Queen B’s Decree: Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves had an interesting premise. Sena lives on this tundra-like planet where they have a yearly dog-sled race that is more dangerous than what you’d expect here on Earth. She’s an orphan after her mothers both died in a race five years ago and since then, she’s vowed to never participate or race. A series of unfortunate events means she’s forced to race or stay and be murdered by the underground Kingpin after she’s stolen and freed his winning fighting wolf.
But it took half the book for the action to start. The pacing was so slow, I nearly gave up before the race even began. Once the race starts, the story flew by. Sena and her wolf Iska do everything they can to survive and finish, and this story felt like it was more about the relationships Sena forms with her wolf and the racers she’s with and less about the actual race.
But that’s not entirely a bad thing, as I grew to adore some of the characters Sena meets and befriends. Overall, this was an intriguing read, but I almost missed the interesting parts as the pacing was so slow to get the story moving.
Book: Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves by Meg Long
Series: standalone
Genre: YA
Hotness: no salsa
Plot Devices/Tropes: fantasy, dystopian society
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