Book Beginnings : For The Wolf Hannah Whitten

Every Friday Book Beginnings hosted by Rose City Readers asks you to grab the book you are reading and share the first sentence or paragraph and then give your feelings on it or anything else that it inspires. Be sure to include the title and the author

FOR THE WOLF BY HANNAH WHITTEN

Paperback, 448 pages

Published June 1st, 2021 by Orbit Books

We have been discussing books with friends ever since we started the blog ( and before honestly ) but recently decided to do it in a more official way so we started a book club that reads a book a month and comes together twice to discuss it.

This month was our very first month and we were so excited to have so many people sign up, some old friends, and some new friends that we are excited to get to know. 

The book we picked for our very first month was For The Wold by Hannah Whitten, a YA fantasy novel. Now the reason I really like the idea of a book club is that it forces me out of my comfort zone. Ro is a YA fantasy lover, I am not, so reading this book will definitely be a challenge for me, but I am up for it!

On with the first paragraph of the book:

Two nights before she was sent to the Wolf, Red wore a dress the color of blood.

It cast Neve's face in crimson behind her as she straightened her twin's train. The smile her sister summoned was tentative and thin

" You look lovely Red "

Red's lips were raw from biting, and when she tried to return the smile her lips pulled. Coper sharp on her tongue.

Neve didn't notice her bleeding. She wore white, like everyone else would tonight, the band of silver marking her as the First Daughter holding back her black hair. emotions flickered across her pale features as she fussed with the folds of Red's gown- apprehension, anger, bone-deep sadness. Red could read each one. Always could, with Neve. She'd been an easy cipher since the womb they'd shared.

Honestly, I am looking forward to getting into this book, I am only on Chapter six and at the moment there is a lot of world-building, but the premise of the book fascinates me. 

Here is the Summary:

As the only Second Daughter born in centuries, Red has one purpose-to be sacrificed to the Wolf in the Wood in the hope he'll return the world's captured gods.

Red is almost relieved to go. Plagued by a dangerous power she can't control, at least she knows that in the Wilderwood, she can't hurt those she loves. Again.

But the legends lie. The Wolf is a man, not a monster. Her magic is a calling, not a curse. And if she doesn't learn how to use it, the monsters the gods have become will swallow the Wilderwood-and her world-whole.

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