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Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

8 reviews

cmbohn's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this one. Like everyone says, ignore the cover and give it a chance. I've been reading a lot of urban fantasy lately and I was trying to figure out why this one was so much better. It's the writing. Briggs is great at developing her characters. Recommended. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Suicide

fiwilson's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment

knockonwood03's review

adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Nice quick start to a phenomenal series. Mercy is a unique and interesting main character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

Why are her werewolves trash? They hate gay people and don't accept them because "they're actual predicators and even MORE aggressive than the straight werewolf." Then the wolves are misogynistic and they view women poorly and as the weakest links of their packs. Why though? 

This was just as boring as Alpha and Omega and Cry Wolf. Someone promised me that Mercy Thompson was THEE paranormal urban fantasy series to get into. I read Cry Wolf and it's prequel novella and gave them both 2 stars. 

There's little to no action until about 60% of the way through the book, it took me 10 days to finish this, it was so boring. 

This is the last Patricia Briggs book I'm reading, I tried three separate times and all three reads got 2 stars from me. 

I'm giving this two stars. 
⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Violence, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

emcrutch's review

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexism

booksthatburn's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Mercy is half Native American, and a walker, she transforms into a coyote and was partly raised by a werewolf pack. This puts her in an odd position relative to the werewolves, as she’s somewhat entangled in their hierarchy but isn’t trying to be part of it. 

As the first book in the series, MOON CALLED establishes the presence of various supernatural factions such as werewolves, vampires, witches, fey, and Native American people like Mercy. It focuses on the current precarious position in which the werewolves find themselves; many of the lesser fae came out in a controlled manner several years ago, but the werewolves are an open secret in military circles. This sets up those groups and some of the relationships between them, including between Adam’s pack and the Marrok’s pack in the mountains. It also establishes Mercy’s history with Sam and her current position relative to Adam (living nearby and taking joy in simple pleasures, like annoying him with the car in her yard). 

The plot revolves around a strange werewolf who shows up in town and then is attacked in Mercy’s presence, setting off a string of conflicts which involve kidnappings and an elaborate plan. It has some twists and turns but is pretty easy to follow. The meeting with the vampires has always felt a bit out of place in this story, but it’s serving to set up some things that’ll come into play later on. It’s a solid story with a lot of ground to cover, and it does it well. MOON CALLED is a great start to the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

the_escapist's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Murder

vexbatch's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent