Elevetha 's Reviews > Loki's Wolves

This MG series tries (and only sorta fails) to be for Norse mythology what the Percy Jackson series is for Greek mythology. That being said, it has a pretty great story that I had no trouble getting behind, some likable characters, and is overall quite enjoyable.

I loved the setting, because...South Dakota. You can't really beat it. Mostly Deadwood and Mount Rushmore, completely ignoring the best place EVER, but still, it was a lot of fun. But it didn't fit in with the story, as South Dakota is just about as UN-Scandivian as you can get in the States. I get that it is fantasy, so you can do whatever you feel like, but really. It left me with a bit of a disconnect from the story, because I was thinking about how much it doesn't fit the whole time.

It had a really rough start for me. The writing was childish, the characters were annoying, and I couldn't get into it. As the book progressed, most of these issues faded away, thank goodness. As for the characters, I like Matt and Fen, and especially Laurie and Baldwin, but Fen and Laurie's relationship is ever so slightly disturbing. At first I was excited to see a cousin duo who were best friends and the boy was protective of the girl and everything would be great, right? Wrong. Fen is far too overprotective of Laurie, to the point where if she wasn't so strong willed, she wouldn't do anything because he would never let her do anything. He needs to be around her constantly and gets upset if she gets too chummy with anyone else, especially if it is a boy, usually Matt. They touch a lot, holding hands or whatnot, and it's just all very weird. Laurie is not as clingy as Fen is and generally regards a lot of his weird behavior towards her with an eye-roll and continues on with her life, but I sincerely hope there's less of that in the forthcoming books or whatever it is gets resolved.

Side note: I went from one Norse mythology series (Starling by Lesley Livingston) to another in the space of a few days and it was actually kinda fun to compare which direction each went with regards to the gods and Ragnarok. If anyone cares, I liked how this one deals with Ragnarok a bit better.