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Wild Sign
by Patricia Briggs
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
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:
No
One of the scariest, powerful werewolves shares a deep and committed mate bond with an Omega wolf who has come into her own. They are sent into the Northern California wilderness to investigate the disappearance of an off-grid group living on Cornick land and chase down the truth about what lurks there in the mountains. A new, tantalizing adventure with one of my favorite werewolf couples, more monster lore to explore, and a clever paranormal adventure to keep me riveted.
Wild Sign is the sixth Alpha and Omega and the eighteenth in the combined Mercy Thompson world. Not only does this book work best when read in order, it works even better when the reader treats both series as one and reads them all in release order.
Music was Anna Cornick's career path before her change and it still runs through her deeply. Music is a lovely courtship game she plays with her husband and mate, it is startling when the Marrock's mate Leah hums an unknown tune on a gal's trip to town, and it seems to be a strong element in the situations she and Charles have been sent to figure out.
Bran chooses Anna, Charles, and the berserker-like Tag to go check out the disappearances at Wild Sign camp and is more mysterious and abrupt than usual because that land is not unfamiliar. He brought back Leah as his mate when she was found as a lone survivor in a pioneer group on that very land. The wolf who saved her, Sherwood Post, and Leah herself claim blanks in their memories about that time. Armed with this information and then encountering a unique local group of supernaturals nearby, they slowly work out that something old and powerful is stirring in those hills once again.
Wild Sign is Charles and Anna's story and I loved spending time with them in tender, fun moments at home, but also taking care of business as a team on the road. They have hit their stride understanding each other so well. They face a bit of a crisis when the thing they pursue uses them against themselves. This story dug deep into personal and relationship emotions as a result and not just with Charles and Anna.
But, the added surprise was that this was also partly Leah and Bran's history together. All this time, the reader was told in brief explanations why they are mated and the way they are, but finally the details are teased out so the true picture is nothing like what I had been imagining. It was not a pretty past and Leah is a true survivor just like the strong Cornick family around her. Bran had done what he had to do and it was grim and now the past has returned and those involved have to deal with it.
And, there's more. Sherwood Post plays a role and it was as mysterious as he is. Yes, and there are more familiar names both welcome and not showing up to complicate matters.
The climax comes on the heals of a stunning surprise twist and it was a heart-thumping tension-filled, emotional sequence full of all that readers anticipate in a book by this author. When all was said and done, I was left reeling from what happened to how things will be affected from here on out. There are things that I need to know and will be fretting for the next book so I can find out.
An already amazing book was taken a notch higher when voiced by Holter Graham. I've enjoyed his work with the characters, storytelling, tone and pace so that my imagine was fired with the story.
All in all, Wild Sign was absolutely fabulous- strong and complex, full of myth and mystery, and characters that only leaving me wanting more. The world of these stories is amazing beyond description and urban fantasy lovers really need to give these a try.
Wild Sign is the sixth Alpha and Omega and the eighteenth in the combined Mercy Thompson world. Not only does this book work best when read in order, it works even better when the reader treats both series as one and reads them all in release order.
Music was Anna Cornick's career path before her change and it still runs through her deeply. Music is a lovely courtship game she plays with her husband and mate, it is startling when the Marrock's mate Leah hums an unknown tune on a gal's trip to town, and it seems to be a strong element in the situations she and Charles have been sent to figure out.
Bran chooses Anna, Charles, and the berserker-like Tag to go check out the disappearances at Wild Sign camp and is more mysterious and abrupt than usual because that land is not unfamiliar. He brought back Leah as his mate when she was found as a lone survivor in a pioneer group on that very land. The wolf who saved her, Sherwood Post, and Leah herself claim blanks in their memories about that time. Armed with this information and then encountering a unique local group of supernaturals nearby, they slowly work out that something old and powerful is stirring in those hills once again.
Wild Sign is Charles and Anna's story and I loved spending time with them in tender, fun moments at home, but also taking care of business as a team on the road. They have hit their stride understanding each other so well. They face a bit of a crisis when the thing they pursue uses them against themselves. This story dug deep into personal and relationship emotions as a result and not just with Charles and Anna.
But, the added surprise was that this was also partly Leah and Bran's history together. All this time, the reader was told in brief explanations why they are mated and the way they are, but finally the details are teased out so the true picture is nothing like what I had been imagining. It was not a pretty past and Leah is a true survivor just like the strong Cornick family around her. Bran had done what he had to do and it was grim and now the past has returned and those involved have to deal with it.
And, there's more. Sherwood Post plays a role and it was as mysterious as he is. Yes, and there are more familiar names both welcome and not showing up to complicate matters.
The climax comes on the heals of a stunning surprise twist and it was a heart-thumping tension-filled, emotional sequence full of all that readers anticipate in a book by this author. When all was said and done, I was left reeling from what happened to how things will be affected from here on out. There are things that I need to know and will be fretting for the next book so I can find out.
An already amazing book was taken a notch higher when voiced by Holter Graham. I've enjoyed his work with the characters, storytelling, tone and pace so that my imagine was fired with the story.
All in all, Wild Sign was absolutely fabulous- strong and complex, full of myth and mystery, and characters that only leaving me wanting more. The world of these stories is amazing beyond description and urban fantasy lovers really need to give these a try.