Night Broken by Patricia Briggs – a Review and Giveaway

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Night Broken
Mercy Thompson series – Book #8
by Patricia Briggs
Release Date: March 11, 2014

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Description:
An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from her new boyfriend. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right.

Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the farthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen, including turning Adam’s pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. Christy’s ex is more than a bad man—in fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

 

Review:
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs is the 8th novel of her Mercy Thompson series.  Mercy Thompson is another one of these fantastic kick-ass heroines.  Mercy is a walker, as she can shift into a coyote, though she is always a tough smart warrior in her human form.  Mercy is married to the love of her life, Adam, who is the Alpha of his werewolf clan, and because she is not a werewolf, Mercy still has to gain the respect and win over many of the clan members, mainly some of the female wolves.  Just when things were peaceful, Adam’s ex has stalker and she wants to come home to have the wolves protect her.  Mercy isn’t thrilled about it, but understands that Christy (the ex wife), is in danger.  Needless to say, these two will never get along, as Christy is a self centered bitch, who wants Adam back, even though she is the one who left Adam.  Mercy knows how much Adam loves her, and she isn’t threatened by Christy, but knows that Christy will try to undermine her with the rest of the pack. 

This is a part of the continual story, with Christy’s snide ways of undermining Mercy.  But the major part of the story is what the stalker who comes looking for Christy is; a creature in human guise that is more powerful then anything they have seen before, and Werewolves are very powerful.  This series has always had the supernatural, like Fae, & Werewolves; but this creature is a god, a volcano god to be exact, and there is no way to kill him.  Only Mercy, and her old friend Coyote have any chance at stopping him from killing everyone, including the Werewolves, unless they give Christy to him.  Werewolves stand by those they promise to protect, so that is not an option. 

What follows is an exciting and tense fight, which Mercy of course finds herself at times all alone to try to handle this monster.  As good as she is, this is an impossible task, and with Adam, they try to find other sources to help them, allowing us to see some of the oldies, such as Samuel, Coyote, Tad, Stefan, Wulfe, etc.  In between this, Mercy must also deal with the Grey Lord (Fae), who wants his father’s Walking Stick back, and threatens her to find it.  This is the magic walking stick that no matter how many times she gives it away, it always finds it way back to Mercy.  She also has to deal with her half brother, who has visions and comes looking to Mercy to warn her about this monster.

This was non stop action throughout, and at times very tense, especially when you worried how Mercy, Adam, and the others were going to get out of this battle alive.  Mercy is a smart, savvy and tough heroine, without shifting, and if anyone can figure out what to do it is Mercy. But things were looking dire right to the exciting climax. Were they able to stop the Volcano God?  Will Mercy survive Christy? There were a number of times I would have wanted Mercy to punch Christy, or even force the issue with those from the pack who sided with Christy.  I also thought the ending was great, but though it did end with a resolution, it did seem a bit abrupt, with some things that I felt were left open.  I guess for the next book, but I really enjoyed this story, and thankfully Patricia Briggs will continue to give us more of Mercy Thompson. 

Reviewed by Barb

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60 thoughts on “Night Broken by Patricia Briggs – a Review and Giveaway”

  2. Got my copy this morning on my Kindle and can’t wait to get into it. Love this series always a lot of excitement going on in Mercy’s world .
    Congrats Patricia on your new release .

  16. I love Patricia Briggs. When I first started reading her, her books were out of print. I search out the used book stores and found her. When her newest fantasy books came out, I gobbled them out. When I found out that she was writing paranormal romance, I was a little worried. She wrote such great fantasy novels. But I love this series and am waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail.

  18. I’ve been waiting eagerly for the newest book in the Mercy Thompson series. I didn’t finish the review because I prefer reading the reviews after I read the book but I’d love to win a copy of Night Broken.

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  25. I have been a huge fan of Mercy’s since the beginning. She was one of my first forays into urban fantasy and is still one of the best. I look forward to reading her stories for along time to come. I would love to win a copy of “Night Broken”.

  32. I love the Mercy Thompson series, thanks for the chance to win Night Broken!

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  42. I am so excited about this latest in the Mercy Thompson series. While I was waiting for this one, I listened (and re-experienced) the audio versions!

  46. This is one of my favorite series. I love that she writes real characters that I can relate to. Mercy isn’t perfect and neither are the wolves or the relationships in it. You feel that your reading about real people in a paranormal world. I have been eagerly awaiting this one and the next Alpha and Omega books.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  47. OMG Barb, Mercy has her hands full in this one. I love this series and thank goodness I haven’t ordered Night Broken yet. Please enter me in the giveaway asap. What perfect timing and Thanks!

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