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Fire and Wolf
Petel Vitayev is a wolf, through and through. This lack of fear is why he's so drawn to his roommate, Dante Vicario, despite all of the warning signs.
Dante, however, wants nothing to do with Petel's self-proclaimed pack or this virtual reality game they discover on their school's campus. He can hardly contain the fires beneath his skin, let alone stand this game and its artificial intelligence program.
Cooperation is key when playing with something this intense. The question is, which will break first: the wolf's patience or the walls of fire surrounding Dante?
Dante, however, wants nothing to do with Petel's self-proclaimed pack or this virtual reality game they discover on their school's campus. He can hardly contain the fires beneath his skin, let alone stand this game and its artificial intelligence program.
Cooperation is key when playing with something this intense. The question is, which will break first: the wolf's patience or the walls of fire surrounding Dante?
399 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2021
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December 29, 2021
An important question to keep in mind in any story is the "why." Why does this character suddenly take interest in another? Why does the hero go on his quest? Fire And Wolf answer that question with a single, decisive fact: The entire cast is absolutely off the wall.
Indeed! This is a YA book that understands that teens are, to their core, inCREDIBLY weird. There's a character who constantly refer to himself as a wolf, stating that this same wolf killed his parents. There's another who claims to have walked back from Hell. And these are only TWO of the main cast.
Now, how much of these claims are literal, metaphorical, inside jokes & misrememberings- how much, if you will, is actually normal in-universe- is something you'll have to figure out for yourself. I'm personally very into this whole show-don't-tell approach of storytelling, I don't need worldbuilding to be handfed to me.
Ah, right ! Aside from compelling characters and fascinating worldbuilding, there's also a plot. It's simple: you've got these kids, this school, and those two weird towers near the school. One day when dicking around, the squad discovers that these towers host a virtual reality game, from which they extract an npc by accident. Who made this game? Why? Most importantly: wouldn't it be sick if they completed it? Such is the motivation of the characters. Some seem to know more about the game than others, but even the most knowledgeable ones have gaps in their assumptions...
Overall, I absolutely recommend this book. The worldbuilding got me guessing through the pages, the characters are compelling, and I am eagerly waiting for the next volume. Y'all should give it a shot!
Oh yeah also full queer cast, that's always nice to see.
Indeed! This is a YA book that understands that teens are, to their core, inCREDIBLY weird. There's a character who constantly refer to himself as a wolf, stating that this same wolf killed his parents. There's another who claims to have walked back from Hell. And these are only TWO of the main cast.
Now, how much of these claims are literal, metaphorical, inside jokes & misrememberings- how much, if you will, is actually normal in-universe- is something you'll have to figure out for yourself. I'm personally very into this whole show-don't-tell approach of storytelling, I don't need worldbuilding to be handfed to me.
Ah, right ! Aside from compelling characters and fascinating worldbuilding, there's also a plot. It's simple: you've got these kids, this school, and those two weird towers near the school. One day when dicking around, the squad discovers that these towers host a virtual reality game, from which they extract an npc by accident. Who made this game? Why? Most importantly: wouldn't it be sick if they completed it? Such is the motivation of the characters. Some seem to know more about the game than others, but even the most knowledgeable ones have gaps in their assumptions...
Overall, I absolutely recommend this book. The worldbuilding got me guessing through the pages, the characters are compelling, and I am eagerly waiting for the next volume. Y'all should give it a shot!
Oh yeah also full queer cast, that's always nice to see.
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