I cannot think of a better way for the Green Creek series to end than this. Until the end of the book before, I was intrigued but confused by the fact that this book was from Carter's perspective, a character I really like but who didn't seem to be a main character in terms of plot development. At the end of the third book it all clicked into place and I literally couldn't wait to get into this book. I think I connected so much with him as an oldest sibling myself - i think having the story told from his perspective resonated with me more than any of the other viewpoints throughout the series. I love TJ Klune's writing style so much, and while I am sad that the series is finished now, I am so glad it finished with this book, which was in my opinion completely perfect.

I’m so sad to see this series finish! I grown to love the Bennetts, Green Creek and the quirky characters in town across the four books and I know this is a series I’ll revisit in the future. TJ Klune has incredible talent for writing heartache, humour, and love - whether that be between family, lovers, or friends. Carter and Gavin have a difficult road ahead of them in this story as you’d expect with the way things ended in Heartsong, and it was hard to see Carter battle with some darker feelings at the beginning of the story, on his hunt for Gavin. These are two very stubborn wolves as well, and their interactions are amusing in their gruffness and the way Gavin in particular enjoys winding Carter up.

This is definitely another one that’s going to tug at your heartstrings as well as giving heaps of fuzzy feelings. I admit to completely bawling at one particular point, so get your tissues ready, but Klune balances the strong emotional scenes with softer ones, whether it’s with his subtle humour or tender conversations between brothers. I was sad not to spend more time with the pack in this one, and felt it had a little less comedy than some of the other books and although we have the slowest of slow burns between Carter and Gavin, two characters that I love, their romance didn’t hit quite the same and I think I maybe didn’t feel the emotional connection between them as much as I have with other couples in the series but that’s not to say I didn’t love these two together because their dynamic was great and Gavin is such a grump with a wicked sense of humour and the most unexpected taste in clothes.

This may not be my favourite book from the series (please don’t ask me to name one) but I still loved it and cannot get enough of TJ Klune’s writing. Here’s hoping he’s going to drop a new series soon but if you’re looking for recs in the meantime, In the Lives of Puppets is chock full of heart, found family, and humour that had me laughing out loud - so everything the Green Creek series has, but Sci-Fi.

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I think the Bennets are going to have to start adopting baby wolf pups or something because the sheer number of gay boys in this family might mean the end of the family line!

Green Creek book four! Brothersong!! Final wolf howls let’s go. We’ve had Ox and Joe, Mark and Gordo, Robbie and Kelly, and now it’s Carter’s turn for an incredibly sweet (and stubborn) deep-dive into his heart for the wolf who’s been nipping at his heels.

Carter got a single glimpse of what the man behind the wolf was, but suddenly the wolf, and the chance to find out more of what could be, were ripped from his life. Carter is not having it. He’s giving up everything to find out what that glimpse meant. He’s dropping everything, leaving the family, leaving Green Creek, leaving his post as mayor, everything.

But Carter may not be ready to learn about the past, especially where it interconnects with his own, his family, his father. And what sins have been passed down generation by generation. Whether it is the son’s job to fight, or let go.

This is the final Green Creek and it followed similar paths to the previous three. As I always say, there’s something incredibly camp about these werewolves, and yet I’m glad I read them all. I think book three was still my favourite, and after four books of this, I can tell you with absolute certainty that these boys need therapy that comes from outside the pack. Still, there’s nothing like a hearty family hug, and whatever form that family takes is celebrated in this series, and that’s wholesome as hell.

The Green Creek books follow one werewolf pack through their (many) trials and tribulations.
For those who’ve read Klune’s other works, please note: they are not cosy books and they are NOT YA.

Each book follows a different member of the pack, which I’m always nervous of because I get attached to main characters, but I have loved every one of the POV characters.

