3/5 stars

I enjoyed this book. It’s the first of TJ’s books that I’ve read, and while there were certainly aspects I had issues with, I overall really liked it.

I knew going in that there was an age gap and was fully prepared to rip this book apart if it was done problematically. However, I think it was okay - Ox, the older and morally responsible one, doesn’t see Joe like that until Joe is 17. Even then, he is anxious about it and insists on waiting until Joe is old enough to do anything. Sure, it’s a little weird that Joe “claimed” Ox when he was 11, but I think it’s perfectly normal for a young child to idolize and crush on older people - it’s on the adults to not do anything about it, which happened here.

I thought the villain was lacking a bit. Richard was built up to be a mastermind always a step ahead, but they defeat him fairly easily and I felt let down.

I adored the relationships between the characters in this book, especially Ox and his found family. I think it’s by far the best aspect of the novel, such as Elizabeth, Mark, and Gordo’s relationships with Ox.

Ox’s development was also good. I could see the lasting effect his deadbeat dad had on him and how he constantly doubted himself, though he grew into himself by the end.

It's epic and awesome but also hurts like hell.

I really like this book for the slow burn (literally takes more than a decade) and the incredibly beautiful the family bonds. And the loss, and grief.

But it hurt. There would be fleeting moments of incandescent happiness. And then it HURT. And then some more. And just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. There was never a real break from the hurting and the grieving, and in the brief moments when no one was grieving, an evil far more evil than I was expecting reared its ugly head and started torturing and killing. It was just far darker than I was expecting it to be.

It is a bit long in places in my opinion, and the pacing is a bit off for me sometimes, but all in all, it's TJ Klune, with his incredibly moving prose and the ability to completely gut you with a simple phrase, so. Read it? But bring tissues. You will need them.

I had read House on the Cerulean sea and was in love with TJ Klunes writing from the start so when I saw another book on NetGalley for review I jumped at the chance. I got halfway through Wolfsong knee this book would be the same. You really feel enveloped in the character and I love the relationship that Ox and the mix of fantasy and romance that this novel has!

I love TJ Klune. Like House on the Cerulean see and Under the Whispering Door are two of my favorite books. That being said - this is not it. This is a re=release of some of his earlier work (and I think an attempt on TORs part to get some extra money out of his current popularity?). This reads like fan fiction and doesn't live up to his current quality of work.

I don't mean to be rude but I think it is a DISGRACEFUL cash grab on Tor's part to republish an established author's juvenilia like this without any substantial edits. Klune is a better author than this now and has received plaudits for his new writing, but the writing in Wolfsong is terrible. Just the most inane dialogue it has ever been my displeasure to read, a constant handwaving of any important plot details, and characterization shallower than a puddle. Adjust your expectations now! This is not "The House in the Cerulean Sea, but with werewolves." This is "Twilight, but m/m." If that sounds good to you, go for it; otherwise, it is not worth bashing your head against horrible prose for over six hundred pages.

Thank you NetGalley for the advance copy for review.

Although this book is not new, it has been rereleased. I am a hug fan of TJ Klune's stand alone novels. I had been considering this one for some time and decided to give it a try.

I am sorry to say that I am not a fan of this one. I felt like the writing was just not to the level of his other works I have read. I struggled to get into the story and am sad to say that I just was not able to continue reading.

An interesting story full of twists, turns, fun characters and overall a book I would consider reading time and time again.