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Soul Taken

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Soul Taken (2022) Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson)

Soul TakenBook Thirteen.

I’m still preordering Patricia Briggs books, but after Wild Sign I was a little hesitant to start this one. I can only handle so much trauma happening to characters before I have to bow out.

Although Mercy was hurt in this book, it was the usual bruises and cuts from fighting rather than kidnapping or anything along those lines.

First, Sherwood has regained at least part of his memory. He isn’t talking much about his past, but we learn some things. The problem with this is that Sherwood is another alpha, which could cause serious trouble in the Pack.

Supernatural beings in confrontational, or semi-confrontational, interactions tended to restate the obvious. I thought it was to make everything absolutely clear so that if death resulted, it would not be by misunderstanding.

Second, Marsilla all but orders Mercy and Adam to search for Wulfe, who seems to have gone missing.

And finally, movie–supposedly based upon events that happened in the tri-cities area, has been released, and there are opinions.

Well, if they knew the stupid thing was haunted, why did they leave it hanging around in a barn? Why didn’t they just burn down the barn with the scythe in it?”

“They did eventually,” Tad pointed out. “If the barn burned in the beginning of the movie, they wouldn’t have had a possessed guy armed with the sickle slicing people in half all over the place.” “He beheaded a couple of them,” said Izzy. “Is it still slicing them in half when it’s more like removing ten percent or so?”

We finally learn some of Wulfe’s backstory, which is just as horrible as you’d expect it to be, considering he isn’t particularly sane.

When this place had belonged to Wulfe, he’d kept his treasures in these rooms— musical instruments, tapestries, a poorly woven basket a child had given to him in exchange for his healing of her mother.

I’ve always liked Wulfe, but then I like chaotic trickster figures, and even if Wulfe isn’t an official Trickster, he should be enough of one to impress Coyote just a little.

And we get a couple more bits about Zee.

“He made jewels out of the eyes of the sons of a king who enslaved him,” Jesse said tightly, her tone substantially different from Tad’s breezy delivery. I knew that story— it wasn’t about Zee. I didn’t think it was about Zee. It was about Wayland Smith, a somewhat mysterious character who appeared in various medieval chronicles.

Although some of the events seemed slightly manufactured, it was a fast-paced story and a really did enjoy learning more about Wulfe.

Although I admit my favorite part of the book was, essentially, a short story tacked onto the end, about Warren.

Publisher: Ace

Rating: 7/10

 

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