Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1)

by Patricia Briggs

[nitzan_schwarz]

March 13 re-read: I'm 100% sure I've read this 3 times. Where did my second re-read go??

Notes for myself for when I write my re-read review:

*I actually enjoyed this one a lot more this time around!! Bumping the rating up to 4 stars 'cause of that. Usually, it's the other way around with books.

* Second (third??) re-read and yet here I am finishing it in a couple of days again. Staying power!

*I'm super impressed with how many things Briggs had set up in this novel! Like, there were a ton of things that made me blink because I was *certain* it came up later in the series, but nope, it actually started this early up. And yet, it still feels incredibly flowing and not like a lot of shit is being thrown at us. Major kudos for us.

* I am still one hundred percent a Mercy x Adam shipper. Samual is NOT the one for Mercy. He doesn't view her as capable, whereas Adam is fully on and understand this and Mercy--even if he doesn't exactly like it.

* Still sad about Mac.

* WARREN

* BEN?

*The villain is still kind of out of left field. Could have been set up better. Sad, though.



The world of Moon Called (and the Mercy Thompson series in general) is a fun world to read of; it's dark but has a storyteller voice that makes you forget that. It's complex, but told in a manner that makes everything seem simple. It's filled with supernatural creatures; vamps, weres, witches, faes... And the best thing about it is that the world-building itself doesn't overpower the plot of the book, and the series.

Mercy Thompson is a mechanic, a Walker (Something along the lines of "were-coyotes"), and the main character of the book.
She is strong, independent, strong-willed, stubborn, and active, the farthest thing away from a "damsel in distress". In fact, she's the one who saves the guys most of the time, not the other way around.
And all those are qualities that makes me adore her.

Then we have the guys in this book:
First we've got Adam...

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