Abused and mistreated by her last pack, she finally gets out with the help of the Marrok’s son, Charles, whose wolf has claimed her as his mate. Anna is an Omega wolf who was attacked by a crazed werewolf in the Chicago pack. If you like werewolves, mysteries, and good triumphing over evil, this book is for you. Gritty and fantastic, this new book in the Mercy Thompson universe was a wild ride. Like, they are native but only allowed to exist in this vaguely native space instead of putting a name to it. I just dont understand why an author is so willing to use a Native character as a prop but do almost none of the legwork of talking or drawing from ACTUAL native cultures that exist in that area. At one point, Im pretty sure Charles is singing something and Anna describes it as a native song. Instead, it uses Native exoticism to describe pretty much everything about the main character, Charles. However, the book doesnt really talk about the Native people that actually live there (Crow, Blackfeet, Northern Cheyenne to name a few). The setting is in Montana, presumable on a Native reservation, or something resembling one. Cry Wolf builds a world with many creatures, not just werewolves, but the people of this world are incredibly diverse. Im going to be honest, I wasnt really interested in the mystery plot (which didnt really develop until closer to the 60% mark) but I kept reading because the pack dynamics were interesting.Īnother thing that I want to talk about is the use, or lack thereof, of Indigenous folklore. Annas story is particularly heartbreaking but reading her come into her own and realize her own talents kept me going.
Their dynamic was really interesting to me. That being said, I did really enjoy getting to know Charles and Anna. Its hard to even keep up with who were following, despite the fact that literally NOTHING is happening but our characters are cuddling in the cold. There are some parts where theres barely anything happening but the book changes POVs four times in one chapter.
It felt like a slog to get through at some parts and usually I can churn through books like this in under a day this one took me three. However, all of that strong characterization done at the beginning pretty much falls flat when the plot moved at a snails pace in some parts. It was a very interesting and, I feel, effective way of characterization for the people at the forefront of the story. Were dropped right in the middle of life changing events at the start of the story and at first I really liked how the author created this very complicated web of people and interactions by just forcing the reader in the middle of it.
This book felt like it was trying to do everything and yet nothing at the same time.
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