Moon Called Book Review

Praying for Mercy by Patricia Briggs

Hardcover, 710 pages

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson Book #1 of 9) by Patricia Briggs

Hardcover, 324 pages/Omnibus Version pages 1 - 232
Read: Apr. 12 - Apr. 15
Rating: 3/5
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Supernatural, Romance
Summery: Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at will. Mercy's next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a bus for a vampire. This is the world of Mercy Thompson, one that looks a lot like ours but is populated by those things that go bump in the night. And Mercy's connection to those things is about to get her into some serious hot water.

Review: The story starts with Mercy Thompson noticing a Werewolf in her repair garage. I really did enjoy this story, I liked the background on not only werewolves, but also the little bit on fae, and vampires, that was in the story. I also liked the notice of how the women are treated in this story, compared to how in other werewolf story it's normal for a relationship between a werewolf and someone to be abusive (physically, emotionally, or mentally), so I did enjoy that. However, I did not enjoy how practically every women did not like Mercy, and Mercy did not seem to like them, or really respect them in a way, there was no real reason for why either, which really bothered me. But besides that I liked the story and the plot, I  enjoyed Mercy as a character well enough, my favorite's were Adam, Warren (one of Adam's pack member), Jesse (Adam's daughter), and Zee (Mercy old boss, and a Gremlin). The romance was also very toned downed compared to other werewolf romance books, which I liked, I also enjoyed the romance. Although I enjoyed the book I very hesitant to read the other two books in this bind-up. (Edit 12/12/14: I have decided not to read the other two books in this bind up, I ended up find out what happens in the 3rd book in this series and how it was handled, and so I am not going to be reading the other two.)

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