Heart-breakingly good. 
 I bought this book 'cold' something I rarely do anymore. Mostly I read ebooks now and only buy 'real' books for the most special, the most precious, have to hold in my hands and keep forever books. I had a feeling Wolves would be that type of book and I wasn't wrong. 
 June is 14 and her coming of age story happens against the backdrop of 1980's New York - when kids listened to Tiffany on their cassette walkmans, and roamed the woods until dark. Before cellphones and facebook. When AIDS was a death sentence. 
 When June's beloved uncle dies of AIDS she is devastated, but so is Finn's partner Toby, a man June never knew existed. A tentative and touching friendship develops between them as they both try to come to terms with their grief. 
 June is a likeable character. She's a little bit weird, a little bit naive, a little bit wrapped up in her own little world. There's the eagerness to appear older and more grown up, and at the same time she sometimes seems childlike and petulant. She isn't a superhero, she makes mistakes, she gets some things wrong - she is 14. Likewise, her older sister, Greta - the sarcasm, the spite, the vulnerability all felt very authentic and real, like these girls were real teenagers, not just some teenage characters in a YA novel. 
 With themes of loss, sacrifice and forgiveness this isn't a happy book. The angst is sharp and there were many places where I could feel my heart hurting (and yes I lapped it up). But it's also beautifully written - an easy 5 stars and a place on my favourites shelf. 
 "I used to think maybe I wanted to become a falconer, and now I'm sure of it, because I need to figure out the secret. I need to work out how to keep things flying back to me instead of always flying away."