Brothersong is Carter’s story.
He leaves the pack and goes out into the world to find Gavin. Gavin who lived beside him for years, and he yet he didn’t notice he was his mate until he was gone. Because of course he didn’t. Caaaaaaarter. 🤦🏻‍♀️
Meanwhile Robert Livingston (the big bad) isn’t gone, and the Green Creek pack know they’ll need to deal with him sooner or later, or they’ll never be safe and free to live their lives without fear.

Brothersong is as full of love, heartbreak, and joy as the previous books, but it’s also an ending, with all the build up and finality that requires.
My heart was in my throat and my anxiety was in overdrive waiting to see how it would all come together.
I’ll not spoil it for you, but I enjoyed the ending and felt it was true to the rest of the series.

If you’re a fan of TJ Klune, werewolf fiction, or the rest of this series, I would highly recommend Brothersong!

Brothersong
A heart-rending werewolf shifter tale filled with love and loss
by TJ Klune

Review from Jeannie Zelos book reviews

Genre: General Fiction (Adult), LGBTQIA, Sci Fi & Fantasy

I didn't really gel with this book. That surprised me as I've loved the rest of the series, but somehow this book caught me out.
I had to restart a couple of times as I kept putting it aside to come back to at another time when maybe I'd get more into it, blamed it on me not being in the right mood perhaps ?( It happens, sometimes I find a book I expect to enjoy, in a favourite genre, by a favourite author, doesn't really keep my interest one day but will read differently to me another time). I couldn't really “feel” the story and characters, get engrossed with them in the usual way. I kept on, but at times it felt like a slog, the reading felt jumpy and disjointed to me and I just really couldn't enjoy this final episode, which came as a sad surprise to me.
I can't really pinpoint why, except that with the other novels I've come to get a real sense of the main characters, to feel I understood them, but here I never got that connection, that closeness, and felt distanced from the story, rather than part of it.

Stars: Two and a half, I did enjoy parts but overall this was a fail for me :-(

ARC supplied by netgalley and publishers

I will read anything T. J. Klune writes. This is the the fourth and latest book in the Green Creek series. Its about a family thats more than a family. they are a pack. Again, he does not dissapoint.

What an absolutely glorious conclusion to one of my favourite book series of all time. This book was everything I wanted it to be; poignant, thrilling, funny in places and sad in places. This book will rip your heart out and put it back together again and I cannot get over how beautiful the ending was - it’s genuinely everything I wanted for the Bennett pack and Green Creek.

This book is the first to actually be told in the POV of one of the Bennett brothers, Carter Bennett, and it’s really exciting to be able to view the family from the inside this time around. This book flashes around in time and there are a lot of callbacks to the previous books; it was so interesting to see them from a different perspective. The ‘now’ timeline of the plot follows Carter as he tries to find and rescue Gavin Livingstone from his father, after he took him at the battle of Caswell and as expected, that plot line was emotional and traumatic as hell. My heart broke for both Carter and Gavin throughout.

Gavin and Carter (stupid Carter) are just so perfect - it’s my absolute favourite trope (black cat x golden retriever) and both of these boys are just self sacrificing assholes. The amount of emotion and pain they went through to get their HEA is immense and I just loved them so damn much.

I also loved getting more ‘pack life’, especially the comic relief from Rico, Tanner and Chris, plus Jessie being her badass self. I adored the ‘platonic mate bond’ between Tanner and Chris (in my headcannon theirs is the ultimate friends-to-lovers slow burn, but of course other readers may choose to keep them as platonic mates in their heads!).

Overall this book made me cry, smile, laugh and squeal with happiness. The Green Creek series has cemented itself as one of my favourites of all time, and for that I am grateful to always have these books to go back to.

Read Brothersong for:
✨ Perfect conclusion to a beautiful series
✨ Carter Bennett’s POV (Stupid Carter)
✨ Idiots to lovers
✨ Black Cat x Golden Retriever personalities
✨ Flashbacks to the other books
✨ Doing everything to save the one you love
✨ PackPackPack 💕

Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC of this book! All opinions are my own.

