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adventurous
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
oh, my FUCKING god I cannot EXPLAIN to you the emotional turmoil I have in finishing this book (I know I'm writing the review a day late, okay? Life got in the way). I can't call it perfect, but it was pretty damn near close. I loved getting to watch Ox grow up throughout the years, and how every time I expected the timeline to slow or stop, it just kept going. I loved the writing style, the way the prose flowed, the little descriptions that made my writer heart sing. I loved all of the characters, and how even after the first time meeting a big group of them like that, I still had a very clear picture of each of them in my head. I've always loved character driven narratives, and often characters can make or break a story for me - in this case, they 100% fucking made it. I don't know how else to say that. The only character I wish we'd gotten to develop more was Kelly but that's why there's three more fat ass paperbacks full of heartbreak on their way to me, right? I don't know what to do with myself now that I've finished this book. Part of me wants to go back and reread it, and part of me wants to go into hibernation until the next three books get to me IN A WEEK. How am I supposed to wait that long? Alas, school gets in the way of both of these plans. I have no doubt, though, that this whole series is going to sit heavy in my heart next to some of my other all time favourites. That's the only thing it deserves.
ALSO I love the werewolf lore. I can't say I'm SUPER well read in the werewolf book genre, but in all the ones I have read, I've never read werewolves in exactly this way. And let me tell you, it was the best. Werewolves deserve this amount of nuance in their inner workings in EVERYTHING, not just this heartbreaker of a book.
ALSO I love the werewolf lore. I can't say I'm SUPER well read in the werewolf book genre, but in all the ones I have read, I've never read werewolves in exactly this way. And let me tell you, it was the best. Werewolves deserve this amount of nuance in their inner workings in EVERYTHING, not just this heartbreaker of a book.
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping
graphic sex scene