Thank you to NetGalley, Tor Publishing Group, Tor Books, and T.J. Klune for the opportunity to read Wolfsong in exchange for an honest review.

Green Creek is a small town. Ox was twelve when his dad left with demeaning words in his wake, words that will haunt Ox forever: He will never amount to anything.

When Ox is sixteen, the Bennett family moves to Green Creek, or rather, back to. On that day, Ox encounters Joe, the youngest Bennett (12?), waiting for him at the end of the lane. From then on is a friendship closer than any, as Ox soon learns about Joe and the rest of his werewolf family.

Joe has a dark and unescapable past that will eventually bring a haunting and horrifying conflict to Green Creek. When wolves sing, they express joy, connection, sadness, anger, and many other emotions that they can feel and share as a pack. Their songs hold a power that only they can truly understand. When loss ensnares a pack, their song is what will pull them through, together.

Wolfsong explores Ox's relationship with Joe and his involvement with the pack over the course of many years, though a few specific years will have major plot elements and focus in the novel. With the span of nearly ten years, the pacing pulls through pretty well. I mean, what else can you do with such gaps except list the major events within?

Wolfsong is the first of the Green Creek series, each novel featuring a different set of main characters from Green Creek. This novel explores the meaning of family, friendship, love, and the power of having a pack. An amazing novel for lovers of werewolves, LGBTQ+ romance, and masterful dialogue and prose.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Books for the ARC of Wolfsong!

My main takeaway from this book is Twilight fanfic with werewolves and child grooming.

So, this one was not my favorite. Once the pack splits and Joe and Ox are separated I did enjoy the book more but it still felt like Ox spent a lot of time remembering Joe as a young child even though he was an adult and they had fallen for each other in a romantic way. I don't think 6 years is a huge age gap but the fact that Ox is constantly calling back to when Joe was a little kid is what makes it weird. And the fact that Ox thinks of Joe's family as his family so its weirdly incestuous plus Joe is SUPER possessive of Ox even as a young child. Despite the length of this book, I felt like the main characters were underdeveloped. Ox's main character trait is that his dad told him "people are going to give him shit" and Joe's personality is just CHILDHOOD TRAUMA. The supporting characters were far more interesting to me than the main characters.

Overall, I'm finding that TJ Klune is not an author whose work I connect with but this one just was icky to me.

TJ Klune is an author that I deeply respect. Klune's novels are amazing, and I was happy to have the chance to explore this earlier work thanks to #NetGalley.

Wolfsong has quite a bit in it that I really enjoyed. However, I did find the imprinting and the age difference between the 10 year old and the 16 year old a little uncomfortable to read. I thought the dynamics of the werewolf pack were handled well and I did enjoy most of the characters. Had the age difference not happened, I probably would have loved this one a lot more.

Still, this is a fun read with an entertaining story.

After starting this a month ago and only making it to the 50% mark .. I’m finally committing to my first DNF of the year .

This book has marvellous reviews and I’m sure it has the potential to be a well loved story but unfortunately I am just never feeling motivated to jump back into the story .

From the 50% that I’ve read I just feel that this book is too YA and focused on that ‘Coming of Age’ trope and it’s just not my vibe.

I would maaaaaybe go back to give this series another chance in the future, but more likely I will just stick to Klunes newer work :)

Anything TL Klune writes I will love, and this book is no exception!! I adored this one with all my heart!! Bought the physical copy as soon as I finished this arc, and recommended this to a few friends who also are lovers of Klune. Thank you so so much for sending a copy of this book!

I have been on a bit of a TJ Klune kick recently and everything that I love about his books are here: lovable characters, found family, a complete and immersive world, etc. What I was not expecting, and this is on me, was the spice. I really thought we would get a cute kiss, maybe a romantic night away joked about by Ox’s mechanic friends, but not the full on embrace we got.

And look, I love that for them.

This is no way my first adult gay paranormal romance book and by god it won’t be my last, but I just came out of nowhere for me. I think part of what I really struggle with is the age gap between Ox and Joe. As they get older it is not really an issue, and the time they were separated I think made it better, but something about meeting Joe when he was ten gave me Jacob Black and Renesmee vibes in the worst way possible. But maybe this is me as a critical adult living in a world that hates wolf kids. Maybe if I read this in my Twilight/Shiver hay day this too would have become my entire personality (which really truly would have been a possibility).

