Wolf Moon

The book I brought with me to Dublin last week was Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint. The only bad thing about it was that it was too good (and short)to last all week. It's a fantasy story which, like Forrest of the Heart, is build on old folk tales and myths, but with a very interesting twist. As you might have guessed, the book is about a werewolf, but in this story he's the good guy. This time werewolfs are not the blood thirsty beasts like normally told, but simply people with a gift/curse of being able to transform into a wolf. He wasn't bitten by a werewolf to become one and he's not restricted to changing only during full moon, but because of the stories we all know about werewolfs, he's as hunted and as feared as always.

Besides being crafted around mythology and old tales, the story is basically a love story and a story about the need to belong. As with Forrest of the Heart, Wolf Moon is well written and the length of the story is actually really good. If Charles de Lint had made it longer, it would have needed a few more villains or perhaps more werewolfs, but that would have distorted the message and probably killed the story. It could lead to similar stories set in the same world, and I'm yet to discover more books from Charles de Lint, so perhaps it was only the beginning of a small series of book. One could hope so.

In all: a very good story which is definitely worth buying. Just don't expect to have it last more than a few days, especially if you travel a lot like I do now :)