Tell The Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt

This book was beautiful. I cried so much, with this emotional story.

June was a fourteen year old girl who preferred to live in another era, cause she didn't felt part of her time, and was completely misunderstood. The only person who got her was her uncle Finn, who was dying from AIDS. 
Their relationship was lovely, and it made me want to find someone with such close interests as them. 
When he died at the beginning of the book, I was disappointed that we didn't get to much about their relationship, and him, but there were enough flashbacks and stories of Finn, and you couldn¡t help loving him. 

After he dies, June finds out that her uncle had a secret lover, called Toby, who wanted to meet Finn's beloved niece. They share their grief, learning a lot from each other, and seeing a side of Finn they didn't know. Their time together, the slow develop in the relationship made you want to keep reading to found out about their next step. 
“I just thought, maybe we’re supposed to try to, you know, move on,” I said.
Toby glanced up. I thought he’d looked older when I saw him earlier, but now, without the coat, he seemed younger. Shrunk down to nothing. He cocked his head and stared at me with a puzzled expression.
“But where would we move to?”

June was a great narrator. She was selfless and caring, and humble. I only wished she could have reacted to some of Greta's offences and her mother's comments. 

I didn't like Greta for most of the book. She was really mean to June, and I wanted to slap her. But Greta is a really complex character: she's not a mean girl at all, only lonely and screaming for affection. She resented June and Finn for leaving her as the third wheel, who was only interrupting their happiness. She acted the wrong way, though: she should have spoken up, and told June that she wanted to spend more time with her. 

June's mother was complex as well. She resented Toby for keeping her brother away, and was unfair to Finn. She was also ashamed of the life she had achieved and of putting away her dream of being an artist, and travel the world. I was expecting a fight from her at the end, considering her firm decision of staying away from Toby, but she came around quickly, making a wise choice. She embraced Toby in his hour of need, and somehow he ended up at peace with her. 

I wanted to see more about Ben: he was an interesting and different character, who could have enriched June's life so much more. There's an open end for them, and I can imagine some happy ending for them. 

I completely love this book. It was a great story, that radiated so much emotion, with complicated and unique characters. I recommend it to those who are ready to read a beautiful story, that they won't forget soon.