I love this book so much. Many people say it starts slow, but for me it definitely didn’t feel like that. Maybe it was because this was a reread, so I kinda knew what was coming, but I think this book has a lot of action. Of course there’s a lot of worldbuilding and information as well, as this is a first book in a series, but I definitely didn’t get bored once while reading it, on the contrary. 

I do agree that not THAT much happens in the first part (except the last chapter of part 1 ofcourse), but I think it sets the mood for the rest of the book, as we get to see how much Bryce has changed. 

There are a lot of plottwists in this book. First you think it happened a certain way and then BOOM it turns around again. I actually forgot some of it, so it was fun to be surprised again (and also it made me realise I did good to reread this one before diving into HOSAB). 

What I didn’t really notice the first time around, was how little we know of the world. A map of the whole world, and not only Crescent City would’ve been really helpful. I still don’t get how all the places that are named (Valbara, Pangera, …) relate to each other. But I really like Crescent City as a setting. I always love it when magic gets mixed with modern (or futuristic) technology, I’m a big fan of the Urban Fantasy genre. 

There are so many characters in this one that own my heart. I love Bryce, Hunt, Ruhn, Tharion, Hypaxia, Danika, Connor & the rest of the wolfpack. Ofcourse there are also the villain characters, but I also like how they are portrayed. 

I also forgot some of the characters, like Aidas. I think he’s super intriguing and I don’t know how I could forget him. Also Tharion was really vague in my memories, but I remember liking him and I was not disappointed meeting him again. 

Then of course the writing style. I read the Dutch translation, so I can’t say anything about the English version, but I FLEW through this. When you’re reading it, it definitely doesn’t feel like an almost 1000 pages long book. 

To summarise: I totally remember why I loved this book. The plot is soo good and exciting, the characters are interesting and the writing style is very fluent. 

I can’t wait to dive into book 2!!