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Summary: Very good sequel!
Review: Another very good story by jane lindskold. Again, I stayed up very late to enjoy it to the last page. Can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: Fantastic Fantasy Novel
Review: I first heard of the author Jane Lindskold when I came across her first novel in this universe, Through Wolves Eyes, at a science fiction convention last year. I fell in love with her main characters, Firekeeper, a human girl raised as a wolf, and her pack mate, the wolf Blind Seer. I was ecstatic when I found out that a sequel was in the works. I just finished Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart, and it was even better than the first book in the series. The author does a wonderful job with her human and animal characters, and weaves a story that you can't put down until it's finished. I am always sad to have such a wonderful book end, and I anxiously await the next book in this series. If you like Fantasy, and are an animal lover, this book and the first are for you!
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Summary: A pretty princess costume romance
Review: I have to admit middle volumes in any series are generally not my favorite books. Since they are the middle of the story I don't expect closure or climatic endings. What I do look for is interesting character and story development, relevant subplots and enough foreshadowing of the future plot to pique my interest and make me anticipate the next installment. Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart does this fairly well. It is a good read with a decent plot all it's own. The character development is fair, although there are times when you are left scratching your head and wondering what the author has in mind for some of them. All in all it is worth the read. It may not capture your heart like some books might but it is worth the time and who knows the next installment may just complete it giving us a truly fine story.
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Summary: Decent Middle Volume
Review: I have to admit middle volumes in any series are generally not my favorite books. Since they are the middle of the story I don't expect closure or climatic endings. What I do look for is interesting character and story development, relevant subplots and enough foreshadowing of the future plot to pique my interest and make me anticipate the next installment. Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart does this fairly well. It is a good read with a decent plot all it's own. The character development is fair, although there are times when you are left scratching your head and wondering what the author has in mind for some of them. All in all it is worth the read. It may not capture your heart like some books might but it is worth the time and who knows the next installment may just complete it giving us a truly fine story.
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Summary: Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart
Review: I was drawn to the first book because I had a long train ride and nothing to do and I happened to enjoy it. This one on the other hand...was disappointing. I usually enjoy long books but this one was stretched too thin. The plot was never ending. I found myself skipping to parts about Firekeeper, (the book is about her right), but she wasn't the main focus very often. Also she doesn't seem to be getting anywhere with language or knowledge. In all the book was never ending and I only finished in case something important happened in the end, which it didn't. I thought the next one in the series would be better but there doesn't seem much hope for that. So, sorry Ms. Lindskold but you are off my authors to go out and by list!
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Summary: Good book, but not as good as the others
Review: It is a good book but lacks the pace and suspense of the other two. It is agood bridge book, but could have been shorter. I give it a 4 because the author is extremely careful with the characters, the society and the world setting.
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Summary: A pretty princess costume romance
Review: Lindskold can write. In fact, she is a pretty good yarnspinner. Unfortunately, this book is a very bad example of her art. This is one of those "all women must envy and all men must adore the pretty princesses in their beautiful costumes" type of fantasies, with a tame (and a fierce, and admired, and envied) "wolf woman" thrown in for some color and variety. It is beyond me how such an otherwise perfectly competent writer can be compelled to write stuff like this.
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Summary: A nice story
Review: Lindskold's Firekeeper series is a winner. She has created characters I have fallen in love with and who I care what happens to them. The plot was fast paced and exciting. Lindskold's descriptions of the people and places were so vivid (but not drawn out and boring) that I found myself completely drawn into their world, so much so that I was a part of it instead of an onlooker-- what I feel is a mark of a good book. I currently own all four Firekeeper books and I know that if Lindskold publishes another I won't have to take it out of the library before I buy it, I know it will be good enough to buy.
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Summary: Just as good as the first
Review: Often sequels aren't as good as the first in a series, but Wolf's Head, Wolf's Heart is just as much of a page turner as Through Wolf's Eyes. It can be read as a standalone novel -- enough information is given so that new readers can figure out who is who -- but because it begins a few months after Through Wolf's Eyes ends, it is hard to write a detailed review without spoiling both books. Head/Heart is, technically, a quest story; a group of people are tasked to go somewhere and do something. What makes this book stand out is how that basic concept becomes a the foundation to a tightly woven web of political intrigue spanning four kingdoms. We meet again all the main players from the first book - Firekeeper, the woman raised by wolves; Derian, the man with the unenviable task of civilizing her; Elise Archer, trying to find her place as a future baroness; Melina Shield, the woman who will sacrifice anything for personal power; her daughter Sapphire, who seeks power of her own; a multitude of Kings and Queens, and more. We are also introduced to several new characters and a new society that was only hinted at previously. This might be set in a fantasy medieval world and it might star a half-feral woman, but I guarantee you that this book has all the plots, counter-plots, alliances, betrayals, and fast-paced action as any adventure movie or spy novel. I wasn't able to put it down.
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Summary: wolf as woman
Review: This was a very enjoyable read. Beyond that, I was intrigued by the author's imaginative use of the feral woman to invite the reader's comparison of the behavioral and social mores of the wolf pack with those of human groupings. I look forward to the third book in this trilogy.
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