Wolfsong is an exciting and heartwarming found family fantasy novel. I enjoyed the bonds that Ox was able to build and the confidence he gained in himself. I can’t wait to continue the series. Pinecones and candy canes and epic and awesome for everyone. P.S. my Twihard self giggled at the Twilight references.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was a great series starter from master TJ Klune. A different take on shifter romances, this book is full of action and angst for the two main characters. I poured through this book.

I couldn't be more grateful to NetGalley for an eARC of this book, it has been on my TBR for months and I just hadn't gotten around to it yet.

And what a crime that was... this book EASILY is in my top books of the year. I don't cry in books... ever. I was crying before I even hit 100 pages. This book took me on a ride, I will think about this book for years to come. Rereading books is something I RARELY do, but I will ABSOLUTELY be rereading this one.

Highly recommend.

I was not expecting to like this book as much as I did! This book has some "epic and awesome" characters with great connections between them. Found family, slow burn, and a little teenage angst in the mix. You can't help but feel Ox's emotions, his embarrassment, happiness, sorrow, all of it. I enjoyed the world building and the magic that came with it.

True to TJ Klune's brand, this story is heartwarming and drew me in from the start. I love the characters he's created so much, and the story unwinds in a way that is so interesting.

I'm not sure I have words to express how much I loved Wolfsong and the world of Green Creek. This powerful, emotional, and even funny book had me laughing on one page and crying on another, convinced my heart had been shredded. The characters, especially Ox and Joe, and fully realized, complex people, and I wanted to hug and protect them all. Despite its 500+ page length, Wolfsong never lags or slows down -- if anything, I wanted more by the time I reached the end. Can't wait to read more in the series.

"People could be cruel. They could be beautiful, but they could be cruel too. It's like something so lovely can't just be lovely. It also has to be harsh and corroding. It's a complexity I didn't understand."

Ox, our MC, has not had the greatest life, especially after his father walked out the door at age twelve. He is an outcast, the man of the house now, and lives a quiet and solitary life.

That is until the age of sixteen when he meets a boy.... a boy full of life, not alone, a boy who talks as fast as he runs. But this boy has a secret... a secret that changes Ox's life forever

A world full of color, a place where he can not only exist but belongs, and a murder that threatens it all.

I am completely WRECKED but also hopeful! Ox and many characters have dedicated bonds... they are PACK. You mess with him, and you have to go through me type of mood. The loyalty in this story had me completely absorbed! But the loss in the tale was enormous... a complete hole in my heart. It made me want to tilt my head to the sky and howl my song of sorrow to the moon.

The romance...swoon! It was so soft and sweet at times and a demanding bite in others. It was an obligation to things we must do and a choice because we get to choose. I LOVED it!

This story could be cruel. It could be beautiful, but it could be cruel too. It's like something so lovely can't just be lovely. It also has to be harsh and corroding. It's a complexity I didn't understand.

This book hurt me to my core and healed me all the same. I will be recommending this one for a long time.

You can pre-order this new and beautiful cover. It will be released July 4th.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Books for providing me with an ARC.

As a big fan of TJ Klune, I began to read this book with great anticipation. Although I finished it, I was very disappointed. First, the transitions from human to werewolf and back were often unclear, and sometimes it seemed as if the person/wolf was staying, and functioning, in mid-transition... also unclear. Thanks TJ Klune for giving explicit lessons on what gay sex looks like, but I really didn't want to know that. Too much information. Some things are better left private and in the realm of suggestion. I read the excerpt from "Ravensong" included at the back of the book and, since it seemed like it was going to be more of the same, I decided to give it a pass.

TJ Klune never disappoints!
Wolfsong is unlike anything I’ve ever read. Fantasy with mystical elements and romance. I typically don’t read fantasy, but this had me hooked.
The family drama included in the story makes it even more interesting and keeps your attention.
Thank you NetGalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

A new release of an old title. Perhaps the time is better for audiences to appreciate the nuances of a M/M shape-shifter relationship. The story follows boys, OX and Joe, who have grown up in very rough circumstances in a small Oregon town. The writing is lush in its descriptions of the world these characters inhabit. Klune uses language to make the story come alive, even in the most uncomfortable moments of despair. This is at its heart a romance with wolf shifters and has some violent language and an age-gap relationship that fits their world but might be uncomfortable in the readers reality.

I haven’t read much TJ Klune, but he is popular so I wanted to give his books a shot. I just don’t think his writing style is for me. I find myself trying my best to get through his stories.

He writes great side characters and they’re the saving grace of his stories for me.

I was not sure about this book based on the description, but it is by TJ Klune, and I will pretty much pick up anything he writes.
As I hoped, this book was kind of like a big hug, full of comfort and love. Readers who enjoyed his other works are sure to love this series as well!

