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The Wolf Gift

By: Anne Rice
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
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MAN OR MONSTER?

Anne Rice reinvented the vampire legend.
Discover what she's done with the werewolf myth.

After a brutal attack Reuben finds himself changing. His hair is longer, his skin is more sensitive and her can hear things he never could before.

Now he must confront the beast within him or lose himself completely.

 Fantasy Paranormal Paranormal Romance Suspense Thriller & Suspense Classics Romance Fiction Werewolf Shifter
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Critic reviews

What makes this novel special is the changes the author rings on the werewolf theme... This allows Rice to spin both a convincing thriller and an inquisition on the nature of good and evil – a recurring theme in her work. Superb.
The Wolf Gift is vintage Anne Rice – a lushly written, gothic... metaphysical tale.
I want to howl at the moon over this... I devoured these pages... [A] terrific new novel. . . The plot [is] magnetic, the characters fascinating.
A thrilling, page-turning yarn.
[Rice] returns to the lushly evocative scenery and gothic atmosphere of her vampire novels with great success. . . her reimagining of a well-worn mythology is fresh and intriguing. Fans of Rice's 'The Vampire Chronicles' and 'The Lives of the Mayfair Witches' series should delight in this new saga delivered in the author's distinctive style. Part creation story, part love story, all excellent!
Anne Rice has done it again. In her latest novel, The Wolf Gift, the woman who single-handedly, reinvented the vampire genre puts her formidable talent to work rewriting 'were-wolf' lore and in the end succeeds magnificently.
[A]n energetic gambol, feisty and terrific fun. . . . [A] fast-paced, heady romp that ranks with her best. . . The Wolf Gift is irresistible.
[I]n Rice's hands, The Wolf Gift evolves from a fantastical romp into an engrossing thriller. . .
Wilde at his height, in The Picture of Dorian Gray (like The Wolf Gift, a morality tale about transformation), is Rice’s true precursor. He preferred paradox to uncomplicated alternatives, and was most at home in the dark light of ghost stories, church shadows and fairy tales. This is the energy of The Wolf Gift. It is wit-filled, languid and vibrant, brainy and snarling. It will leave open-minded readers howling for more.
A superior thriller... the mix of ancient and modern, familiar and inventive, and the fact that Rice easily drops in elements that other people would save for a quick sequel – all this proves there is MORE in this book. And ultimately that means more satisfaction.
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A very nail biter. Loved every moment. What a great novice Ann Rice really is.

The Wolf Gift

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very good, though difficult to like the seemingly forced voice switches between characters. that was the only mildly irritating thing

Really good

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Thought the content was a little weird but stuck with it but would be moving on to a different author.

Interesting story

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Little disappointed with this book, it reads like a superhero genesis story. It's not bad perse but not what I have come to expect from Anne Rice

Not The Best

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I thought this was a solid werewolf horror story, written by one of the great horror authors,

Good

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