Rating: 4/5
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Summary:
Through the eyes of the wolves we are introduced to Transylvania. The wolves here run free in their packs. We follow Larka and her pack as they face a great evil coming to their forest. Morgra, a lone she-wolf that has the Sight, stalks the pack and tries to destroy them as she also strives to bring the great evil to the forest. The Sight is an ancient power that connects all of nature, and can also connect the living to the dead. Morgra knows that one of the pups in this pack will also be gifted the Sight and will have the power to either destroy her plans, or help her usher in this great evil. Can Larka and her pack overcome Morgra and her curses?
My Thoughts:
This is a great introduction book for the fantasy genre. Although the wolf behavior is unrealistic, it does a great job of helping a young reader ease into reading fantasy. There are many great uses of foreshadowing and symbolism. This is a very long book, but the story is easy to follow as the reader is constantly reminded of earlier scenes through easily flowing dialogue. This book is amazing at introducing lore and making it flow into the current happenings in the book as you read.
There are also many parallels to history and to Christianity. This is a great way of tying in some non-fiction elements.
The writing style is very young. It is definitely aimed at a younger audience. The dialogue tags are extremely repetitive and could have been given more diversity to allow for an enhanced understanding of the character's dialogue. It is almost constantly just 'she growled' or 'he growled'.
The plot moves very quickly and makes you want to keep reading just one more chapter.
I give this book a 4/5 rating because of how well it works for a younger audience.
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