I literally have no words for the greatness that is this book.

⭐️ 10 stars!

There is so much emotion in this book and such an AMAZING storyline!

💛 wolves! 🐺
💛 pack / protective brotherhood
💛 witches
💛 romance (lgbtq+ friendly)

The cover of this book is so beautiful. This is definitely in my Top 10 reads of 2023.

Hold on while I try to replenish the water I lost due to all the tears this book made me cry....

Alright! Well this was a shocking read for me. I started it at work during a lunch break and I was immediately sucked into the world. I made sure not to look to much into other reviews because I wanted to go into the book blind. And it was great!!!

The only thing is that I was not expecting was the explicit scenes. But that is partly my fault since I didn't look into any tags or lists that this book was a part of.

Overall I loved this book, even if I cried so much it gave me a headache! Haha!

Summary:
Ox was sixteen when the shape shifting Bennett family moved in next door. The Bennetts can transform into wolves at will. Shy and quiet Ox is drawn into their world of magic, wonder, and connection. As his love grows for the family, danger approaches and puts it all at risk.

Written from Ox’s POV, Wolfsong explores what I means to be family, what it means to love, and what it means to heal, grow, and forgive.
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Tj Klune’s first book in the Green Creek series, Wolfsong, kept me hooked from the first page to the last. I read the entire thing in less than 24 hrs!

If you like paranormal, romance, queer love, werewolves, etc. This is the book for you. It was not unlike other Klune books in the way he makes readers feel so deeply for his characters. I’m not one to cry *much* when reading books, but I was crying a bit while reading Wolfsong. It was such a surprising and interesting story.

I did not like the age gap in this book. Though it’s only 6 years, they meet when joe is 10 years old and were just friends. Having them meet so young, then start the romance aspect once Joe was 18? Still weird. I tried to trust the process but I still felt weird by the end. I think if they met when Joe was a little older, their love story would have been much better. The author uses a lot of werewolf logic to make sense of this and make it “okay” but it didn’t land for me.

I do admit some of the werewolf stuff felt awkward/cringey to me anyways. This type of story (paranormal) is a bit out of my usual territory. However, the whole family group (love a found family!!!) and tense plot kept me reading.

Thank you to the author, the publishers and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I would love my students to read this in one of our literature classes. The fantasy and romance in the story is interesting as it is also an eye opener to the rainbow community. A lot of people, specially the younger generation, will relate to the internal and external struggle of Ox.

Great read! Twilight vibes with far fewer problematic elements. Ox is an utter cinnamon roll. Klune does an amazing job showing us the other characters' motivations through Ox. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series!

I swear Klune puts crack in his books, because I really liked this one, but can’t put my finger on why. The second half definitley dragged quite a bit. The author/main character kept saying the same thing over. and over. And over. the characters kept having the same conversations, everyone was annoying at some point, characters weren’t extremely loveable and werewolves just aren’t my thing. And yet I enjoyed this book a lot. I have no clue why. Maybe the storytelling style? Other than that I dunno but despite all my problems with it, I enjoyed it.

Thank you Tor Publishing Group for for accepting my request for this arc so quickly

But this book is absolutely boring. I pushed through until about 32% but still nothing has happened even though I feel like I've read a lot. The romance which I heard was a majority of the story makes me very uncomfortable because it's is between two people that met when one was 16 and the other was 10. I did not know that before starting the book so it completely turns me off from finishing it. Especially when the writing in this is very weird and repetitive.

This book is every supernatural fanfic reader's dream. From werewolves and magic to found family tropes and mates, TJ Klune pulls out all the stops in this debut for his new Green Creek series. Is it a bit cringey? Sure, but what good furry romance book isn't? It's important to know the type of story you're getting into before you start, since this type of book isn't for everyone, but it's a good time to be sure.

The positives of this book, to name a few, would be the overwhelming coziness of the character relationships, the queer representation, and the way it manages to ride the line between a low- and high-stakes plot line. Readers are able to enjoy lovable characters whose connections to one another are irresistably heartwarming, while also having a driving force to the story to keep it going. The found family trope is extremely strong throughout, and LGBTQ+ characters are able to exist without needing to fight for acceptance. It brings a normalized tone to coming out and being queer, something we can always use more of in literature.

As far as complaints go, I'll admit that the pacing was a bit erratic. At times the story would be jumping through years at a time, and then all of a sudden it would be crawling through a single week. It's understandable why there'd be time jumps given the age gap between the main characters, but that brings me to the second con of the book, which is the fine line it rode with Joe's age and his relationship with Ox in the first half of the story. No lines were definitively crossed, but personally I think there were better ways to navigate that part of the plot.

Overall, a good start for a new series, and I'm excited to see what happens next!