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Would you be willing to try another book from TJ Klune? Why or why not? Would you try another book from TJ Klune and/or Kirt Graves?

Getting through this book was a struggle. All in all if youвЂ™ve got the time I think this is a fine way to experience this story. His female voices arenвЂ™t screechy and his accents arenвЂ™t over the top, but he doesnвЂ™t add a lot of emotion or do a lot with extra sound effects or timing. HeвЂ™s not hard to listen to and he tries to give everyone a unique voice, but he lacks the acting chops of some of his contemporaries. Kirt Graves does a fair job reading this and falls somewhere in the middle. There are definitely folks out there who can murder a story dead and make your ears bleed or others who can make your heart sing. There are times heвЂ™s as robotic as my computer-generated вЂњtext-to-speechвЂќ app. The narrator does a good job, but not a great job. I think I feel consistently about this book вЂ“ including the audiobook. This is a book many, many people loved and when the audio came out, it got good reviews too. Audio I've had times when I read a book and thought one thing but changed my opinion after listening to it. I encourage you to read the other reviews and see if it matches your tastes more, it just wasnвЂ™t my thing. Not a bad story вЂ“ I canвЂ™t say that at all. This was a story about Ox and his story more than anything and it involved the love he shared with Joe вЂ“ to be sure вЂ“ but they spent so much time apart that it didnвЂ™t meet my needs as far as a love story goes. It was interesting and there was some really unique world-building going on, but I just didnвЂ™t care for the love story and thatвЂ™s what I like most in the world вЂ“ a good love story. I know that I love TJ when heвЂ™s funny and am not a fan of his more angsty stuff and this absolutely reeked of angst in the blurb alone вЂ“ but I adore shifters and so I thoughtвЂ¦ letвЂ™s see what happens. I didnвЂ™t like the fact that there were repeated flash backs thrown in with the current story. I didnвЂ™t like it when Ox was with other people вЂ“ I know thatвЂ™s my own bias вЂ“ but there it is. I know what effect the author was trying for but it was more confusing than anything else вЂ“ to me. Sometimes the words were in sentences вЂ“ sometimes they were just words.

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It was full of angst, and lots and lots of words. ButвЂ¦ I calls em like I sees emвЂ¦ and I just didnвЂ™t care for this, at all. There are many 4 and 5 star reviews for this, so IвЂ™m clearly in the minority. IвЂ™m also going to keep my review fairly brief. ** I donвЂ™t want to give anything away so my summary is purposefully vague and non-committal. There is a lot of drama and eventually Ox learns that the town is not what it seems. Years later a boy named Joe shows up in town and instantly becomes OxвЂ™s best friend. His father, the drunk, leaves him as a 12 year old and tells him вЂњheвЂ™s a man nowвЂќ and Ox does his best to do right by his mother. Ox lives in a small town with his mother. Please give me more.вЂќ Highly, highly recommended. I was invested in every single moment, and when it ended all I thought was, вЂњI want more. ItвЂ™s one of the best stories IвЂ™ve read in the genre. This is hands down one of the best stories IвЂ™ve read this year. It's so different from anything else of his I've read, and yet there are so many elements of things I love from his other stories interwoven here. Everything I had hoped for and everything I could have possibly wanted. From the character voices, to his pacing, to the emotion infused so perfectly in all the right places. Hands down, newcomer voice actor Graves nails everything in Wolfsong. But, honestly, I think the truly exceptional narration by Kirt Graves is the reason. Maybe it's because Wolfsong is one of my favorite books ever. I can name on one hand and still have fingers left over the number of audiobooks that have felt almost life changing. Don't hesitate, just one-click and thank me later. If you like werewolves with a MM undercurrent, buy this audiobook. Kirt Graves did an amazing job narrating this book! He was a pleasure to listen to, and really brought the story to life. It's a story of losing a part of yourself, and then finding your confidence, ability to love, and being strong with the help of your friends and family (or pack as the case may be). And, though I never got to the full-on wookie cry face, there were many tears. I laughed so hard early on that I thought my heart might come away whole.

This book IS about werewolves, but it's so very much more. As always, TJ Klune never fails to touch every emotion inside of me. Until I can get the review I want posted, I'll tell you this. I had a lovely review written for this book, but it cut it off about in the middle. Here we go again with Audible screwing with reviews.

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