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Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs, David Lawrence
3.0

MercyVerse — Author's Order (MT, A&O, novellas, etc.):
novellas: in progress
GNHomecoming: ★★★☆☆
MT — #1 Moon Called: ★★★★☆
AO — #0.5 Alpha & Omega: ★★★★☆
AO — #1 Cry Wolf:
AO — #2 Hunting Ground:
MT — #2 Blood Bound:
MT — #3 Iron Kissed:
MT — #4 Bone Crossed:
MT — #5 Silver Borne:
MT — #6 River Marked:
AO — #3 Fair Game:
MT — #7 Frost Burned:
AO — #4 Dead Heat:
MT — #8 Night Broken:
MT — #9 Fire Touched:
MT — #10 Silence Fallen:
AO — #5 Burn Bright:

I've already read Moon Called, but decided a little while back that I wanted to go back to the beginning and read everything in the author's intended order, including graphic novels and short stories. I think that made the plot of Homecoming more fun in a way, because it was neat to go back and see how Mercy ended up where she is in the beginning of Moon Called and how she met all of these characters.

On the other hand, the art in most of this graphic novel is... I'm sorry, it's really not enjoyable, and that's a basic requirement for me to give GNs good star ratings. Half of the graphic novel portrays Mercy in the most ridiculous and inconsistent ways (in one panel, she's super buff; in the next, she's ridiculously curvy with no muscle tone at all), while the other half literally looks like someone did mediocre 3D modeling of the panels and then sketched over it. I don't even know how else to explain it, but if you've read this, you probably know what I mean.

Anyways, do I recommend this for the full Mercyverse experience? For sure. It's interesting and we get to see how cute and goofy Stefan looks, which I loved. Is this a well-made graphic novel in its own rights, though? Not really.