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Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

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Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

 

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In the supernatural realms, there are creatures who belong to winter. I am not one of them. But like the coyote I can become at will, I am adaptable.

My name is Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and my mate, Adam, is the werewolf who leads the Columbia Basin Pack, the pack charged with keeping the people who live and work in the Tri-Cities of Washington State safe. It’s a hard job, and it doesn’t leave much room for side quests. Which is why when I needed to travel to Montana to help my brother, I intended to go by myself.

But I’m not alone anymore.

Together, Adam and I find ourselves trapped with strangers in a lodge in the heart of the wilderness, in the teeth of a storm of legendary power, only to discover my brother’s issues are a tiny part of a problem much bigger than we could have imagined. Arcane and ancient magics are at work that could, unless we are very careful, bring about the end of the world.

 

Review:

Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs is the 14th book in her wonderful Mercy Thompson series. I am a big fan of this series, and its heroine, Mercy Thompson.  It is always fun to spend time with Mercy and Adam, and their pack. Refresher:  Mercy has always been independent, and she continues to surprise many as she always manages to find a way to outsmart her enemies, who constantly underestimate her.  Mercy is strong, savvy, smart and a coyote shifter, but it is her love for Adam that makes her very loyal to the pack also; she will do anything to protect those she loves. 

Winter Lost picks up not too far when the last book ended, with Mercy still feeling the effects of what the Soul Taker did to her. She still hides some of the symptoms left over, but those close to her still try to find a way to heal her. When her brother Gary shows up, they discover he has been cursed. The local frost giant Ymir is called in to find out why Gary was cursed, but he tells them his other brother, Hrimnir created the curse. Mercy and Adam embark on a journey to Montana to find the person behind the curse, to help her brother.  

When they meet Hrimnir, he explains that Gary had stolen an important artifact; in retaliation, he has brought a major blizzard to the hotel, where a wedding will take place.  No one can leave the resort until the artifact is returned, or all will die.  Mercy and Adam go to stay at the hotel and try to find the artifact; while there they meet a host of supernatural beings, such as fae, vampires, wolves, etc. We also learn about the myths and traditions, such as the wedding, as well as end of the world threats.  I did like some new characters, such as Liam (Fae), and Grandmother Spider, who was a great addition, with her magical abilities.

What follows is an exciting, non-stop, tense, action packed adventure that captivated me from start to finish.   Winter Lost was a tense, exciting, wild, pulse pounding climax. To tell too much more would be spoilers, which would ruin the story. 

Winter Lost was a page turner, and so very well written by Briggs, with so much action throughout. I loved every moment of it.  I love Adam and Mercy together, as they have a wonderful bond.  This is a fabulous series.  If you have not read the Mercy Thompson series, and love paranormal, shifters, wolves; it is time to start reading this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs – a Review

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The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is stalking me, some may see it as no great loss. But, warned that his disappearance might bring down the carefully constructed alliances that keep our pack safe, my mate and I must find Wulfe—and hope he’s still alive. As alive as a vampire can be, anyway.

But Wulfe isn’t the only one who has disappeared. And now there are bodies, too. Has the Harvester returned to the Tri-Cities, reaping souls with his cursed sickle? Or is he just a character from a B horror movie and our enemy is someone else?

The farther I follow Wulfe’s trail, the more twisted—and darker—the path becomes. I need to figure out what’s going on before the next body on the ground is mine.

 

 

Review:

Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs is the 13th book in her wonderful Mercy Thompson series. I am a big fan of this series, and its heroine, Mercy Thompson.  It is always fun to spend time with Mercy and Adam, and their pack. Refresher:  Mercy Thompson has always been independent (aside from her love with Adam), and she continues to surprise many as she always manages to find a way to outsmart her enemies, who constantly underestimates her.  Mercy is strong, savvy, smart and a coyote shifter, but it is her love for Adam that makes her very loyal to the pack also; she will do anything to protect those she loves.  She also has some powerful abilities she inherited from her father Coyote.

