{"id":6284,"date":"2016-12-20T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T15:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:49:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:49:53","slug":"moon-called-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6284","title":{"rendered":"Moon Called"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>I learned my lesson years ago, although sometimes I’d forget, this time I remembered: after reading Guy Gavriel Kay<\/a>, I must read something absolutely different.<\/p>\n

If I read any kind of historical fantasy after Guy Gavriel Kay, I am always sorely disappointed. <\/p>\n

Since I was still in the mood for fantasy I decided that Patricia Briggs would fit the bill.<\/p>\n

Very good but in a way utterly unlike Kay.<\/p>\n

Once I started the re-read, I realized that I’d re-read these fairly recently, but decided I didn’t care.<\/p>\n

Mercy Thompson is an auto mechanic, and a walker–a Native American shifter, but unlike weres, she can take one form only: that of a coyote. And she doesn’t have super strength or (more importantly) magical healing.<\/p>\n

One of the things I like best about Mercy is that her past, although unconventional, has not hurt or harmed her, except in the ways events in our history shape us because we cannot control the acts of others.<\/p>\n

I like my mother and stepfather. I even like all of my half siblings, who had greeted my sudden appearance in their lives with enthusiasm. They all live together in one of those close-knit families that television likes to pretend is normal. I\u2019m very happy to know people like that exist\u2014 I just don\u2019t belong there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She’s level-headed and sure of herself while remaining aware of her limitations.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m in good shape, and I have a purple belt from the dojo just over the railroad track from my garage, but I\u2019m no match for a werewolf.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is world similar to ours, except that the Fae have outed themselves (before science and technology outed them).<\/p>\n

And so the lesser fae, the weak and attractive, revealed themselves at the command of the Gray Lords. The great and terrible, the powerful or powerfully ugly, stayed hidden, awaiting the reaction of the world to the more palatable among them. Here, said the Gray Lord\u2019s spin doctors who had been McBride\u2019s lawyers, here are a hidden people: the gentle brownie who taught kindergarten because she loved children; the young man, a selkie, who risked his life to save the victims of a boating accident.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a good story, and I enjoy re-immersing myself in the world of Mercy Thompson.<\/p>\n

Published by Ace<\/p>\n

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

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Since I was still in the mood for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[191,2,48,291,41,16,34],"tags":[69,68,525],"class_list":["post-6284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-fantasy","category-female","category-paper","category-reread","category-supernatural","category-urban-fantasy","tag-mercy-thompson","tag-patricia-briggs","tag-werewolves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1Dm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4846,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4846","url_meta":{"origin":6284,"position":0},"title":"Moon Called: Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"September 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Moon Called: Audible Version (2006\/2009) Patricia Briggs and read by Lorelei King After finishing Moon Over Soho, I needed something new to listen to, and since I seemed to be in the mood for supernatural fantasy, I decided to start Patricia Brigg's Moon Called, especially since I was reading and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio Book"","block_context":{"text":"Audio Book","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/audio-book"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/moon-called.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10870,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10870","url_meta":{"origin":6284,"position":1},"title":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"May 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson, Audio Version (2014) Patricia Briggs narrated by Alexander Cendese and Lorelei King Flailing around for something to listen to, I decided that I'd listen to the Patricia Briggs short story collection and then go from there. 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