I've thoroughly enjoyed Anne Rice's novels from Vampires to Sleeping Beauty.
The Wolf Gift is something different. First of all, we see some things are different from the norm in werewolf writing. The change isn't horrific. It's not painful, orgasmic actually, and it's not uncontrollable. The origins go back so far that the history as it's explained in the end was, to say the least, powerful.
Ruben is an amazing character. I love him! When he meets Laura it was concerning and beautiful at the same time. But it was a loving experience. The fact that he is driven to punish the evil doers of the world is what makes him the unsung hero. It's a calling of
the gift. When he accidentally bites a boy he's trying to save... it's like he had a child. There's now this boy who needs him and is so infatuated with the wolfman already that he has his own theories. I felt like this was going to be a great fit. And it clearly was.
I loved listening to the elders at the end. We get so much information in this book that I didn't realize that this was going to be a series. The fact that it is makes me so incredibly happy! I am now seeking the next book.
Rice's writing is superb. There's so much in one book that I couldn't handle it myself as a writer. I would feel like it would have to be broken up into more than one because everything that's there. But she's amazing. It's seamless. You just want it to keep going... AND IT DOES!
It's a story of love, personal struggle, religious pondering, history, family... and so much more. Read it. Love it.
Enjoy! Read often!
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