Mercy and Adam investigate the local vampire seeth, as she is told to find Wulfe, who is missing.  When they search the area, all the vampires are missing (including Stefan), as are some white witches, and various bodies are discovered. Has the Harvester targeted Tri-Cities, or is someone else behind this.   

They discover that a Soul Taker is on the loose, killing and stealing souls. Mercy sees a young boy, who was killed, now a ghost; he follows her and she knows she has to stop this murderer, allowing the boy to move on.  During her dreams, Mercy sees Wulfe and the soul taker, and knows they are coming for her, and together with Adam, they will need to be one step ahead to survive. 

It was nice to learn more about Sherwood, as his memory slowly returns, revealing more of who he is. We also know more about Warren, Tad, and get a revisit from Tilly; as well as Mercy talking to Samuel for information on Sherwood.  Zee played a big part in this book, always there to try and help Mercy.

What follows is an exciting, non-stop, tense, action packed adventure that captivated me from start to finish.   Soul Taken was a tense, wild pulse pounding climax, that had me holding my breath as Mercy had to handle each and every threat along the way.  Mercy and Adam made a great team, fighting not only an evil vampire, but also the soul taker. Mercy continues to grow and show her magic powers in subtle ways.   To tell too much more would be spoilers, which would ruin the story.  I will say the last third of the book was crazy, wild as we raced to the climatic finish, which had me holding my breath, as there were numerous twists and turns.

Soul Taken was a page turner, and was written so well by Briggs, and had so much going on throughout the entire book.  Patricia Briggs has not only given us a wonderful couple in Mercy and Adam, but also a great secondary cast of characters. I loved every moment of it.  I love Adam and Mercy together.  This is a fabulous series.  If you have not read the Mercy Thompson series, and love paranormal, shifters, wolves; it is time to start reading this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

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Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

 

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I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman.
My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I’m going to need them.

Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill–until she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.

Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. But if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction. It can make you do anything–even kill the person you love the most. Now it is here, in the Tri-Cities. In my territory.

It won’t, can’t, remain.

Not if I have anything to say about it.

 

 

Review:

Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs is the 12th book in her wonderful Mercy Thompson series. I am a big fan of this series, and its heroine, Mercy Thompson.  It is always fun to spend time with Mercy and Adam, and their pack.  Smoke Bitten was a great addition to this series, and in this story, there were some problems with their mating bond, which we learn later was related to the previous book. 

Mercy Thompson has always been independent (aside from her love with Adam), and she continues to surprise many as she always manages to find a way to outsmart her enemies, who constantly underestimates her.  Mercy is strong, savvy, smart and a coyote shifter, but it is her love for Adam that makes her very loyal to the pack also; she will do anything to protect those she loves.  She also has some powerful abilities she inherited from her father Coyote.

Mercy senses their mating bond has slowly shut down, and despite her worry, she trusts her mate (Adam) and is willing to be patient, as she tries to find out what is wrong.  Though this is a backdrop of the overall story, it was an excellent addition to the story, as well as surprising. Of course, when it all ends, it will be Mercy who will find a way to bring Adam fully back.

Smoke Bitten begins when Tilly (fae) opens a door from Underhill next to Mercy and Adam’s house, to be able to visit Aiden, but it also allows an unseen entity to also escape, and bring havoc to humans and werewolves.  This creature can take over a body by being bitten by ‘smoke’ and at the same time kill anyone nearby, putting everyone’s lives in danger. 

While this is going on, a group of rogue werewolves are trying to take over Adam’s pack, which escalates the danger; and will force Mercy to contact Bran for advice.  Always nice to see Bran again.  With all the different problems (rogue Werewolves, Monster entity, weakening bond between her and Adam), Mercy has her hands full, but never ever underestimate our fantastic heroine. 

What follows is an exciting, non-stop, tense, action packed adventure that captivated me from start to finish.   Smoke Bitten was a tense, wild pulse pounding climax, that had me holding my breath as Mercy had to handle each and every threat along the way.  Patricia Briggs has not only given us a wonderful couple in Mercy and Adam, but also a great secondary cast of characters.

