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Il dono del lupo
Il dono del lupo: Le cronache del lupo | Anne Rice
Un ritorno in grande stile, con un romanzo sensuale, gotico e a tratti metafisico. The Wall Street Journal Un delizioso cocktail di avventura, suspense e mistero. The Washington Post Straordinario. USA Today La villa magnifica, a strapiombo sul Pacifico, circondata da sequoie secolari. Reuben, giovane giornalista incaricato di scrivere un articolo per la messa in vendita che ne decanti la meraviglia, ne affascinato. Ma a colpirlo ancora di pi Marchent, la proprietaria, bella e misteriosa come la sua casa. Per lui inevitabile subire il fascino di quella donna che lo guida tra le stanze splendidamente ammobiliate, raccontandogli del prozio scomparso nel nulla da ventanni e solo ora dichiarato ufficialmente morto. La notte di passione tra i due sembra scritta nel destino, ma la brutale irruzione nella villa di due criminali pone fine al sogno prima ancora che inizi. Marchent soccombe sotto i colpi dei malviventi e Reuben sta per fare la stessa fine, quando viene salvato da qualcuno qualcosa? che uccide i suoi aguzzini e ferisce lui, lasciandolo agonizzante. Ricoverato in ospedale, si riprende in maniera sorprendente, in pochissimi giorni. Reuben sta bene, anzi benissimo, il suo corpo non mai stato cos forte, il suo udito cos fine, il suo sguardo cos acuto: un nuovo vigore sembra pervaderlo, una forza che si risveglia quando sente lodore del male... Perch in quella notte maledetta Reuben ha ricevuto il dono del lupo. Ora possiede una doppia natura umana e ferina, e ne perfettamente consapevole. Una realt che solleva inquietanti interrogativi... Chi lo ha trasformato cos? Qual la sua vera natura? E soprattutto, esistono altri come lui nel mondo? Come per luniverso dei vampiri, Anne Rice rinnova la mitologia delluomo lupo con un romanzo intenso e di straordinaria contemporaneit, che ancora una volta ci pone di fronte al lato oscuro del nostro essere uomini.
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Lizpixie
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Bk4 of August & #Rushathon #readathon is done. Another from my deep dive into my #MountTBRShelvesOfDoom this has been sitting there for about 6yrs I think. A soft Pick, the 1st in Rice‘s Werewolf duology, not the best of the genre I‘ve read but I did love the setting & atmosphere. The house, Nideck Point, sounds like my idea of a dream house. I‘d take being a wolf a few days a month to live there! The writing was a bit meh though. #Booked2023👇

TheSpineView Fantastic! 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
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Nessavamusic Great job! 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
Cinfhen Hi!!!! Glad to see you‘re busy reading!!! Hope all is well 😁 1y
Kinniska This is how I felt about it. I enjoyed more of the life of the older ones and the mystery and the house, found myself deeply ambivalent about the current “I am now a beastie” discovery. 3mo
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Lizpixie
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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A few chapters into another werewolf story, this one by Anne Rice who usually writes about vampires! It‘s really good so far, very atmospheric. Reuben is a young reporter, sent to the big house on the cliffs of the North California coast to write a story about it & the disappearance of its owner 20yrs ago. But an attack leaves him a very different man when he‘s injured after the current owner is stabbed to death & leaves him the house. #Rushathon

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 Sounds interesting. 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
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LiseWorks
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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#WeRemember April 18 Anne Rice. I have only read 3 of her books from the Vampire Series my 3rd being read in 2021, Queen of the Damned. I would like to read her The Wolf Gift. I really enjoyed the books I have read. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Well done 🧛🏼‍♀️ 3y
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Branwen
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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R.I.P. Anne Rice 💔

Absolutely devastated to hear the news this morning about Anne Rice's passing. Her words, characters, and stories have always been a light in the dark, and have many times made me feel less alone.

You will be missed!

Leftcoastzen 😢 3y
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TheSpineView
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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#QuotsyMar21 @TK-421
Prompt: Archive

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twinkletoes74
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Mehso-so

I love Anne Rice and I love werewolves, so I thought this was the perfect book for me, however it went on a bit too long.

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madamereadsalot1
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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📚 - The Wolf Gift
🎬 - Gifted
🎶 - Gifts, Propagandhi
https://youtu.be/1X2TTiyms6Q

#manicmonday @JoScho

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CourtSmall
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Mehso-so

49-2019 ⭐️⭐️
The overall story was ok and I did like Rice's interpretation of the Werewolf Mythology BUT all the characters fell flat.
I think she should of stuck with Vampires

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bliophile
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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The only good thing about this book is it didn't end up on my DNF list. I can honestly say I will not be recommending this book to anyone.

