Raised By Wolves
Today in the US is the official release for Jennifer Lynn Barnes' 'Raised By Wolves', and that seemed as good a cue as any for me to write the review I'd been planning for the last week or so.
RBW was released here in Australia last week, and I was reading it when my UK copy of Demon's Covenant arrived (and I will save my Covenant-squee for another post). Those of you who had to put up with me whining about Covenant's unfair delayed Aussie release and the non-arrival of my international copies (my US hardcover, specially ordered from work? Still not here.) will realise how immensely I was enjoying Raised By Wolves when I admit that rather than drop it immedately, I put off reading Covenant for a few hours to finish Raised By Wolves.
I'm useless at summarising books, so I'm cheating a little and stealing the summary from Jen's website to tell you what the book's about:
"Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn't mean that she's averse to breaking a rule or two.
But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian's basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents' murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs.
But in her drive to find the truth, will Bryn push too far beyond the constraints of the pack, forcing her to leave behind her friends, her family, and the identity that she's shaped?"
Raised By Wolves is easily one of the best werewolf books I have read. The writing has a real spirit to it, and Bryn is a relatable, lovable central character.
The pack dynamics of Raised By Wolves are in some ways totally alien to the regular world, and yet they ring very true.
Jen mentions in the acknowledgements that she used to refer to Raised By Woves as 'love-book', because it was written for her sheer love of storytelling. And it shows. Jen's love for her characters and her world colour every word on the page, making the whole book irresistable and lovely.
I love, love, love it. Could you tell?
RBW was released here in Australia last week, and I was reading it when my UK copy of Demon's Covenant arrived (and I will save my Covenant-squee for another post). Those of you who had to put up with me whining about Covenant's unfair delayed Aussie release and the non-arrival of my international copies (my US hardcover, specially ordered from work? Still not here.) will realise how immensely I was enjoying Raised By Wolves when I admit that rather than drop it immedately, I put off reading Covenant for a few hours to finish Raised By Wolves.
I'm useless at summarising books, so I'm cheating a little and stealing the summary from Jen's website to tell you what the book's about:
"Adopted by the Alpha of a werewolf pack after a rogue wolf brutally killed her parents right before her eyes, fifteen-year-old Bryn knows only pack life, and the rigid social hierarchy that controls it. That doesn't mean that she's averse to breaking a rule or two.
But when her curiosity gets the better of her and she discovers Chase, a new teen locked in a cage in her guardian's basement, and witnesses him turn into a wolf before her eyes, the horrific memories of her parents' murders return. Bryn becomes obsessed with getting her questions answered, and Chase is the only one who can provide the information she needs.
But in her drive to find the truth, will Bryn push too far beyond the constraints of the pack, forcing her to leave behind her friends, her family, and the identity that she's shaped?"
Raised By Wolves is easily one of the best werewolf books I have read. The writing has a real spirit to it, and Bryn is a relatable, lovable central character.
The pack dynamics of Raised By Wolves are in some ways totally alien to the regular world, and yet they ring very true.
Jen mentions in the acknowledgements that she used to refer to Raised By Woves as 'love-book', because it was written for her sheer love of storytelling. And it shows. Jen's love for her characters and her world colour every word on the page, making the whole book irresistable and lovely.
I love, love, love it. Could you tell?