Smoke Bitten was written so well by Briggs, and had so much going on throughout the entire book.  I loved every moment of it.  I love Adam and Mercy together.  This is a fabulous series.  If you have not read the Mercy Thompson series, and love paranormal, shifters, wolves; it is time to start reading this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

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My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic.

And a coyote shapeshifter . . . And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack.

Even so, none of that would have gotten me into trouble if, a few months ago, I hadn’t stood upon a bridge and taken responsibility for the safety of the citizens who lived in our territory. It seemed like the thing to do at the time. It should have only involved hunting down killer goblins, zombie goats, and an occasional troll. Instead, our home was viewed as neutral ground, a place where humans would feel safe to come and treat with the fae.

The reality is that nothing and no one is safe. As generals and politicians face off with the Gray Lords of the fae, a storm is coming and her name is Death.

But we are pack, and we have given our word. We will die to keep it.

 

 

Review:

Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs is the 11th book in her wonderful Mercy Thompson series. It is always a pleasure to spend time with our wonderful heroine, Mercy Thompson and her husband and leader of the werewolf pack, Adam Hauptman.  

In Storm Cursed, with Adam busy working on security to bring the government and Fae (Gray Lords) together in a peace pact, Mercy is immediately called to help with minintaure zombie goats.  With the help of Mary Jane ( I liked her better in this book), they manage to corral and kill the zombies; but this is just the beginning.   Adam, Mercy and the pack will find that their witch friend, Elizaveta’s family have all been killed in a gruesome massacre, which they know has been done by a sinister group of black witches. Elizaveta is out of town, but Adam and Mercy discover evidence that Elizaveta and her family were practicing black magic, unbeknownst to them, which is considered by the pack as unallowed in their community.  Mercy knowing the zombie goats, goblin and other zombies showing up are the work of this evil group determined to take over Elizaveta’s territory, as well as destroy the ongoing meetings with the peace pact.

We learned more about Sherwood’s past, and it was really fascinating that Mercy can look at the memories of a kitten they saved, to see the evil in the witches.   Very well done.

What follows is an exciting wild adventure that will have Mercy desperately asking from help from her powerful non wolf friends to help her find away to stop the witches, whom seem unsurmountable.  She will bring in Zee, Tad, Wulfe in an amazing non stop action that held us totally enthralled, especially as we wonder who will survive.   The problem are not only the many zombies, but also the powerful witches who can enthrall anyone, including humans, goblins, dragons and wolves to do their bidding.  Mercy will also learn to rise up and use powers that she is not experienced with, but with Adam and friends lives in danger, she has no choice, even if it means her own life.  Who does she trust?  Is Elizaveta a friend or foe?

Storm Cursed had an action throughout the book, with a lot of wild stuff; especially as we near the end, when we see much more of what she can do.  It was a wild pulse pounding tense finish, and I loved every moment of it.  Most of all, I love Adam and Mercy together.   This is a great series, great heroine, great couple and always wonderfully written by Patricia Briggs.  If you have not read the Mercy Thompson series, and love paranormal, shifters, wolves; it is time to start reading this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs – Review & Giveaway

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Attacked and abducted in her home territory, Mercy finds herself in the clutches of the most powerful vampire in the world, taken as a weapon to use against alpha werewolf Adam and the ruler of the Tri-Cities vampires. In coyote form, Mercy escapes only to find herself without money, without clothing, and alone in the heart of Europe…

Unable to contact Adam and the rest of the pack, Mercy has allies to find and enemies to fight, and she needs to figure out which is which. Ancient powers stir, and Mercy must be her agile best to avoid causing a war between vampires and werewolves, and between werewolves and werewolves. And in the heart of the ancient city of Prague, old ghosts rise…

 

Review:

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs is the 10th book in her wonderful Mercy Thompson series.  Mercy has evolved quite a lot over the last 9 books, and in Silence Fallen we get to see more of the powers she has within her.   Patricia Briggs once again gives us an exciting story with one of our favorite couples, Mercy and Adam.

