{"id":4843,"date":"2014-09-22T18:55:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T22:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2023-05-16T20:25:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T00:25:15","slug":"moon-called-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4843","title":{"rendered":"Moon Called"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moon Called<\/a><\/em> (2006) Patricia Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I started listening to the Audible version of Moon Called<\/em>, and I don’t know if it was the narrator, the fact that I’ve been so blown away by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith who reads Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant series, or a combination of both, but I just couldn’t listen to it.<\/p>\n

So, I re-read, instead.<\/p>\n

Mercy Thompson is a walker–her father was a Blackfeet Indian, so she assumes she inherited it from him. But he died before she was born, so her mother sent her to Bran Cornick, the Marrock, to be fostered among the werewolves. <\/p>\n

I have a degree in history, which is one of the reasons I\u2019m an auto mechanic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She bought her VW shop from Zee, a fae metalsmith, and lives next door to Adam, the Alpha of the local werewolf clan. So her life is a little more complicated than most.<\/p>\n

She is surprised when a young werewolf–obviously homeless–shows up at her shop asking for a job. He doesn’t seem to be part of the local pack, which is even more unusual. So being who she is, she does what she can for him.<\/p>\n

One of the things I love best about Mercy is that aside from her shifting (and a few other, smaller, things that are discovered over the course of the series) she doesn’t have many powers. She doesn’t have magical strength, beyond what she developed herself. She doesn’t have magical healing, so if she gets hurt, she is truly hurt, and recovers no faster than another human (albeit one in very good shape). <\/p>\n

Despite all that, she will not bow to anyone, and refuses to allow Adam (or any of the wolves) to dominate her. And she is very protective of the vulnerable and those she loves, often to the point of getting herself into deep trouble.<\/p>\n

The veil of civilization fell away from me rather easily , I thought, taking the empty cup and twisting it back on the thermos. All it had taken was the sight of that bruise, and I was ready to do murder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Be aware, bad things happen in these books. People are hurt, and people die. Which is, perversely, another reason why I like this series. Because life is like that.<\/p>\n

I really love this series, and I’m enjoying re-reading it.<\/p>\n

Published by Ace<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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