Night Broken

Mercy Thompson Series By Patricia Briggs

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Books:

Moon Called

Blood Bound

Iron Kissed

Bone Crossed

Silver Borne

River Marked

Frost Burned

Night Broken

Review:

Once I finished Night Broken I had to go back and reread the entire series because I had to. You know?

After rereading the first book I realized it’s the weakest book in the series. There’s a lot of character development and world building and while there is a story it’s not her best by far. There are also some inconsistencies with what is said in it with what takes place in the Alpha and Omega series. She hadn’t written those yet and she probably didn’t have them planned. It’s not a big deal though, at least not to me.

In Blood Bound things pick up a bit but I think it’s in Iron Kissed where the series really takes off. Be warned there is a rape scene, it’s not as graphic as The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but it’s there.

Bone Crossed is another vampire book, which personally I think are the weakest in the series, but whatever it’s still good.

Silver Borne finally sees Sam getting some action which makes me happy. He needed someone and you knew from the beginning it wasn’t going to be Mercy no matter what Briggs tried to get you to think.

River Marked was not one of my favorites. It’s Briggs so it wasn’t bad it just didn’t really do much for me. It was more of Mercy taking on a monster that for some reason only she was qualified to do even though she’s weaker than everyone else.

Frost Burned. Hmm. When I first read it I felt let down. It was the first book after Fair Game, an Alpha and Omega book, and I was expecting more. I wasn’t thinking or I would have gone in with better expectations. The Mercy Thompson books are about Mercy and the pack of wolves she is a part of while the Alpha and Omega books have more to do with all werewolves because the leads are a part of the Merrick’s pack. With the most recent reread I enjoyed the book more because I went in knowing what to expect.

Night Broken.

Overall I’d say the series is about a 4.25/5

Night Broken

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Night Broken By Patricia Briggs

Plot:

An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from her new boyfriend. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right.

Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the farthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen, including turning Adam’s pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. Christy’s ex is more than a bad man—in fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

Review:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Why do I have to read so fast? I bought this book the day it came out and then put off reading it as long as I could. I knew that even with a new baby I would read too fast and it would be over so quickly, and it was.

Loved this book! The dynamic between Mercy and Christy was great and I couldn’t wait for Mercy to put her in her place. That scene did not disappoint. I do wonder if Briggs is getting tired of nearly killing Mercy, it seems like most if not all of her books end with Mercy in a hospital bed.

As soon as I finished Night Broken I started to re-read The Alpha and Omega series (I prefer it my a smidge to the Mercy Thompson series). Since there are only three books in that series I’m already done and now I’m re-reading Mercy Thompson. I love Patricia Briggs and wish she wrote faster, or at the very least that I could find someone else that creates characters and a world so compelling.

If you have any recommendations let me know. Once I’ve finished re-reading all of Patricia Briggs I’ll be moving on to re-reading all of Ilona Andrews and then I will be super sad because I’ve yet to find authors in their genre as good.

5/5