Thank you to NetGalley, TJ Klune, and Tor Books for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I laughed with them, I cried with them, and I felt everything they felt in between. There were scenes I couldn’t stop re-reading, hooked on the emotion coursing through every single word, and in the end, I would have given just about anything for one more chapter or ten. A truly magnificent addition to an author’s already extraordinary repertoire, an absolute must-read.

I loved wolfing so much! And I love the Kline style of writing. How he makes the characters come alive and makes us fall in love with them. A heartfelt found family. Friendship, loyalty and magic. Absolutely loved this

I absolutely loved this book and I'm excited to read the rest of the books in this series. I wish I read it sooner. I hope to be better about reading books as they are about to come out and reviewing them as I read them. Thank you for understanding.

5/5

I absolutely love this book. TJ Klune writes stories that pull me and keep me there forever. I loved the paranormal- werewolves aspect of this book, for sure brought me back to my teen self. I loved the bonds and relationships this book had. The slow burn was fantastic and kept me turning the pages. The character development was on point. just everything about this book had my heart and I absolutely recommend giving this a read if you have yet to read it.

This started out great and I was really invested in Ox’s story but once Joe left, I felt the story took a dive and never recovered. His return wasn’t on a journey I wanted Ox to be on and I lost interest pretty quickly after.

I LOVE this book. Everything about it. Its funny, inspiring, sad as heck, and just all over great. If you haven't read this one do yourself a favor and read it, and then proceed to read the rest of his books.

Very different from the author’s other books, but overall enjoyable. I love a good werewolf romance and this was just so beautifully written and had a wonderful found family aspect to it. Will definitely continue the series!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book.

This book wrecked me. I can't wait to read the rest in the series! Love the new covers as well. Highly recommend!!!!

I've learned some things about the author and while I have enjoyed TJ Klune books in the past, I will be skipping the Green Creek series for specific issues that I've become aware of, including a substantial and unnecessary age gap between the main characters and some misogynistic perspectives. While I don't think genocide and indigenous schools played a part in this particular feel-good queer series, I can't forget that the author has used such topics as content for profit in a way that does not accurately portray them as horrific and evil. Thank you for the opportunity to review.

There is alot in this book(series) that doesn't work for me, such as the extremely icky age difference which actually serves no pirpose to the story, and the lack of character development with any female characters.
The book reads like Twilight fanfic focusing on the Werewolves instead.... and honestly I kinda loved it. I genuinely considered DNFing a few chapters in, but I found the story compelling, and I really enjoyed TJ Klunes interesting writing style choices.
Is this for everyone? No. Does it have weird choices that will put people off? Yes. Did I enjoy it anyway? Yes. Does it have gay Werewolves? Yes.

I had a hard time at first getting used to the writing but soon I couldn't put it down. I also get why some feel uncomfortable with this book with the ages with MCs being 16 and 10 when they first met. I didn't see their first meeting as anything romantic but as Joe got older I could see it grow. My aunt was around the ages when she knew would marry my uncle so maybe that is why I didn't have any issues with that.

T.J. Klune had me laughing, crying and my heart breaking then fixing it again. I need a book for every character in this book from the brothers to all the side characters. I will be picking up all of T.J. Klune's books now.

Thank you Netgalley and Tor Books for letting me give my honest review

Here's the thing: I have some very complicated feelings about TJ Klune in general and they have gotten more complicated since I first requested this book as an ARC. But I decided to give this a go after all and damn, as much as I wanted to dislike it, this book was super compelling. I did not want to put it down. I had dreams about it. It was too long and while the story sucked me in, there were lots of flaws. But I will still pick up the next book in the series.

Ahhh TJ Klune never disappoints. And always brings up the emotions in me!

Ox! Dear sweet Ox.

I honestly am still suffering from a book hangover on this one and haven't been able to move on to Ravensong yet. But I will. Just so Klune can tear my heart out again!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Tor for shredding me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review.