I thought that wolf mountain was a good follow up to the first book in the series, wolf road, and liked how it expanded on tuulis character and personal journey. the new characters were fresh and different, and the stories of how the hiddens found eachother after being cast out from their tribes was heartwarming. the way they were initially suspicious and wary of tuuli, but then warmed up to her, reminded me of how her family acted towards Andar/Ao in the first book. i also enjoyed the theme of ‘reality vs legend’ that was brought up in tuulis inner dialogue, and how she thought of solutions to problems in ways that her father Remi would, as well as what signs she had been given along her journey could mean in ways her shaman aunt Aski would. The story of the others and Oa, Andar/Ao’s sister, was also intriguing, as it was the aim of tuuli to find his people after his death in the first book. when she finally arrived at their hidden valley, i wondered how they would react to seeing a new face that came along with the hiddens, and thought the language barrier they faced must have made it difficult to communicate the loss felt by Andar/Ao’s murder in the first book. i also understood why big beard would want to stay in the hidden valley after he worked so hard to protect the people living in it, but i thought the others made the right choice by going with tuuli and the hiddens to tuulis winter camp when they had a severe food shortage. overall this book was a great sequel to wolf road, and i thought the characters were well fleshed out. however i would have also enjoyed a longer epilogue that explored the relationships tuulis tribe and the new characters built.

This is a gripping prehistoric tale about young Tuuli, her tribe, and her wolf, Lupa (a fit name).

It is an epic story with the expected level of obstacles, challenges and friendship.

Great theme and characters, good and suitable writing for young readers and a compelling plot.

My child is a reluctant reader but they engaged with the story and liked Tuuli and Lupa.

We will look into the first book in the series.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for granting me free access to the advanced digital copy of this book. A gorgeous 3 star read book from me. What an exciting plot, vivid storytelling and relatable, rich characters. I couldn't put this book down – absolutely loved it.

I found this book a little slow to get going, and only really started to enjoy it about halfway through. It probably didn't help that I couldn't remember what had happened in the first book.
However, it improved greatly about halfway through and became quite a bit more exciting and interesting to read. The description of the landscape and the harsh environments that the characters were having to deal with were especially good.