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Wolf Light
by Yaba Badoe
I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Zula, Adoma and Linet are sisters yet they live on opposite ends of the world to each other. Zula guards her beloved mountain in Mongolia, Adoma cares for the River Goddess in Ghana and Linet's soul is one with the drowning pool in Cornwall. Though not bound by blood, the sisters live with each other in a world beyond our own and learn how to use their gifts for the good of the world. But when evil and greed threatens to destroy nature, the sisters must rise up and fight with everything they have.
This is a beautifully told story that really echoes the fight humankind are having today with the current climate emergency, and the wall of corporate greed and cruelty that seems intent on destroying our beautiful world. Wolf Light really emphasises the importance of caring for nature, and how in turn, nature cares for us as well. This book has a wonderful bond of sisterhood in it as well, and it's very much three girls rising up to face down whoever tries to break them apart and they're always there for each other through thick and thin.
The writing in this is very melodious and flowery, which suited the spiritual nature of the book in my opinion. I think this story bordered between middle grade and YA and because of that I feel like some parts of the story missed out on further development which could have made it stronger. I would have liked more back story about the guardians - how they knew of their powers, how they met each other in the spirit world and knew the girls would be the most powerful. It was alluded to that there was a wider group but we only saw Nana Merrimore's friends. Linet's story also felt a little bit unfinished and it felt like she didn't really get her 'rising up' story the way the others did. The villains were very black and white in this book too, and I think they got their comeuppance too suddenly and easily as well. I would have liked a bit more of a fight between them all I think, as the suddenness of everything near the end felt rushed.
Overall, a really enjoyable story though!
Zula, Adoma and Linet are sisters yet they live on opposite ends of the world to each other. Zula guards her beloved mountain in Mongolia, Adoma cares for the River Goddess in Ghana and Linet's soul is one with the drowning pool in Cornwall. Though not bound by blood, the sisters live with each other in a world beyond our own and learn how to use their gifts for the good of the world. But when evil and greed threatens to destroy nature, the sisters must rise up and fight with everything they have.
This is a beautifully told story that really echoes the fight humankind are having today with the current climate emergency, and the wall of corporate greed and cruelty that seems intent on destroying our beautiful world. Wolf Light really emphasises the importance of caring for nature, and how in turn, nature cares for us as well. This book has a wonderful bond of sisterhood in it as well, and it's very much three girls rising up to face down whoever tries to break them apart and they're always there for each other through thick and thin.
The writing in this is very melodious and flowery, which suited the spiritual nature of the book in my opinion. I think this story bordered between middle grade and YA and because of that I feel like some parts of the story missed out on further development which could have made it stronger. I would have liked more back story about the guardians - how they knew of their powers, how they met each other in the spirit world and knew the girls would be the most powerful. It was alluded to that there was a wider group but we only saw Nana Merrimore's friends. Linet's story also felt a little bit unfinished and it felt like she didn't really get her 'rising up' story the way the others did. The villains were very black and white in this book too, and I think they got their comeuppance too suddenly and easily as well. I would have liked a bit more of a fight between them all I think, as the suddenness of everything near the end felt rushed.
Overall, a really enjoyable story though!