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A review by dominish_books
The Tiger and the Wolf by Adrian Tchaikovsky
4.0
I quite enjoyed this one, as is my general stance with an Adrian Tchaikovsky title. It was a good book overall, and although it was maybe a little slow-going in places, I did like the overall idea of it.
We essentially have a world of shapeshifters here and different clans have different “totem” animals. The main character is from the clan of the wolf and all her clansfolk can transform into wolves. Her mother was from the clan of the tiger however, and so she has a dual bloodline that leads to a lot of conflict, a lot of politicking, as people try to use her to take control of the clans and control of the land as a whole.
This is all very well done, and the writing is excellent, as I’ve come to expect from Tchaikovsky, but it didn’t quite reach the heights I wanted it to, even if the starting blocks are definitely there.
We essentially have a world of shapeshifters here and different clans have different “totem” animals. The main character is from the clan of the wolf and all her clansfolk can transform into wolves. Her mother was from the clan of the tiger however, and so she has a dual bloodline that leads to a lot of conflict, a lot of politicking, as people try to use her to take control of the clans and control of the land as a whole.
This is all very well done, and the writing is excellent, as I’ve come to expect from Tchaikovsky, but it didn’t quite reach the heights I wanted it to, even if the starting blocks are definitely there.