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Moon Called (Mercy Thompson Series, Book 1)
written by Patricia Briggs
Studio : Ace
by Ace
Publisher : Ace
Released : 2006-01-31
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780441013814
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 248 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $3.95
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Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself. |
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Mercy Thompson's life is not exactly normal. Her next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she's fixing a VW bus for a vampire. But then, Mercy isn't exactly normal herself. |
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Lord Have Mercy....... |
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Every entertaining, hardly any down spots and a good start to a new urban fantasy. Hopefully Mercy will come to terms w/ her feelings about Samuel and Adam soon. Can't say i'm crazy about the way women rank or are valued in the packs though. |
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A great story told in a great way |
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Werewolf's, vampires and a shape shifting woman protagonist. What do you need more. After reading thought the first few pages the book picks up with incredible speed. A nice summer read. It was for me at least. |
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If you don't read it you'll regret it |
I knew that I loved Mercy from the get go. She is a no bull $h!t kind of girl. She is strong willed and she has made her own slice of heaven for herself. She lives in a world where the human population knows that they are not alone. The fae (fairy folk) have made their presence known.
She herself isn't quite ALL human. She is a walker and when her mother found a coyote pup in her crib instead of a baby girl, Mercy was sent to live with the Marrok pack of werewolves. You start to realize that she has gone through quite a bit in her life which has made her strong but has tainted her views of the world and those old wounds still sway her.
The whole story has a lot of politics but I thought that was great. I always like to know the reasons behind the characters decisions. We are introduced to Adam who is the Alpha of the Columbia Basin Pack and his daughter Jessie. When Mac ends up dead and Jessie is kidnapped Mercy takes an injured and volatile Adam to the Marrok pack to get help.
Through this little road trip to the pack that raised her we learn a lot about Mercy and why she left. What it truly means to belong nowhere and be an outsider looking in. We also meet Samuel who is he Marrok's eldest son and one of the reasons that Mercy left.
So now it is up to Mercy to find out exactly what the heck is going on. We've got Mac dead, Jessie missing, Adam injured, Samuel sent back with her to help her.
I really loved this book I had been avoiding reading it and I totally regret it now. I read it in one day and then went on the 2nd one. You will fall in love with the wolves and the lone walker. You will love her for her courage to persevere, for surviving all she has; you'll root her on through every obstacle. You should give this book a chance so that you don't regret it like I did.
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Fantastic Beginning to a Unique Paranormal Series |
"I didn't realize he was a werewolf at first. My nose isn't it's best surrounded by axle grease and burnt oil -- and it's not like there are a lot of stray werewolves running around. So when someone made a polite noise near my feet to get my attention, I thought it was a customer."
Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson knows a thing or two about werewolves. You see, she was raised by them. Mercy isn't a werewolf, though she does have the ability to change. She is a Walker, or "skinwalker", like the old Southwestern Indian witches. She can shapeshift into a coyote. Faster than a werewolf, but not nearly as strong, Mercy lived with the Marrok pack until she was 16 and went to live with her real mother. Now, she owns a garage (bought from a Gremlin named Zee) and works on German cars (like the VW Van outside owned by a Vampire).
So when Mac walked through her door looking for a job, she knew what he was. Mac couldn't have been more than 17 and looked like a runaway. He was hungry (not a good quality for a werewolf) and was looking for some work. And Mercy felt sorry for him. She knew she had to notify Adam, the local Alpha Werewolf and Mercy's next door neighbor, and she wanted to ease Mac into telling her his story first. But he was really skittish (another bad quality for a werewolf). So she gave him a job and a place to stay....he could sleep in the van. He seemed to be a scared kid, and all Mercy wanted to do was help him.
But when she showed up one night to see if he was ok, she heard voices outside the shop. Mac was there, along with a couple of humans and another new werewolf. They were trying to get him to come back with them, and he refused. When Mercy tried to help Mac out, a fight broke out, and the new werewolf ended up dead. It was time to call Adam.
