Wolfsong

On one hand, I love this book so much and it has parts that made my heart ache. I loved Ox, I loved the entire Bennett family. I laughed with them and I mourned with them. On the other hand, there were parts of this story that made me so angry that I had to take a day or so before I continued reading.

Overall, I love the story, but it did not need the page length it had. At the start, I was having a great time watching Joe and Ox and the other Bennett boys grow up together. Then we hit a part in the story where everything changes and “the pack is split” as the summary puts it. That portion of the story DRAGS ON FOREVER. We have the same arguments for chapter after chapter with only a few notable things popping up and it got old. Also, in my opinion, both Joe and Ox were making the dumbest decisions possible when it came to fighting the antagonist. And I felt that they were only making those decisions because Klune had a very specific way he wanted the final fight scene to end so he had to do mental gymnastics to make Ox and Joe suddenly turn into the dumbest people alive whenever it came to fighting the villain.

I REALLY want to get to Gordo and Mark's story, but I don't know if my brain is ready to jump back into that 3 year time of separation again. And while Carter is my favorite brother I am very interested in how things are going to play out in Kelly's story. Overall, a solid 4 star read.