Okay, first of all, thank you very much to Wednesday Books for providing me an e-ARC in exchange for my honest review. Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves was not even on my radar yet but it was everything.

Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long tells the story of Sena, who just wants to save enough money to get off her planet and go somewhere new. Somewhere where she doesn't have to be constantly reminded of the planet's infamous sled race that killed her mothers and left her an orphan. When Sena's bad luck leads to a chance encounter with a fighting wolf, Iska (who Sena wants absolutely nothing to do with), everything changes. Out of options, Sena's only path forward, and Iska's only chance of survival, is to compete in and finish the race.

This book had so many of my favorite troupes including found family and animal companionship. The relationship between Iska and Sena was handled perfectly as well. There is no magical first connection. In fact, when Sena first meets Iska she is almost mauled. But in learning to trust each other, Sena begins to heal from the pain of losing her mothers and Iska overcomes her past of being born and raised to fight in the pits.

In conclusion, I absolutely adored this book. And, yes, I cried. Bawled my eyes out while hugging my own dogs. This story has the heart of Balto only set in a Mad Max type world and I cannot recommend it enough.