Apparently someone had turned Mac, and had kept him prisoner in a cage. They were experimenting new drugs on him when he escaped. Adam was none too happy about it, but he offered to help Mac understand his change and help him. But just when Mercy thought everything was going to be ok, Mac's body was dumped on her doorstep. Adam's house had been broken into and he was left close to dead. And his teenage human daughter Jessica had been kidnapped. Mercy was the only one that could help now.
Smart, sassy and full of bravado, Mercy Thompson is my kind of heroine!! In a world where werewolves run in packs, fae are alive and living among us, and vampires haunt the night, Mercy can handle herself. She is gutsy and sarcastic, a true spirit. Adam Hauptman is dangerous and cool. Tough as nails, but with a soft spot for Mercy, he is plunged into a war that he never saw coming. With help from Mercy's old Marrok pack, they try to uncover what is really going on in world of werewolves. The wind is bringing change....and it isn't good.
Not only was there a fabulous "new" storyline, but enough back story so a person feels they can truly understand where Mercy came from and how the packs run. This is definitely a series I'm going to continue....in fact, Blood Bound, which is book 2 is staring at me right now!! If you are a fan of the OLD Laurell K. Hamilton books, you will definitely enjoy this series. Patricia Briggs has brought us a series that is a true page-turner....filled with fun, excitement and lots of things that go bump in the night. |
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I've Beggin' you for Mercy... |
Mercedes 'Mercy' Thompson is not a werewolf. Get that straight, okay? She's a walker, a coyote from Native American folklore.
Being a one of a kind, she's got some interesting friends in low and high places that keeps her life just above normal. So when a newly changed werewolf, Mac, shows up at her garage doorstep wanting a job, Mercy thinks it over for a second before saying yes. Never mind the kid doesn't have permission to enter territory of the local Alpha, Adam Hauptman and his pack, or the fact that a renegade group of loner wolves and humans are experimenting on werewolves, and chasing after their runaway science project, Mac. And never mind the fact that Mercy, having been raised by a pack of wolves in Montana, knows better. Yet throws caution to the wind anyways.
What should have been a very routine hire turns out to be a small, loose string, and lucky girl--Mercy gets to be the one to unravel the whole tapestry, without even trying. From finding Adam practically broken apart, his daughter Jesse missing, finding a dead body at her single-wide doorstep, Mercy finds herself in a whole heap of 'what the...' moments but never looses her ability to feel the fear but bite the bullet and pull through. She takes Adam to a safe place, her old haunting grounds in Montana, and informs Bran, the Marrok and the overlord of all the North American werewolves. As Adam takes a day to mend, Mercy revisits her memories, old acquaintances and Samuel, Bran's son, a long-time crush.
As she, a recovering Adam and Samuel head back to the Tri-Cities to get some answers, the plan to figure out what is going on takes precedence over the territorial exhibitions between Adam and Samuel, much to Mercy's surprise. And that means getting help from a gremlin, Zee, who has some nifty metal abilities, and information from the local Vampire Seethe via Stefan, a client. What Mercy discovers is not at all what it seems, and as time slips away, the chance to save Jesse gets ever more complicated.
FINALLY, a book worth reading, and more than once. A book that has a great female-lead who isn't that stereotypical kill-with-a-conscious and reads so normal. From Mercy to the enigmatic Adam, to all the secondary characters, you feel for them, root for them. They're so relatable and touchable, and I miss that element in these kinds of books. This world of Briggs, and especially the werewolves is pure brilliance. She does a great job of explaining while not overdoing it, creating great tension between the the characters by keeping it minimal but the descriptions and inflections pitch-perfect. She really knows her stuff and it shows.
The only little thing that I noticed was that the last quarter is a bit disjointed, like Briggs couldn't decide how to wrap it up. It's not a big deal, but it's there and it gave me pause, but not enough to not finish it. Also, the 'reason', the climax, wasn't as spectacular as I anticipated but it fits with the whole feel of the book, which is meant to be more realistic and out of place.
I can't wait to start the 2nd one, and boy, was it worth the money. Thank you Patricia Briggs for considering our wants and demands. Well done. |
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