A review by smemmott
A Companion to Wolves by Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette

2.0

Human/animal soulbonding fantasy in a pseudo-historical setting. This book fits into an unfortunate middle ground: it's better written and has more interesting world-building than I might expect from a truly amateur take on this set-up. But overall, the authors only explore the problematic aspects of this social/sexual community in really superficial ways. Also, the protagonist just didn't intrigue me; though he angsts about his choices it's clear that he only has one path. For readers who are into these particular tropes and cliches and can skim over the problems (or who consider the problems a bonus).