I popped your coming-out cherry.” He grimaced as he stopped for a red light. “That didn’t sound any better.” They way they all interact and play off each other is alternately heart wrenching, endearing, and hilarious. I was six when my daddy bought me my own set of tools. Not kids’ stuff. No bright colors and plastic. All cold and metal and real. Is it the best writing style I ever came across? No, there are many repetitions, Ox’s is very young when we get to know him and his POV is still pretty naïve, but that’s all okay, because the writing style has enough heart to make up for it. You feel with the characters, you grow with them, you become a part of the story and that’s everything I needed to enjoy this book. For me it worked. For me it was perfect and since every reader has a subjective opinion about the books, they read I’ll just go with mine and write an extremely long and detailed review. Don’t say I didn’t warn you! But I’ve THOUGHTS, yeah, capital letters, and I need to get them out of my system. Mostly because it’s been a year and I had enough time to think about the book, but also because I finally want to read “Ravensong” and I can only do that once I found some sort of closure with the first book. So, here goes nothing! Let’s do this! i always fell DEEPLY in love with the way this was written. we're inside Ox's head the entire time and we actually see his character development through the writing. he goes from quiet and unsure to complicated and well spoken. the writing is ADDICTING. beautiful in its simplicity and so unputdownable.

I loved every single character in this book !! That doesn't happen very often. At the end, they all felt like my family....oh how I wish ;) The longer I was gone, the easier it would be to forget me and everything I’ve done to you. I wanted to come home, Ox. All I wanted to do was come home, because without you, I don’t have a home.” So I have a friend who recommended this book to me. I put it on my TBR and said I’d read it soon. Then a few weeks later, she said ‘Hey! Have you read this yet?’ Since I was getting badgered (LOL) I looked it up to see if it was on audible. It was, so I knew it was meant to be. I started listening right away. Wolfsong is a story of family, friendship, loyalty and love. It’s my first read by TJ Klune, but I plan to read many more. Especially if there are spin-offs from this book. I know a few characters that need their own story ;)So Joe gave Ox his stone wolf and he took him to meet his family. A weird family who lived at the house at the end of the lane. And like most of the families, the Bennetts had their own secrets.

What excited me most about this book, however, wasn't the really special writing style or the plot line, which was interesting but not anything particularly mind-blowing in the world of shifter romance. What impressed me was how completely awesome the romance was between Ox and Joe. I swear, T.J. Klune can write chemistry like no other. This book is very close to perfect.” — Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway Yes... this book was emotional at times and it managed to make me cry, right from the start. My heart broke a couple of times while reading, but it was also mended in the sweetest ways.... look I really wanted to like this it has such a high rating on goodreads and all my friends gave it five stars and I HONESTLY thought it would be a five star read for me but, alas. I probably would have dnf'ed this if I didn't need it for Magical Readathon For most of it, the relationship felt forced, as if their relationship needed to occur for who they were to one another. However, I feel as though they didn't get to know one another as much as I had expected. There's those little details I wish they would be familiar with simply because of who they are to one another, but nothing was ever pointed out. While they have a connection that is different than the rest, this felt like it was only because they're mates. I feel like there was a lot of room for both of them to simply grow as a couple and learn about each other. Things like their hobbies, likes and dislikes, favorite foods, places to be at, things they think about, small gestures, etc., especially after a long separation that caused them pain.Ox. What a special character. I adored him. He was so damn sweet. He's 12 when the story begins and I loved that we got to grow with him. He is a character that will capture your heart. He did mine and by the end I was completely in love with this character. The prose reads like a simple, placid little pond and then you jump in and realize it's MILES DEEP. So to conclude this terrible non-review, FIVE BAJILLION STARS." — Emma Scott

Only if we make it awkward,” Chris pointed out like a reasonable adult. Then, “We should make it really awkward.” He said, “Keep them clean. And God help you if I find them laying outside. They’ll rust and I’ll tan your hide. That ain’t what this shit is for. You got that?” Ox Matheson was twelve when his father taught him a lesson: Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.You confuse me. You aggravate me. You’re amazing and beautiful, and sometimes, I want to put my teeth in you just to watch you bleed. I want to know what you taste like. I want to leave my marks on your skin. I want to cover you until all you smell like is me. I don’t want anyone to touch you ever again. I want you. Every part of you. I want to tell you to break the bond with Gordo because it burns that you are tethered to someone besides me. I want to tell you I can be a good person. I want you to know that I’m not. I want to turn you. I want you to be a wolf so we can run in the trees. I want you to stay human so you never lose that part of yourself. If something were to happen to you, if you were about to die, I would turn you because I can never lose you. I can never let you leave me. I can’t let anything take you from me.”