Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs

Wild Sign (Alpha and Omega, #6)

by Patricia Briggs

Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear--before it's too late--in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alpha and Omega series.

In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing. It's as if the people picked up and left their possessions behind. With a mystery on their hands and no jurisdiction on private property, the FBI dumps the whole problem in the lap of the land owner, Aspen Creek, Inc.--aka the business organization of the Marrok's pack.

Somehow, the pack of the Wolf Who Rules is connected to a group of vanished people. Werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham are tasked with investigating, and soon find that a deserted town is the least of the challenges they face.

Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, Charles and Anna must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous--and it has met werewolves before.

Reviewed by Berls on

4 of 5 stars

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I fell behind (again) but at least I managed to get in the most recent Alpha and Omega before the release of the next Mercy Thompson book! Even though they are technically separate series, I've come to view them as intertwined and essential to each other. For example, there were some references to Mercy and her heritage in this book that you really wouldn't understand without having read her series. That said, Anna and Charles really are my favorite so it was a real treat to be back with them.

The plot for this book was pretty disturbing, though. Imagine Roanoke, disturbing. An entire town of people... no, witches!... up and disappears. That was creepy to read about in high school, but for it to happen in our modern times of cell phones, etc is downright chilling. And the more Anna and Charles, along with Tag uncover, the creepier things get. I think it's really disturbing the way that magic and music are linked -- I usually enjoy the role of music in the Anna and Charles series but in this one it was a bit stolen as well. Also, I think there should be trigger warnings for rape and child death. Yeah, it gets dark.

That said, it was a real treat to finally get to learn more about Leah. She's always been the evil / not-so-evil stepmother in my mind. Like she's not a bad person, but gah she was awful to Mercy and Charles growing up and I don't know that this necessarily forgives that history, but it does give another lense for understanding her and yeah, I both feel sorry for her and think she's one tough cookie.

And the ending! Um whoa we have some interesting things coming for sure. Hopefully in Mercy's book (coming in August, so just a couple months to wait... the benefit of falling behind, less of a wait LOL!).

The narration is okay for me. Holter Graham really delivers a solid performance but I do find myself wishing he were partnered with a female narrator as his female voices are slightly lacking. Not at all enough to actually hurt the performance, but I just feel like if it were a partnered narration it would be a home run performance, if that makes sense. I will absolutely continue listening!

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