I was so interested in the premise. Right off the bat, the plot is slow and clearly meant to sound much more important and dark than it reads as. When nothing is explained for “reasons”, it really goes to show that there wasn’t much behind this story, especially to need to drag it out into 400+ pages. This book is NOT a red riding hood retelling, it simply takes inspiration for the main characters designs. 

I was disappointed in the characters. First, Red is boring and childish and does things simply “because.” I found myself completely forgetting that she was supposed to be 20 years old. Secondly, I was completely disappointed in Eammon’s reveal. Why’d he have to be some dark, brooding, mysterious, hundreds of years old man conveniently put in a young person's body? Why can’t a YA love interest be close in age to the heroine? What is so appealing about such a massive age gap? I don't care for Fife or Lyra, nor could I remember that Arick and the other one even existed outside of when they were mentioned. The sister, Neve, was the only character that I was even remotely interested in. 

Maybe I’m just stupid, but I was struggling to understand the writing style at some points and the reasons for some of the plots point like Eammon and Red’s “marriage” or the magic system. The whole book felt like it was trying to be something bigger and more important than it ended up being.  2 stars for what it could've been.

I am currently writing this review at the halfway point of the book, ~211 pages. I do not know if I will attempt to finish it.
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