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A review by emmas_shelf
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
adventurous
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? Yes
2.75
I think I had super high hopes going into this as I was looking for recommendations for a new fantasy series to read. I had heard this series is well-loved, “an oldie but a goldie” type book series. Unfortunately, my library only has book 1 in its collection and this didn’t do enough for me to encourage me to go out and purchase book 2 myself in any format.
It wasn’t awful, I found there was more plot than I was expecting. I don’t know tho, for me if you as an author have the opportunity to write a fantasy series - idk why you’d make the werewolves be misogynists by default. I just found the dynamic between the wolves uncomfortable because of that. Despite this, I found the diversity a pleasant surprise in terms of race and sexuality of other characters.
However, the writing didn’t really grip me enough. I finished and thought “oh, alright then.” I also thought Mercy’s “theorising” in the book about what was going on with the plot ended up being too spot on which meant the “grand reveal” fell a bit flat for me.
I also had read this series had romance, I know this is book 1 but there was basically zero. So just go in knowing that bc I didn’t.
It wasn’t awful, I found there was more plot than I was expecting. I don’t know tho, for me if you as an author have the opportunity to write a fantasy series - idk why you’d make the werewolves be misogynists by default. I just found the dynamic between the wolves uncomfortable because of that. Despite this, I found the diversity a pleasant surprise in terms of race and sexuality of other characters.
However, the writing didn’t really grip me enough. I finished and thought “oh, alright then.” I also thought Mercy’s “theorising” in the book about what was going on with the plot ended up being too spot on which meant the “grand reveal” fell a bit flat for me.
I also had read this series had romance, I know this is book 1 but there was basically zero. So just go in knowing that bc I didn’t.