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“I'm about half way through this book and as other people have noted, it is well written but the gay element of it is completely distracting in what would otherwise be a brilliant book. I ended up giving it a 4 because I like the idea of a wolf companion, and that element of it is really what I wanted to read it for. The Norse/Anglo Saxon flavour to it came as a bit of a surprise and a welcome one. However, it didn't get a 5 as it would normally have done because of the gay element - I'm not against having gay characters in stories, as I've read books with them before (Tanya Huff, Keri Arthur, Kim Harrison...) but do we really need to have it constantly shoved down our throats? As another person pointed out, it would have been better if the main character was female, or if there were females who bonded with the wolves in the story. (This might happen, because as I've said, I'm only half-way through it!) Also, the behaviour of the wolves is off somewhat as the alpha male and female mate for life - wolves which are lower ranking members do not mate. Also, there is the the gang rape scenario which another reveiwer has already pointed out. Is it more acceptable if the character happens to be a male? Still leaves one cold...I can't help but think that the authors were getting off on it and there should have been a warning in the synopsis of the book so that people who don't want to read explict gay material can avoid it.”
Emimar wrote this review Saturday, November 29 2008.
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