Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

Burn Bright (Alpha and Omega, #5)

by Patricia Briggs

"In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs "spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well" (USATODAY.com). Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other--one that lurks too close to home... They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support; far enough away to not cause any harm. With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf--but can't stop blood from being shed. Now Charles and Anna must use their skills--his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker--to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn.."--

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I love these books. I love everything about them - the characters, the stories, the world building - everything. They make me happy. 

Charles and Anna are one of my favorite fictional couples. I think part of the reason is because Briggs doesn't write drama for drama's sake in their relationship. They have an understanding and love that just fits them. That doesn't mean they never have misunderstandings or fights, but they don't have what I consider stupid fights. You know the ones I mean. The "I have to make him/her hate me to save their life" fights that always blow up in the character's faces anyway. 

Briggs also makes the side characters complex, with their own stories and backgrounds and motivations, and they are fleshed out in such a way that even though they are not the main characters in the stories, you empathize right along with them - good and bad. 

Burn Bright takes you up into the mountains, where some of the Marrok's more dangerous and fragile pack-mates live. We learn some history and get a bit more depth on some of the characters we've met more or less in passing. We learn a bit more about someone we don't really like, and I feel like a lot of things that happen in this book set up a lot of other things to happen in both the Alpha & Omega series, as well as the interconnected Mercy Thompson series. 

In many series, a book like this would be considered "filler" or would feel like a set-up for a future book, but Burn Bright stands up and reminds us why Charles and Anna is one of the best fictional "ships" currently out there. 3

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