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A review by ellelainey
Wolf Pack by Billy Balibally, ビリー・バリバリー
5.0
I became a fan of Billy Balibally when I first read FANGS, and I knew that the art style and storytelling were right up my alley. Wolf Pack is no different.
This was a surprisingly romantic story, based on the mythology of wolves, specifically Norwegian myths. There are two different wolf packs, led by the alphas Garm and Hati, the latter of whom has a twin sister, Skoll, also an alpha. Garm is supposed to marry Skoll, to unite their packs. Garm's pack live on the mountain and Skoll's on the lake, right beside the mountain, so their marriage will not only merge packs but territory. Only, we begin the story with Skoll having died two days prior to the arranged marriage and Hati offering to take her place as bride.
What Hati doesn't realise is that Garm is much happier with the switch than he would have been had he married Skoll. :)
I loved how clueless Hati was and how Garm didn't really know what he was doing, just going by instinct, but that he also didn't know how to be even more obvious so that Hati would understand.
The story definitely had a bi-awakening theme, which was explored well.
I've read a lot of Alpha x Alpha BL and yaoi, but most of them are strongly focused on sex, whereas this is an upper teen novel and I honestly think that was the best move. It let the story be more emotional and plot based than sex-focused. There was a little bit of action/adventure and whole lot of underlying, simmering romance between Garm and Hati that was the perfect blend of two strangers coming together with a common aim while leaving themselves open to being mates.
As expected of Billy, the art was stunning!
I also really loved the author's note at the end, explaining the origin of the story and how it connected to real mythology.
This was a surprisingly romantic story, based on the mythology of wolves, specifically Norwegian myths. There are two different wolf packs, led by the alphas Garm and Hati, the latter of whom has a twin sister, Skoll, also an alpha. Garm is supposed to marry Skoll, to unite their packs. Garm's pack live on the mountain and Skoll's on the lake, right beside the mountain, so their marriage will not only merge packs but territory. Only, we begin the story with Skoll having died two days prior to the arranged marriage and Hati offering to take her place as bride.
What Hati doesn't realise is that Garm is much happier with the switch than he would have been had he married Skoll. :)
I loved how clueless Hati was and how Garm didn't really know what he was doing, just going by instinct, but that he also didn't know how to be even more obvious so that Hati would understand.
The story definitely had a bi-awakening theme, which was explored well.
I've read a lot of Alpha x Alpha BL and yaoi, but most of them are strongly focused on sex, whereas this is an upper teen novel and I honestly think that was the best move. It let the story be more emotional and plot based than sex-focused. There was a little bit of action/adventure and whole lot of underlying, simmering romance between Garm and Hati that was the perfect blend of two strangers coming together with a common aim while leaving themselves open to being mates.
As expected of Billy, the art was stunning!
I also really loved the author's note at the end, explaining the origin of the story and how it connected to real mythology.