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.)

Hope everybody had/has a great day : )

April T.B.R. List

Here is my April reading list

#1
Zombies Vs. Unicorns by Garth Nix, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Naomi Novik, Carrie Ryan, Margo Lanagan, Maureen Johnson, Diana Peterfreund, Scott Westerfeld, Meg Cabot, Cassandra Clare, Kathleen Duey, and Libba Bray, and Edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

I had seen this book reviewed on so many youtube channels, and I love the fantasy, and supernatural genres that I had to buy this book. Now finally after a year of having it I have time to read it. By the way, the illustrations on the cover are awesome.

#2
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I have had this book for two years, and my mom just bought the movie, I also have time to read most of my books now, so I decided to read the book, and then watch the movie, then review the book and the book to movie adaptation.

#3
Praying For Mercy (Mercy Thompson Book #1-3 of 9) by Patricia Briggs

I got this book in February (I have a book haul with it in), Like I said I love the supernatural genre, and some of the reviews I've read say that the first book is more world and plot building than romance, which tends to be right up my ally, I'm probably going to read the first book only this month, I'm not sure, we'll see.

#4
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

#5
Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptation by Tom Hamilton, with an Introduction by Ray Bradbury

I read Fahrenheit 451 about 2 years back and really enjoyed it, so when I seen The Authorized Adaptation I had to buy it. So I've decided to re-read the Fahrenheit 451 book then read The Authorized Adaptation and review both.

#6
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

I heard about this book from Meg & Dia's (I love this band) myspace blog quite a few years ago, and read the summery, then put it on my To Buy List and happened upon it at goodwill about 4 years ago.

#7
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter book #2 of 7) by J.K. Rowling

I, of course, had to continue reading the series, I really loved the first book.

#8
Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, the Art, the Vision by Frank Thompson with a Forward by Tim Burton

I loved the movie, so when I seen this book at a Goodwill I had to buy it. I'm a little sad that it doesn't have a dust cover, but otherwise I'm really excited to read it.

So that's all the books I have on my reading list this month, depending on if I read just the first book in the Mercy Thompson combined book or all three, it would be 8 books if I just read the first, or it would be 10 books if I read a three.

I have about 130 to 140 books that are on my book shelves that I have yet to read. I have not had time until this year to begin to make a dent in my whole T.B.R. list, It's probably going to get bigger because I have quite a few books on my To Buy List.

Happy April Fools' Day, I hope everybody had a great, and safe April Fools' Day : )