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A review by bookishbarnowl
The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
4.0
*4.5 stars*
Anne Rice decided to create her own version of the werewolf myth, and she decided to make it kind of sexual...
I adore Rice's writing style and devoured this book. I love her take on the werewolf myth. Reuben's wealthy life in Northern California couldn't be any further from my lower middle class life in Scotland. I can't relate to him one jot, but I did find him immensely interesting. Rice changes a lot about the werewolf myth... *mild spoilers ahead*
...No longer is the transformation, a despicably painful one but one of sensuous pleasure. And this was where the book lost half a star for me. So much of the transformation/beast scenes were rather pornographic and often in a cringy way - overuse of the word 'orgasmic' and one paragraph that mentioned the male 'organ' which made me laugh out loud. Not to mention that some of the sex scenes were basically bestiality. It will never be as bad as Jacob imprinting on Re-name-me in the Twilight novels, but what is it with werewolves?
Beyond the moments of cringe, I really enjoyed this book. I will most definitely be reading the sequel.
Anne Rice decided to create her own version of the werewolf myth, and she decided to make it kind of sexual...
I adore Rice's writing style and devoured this book. I love her take on the werewolf myth. Reuben's wealthy life in Northern California couldn't be any further from my lower middle class life in Scotland. I can't relate to him one jot, but I did find him immensely interesting. Rice changes a lot about the werewolf myth... *mild spoilers ahead*
...No longer is the transformation, a despicably painful one but one of sensuous pleasure. And this was where the book lost half a star for me. So much of the transformation/beast scenes were rather pornographic and often in a cringy way - overuse of the word 'orgasmic' and one paragraph that mentioned the male 'organ' which made me laugh out loud. Not to mention that some of the sex scenes were basically bestiality. It will never be as bad as Jacob imprinting on Re-name-me in the Twilight novels, but what is it with werewolves?
Beyond the moments of cringe, I really enjoyed this book. I will most definitely be reading the sequel.