Literary Significance and Reception
Booklist described the story in 9tail Fox as a "typical revenge story transformed into a story of personal redemption—and a darn good one at that." Publishers Weekly said that "Grimwood does sustain interest with a premise that could have fallen flat in lesser hands."
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