Dane is... fine.

(But listening to her books just makes me want to hear from Kel again.)

Another solid book in the series. Daine is older and her powers continue to grow as do the challenges she faces. On to book 3!

This didn't pull me in as immediately as the first book in the series, because it begins with the wolf-pack and not with the human conflict element. This novel focuses a lot more on the animals, and Daine's interaction with nature.
I love that Daine is still learning about herself and her magic, especially when she is forced to overcome bias that was formed in the first novel. I appreciated that Pierce had this shift in black-and-white enemy to respected foe for the Stormwings (there can be good and bad in any species).

When Daine gets a call for help from her old wolf pack, she and her teacher Numair travel to Dunlath, a decent sized fief, to see what on earth is happening there that makes wolves travel across half the country to find their old packmate. Once there, they find strange happenings and suspicious craters filled with human and animal bones, presumably from the last set of investigators who tried to see what was happening, and are soon embroiled in a rebellion plot.

I remember reading this book long ago, right after wild Magic, and being disappointed that it did not have the same charm as its' predecessor. Fat forward a decade, and Wild Magic seems clumsier, and Wolf-Speaker better paced. It helps that many of the narrative and writing problems that hounded Wild Magic are not there in this book, although admittedly the book is very small in scope when compared to the last one.

Again, I KNOW I read this when I was younger, but I remembered nothing about it. Weird. It was wonderful, loved seeing Daine and Numair off on a new adventure in a new land. Loved all the friends they met and the evil they fought. Can't wait for the next two books.

I really liked the second book in the Immortals Quartet! Daine is such an amazing character and I really loved all the animal friends we got to interact with. The wolves, cats, Flicker, Tkaa, and Kitten were all favorites. I didn't feel like the ending was terribly exciting though, and I missed Numair. It was great but I wasn't as engaged as I was with the first book. Can't wait to continue the series though!

Wolf-Speaker - 3.5/5⭐️

I think if I was younger I would really love this series, but as an adult it’s just alright so far. I did enjoy this one more than the first and I’m hoping it continues to improve as the series progresses. I love animals but there’s a lot of animals, animal facts, and environmentalism (all good things!), but it definitely feels more…pedantic? I’ll keep going though to see if The Immortals gets better!

I am trying to find more books for my young book worms... I think my 7 yr old will like this series a lot because he's all about animals and enjoys fantasy.