Wolf Who Rules, by Wen Spencer
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keilexandraWolf Who Rules
by Wen Spencer
470 pages (paperback)
Genre: Fiction/SF/Romance
The sequel to Tinker. I've been in a brain-rut lately and looking desperately for quick, mindless, de-stressing reads, so when Wolf Who Rules unexpectedly came in at the library I decided to move it to the head of the queue. I had trouble being engaged in the beginning, like with Tinker, but once it got started I was happy to let myself be swept along in the romance. (Exhaustion==shallow taste, pour moi.) Windwolf's POV is less interesting than Tinker's, but it did give me a deeper look at elven culture. I like how Spencer developed it along different-than-usual lines, with the oni and tengu and non-white characters. Japanese mythology isn't really my thing in fiction, but it worked here. And urban scifantasy isn't exactly to my taste either, but this worked. Why, I have no idea, and I do apologize for this post being so rambling and opinionated. I'm not up to any sort of meaningful analysis; but, I do want to record my thoughts.
The prose here is still nothing special, but it does its job. I had a few moments of questioning the Tinker/Windwolf relationship because of comments that Windwolf made to himself--why did he fall in love with Tinker? And (SPOILER) I figured out the polygamy hints way before Tinker did, though she's supposed to be the genius. The secondary characters were also memorable, to the point where I perhaps love them more than the hero/heroine--Pony and Stormsong especially.
Recommended to SF-romance fans; if you liked Tinker, this sequel should be satisfying.
by Wen Spencer
470 pages (paperback)
Genre: Fiction/SF/Romance
The sequel to Tinker. I've been in a brain-rut lately and looking desperately for quick, mindless, de-stressing reads, so when Wolf Who Rules unexpectedly came in at the library I decided to move it to the head of the queue. I had trouble being engaged in the beginning, like with Tinker, but once it got started I was happy to let myself be swept along in the romance. (Exhaustion==shallow taste, pour moi.) Windwolf's POV is less interesting than Tinker's, but it did give me a deeper look at elven culture. I like how Spencer developed it along different-than-usual lines, with the oni and tengu and non-white characters. Japanese mythology isn't really my thing in fiction, but it worked here. And urban scifantasy isn't exactly to my taste either, but this worked. Why, I have no idea, and I do apologize for this post being so rambling and opinionated. I'm not up to any sort of meaningful analysis; but, I do want to record my thoughts.
The prose here is still nothing special, but it does its job. I had a few moments of questioning the Tinker/Windwolf relationship because of comments that Windwolf made to himself--why did he fall in love with Tinker? And (SPOILER) I figured out the polygamy hints way before Tinker did, though she's supposed to be the genius. The secondary characters were also memorable, to the point where I perhaps love them more than the hero/heroine--Pony and Stormsong especially.
Recommended to SF-romance fans; if you liked Tinker, this sequel should be satisfying.
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