A fitting and wonderful end to an absolutely fantastic series.

I can’t recommend the Green Creek series enough. TJ Klune has created something here that everyone can enjoy.

Thank you to NetGalley, Pan MacMillan and Tor for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

This book feels like a love letter to Green Creek and every single member of the Bennett pack and words cannot express how much I adored it.

It picks up shortly after the events of Heartsong, with Carter deciding to go after Robert Livingstone on his own to get Gavin back, and it's packed with meaningful moments and heartfelt conversations between all the different characters that had me tearing up at times and laughing out loud at others.

I already loved Carter, but his fierce protectiveness and his way of carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders really touched me. And I ached for Gavin and everything he had to go through. I loved seeing both of their vulnerable sides, but I also enjoyed all their bickering. And Gavin's sassy side was a nice surprise and a treat to read!

The only downside to this book is that it is the last one of the series, but there couldn't be a more perfect ending for it. The Bennett pack will forever hold a piece of my heart and live rent-free in my mind.

Green Creek really forced its way into my heart, bones and head and I couldn’t be happier about it!

Like others I’m sure, I was petrified to read this. TJ Klune, whilst offering immensely cosy and wholesome reads, also has a way of causing fierce amounts of pain - Wolfsong taught us that the hard way!

I feel like I can’t pour my heart out about this book or series in a way that’s justifiable without it feeling slightly spoilery, so instead I’ll just say this: your fear is warranted, but trust TJ to do right by these characters!

Thankyou to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan for this ARC of Brothersong by TJ Klune.

The emotions I felt during this book😢 it’s such a rollercoaster. We follow Carter, the eldest of the Bennet Pack, in his search for rogue wolf, Gavin. But Robert Livingstone will not let Gavin go without a fight. Brothersong is a heartwarming ending to the Green Creek Series, I have grown to love these characters and felt really involved in their journey.
This is a story of found family and it doesn’t disappoint, seeing the developments between Carter and Gavin within their interactions was so heartwarming.
TJ Klune writes these books so beautifully, and I am saddened that this is the last book in their series. I’ve shed tears, sad and happy. What I have to praise Klune for is how he keeps every character unique and it is clear throughout his writing, their personalities really come out of the page.
This whole series really is a must read, it’s emotional and wholesome and truly shows the strength of their pack.

pack, pack, pack

Once again a huge thank you to Pan Macmillan and Netgalley for this ARC!

Yeah, no, listen I can't believe that this series is now over.
It's been such a long time coming to finally see Carter and Gavin get their happily-ever-after but I just can't leave Green Creek, please don't make me *sobs in agony*
This series is literally everything and this installment hurt in all the best ways and yet managed to make it feel so cathartic to finally see the villain get what he deserved. And the focus on friendship and brothers and found family? Yeah, that jumped to a whole new level in this story. The amount of times I teared up was unreal. There's nothing in this series that doesn't deserve a Nobel prize.
All I can say is:
It was candy canes and pinecones and epic and awesome.
PACKPACKPACK

I loved being back in Green Creek, reading about these brothers, especially Carter, was lovely. Wolfsong remains my favourite in this universe, and I do feel that I struggled more to make sense of this book than I did the first. There was a lot of repetition and though some reminders (like Joe's feelings for Ox) were welcome, some sort of irritated me.

The bond that develops between Gavin and Carter is adorable, and seeing it grow is, for me a highlight of Brothersong, especially due to Carter's character in the first three books of the series, and the fact that they appear to be so different is what makes it special.

Gavin’s confused and raw nature appears to bring out a side of Carter that we likely wouldn't have seen in any other situation, he gives the staid Bennett brother a side of vulnerability while also bringing out even more of the protectiveness we know him for.

As it grows, the relationship becomes filled with moments that could easily make me swoon (if I were so romantically inclined) and show what both of them appeared to need from the very start, but neither wanted to acknowledge. Gavin's strange naivety about how families and friends should work together highlighted the trauma he had been subject to for most of his life and further brought to the fore what Carter ends up being able to give him (not only the stability of a bond but also the love that he has never really had).

