The Wolves of Midwinter

Christmastime. The second entertaining novel in Anne Rice’s Wolf Gift series is titled The Wolves of Midwinter. Fans of Rice will find two strong elements in this novel: the development of interesting characters, and an engaging plot. Rice slowly coveys more information about the man wolf, or morphenkind. Many characters are reprised from the first novel, and readers may be more satisfied with this installment if the earlier book is read first. For fans of Rice’s vampire novels, this new type of immortal beings will be both familiar and different. This novel is set at Christmastime, and the nature of family and children is explored in a gentle way. Most satisfied readers will await what happens in the next installment in this series. Rating: Four-star (I like it) Click here to purchase The Wolves of Midwinter from amazon.com.