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A review by kaiablackbeak
Pyotra and the Wolf by Elna Holst
3.0
3.5 stars
I didn’t expect where this book went. Based on the description, I should’ve probably figured out that this was a werewolf story, but I didn’t, and I certainly didn’t expect it to be set in the present day, and not a few hundred years ago like I’m used to. I debated rating this 3 or 4 stars, but eventually settled on 3.5 because while I read it very quickly and did enjoy it, it was very confusing in many parts of the book.
The characters were all very fun, and I loved that it was a sapphic werewolf book, and full of queer characters, but it was very fast paced, and could’ve slowed down a bit.
The book opens up right at the conflict, with Pyotra’s younger brother being bitten by a wolf, specifically a werewolf, and Pyotra’s flight to hunt and kill the wolf. It shifts with the second part of the book, introducing new characters, and opens up pretty confusingly.
I found the ending was very rushed, and could have been done slower. There wasn’t anything of Pyotra and Volk arriving to where Pyotra’s little brother was, saving him, and leaving. In the perspective of another character, they arrive, the chapter ends, and everyone is out and safe. I would’ve liked a little more in the epilogue showing Volk’s new pack, rather than abruptly ending and letting us infer what would eventually happen.
I didn’t expect where this book went. Based on the description, I should’ve probably figured out that this was a werewolf story, but I didn’t, and I certainly didn’t expect it to be set in the present day, and not a few hundred years ago like I’m used to. I debated rating this 3 or 4 stars, but eventually settled on 3.5 because while I read it very quickly and did enjoy it, it was very confusing in many parts of the book.
The characters were all very fun, and I loved that it was a sapphic werewolf book, and full of queer characters, but it was very fast paced, and could’ve slowed down a bit.
The book opens up right at the conflict, with Pyotra’s younger brother being bitten by a wolf, specifically a werewolf, and Pyotra’s flight to hunt and kill the wolf. It shifts with the second part of the book, introducing new characters, and opens up pretty confusingly.
I found the ending was very rushed, and could have been done slower. There wasn’t anything of Pyotra and Volk arriving to where Pyotra’s little brother was, saving him, and leaving. In the perspective of another character, they arrive, the chapter ends, and everyone is out and safe. I would’ve liked a little more in the epilogue showing Volk’s new pack, rather than abruptly ending and letting us infer what would eventually happen.