When the story begins, the werewolf pack is having fun eating and playing games.  Mercy decides to make a meal for the gang, and has to run out to buy eggs. As she gets ready to head home, someone smashes her car and renders her unconscious.  When Mercy awakes, she discovers she has been kidnapped and cannot feel her bond to Adam, disabling any possibility of contact to him.  A powerful European vampire is behind the kidnapping and Mercy is on her own to find a way to escape. 

Adam enlists the aid of Stefan and Marsilia (vampires), as well as the witch, Elizaveta to help him find Mercy.  What follows is an exciting adventure that will have Mercy escaping in a set up to kill her, but she of course, manages to get away alive.  Being alone, with no one to trust, she finds herself Prague, looking for help from both dangerous wolves and vampires .  Who can Mercy trust? 

Adam and his group arrive in Italy to meet the vampire who kidnapped Mercy.  Adam was able to have a slight contact to Mercy finding out she has escaped, but it was minimal.  His goal is to find out why the vampire kidnapped Mercy and to make sure the vampires out searching for her do not kill her.  Adam must learn to control his wolf, and try to negotiate with the vampire; while his pack at home use all means to discover where Mercy is.

It was an interesting story, which was really in two different POV’s, Adam and Mercy.  The brunt of the story had them separate for most of the book.  Mercy will find herself kidnapped again by another powerful but crazy vampire, and in order to save herself from sure death, she must find a way to use her ghost magnet ability to get them to help her.    Interesting and wild stuff; especially as we near the end, when we see much more of what she can do.  It was a wild pulse pounding tense finish, and I loved every moment of it.  Most of all, I loved the ending with Adam and Mercy together.   I would like to go back and reread this again, since so much happens along the way.  This is a great series, great heroine, great couple and always wonderfully written by Briggs.  If you have not read the Mercy Thompson series, and love paranormal, shifters, wolves; it is time to start reading this series.

Reviewed by Barb

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Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs – a Review

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Fire Touched
Mercy Thompson series – Book #9
by Patricia Briggs
Release Date: March 8, 2016

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Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago by the fae.
 
Defying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans, and the fae, Mercy, Adam, and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. But who will protect them from a boy who is fire touched?

 

Review:

Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs is the 9th book in her Mercy Thompson series. I have been a fan of this series for a long time, and Mercy Thompson continues to be one of the best kick-ass heroines. In Firetouched, Mercy, Adam and their pack are called upon to stop a troll from destroying everything in town. Where did this troll come from is a big question, which can only mean the Fae are up to their old tricks. Just when you think Mercy and Adam won’t survive this attack, her magic stick and her old friend, Zee come to the rescue. Zee is an old fae, who has not been part of the Fae council for a long time, but he remains Mercy’s friend. He brings with a young human boy, Aiden, who was stolen by the fae years before, and has escaped. The battle with the troll was wild and crazy, with many of the pack injured. But with help from Aiden, Zee, they will win this battle, with more to come.

Aiden, is fire touched and he is the main reason the Fae are willing to start a war. They want Aiden, to help them get back into good graces with Underhill, a fae territory that is closed to the fae. Aiden has run away from his life in Underhill and Mercy, Adam take him into their pack to protect him.

Some of Adam’s pack still resent Mercy, who they feel is not one of them. Mercy is a coyote shifter, not a werewolf. But she can stand up to them or anyone, as Mercy Thompson bends for no one. But she wants peace in the pack, since she loves Adam, and doesn’t want him to have dissention in his pack. It will be Adam, who will demand his pack to accept his mate or leave. It was nice to finally begin to see the dissenters changing their tune, and slowly accepting Mercy.

What follows is an exciting adventure, where the pack must face further attacks, forcing Mercy, Adam, Zee to meet the Fae Gray Council to make a deal. To save themselves and Aiden, they have to make a deal; bargaining with the fae is dangerous, and not always to be trusted. The last half of the book was very exciting, with their lives very much in danger. Will they win the war with the Fae? Can they find a bargaining tool to save Aiden? Will Mercy and Adam survive their trip to Underhill?

