Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

mooncalledphoto01.jpgWith Moon Called Patricia Briggs stirs up a storyline containing great action, a few sprinkles of romance, and a dash of adventure. This is the first installment in the Mercy Thompson contemporary fantasy book series.

The Story

Mercy, the shapeshifting coyote heroine, is working in her mechanic shop when Mac, a newly-turned werewolf stumbles in seeking shelter and food. Mercy is initially reluctant to help him because she makes it a point of staying out of werewolf matters. Additionally, because this werewolf isn’t a member of the local clan she knows he’s technically considered a trespasser, a situation that often times results in death. However, she can sense that this young werewolf knows next to nothing about his situation so she decides to give him a job working in her garage and let him sleep there at night.

The action begins when she discovers he’s being hunted by other werewolves and humans. A fight ensues and Mercy ends up killing a werewolf while defending Mac. It’s then that she realizes she needs the help of the local Alpha, Adam.

Although her intent is to place these problems in the hands of the local werewolf clan, when a werewolf turns up dead on her doorstep and two of her closest werewolf friends are kidnapped (one of which is a teenage girl), Mercy realizes she can no longer sit on the sideline and watch the story unfold. She joins the hunt for the kidnapped victims and their persecutors and along the way learns some surprising facts about the werewolves she thought she knew.

What follows is a great story by Patricia Briggs involving the local vampire seethe, a new group of deadly werewolves, local witches, and a gremlin. Although she considers some of these characters to be her friends, the situation at hand forces the different races to side with their on kind. Thus, Mercy finds herself unsure of who she can trust.

Patricia Briggs has created a wonderful character with Mercy Thompson. Mercy is strong but yet vulnerable at the same time - something many readers can probably relate to. One admirable character trait is her ability to step out of the limelight and let other (often stronger or knowledgeable) characters provide assistance when she gets in over her head. Additionally, she doesn’t try to be the “super heroine” that’s so headstrong she ends up getting into deeper trouble. Quite the contrary: she asks for help when she truly needs it. Mercy also has a wry sense of humor which Patricia Briggs inserts nicely into the storyline.

Patricia Briggs includes a proper balance of sexual tension and action adventure, something both the romance and contemporary fantasy fans will appreciate. The story flows beautifully and has an ending that is as surprising as it is well written.

In summation, with Moon Called Patricia Briggs has once again spun a believable tale of werewolves, vampires, and witches in modern day society. Any fantasy book that makes you think "hmmn, this could really happen" has done its job as a paranormal fantasy book. Patricia Briggs delivers ten-fold.

You’ll definitely want to purchase Moon Called as well as the other books in the Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson fantasy series.

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2008-02-17 08:16:19

[...] Moon Called [...]

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2008-03-07 16:52:13

[...] with suspense, humor, action, and a little romance. Although I recommend that you read Book 1: Moon Called and Book 2: Blood Bound (simply because they’re good) it’s not necessary to do so in order to [...]

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2008-03-28 14:53:05

[...] usual, Patricia Briggs weaves a captivating and engaging tale of adventure and romance. In this book she delves further [...]

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