Book Tour: The Wolves Are Waiting by Natasha Friend

The Wolves Are Waiting by Natasha Friend

Release Date: March 22nd, 2022

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

Pages: 384

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Synopsis

From award-winning author Natasha Friend comes a compelling investigation of sexual harassment and the toxic and complicit structures of a small college town.

Before the night of the Frat Fair, 15-year-old Nora Melchionda’s life could have been a Gen-Z John Hughes movie. She had a kind-of boyfriend, a spot on the field hockey team, good grades, and a circle of close friends. Of course there were bumps in the road: she and her lifelong BFF Cam were growing apart and her mother was trying to clone her into wearing sensible khakis instead of showy short skirts. But none of that mattered, because Nora always had her dad, Rhett Melchionda, on her side. Rhett was not only Nora’s hero, but as the Athletic Director of Faber College, he was idolized by everyone she knew.

Now, Nora would give anything to go back to that life. The life before whatever happened on the golf course.

She doesn’t want to talk about it—not that she could, because she doesn’t remember anything—and insists that whatever happened was nothing. Cam, though, tries to convince Nora to look for evidence and report the incident to the police. And then there’s Adam Xu, who found Nora on the golf course and saw her at her most vulnerable. She ignores it all, hoping it will all go away. But when your silence might hurt other people, hiding is no longer an option.

The Wolves Are Waiting begins in the aftermath of an attempted assault, but reaches farther than a story about one single night or one single incident. What Nora and her friends will uncover is a story that spans generations. But it doesn’t have to anymore.


Review

Thank you to TBR and Beyond Tours and author Natasha Friend for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have read a couple of YA books that talk about sexual assault before and this is another that I will gladly be adding to the list of books that I suggest concerning this topic. This story features the multiple POVs of Nora, Cam, and Adam and allows for a really broad view of the events that occur in this book. I think that Friend handled this topic very well and included the sides of these stories that we normally don’t see, such as the overbearing friend begging you to tell authorities about what happened. As our trio of MCs move further into the story we start to uncover other pieces of the plot twisty puzzle that I did not see coming. Friend’s story hit every single element that makes a story good and worth reading. I would definitley recommend this book!


Meet the Author

Natasha Friend is the award-winning author of Perfect, Lush, Bounce, For Keeps, My Life in Black and White, Where You’ll Find Me, The Other F-Word, How We Roll, and The Wolves Are Waiting. Natasha lives on the Connecticut shoreline with her family.

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TBR and Beyond Tours Schedule: The Wolves Are Waiting

March 21st
Nine Bookish Lives – Promotional Post

March 22nd
Kait Plus Books – Journal Spread

March 24th
Lily’s Cozy Blog – Promotional Post

March 25th
Booklore – Review & Favorite Quotes
Justice For Readers – Review

March 26th
Stuck in Fiction – Promotional Post

March 27th
The Nutty Bookworm Reads Alot – Review
Books-N-Bullsh!t – Mood Board


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