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For the Wolf

The Wilderwood Books, Book 1

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For the Wolf

By: Hannah Whitten
Narrated by: Inés del Castillo
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The first daughter is for the throne. The second daughter is for the wolf.

As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose - to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in order to save her kingdom. 

Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again.

But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood - and her world - will be lost forever.

Hannah Whitten's New York Times best-selling debut is a sweeping tale of love, legends and the secrets that hide beyond the trees.

©2021 Hannah Whitten (P)2021 Hachette Audio UK Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic
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Critic reviews

"Dazzling.... This is sure to enchant." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"A glorious journey through woods deep and so very dark. A stunning debut." (Erin Craig, author of House of Salt and Sorrow)

"A must read." (Emily A. Duncan, author of Wicked Saints)
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a fantasy world a new.
old stories and the world building is brilliant.
cannot wait for what is next in the series!

a story like no other

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As an avid reader over time I’ve added to a list of auto buy authors, and with my love for audiobooks I now have a list of auto buy narrators and Inés del Castillo is now one of them. I had to remind myself multiple times that this is read by one person, it’s extremely well read.

The story itself was a very slow build into the plot. As it got to the end, the race against time wasn’t just for one character to save another but for many people trying to get to the end they wanted.

I am looking forward to reading the next one to see where it takes everyone, especially after that epilogue.

Quotes I adored:
“Sometimes you don't mourn people so much as you mourn who they could've been.”

“People with power resent losing it, and too much power for too long a time can make a villain of anyone.”

“Red spent the time mostly in her room, surrounded by her books, letting the familiar passages be an escape. She was good at escaping.”

For the Wolf

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It seems like the unedited copy has been released by accident. Good story within unnecessary similar chapters, which make up half of the book. Everything happens in the last 4 hours and there is not enough going on before that. Overuse of the same words within minutes from each other. Verdant, lurch/lurching, reverberate, eyes narrowed, dart/darted and there are more.

Should have been edited more

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This wasn’t what I was expecting, but it was still very good! The characters were interesting and the premise was much more than a fairytale retelling - A lot of beautiful writing in this story, and a very clever magical system.

More than a fairytale retelling

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I usually only write reviews for reads that I personally feel are above 5 star…….. but this book breaks my heart my first dnf 😔 I have battled on from about 1/4 in hoping it would get better but sadly it did not for me. I personally have had a few reads that are hard for me to get into or just didn’t hit top tier but still enjoyed the read and journey……this book is my first sad dnf….I personally feel I carried on Way longer in hope than I should have. 3/4 and im out sorry.

Absolutely devastated

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