by T.J. Klune
5 ++++++ Stars
Ox was twelve when his
daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. He said that Ox wasn’t worth anything
and people would never understand him. Then he left.
Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who talked and talked and talked. Ox found out later the boy hadn’t spoken in almost two years before that day, and that the boy belonged to a family who had moved into the house at the end of the lane.
Ox was seventeen when he found out the boy’s secret, and it painted the world around him in colors of red and orange and violet, of Alpha and Beta and Omega.
Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart. The boy chased after the monster with revenge in his bloodred eyes, leaving Ox behind to pick up the pieces.
It’s been three years since that fateful day—and the boy is back. Except now he’s a man, and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.
Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who talked and talked and talked. Ox found out later the boy hadn’t spoken in almost two years before that day, and that the boy belonged to a family who had moved into the house at the end of the lane.
Ox was seventeen when he found out the boy’s secret, and it painted the world around him in colors of red and orange and violet, of Alpha and Beta and Omega.
Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart. The boy chased after the monster with revenge in his bloodred eyes, leaving Ox behind to pick up the pieces.
It’s been three years since that fateful day—and the boy is back. Except now he’s a man, and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.
Where to start, what to say.
This is not the first T.J. Klune book we have read, or the first
shapeshifters story, but this book is unexpected to say the least. As we read the last page, we wanted to start it
all over again.
From the very first chapter you fall in love with Oxnard, or
Ox as everyone knows him. He is a sweet
natured boy that has been stepped on over and over again by his father. He is a
little slow, and has found himself the object of teasing in his very small town. But life changes for him when he is 16 and
meets his new neighbor, 10-year old Joe. And his fate is sealed.
Joe is a whirlwind in Ox’s life, he brings him a sense of
belonging to something greater, something Ox has always craved after his father
left at a young age. But Joe is a broken
little boy who hasn’t spoken in 18 months after he was taken from his family
and horribly abused. Ox brings him
peace, grounds him and allows him to grow into the alpha he is meant to
be.
Wolfsong is hauntingly beautiful, and although a romance, it
is so much more than that. It is about
family and love and belonging, and believing in yourself. Wolfsong is a story over 10 years, and the
life of the wolf pack and of the love between Ox and Joe. There is so much heartbreak in the book, and
we cried in the first chapter, but there is s much love and humor as well.
T.J. Klune has created a story that focuses on Ox and Joe,
but weaves a life of complex characters around their love. The wolves in the pack create a family that
believes in Ox and allows him to grow into the person he needs to be.
We didn’t think T.J. Klune could write a better book, but we
were so wrong. Wolfsong pulls you in and
keeps you enraptured. It is easily our
favourite book of the year, and know we will come back to read over and over
again.
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