Reviews

Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

jenrylee2004's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.5

jobird's review against another edition

1.0

I so far have not finished this book and I am not sure If I will. I am sad because I really enjoyed the beginning of the book and I liked where it was going but I feel like it hasn't really gone anywhere since. I keep waiting for the story to begin. I feel that there is a lot to take in all at once. With all the explanations of the different types of supernaturals, werewolves, the faires, the vampires and whatever she is. I am not sure. And after all the explanations not much has really happened. I do want to finish it because it may get better. But I keep putting it down to read other books.

So I did pick it up and finish it. It was ok. Before I finished it I knew that I would not read any more of the series. But the ending made me want to know more. So I might pick up the next one.

emily_michelle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.0

sidnilayne's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

I don't usually love urban fantasy, but this one was interesting. It took me a little bit to get into, and I thought I didn't like it. That is, until it made its way into my work bag and I read it for an entire hour at lunch time.

All of the characters are so interesting and the plot was so good. I couldn't figure out who was bad and who was good or even what the ending was going to look like.

recreated's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

s_books's review against another edition

3.5

I had read Alpha & Omega and Cry Wolf before this book so I was already a bit familiar with Charles and Bran but not the larger part of the world. Mercy is a fun character and I'd like to see more of her but I'm still not sure of the rest of the world yet; I already knew there were werewolves and Mercy can turn into a coyote so Stefan and the vampires didn't really throw me off but the fae and witches kind of made me hesitant (although Zee actually seems pretty cool and I'd be interested to see more of him). I was able to follow most of the story with Mercy's explanations of what she thought was happening until near the end which felt a bit rushed

she stops the magic aimed at Adam but then Samuel is able to stop the magic aimed at her...how? It's not really explained or resolved, everyone just moves on to conclude the book

but the last little bit of the novel is intriguing enough that I'm interested to see what adventures Mercy and those around her get into next.

celiapowell's review against another edition

4.0

I avoided this series for ages, because I thought it was going to be another one of those oh-so-sassy young female vampire/werewolf hunter kicks arse while wisecracking (Buffy can do it, no-one else). But this was actually really fantastic - Mercy is a skinwalker, a shapeshifter who turns into a coyote. She runs a garage, lives next door to the local werewolf Alpha, and does repairs on a vampire's bus. Then someone turns up dead on her doorstep, the Alpha is severely injured, and it's up to Mercy to get help.

Of course, there's a lot more going on than one dead body, including political struggles within the werewolf packs, and Mercy's rather complex history with the werewolves is slowly revealed. Surprisingly Briggs' manages to avoid cliches rather brilliantly, and I actually really liked the Mercy character - usually I find the female leads in this type of urban fantasy extremely annoying. This, however, was a really fantastic example of great urban fantasy. Plus, it's a series - yay! Can't wait to read the sequels.

tiggerrd's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

ffordian's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

britany's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

5.0