I could not connect with any of the characters - particularly Laura. Who has sex with a werewolf withing seconds of meeting him, then two days later move in with him!!

There was no real plot and what small plot there was, was predictable. 👎👎👎👎👎

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bliophile
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Still trying to finish this book. Its tough as i am really not enjoying it.

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bliophile
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice

Does this novel get any better.....not sure whether to carry on or bail......

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Andrea4
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Ok, so if you're an Anne Rice fan then I'd say pick this up. If you're not, maybe don't start here unless you are gaga for werewolves.
As other reviews said, holy description! I forgot what Rice's writing was like- feel like the editor could have had a heavier hand here but it wasn't so much that I turned it off. I feel the ending was more interesting than the rest of it but there was finally action and I could see multiple stories developing.

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Raminga
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Veloce e intrigante. La Rice riesce a catturare l'atrenzione del lettore anche se in alcuni tratti può risultare prevedibile ma mai banale. Mi sono innamorata di R. nella sua forma selvaggia e protetriva. Chi non vorrebbe incontrare un licantropo come lui?!

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BookwormAHN
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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My favorite werewolf novel by one of my favorite authors. #fullmoonmayhem #halloweenreads @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck & #screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

BarbaraTheBibliophage This was such a good werewolf book! 7y
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Parabatibooks
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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I'm wanting to read more ~spooky~ books this October as I'm already attempting to binge AHS before it's removed from Netflix so why not start with Anne Rice?

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OrangeMooseReads
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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The first 2 books of Anne Rice's werewolves series
#wolves #junetunz
@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Oooh, good ones! 7y
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Lori_S
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Mehso-so

I found her take on werewolves interesting, it's different.

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DarkLady
Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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So love this book!! Rueben comes to a beautiful house in the woods and meets its enchanting female owner. Something happens and his life is forever changed.

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StellaDz
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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I tried. I try so often with Anne Rice and it never works out. Way too much description about nothing and no story build up. I didn't even get to the werewolves. A shame; as I really want to like something from Rice.

Mccall0113 I feel exactly the same ! 8y
StellaDz @Mccall0113 she has never worked for me and yet I keep trying!! 8y
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StellaDz
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Third #audiobook in a week! Thanks to all my fellow #Littens for convincing me to try them! I'm loving it and clearing so many books off my shelves that have been sitting there for years!

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BarbaraTheBibliophage
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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These four books are from my 2015-2016 reading. #Couldntputitdown! I look forward to many more like this, thanks to the #litfluence of you wonderful #Littens. ❤️📚

#somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

mllemay I had the same experience with The Nightingale when I read it earlier this year :) 8y
RealLifeReading Guess I really should just start reading Dark Matter!! 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @mllemay It's so good, but probably not for everyone. I've seen some so-so reviews. 8y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @RealLifeReading It really is good, but also gets mixed reviews. I loved it though! 8y
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GetFictional
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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It's definitely feeling like fall with gloomy skies and the promise of a first frost. I am in heaven. Happy weekend y'all!!

MrBook Gorgeous picture, as always! 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻 8y
Merethebookgal Beautiful! 8y
LauraBeth Pretty! 8y
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GetFictional
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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Love her Vampire Chronicles. Not so sure about this one. I was so excited that Anne Rice was getting back to her paranormalness, but... I adore descriptive authors, but it was a bit excessive and redundant here. Maybe things get better in the sequel?

MrBook Great pic! 8y
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Foragingfantasy
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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I adore werewolf books. This wasn't my absolute favorite but I enjoyed it. It was an interesting spin and was well written. I'm going to read the next one if I find it used somewhere or on bookmooch. 🌟🌟🌟

ThomasHewlett I enjoyed this one too. Reuben verged too close to a Mary Sue sometimes, but I still liked the story. (Also, since you mentioned it, what is your favorite werewolf book?) 8y
Foragingfantasy @ThomasHewlett I don't know that I have a favorite... Most have been... Um... Pretty smutty. Did you read the sequel to this one? And do you have any to recommend? 8y
ThomasHewlett Haven't read the sequel yet but I plan to. Last ones I liked were Armstrong's "Bitten" and Percy's "Red Moon." I remember liking "Sharp Teeth" as well but can't recall the story. 8y
Foragingfantasy @ThomasHewlett Bitten is sitting on a stack by my bed! I've almost started it several times... Soon. Thanks! 8y
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JamiL
The Wolf Gift | Anne Rice
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My first love will always be the Mayfair witches but I fell in love with the wolves. A must read for Anne Rice fans.

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