The Wolf and the Woodsman is a dark fantasy novel steeped in Jewish and Hungarian mythology. I have to agree with the description on Goodreads that those readers who liked Naomi Novik and Katherine Arden's novels will probably like this book as well. Our main character Evike is from a pagan tribe, where women wear wolf cloaks and wield magic. Evike, however, has no magic, and when the Woodsmen come to take their regular tribute of a girl, she is given to the Woodsmen instead of a seer. So begins the story set in a fascinating world that has equivalents of paganism, Christianity and Judaism, and each religion has its own distinct kind of magic. I for one did really like this world, the characters and the love story between Evike and the Woodsman. I would say this book is much darker than Novik's or Arden's novels, and would make a great October read for the spooky season. I rated it 4 out of 5 stars and hope the author will keep writing. This was her debut novel.
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