Wolf's Bane

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Summary: Tara, how could you.....?
Review: If you have read the first three novels in the Wolfwalker series (and if you haven't, I suggest that you do) do not, I repeat, DO NOT read Grayheart or Wolf's Bane. Ember Dione maMarin was my favorite character, and Harper destroyed her life. I don't ask for sugar plum fairies and sprites dancing under the pale moon light, but I do expect to be able to read a story without feeling sick to my stomach over the non-stop agony my character is experiencing. Wolfwalker, Shadow Leader, and Storm Runner had plenty of pain and fear, but those emotions were at least balanced by excitement and joy. I don't know what Tara Harper was thinking...maybe she was having a bad year, or maybe she has every intention of making up for it in future novels, but unless she redeems herself, my advice is to stay away from these novels.

Rating:
Summary: Tara, how could you.....?
Review: If you have read the first three novels in the Wolfwalker series (and if you haven't, I suggest that you do) do not, I repeat, DO NOT read Grayheart or Wolf's Bane. Ember Dione maMarin was my favorite character, and Harper destroyed her life. I don't ask for sugar plum fairies and sprites dancing under the pale moon light, but I do expect to be able to read a story without feeling sick to my stomach over the non-stop agony my character is experiencing. Wolfwalker, Shadow Leader, and Storm Runner had plenty of pain and fear, but those emotions were at least balanced by excitement and joy. I don't know what Tara Harper was thinking...maybe she was having a bad year, or maybe she has every intention of making up for it in future novels, but unless she redeems herself, my advice is to stay away from these novels.

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Summary: aaarghh!
Review: Let me preface this by saying that I hate it when major characters get whacked in the middle of a book. I was more than slightly disappointed in this one. Harper seems to have confused overpsychologizing with actual depth. There's almost no plot in this, very little real character development, and way to much verbage wasted on navel-examination. The first two books were awesome, but the third shallowed out, and I'm sorry I bought the forth one at all.

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Summary: Okay, but not as good as other Harper books.
Review: This is the fifth book in the Wolfwalkers series. It features the wolfwalker, Dion, as do other Wolfwalker books. The book was well written, but I didn't like where Harper took it. Admittedly, real life doesn't always take us where we want to go, but since I read for enjoyment, I don't like reading books I don't enjoy, and this one fit the bill. I highly recommend the rest of Harper's books, though, and especially the cat series.