A review by kthornette
The Wolves Are Waiting by Natasha Friend

4.0

“My feelings aren’t hurt. She thought, I woke up on a golf course with a Sharpie 9 on my crotch. She thought, I didn’t misinterpret anything.”

Thank you, Netgalley, for the arc!

I’ve read books with this kind of social commentary on sexual assault and rape culture, and they always amaze me. This book was different for me because it felt like we got different POVs. I usually tend to steer away from books with multiple POVs, but this one was handled well since they all brought different perspectives and had their own struggles to relate to the main conflict.

I really wanted to know how things would’ve been resolved for Nora. That freaking plot reveal in the middle surprised me so I was hooked on seeing the resolution. It was amazing to see how Nora grew as a character who experienced the absolute worst — and that she had such a great support system.

Spoiler

I personally think the idea of Adam Xu being in love with Nora wasn’t necessary. I think it would’ve been better if he gave the perspective of being an outsider athlete with his own reputation at stake for whatever reasons. It would’ve been a cool dynamic and inner struggle since he helped Cam take them down.