Not only is this series always fun, exciting & action packed, but the romance between Mercy and Adam is always beautiful to watch. They are a great couple. Bravo to Patricia Briggs, who continues to give us great adventures, as well as the continued growth of Mercy. I cannot wait for more.

Reviewed by Barb

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Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs – a Review

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A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen Book Reviews), and the characters she calls friends…

Includes the new stories:
“Silver”
“Roses in Winter”
“Redemption”
“Hollow”

…and reader favorites:
“Fairy Gifts”
“Gray”
“Alpha and Omega”
“Seeing Eye”
“The Star of David”
“In Red, with Pearls”

 

Review:

Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs are 10 short stories from the World of Mercy Thompson. For those of you who do not know, Mercy Thompson is Briggs successful werewolf series, which is already on its 8th novel.

Writing a review about a group of short stories is very difficult, so I will not give too much details, which in short stories would be spoilers.

Popular short Stories already published in anthologies:

Fairy Gifts: This take place in a mining town in Montana. Thomas, who was forced to become a vampire as child, comes to the rescue of a young fae girl. He received a precious gift, and years later is drawn back there.

Gray: A female vampire returns to Chicago and buys the home filled with happy and sad memories. She begins remodeling the place, and becomes friends with the human contractor. But she also has to deal with other vampires and protect what is hers.

Alpha and Omega: This is the novella about werewolves, the ultra powerful Charles Cornick and the abused young Omega werewolf, Anna. This led to the Mercy Thompson spin off series, Alpha and Omega. I loved this short story the best. Wonderfully done.

Seeing Eye: This is a story of Tom, a werewolf who needs the help of a powerful witch to save his human brother. Moira is a good witch, who is blind, due to her evil father. She must decide if she is strong enough to help Tom. This was one of the best stories in this book.

The Star of David:  This story is about a werewolf who is estranged from his human daughter. Stella needs her father’s help when one of the foster children she helps is accused of attacking his foster family. She knows something isn’t right, and with her father’s help they discover the truth. This is a nice story of an estranged family coming together, letting go of the past.

In Red With Pearls: Warren is a werewolf, who is PI helping Kyle, a human lawyer. The story is about a zombie trying to kill Kyle, and the witch, who had to help save Kyle and find out why and who spelled the zombie.

New short stories, which Briggs created for this novel:

Silver: Patricia says she wrote this depressing story because of her fans demands to know. Ithis covers how Bran and Samuel were first made into werewolves, and how Samuel first fell in love with the Ariana.

Roses in Winter: A young girl who survives a werewolf attack, has not been able to control her wolf. She is moved to Bran’s pack, the ancient werewolf Ansil tries to help, with time of essence. The law is absolute: if a werewolf cannot learn to control the wolf, they must be destroyed for the safety of all. Another very good one.

Redemption: Ben is a werewolf who has a quick temper, and loves to curse. He’s makes a bet that he can stop swearing for a week, and it just might change his life.

Hollow: A wealthy recluse is haunted by a terrible ghost, and Mercy is called in to help. But is it truly a ghost or something far more dangerous. This was another good story.

Outake from Silver Borne: Samuel and Ariana, whom we knew from Silver, have another chance at love, and they’re determined to make it work. Briggs explains at the start of this story that she wanted to explain more about Samuel finally being with Ariana, since she couldn’t fit it in during Silver Borne.

Outtake from Broken – Briggs dreamed this sequence just as she finished Night Broken, and it was too late to add it. So here it is, at the hospital while Mercy close to dying. Adam’s viewpoint

If you are a fan of Patricia Briggs and Mercy Thompson, then this book is a fun and enjoyable read. I enjoyed her brief comments prior to each story, explaining how she came up with the story, and the timing where it would fit in with her books. Shifting Shadows is the perfect book to read on a nice lazy weekend or on the beach.

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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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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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