Gavin trusts Carter to have his best interests (eventually) and for me, one of my favourite scenes is such a tiny moment...when he seems to crowd Carter because he needs to simply be near him as they are eating breakfast in the diner. He is such an anxiety-ridden creature of habit that anything outside of the familiar is terrifying, but he knows that Carter won't let it hurt him (even if it is just a fork!).

Overall, though I did love elements of the story, I do feel that it was a tiny bit longer than necessary and while providing welcome closure to the events that started with Wolfsong, it didn't provide me with the same feelings I have previously had with the series.

A wonderful, intense shifter story. Full of emotion and drama. Hard to read at times, with tears close by.

I've loved the whole series, and this book was a wonderful finale! Every character has made each book so special, and the love and bonds among the wolf pack emanates from the pages. It's a pity the series had to end, but this is a fantastic way to finish. Highly recommend.

I have so enjoyed this series from T J Klune - he is an author who has the power to write great books with wonderful characters and can elicit such strong feelings from me as a reader.

The conclusion of this series did not disappoint.

The found family theme of this series is written so well, I think this is a real speciality of TJ Klune’s; to write about families that don’t look traditional and to show how much love there can be in an unusual family setup.

The characters are so well written and I really enjoyed seeing Gordo and Mark’s relationship in this book.

The writing is lovely and the pacing is done well which makes this such a pleasure to read.

Another fantastic book from TJ Klune

Title:Brothersong
Author: TJ Klune
Publication Date: 1 Aug 2024
Rating: 4/5 stars

Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan | Tor for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

A magnificent way to end the series. It's a tale of love, family, and brotherhood, and Klune proves to be a master at it.

In truth, the majority of the novel's plot is sad. It's a roller coaster of emotions, but not nearly as painful as Heartsong or even Ravensong. It does get lighter, though. That being said, there are some incredibly happy and carefree scenes where families grow, the pack comes together, and characters fall in love. The way the individual stories of each character were concluded was also excellent. It was an incredible journey, and I'm happy for all of the Bennett Pack members. Thank you, TJ Klune, for bringing them to life.

I've come to the inevitable conclusion that TJ Klune is some sort of literary alchemist as everything he writes is unadulterated pure gold. This is such a wonderful and unique series and I'm genuinely devastated that finishing this book also means saying goodbye to the characters of Green Creek. These werewolves are real, the characters have so much depth and warmth and leap off the page. Klune has such a gift for creating characters that remain with you long after you've finished the book. I've been with them and cried my heart out with their sorrows and laughed at those wonderful funny moments they shared. I've felt every heart felt moment of warmth and forgiveness as though I'm a member of the pack too. I've adored each and every story in this series and I'm so sad it's over. I always feel as though I've just finished the most delicious warm hot chocolate with marshmallows, cream and sprinkles when I read a book by this author, these books should be used as therapy. This book follows the story of Carter and the unbelievably lovable Gavin as they battle with the sense of sacrifice and family to try and protect the pack and towns people. You may have noticed I really loved this book. Wholeheartedly. It's definitely a series I'll revisit.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for providing an arc in return for an honest review.

Plot:
Carter, the eldest of Bennett's, has left his pack and gone on search of the feral wolf that had been like a shadow to him. He may get him back but not without a fight from Robert Livingstone and there won't be any happiness without defeating him. All the half truths and secrets get exposed bringing everyone closer and whether they survive Robert Livingstone is the rest of the story.
Thoughts:
This was a fitting conclusion with few heartbreaking moments. I wanted more chemistry between the MCs and less chatter at times. Overall it was good but the writing could've been crisper.

This is the fourth installment in the series. The plotline is as usual amazing and interesting. The characters were penned wonderfully nice as the previous installments of the series.
I have been a fan of the author and I am glad I got an opportunity to read this as an ARC .