Review: Willow
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2013
One of my favorite aspects of Amy Richie's Willow is that she created a pack society dependent on alpha females. Real packs depend on alpha females. I know that sounds ridiculous, but in thinking on it, I can't name another author who chose to push the social hierarchy of wolves on humans rather than the reverse. For me it is refreshing, but on a larger scale it shows Richie's ability to think outside the box which is pretty cool.Now fair warning, the story revolves around a high school girl and a pack adolescent boys. Teenage drama and hormonal episodes are a given so if you can't handle that, don't bother and if you think you can and discover otherwise, don't take it out on Richie. You weren't the bad ass you imagine you were in high school and neither is Willow. She is insecure and still learning how to handle herself. I'll grant it gets old, but at the end of the day she still makes more sense than most kids her age.I wont say Richie is on par with Patricia Briggs, but she does have a thing or two on a lot of young adult writers. Her work is rough, it has a few slow patches and I can't say I lost myself in the story, but it is well-written an just might be the start of something very cool.