Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11)

by Patricia Briggs

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Patricia Briggs always brings great story telling to her Mercy Thompson series.

Spoiler/updating discussion on past books.

Storm Cursed begins not too long after the events of Silence Fallen. Elizavetta has not yet returned from Europe and another coven of witches is moving in on her territory. This is all happening just as Mercy, Adam and the pack are being brought in to help set up the negotiations between the Fae and the U.S. Government.

As a reminder, in Fire Touched not only have the Fae realized their mistake in retreating to their reservations. As a group that it not too happy with their own kind, dragging them together into tight quarters isn't working out for them very well and they want to return to their old lives among the humans, they just can't afford to lose face or power to the Government.That was also the story where Mercy declared, in front of TV cameras, that the Tri-Cities and everyone who lived in it were under the protection of the Columbia Basin Pack. It is one of the reasons both the Fae and the Government want to have their negotiations in Adam's territory.

Also in Fire Touched, Mercy's garage burned down and the new garage has finally been completed. I was very excited to see Zee and Tad back in the garage with Mercy. I really like Zee.

Back to the witches, this is same faction of witches which we also saw in the last Alpha & Omega book, Burn Bright. They are creating zombies just outside of the pack's territory. Whether this is a test to see if the pack will come out to take care of things or to get them away from Elizevetta's coven, or simply a power play against the Pack that would declare its city a safe harbor, is a good question.

No question that between the zombies which keep popping up and trying the placate the Government bigwigs and the Fae Gray Lords, and trying to get back to work at the garage, Mercy (and the pack) are too busy to realize that there is more to the zombie-making witches then simply trying to keep the talks from happening. By the time they realize that these witches are making a power play against Elizavetta, they have already been sucking a great deal of magical power out of Elizavetta's witches.

We also hear constantly that as Coyote's daughter, chaos always finds Mercy but in book after book (except for the last one were Mercy is abducted), it is Mercy who seems to come to the wolf-pack's rescue.  Just saying.

Witches, zombies, fae, werewolves and the government -- there is a lot going on here to keep the excitement level high, we also get to spend time with some of our favorite characters, such as Zee and Stefan. I loved that Mercy is forced to seek help from the one person she avoids most in the Tri-Cities and how the happenings of this story will definitely effect future stories. I can't wait to see what happens in the next one.

I love both the Mercy Thompson and the Alpha & Omega series and simply can't get enough of either of them.

Received and ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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