A review by brookeisbusyreading
Wolfsong by TJ Klune

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

After coming to a printing error in my fancy special edition hardback of this book where ~30 pages had been printed incorrectly, I managed to finish it thanks to KU. So now I don’t have said hardback…which is okay?

I know this is a really popular series…but I feel very meh about this book. And apparently the other books are told from different characters that I’m not all that interested in reading about (except Carter—I’m very interested in his perspective).

Things I Liked:
  • The setting and worldbuilding (reminded me of how the werewolves and pack thing was done in Twilight movies)
  • The found family dynamic
  • Thomas Fucking Bennett
  • Mark’s role in the whole story
  • Using colors to represent emotions
  • The two and a half times this book ripped my heart out then apologized and did it again
  • SOME of the repetition
  • Richard Collins’s evil-ness
  • Carter and Kelly’s brotherhood

Things I Disliked:
  • ~95% of the repetition (I got very annoyed so many times but occasionally it would work)
  • Being beaten over the head with how Ox’s dad told him he’s “gonna get shit”, Joe’s explanation of how much Ox means to him, and Joe’s traumatic experience (all said pretty much word for word over and over again, I might add)
  • The idea of tethers seeming like they’re important but getting drowned out by the Alpha stuff
  • The possessiveness, especially with Joe (I get the bonding thing and I was all for it at the start of the story, but it does get controlling by the end.)
  • THE 20-OR-HOWEVER-MANY PAGE DETAILED SEX SCENE (Yes, I know this is an adult book but I wasn’t expecting it to be THAT detailed. Also, I don’t know, I felt that scene cheapened another scene later on.)

Overall, I’m really just disappointed that I didn’t enjoy it like I was hoping to. I don’t see myself continuing the series but I might revisit it later.
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