Elizabeth's Reviews > Requiem for the Wolf

Mmmm. You know when you read a book and the words just flow so beautifully that you want to say them out loud and taste them? Yeah.
I haven't read such gorgeous prose since I read the Crowthistle Chronicles. Brood of Bones was nearly as good, but WOW. Saunders has such an amazing voice. And she somehow manages to use this elegant voice to write grimdark? Because that's what it is, this world is really horrible, cruel an bloodthirsty. (Though not all the people are).
The plot is brilliant, I could never guess what was going to happen. The characters are all complex and memorable. The main antagonist, despite being a callous killer, is...hard not to root for. Which is just as well, because Saunders is setting up for the next book to be about him.
The ending was awesome and, though I want to read the next one, this stands up very well on its own.
My only issue reading this was that it switched between 4 viewpoints and it wasn't always clear whose head we were in. It would have been nice to have some kind of header to each chapter to make it clearer. Oh, and the romance was pointless. I didn't get anything from it.