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Brothersong by TJ Klune
5.0
Devastated. That's the only way to describe how I feel now: devastated. Because the Green Creek singa have all been sung now, and the only thing left is the goodbye. Goodbye to characters that have been with me for three years. Characters that have taught me love, and compassion, and forgiveness, and second chances, and resilience, and pack. Pack pack pack packpackpack.
Where do I begin? It feels like there are no words that can ever quite grasp the hold these stories have got on my heart. They're home now, a safe place I will always treasure, and return to when real life is too much.
'Brothersong' tells a tale of family. Of brothers, but also of sons and fathers. Since hitting the road in search of Gavin, Carter has started losing himself to his wolf. There's a violet storm in his head, and the only things that keep him from turning feral are the memories of his pack, and the determination to find... Him. His timber wolf. His mate. Gavin Livingstone, an Omega wolf and brother to the Bennett witch Gordo Livingstone. Gavin, who saved Green Creek from his monstrous father... And broke Carter's heart in the process.
But pack is pack is pack, and Carter is done with losing people. Although Gavin doesn't seem to want him, Carter knows he needs him. Carter knows Gavin belongs with the Bennetts, with him. And he'll be damned if he lets anyone, or anything, take Gavin away from him again.
And I'm not sure I can explain much more without spoiling the book or melting into a puddle of years and feels, so I'll stop here. Because this book... This book was something else entirely. It broke me, it tore me apart, it ripped me open, and then it fixed me. It put me back together. My pack howled me home.
Gavin was an absolute DIVA. I truly love each and every interaction he has with everyone else, and how he tries his best. Always his best. Behind his "stupid Carter" façade hides a man so used to being alone, he doesn't know how to belong anywhere. He warmed my heart, he healed my soul.
(Also: forks have been cancelled officially, everyone)
I also really loved how all the characters evolved. Gordo, for example, has changed a lot since we first met him in Wolfsong, and I couldn't be more in awe of him. Team Human, as well as Former Team Human, were as hilarious as always. I nearly choked when Kelly and Joe gave Carter *the* book. And all the times anyone mentioned how the Bennetts are the queerest pack ever, and how their mystical moon magic connection is apparently a sexuality bender, had me howling with laughter. Many times, the heartfelt conversations made me tear up, and I nearly lost it every time Elizabeth spoke to Gavin. Although I knew I was bound to suffer immensely with this book, I also laughed so much. So hard. So loud.
This book consumed not only my night, but also my heart. For a while now, I'll be staring into the void every now and then, feeling the need to run and to howl and to find my pack packpackpack so I can belong. Somewhere. Finally.
Thanks, TJ Klune, for giving me a family. Thanks for giving me purpose. Thanks for getting me through some of my darkest times.
(But I'm still SUING YOU, because HOLY SHIT, YOU DON'T GET TO BUILD ME A FAMILY FOR WHOM I FEEL SO MUCH AND MAKE THEM SUFFER LIKE THEY DID)
Where do I begin? It feels like there are no words that can ever quite grasp the hold these stories have got on my heart. They're home now, a safe place I will always treasure, and return to when real life is too much.
'Brothersong' tells a tale of family. Of brothers, but also of sons and fathers. Since hitting the road in search of Gavin, Carter has started losing himself to his wolf. There's a violet storm in his head, and the only things that keep him from turning feral are the memories of his pack, and the determination to find... Him. His timber wolf. His mate. Gavin Livingstone, an Omega wolf and brother to the Bennett witch Gordo Livingstone. Gavin, who saved Green Creek from his monstrous father... And broke Carter's heart in the process.
But pack is pack is pack, and Carter is done with losing people. Although Gavin doesn't seem to want him, Carter knows he needs him. Carter knows Gavin belongs with the Bennetts, with him. And he'll be damned if he lets anyone, or anything, take Gavin away from him again.
And I'm not sure I can explain much more without spoiling the book or melting into a puddle of years and feels, so I'll stop here. Because this book... This book was something else entirely. It broke me, it tore me apart, it ripped me open, and then it fixed me. It put me back together. My pack howled me home.
Gavin was an absolute DIVA. I truly love each and every interaction he has with everyone else, and how he tries his best. Always his best. Behind his "stupid Carter" façade hides a man so used to being alone, he doesn't know how to belong anywhere. He warmed my heart, he healed my soul.
(Also: forks have been cancelled officially, everyone)
I also really loved how all the characters evolved. Gordo, for example, has changed a lot since we first met him in Wolfsong, and I couldn't be more in awe of him. Team Human, as well as Former Team Human, were as hilarious as always. I nearly choked when Kelly and Joe gave Carter *the* book. And all the times anyone mentioned how the Bennetts are the queerest pack ever, and how their mystical moon magic connection is apparently a sexuality bender, had me howling with laughter. Many times, the heartfelt conversations made me tear up, and I nearly lost it every time Elizabeth spoke to Gavin. Although I knew I was bound to suffer immensely with this book, I also laughed so much. So hard. So loud.
This book consumed not only my night, but also my heart. For a while now, I'll be staring into the void every now and then, feeling the need to run and to howl and to find my pack packpackpack so I can belong. Somewhere. Finally.
Thanks, TJ Klune, for giving me a family. Thanks for giving me purpose. Thanks for getting me through some of my darkest times.
(But I'm still SUING YOU, because HOLY SHIT, YOU DON'T GET TO BUILD ME A FAMILY FOR WHOM I FEEL SO MUCH AND MAKE THEM SUFFER LIKE THEY DID)