For the Wolf
The Wilderwood Books, Book 1
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For the Wolf
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Narrated by:
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Inés del Castillo
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By:
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Hannah Whitten
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The first daughter is for the throne. The second daughter is for the wolf.
As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose - to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in order to save her kingdom.
Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again.
But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood - and her world - will be lost forever.
Hannah Whitten's New York Times best-selling debut is a sweeping tale of love, legends and the secrets that hide beyond the trees.
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Critic reviews
"Dazzling.... This is sure to enchant." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)
"A glorious journey through woods deep and so very dark. A stunning debut." (Erin Craig, author of House of Salt and Sorrow)
"A must read." (Emily A. Duncan, author of Wicked Saints)
The story itself was a very slow build into the plot. As it got to the end, the race against time wasn’t just for one character to save another but for many people trying to get to the end they wanted.
I am looking forward to reading the next one to see where it takes everyone, especially after that epilogue.
Quotes I adored:
“Sometimes you don't mourn people so much as you mourn who they could've been.”
“People with power resent losing it, and too much power for too long a time can make a villain of anyone.”
“Red spent the time mostly in her room, surrounded by her books, letting the familiar passages be an escape. She was good at escaping.”
For the Wolf
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old stories and the world building is brilliant.
cannot wait for what is next in the series!
a story like no other
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Should have been edited more
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More than a fairytale retelling
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First and foremost, this is a Beauty and the Beast retelling, not a Little Red Riding Hood as the cover, title and synopsis might lead you to believe. I, for one, think we already have more than enough retellings of Beauty and the Beast, so it is extremely difficult to create a story based on that fairy-tale that stands out in a good way. For me, misleading readers as to what the story is going to be is just poor choice on the author's part and harms the story more than it does any good.
Disregarding that, the story is bland - we have a princess, bearing the very original name Red (we're continuing with the Red Riding Hood allusions) who has been overlooked by her mother her whole life because she will be sacrificed to the Wolf, a mythical figure residing in the nearby forest and keeping the monsters in it at bay. Red has a sister, called Neverah (nevera means fridge in Spanish, which I simply couldn't get out of my head every time her name was mentioned) with whom she's really close. On her dunnowhich birthday Red is sent to the forest to be sacrificed to the Wolf so an ancient bargain can be uphold. From then on we have all of the following:
* an attempt at creating a creepy atmosphere in the forest, which didn't really work. That was quite unfortunate, because if it had worked, then this might have been something original and intriguing in the story. As it is, the mediocre writing didn't really succeed in creating the atmosphere the author clearly intended;
* an insta-lovey relationship with a romantic interest, whose whole personality could be described by the words tortured and self-sacrificing. He had absolutely no other defining characteristics beyond that.
* mediocre to non-existent character development;
* bland heroine, who managed to invoke absolutely no interest or sympathy in me;
* evil masterminds, whose motivation was simply being evil.
I couldn't wait for this book to end.
Mediocre at best
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