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Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

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sflory910's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

A good, quick read! A little cliched, but still enjoyable. I’m excited to read the next in the series.

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tonton2612's review

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adventurous hopeful mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This a great series by Patricia Briggs. I love the character and the plots!

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dreamerfreak's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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misterwisp's review

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The strong points are that it's a fast paced read and has a well written main character. The setting is straightforward urban fantasy where supernatural creatures are real and in the modern world etc. This version of that has the supernatural world only being partially publicly known. Only one type of creature is known openly in regular human society but others are not.
The big focus is on werewolves and their society. There is much ado about pack dominance structure that felt like it took itself too seriously and came across a bit dated and boring. There is all this stuff about how the Alpha can't show weakness around his pack and there are all sorts of hierarchy dynamics that play out. Only the men can be alphas and so on. The main character is outside of all of this and has to navigate through it, so I think it's maybe meant to be an analogy for regular real world society, but it felt a bit too cliche to really be something to like reading about. The main character is fun but all the werewolf ones seemed kind of obnoxious and I didn't understand what Mercy Thompson saw in them. In real life the whole idea of an "alpha" wolf leading others through dominance is being debunked, so maybe I brought that into the book more than I should have.
The ending felt a bit convoluted and too easy.
It was good to read and I think well written in terms of the main character and world. I think one's enjoyment depends on how much you're willing to tolerate stereotypes of "alpha" men. Despite the cringey parts I was left somewhat still wanting to try the sequel which I think shows the writing has strong points.

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matthewclan's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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house_of_hannah's review

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is a book that I definitely would not have picked up normally. I dislike the cover, and the summary leaves a lot to be desired. However, I've been interested lately in trying out the Urban Fantasy genre as, besides Moon Called, I think I only read one book in this genre this year. Several Booktubers I follow have given this series some major praise, so I figured I'd give it a try and see for myself. In the end I'd rate this a high 3, because I do think it's above average, but a low 4.

To start off the pace of this story is slower than you would expect. Only a few days pass by in the entire book, but it feels like weeks. I did find it a bit difficult to stay invested in the book, so I did take a break from reading this for a few weeks to read some shorter stories. However, once I hit about the 60% mark of the book I couldn't put it down.

I do really enjoy the way that the Werewolves and Vampires are portrayed. Or at least for the most part. Their history and way of life is interesting, but the whole, "omg, there's two males in the same space as a woman, they are going to fight over her!!" shtick got old really fast. Essentially every male Mercy encounters wants to "make her theirs", so there's a lot of metaphorical dick swinging as everyone clambers over each other to get to her.

The mystery itself I found intriguing, and was a clever way to introduce part of the world the story takes place in. This is what I was invested in during the last half of the book, but unfortunately the climax is a little lacking. I found myself thinking, "wait, that's it?" and re-reading a few paragraphs to make sure I understood it right.

Overall, there is quite a bit of tension, action (the non-sexual kind), lore, and mystery in this novel. I did enjoy it more than I was expecting I would, but it's not without it's flaws. I am unsure if I will continue with the series, but if I do it will be a few months before I pick up the second book.

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