Wolf Moon by Charles de Lint

This novel was well put together, I quite enjoy this author. So far everything I've read by him (to date probably 3 books including this one... but still) has been well written. He seems to know what words to use to best capture a feeling or mood or set the tone. Characterization is also very well done.

This book is about a werewolf who comes across an inn and falls in love with a woman there and her family and tries to set up something of a life with them, but he has this evil magician on his tail who wants to kill him. The time in which the book took place has a kind of a solemn almost medieval mood too it, not with the knights n' such, but the way in which the characters speak and the setting, it all has a 'back then' feel to it. So he tries to set up this life and it gets to be near perfect, which he longs for because in his past he hasn't been accepted by neither humans nor wolves because of what he is. But here he has finally found a place where people accept him. Then he goes to this party where the evil magician/ harper is and the harper moves in on his new found happiness.

I wish the author would have went into a bit more detail when concerning the actions of people not narrating, because I guess it's too much like real life where we have to assume inner turmoil and motivation behind their actions, but besides this criticism, this book was pretty good. Even as I noted this I still very much enjoyed the story, only after I've finished do criticisms pop into my head, when I'm no longer under the author's spell :P

A decent read on werewolves. There is a bit of romance, but it isn't the focus of the story. It's more about the werewolf himself and his struggle to find a place for himself in the world. It's a pretty good one.