{"id":5846,"date":"2016-05-15T19:19:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T23:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5846"},"modified":"2022-11-10T17:08:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:08:00","slug":"silver-borne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5846","title":{"rendered":"Silver Borne"},"content":{"rendered":"

Silver Borne<\/a><\/em> (2010) Patricia Briggs<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Book 5 finds the Fae wanting an item back from Mercy–except that she’s not certain just what is is they want back, and also finds the pack using those bonds against Mercy. <\/p>\n

I stumbled back away from the truck, shaking and sweating in the night air, the fae stick in one hand like a cudgel or a sword that could protect me from . . . being stupid. Stupid. Stupid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Because they are unhappy to find a coyote in their midst (and a the head of the pack). It also finds Samuel tired of living, and that is a very interesting plot line.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat have you done with Samuel? Is he all right?\u201d <\/p>\n

Pale ice blue eyes examined me thoughtfully. <\/p>\n

\u201cSamuel? I\u2019m pretty certain he\u2019d forgotten I could do this: it has been so long since we battled for control. He let me out to play when he chose, and I left it to him.\u201d He was quiet a moment or two, then he said, almost shyly. \u201cYou know when I\u2019m here. You call me Sam.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, in a thread that lasts for several books, Mercy causes Gabriel to have a falling out with his mother.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe wasn\u2019t happy about Heart pointing a gun at Maia,\u201d I told him. \u201cBut I think she was madder at me than Heart. He didn\u2019t bring in a werewolf for her kids to play with.\u201d <\/p>\n

His face went police-officer blank. \u201cWhat?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d I said. \u201cI don\u2019t think she\u2019ll be coming here to get her car fixed anymore. Gabriel\u2019s not coming back either.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYou did what?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cCut it out,\u201d growled Adam. He gestured at Sam. \u201cThis wolf would never harm a hair on a child\u2019s head, and Mercy knew it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And we also see Ben’s continued growth. I really like Ben, and enjoy his (very slow) rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

Published by Ace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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