The Wolf Wilder

See my full review at The Emerald City Book Review. A wolf wilder is the opposite of an animal tamer: someone who takes in wolves that have been living in captivity and fits them for life in the wild again. In this brief novel set in pre-Revolutionary Russia, young Feo's world is turned upside down when angry soldiers command her mother to stop “wilding” the wolves that are hunting down the Tsar's game. I loved the parts of the book that dealt with Feo and the wolves, but was not so enamored with the rather muddled chase sequences and the improbable, violent resolution. I'll definitely be looking for more by Rundell, though; I like her way of turning a phrase and her perceptive eye on the natural world.