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Frost Burned
by Patricia Briggs
Re-read on 11/05/2019 - bumped up to a full four stars. Just as enjoyable as the first time. I would argue that now however, this is now my first favourite urban-fantasy/paranormal-romance series. Definitely ranks above BDB.
3.5 stars.
Frost Burned is the first Mercy Thompson book I've picked up in a while, but it was so easy to get back into it. I remembered most of the characters and although I maybe could not quite remember all the nuanced relationship issues between Mercy and some of the wolves, it was a book that was very easy to pick back up. The Mercy Thompson series is a strong urban-fantasy series that has lots of fantastic elements and is a world that I was glad I found. In terms of paranormal/urban-fantasy it's probably my second favourite series behind Black Dagger Brotherhood and just ahead of Psy-Changeling series.
There were a couple of elements in this book that prevented me from rating it higher.
One being Briggs' recurring trope: Mercy goes in all guns blazing to save the day, which resulted in her nearly dying and getting beaten up and then Adam coming to save the day and being annoyed because she's not physically strong enough. I get that many books have patterns, but I feel like this has been the whole series so far and it's a little bit boring.
I also felt like half-way through the book was winding down to a close and I was a little surprised I was only 60% of the way through. I felt like that was the moment the plot should be ramping up a little and I had to focus on reading the next few chapters to hit the action again.
Despite the couple of issues I had with the book, there were still a few surprises in the plot and hopefully more major plot-lines that will unveil themselves in future books in regards to the government conspiracies and the fae situation.
I also really enjoyed that we got to see a little more of Zee and his son Tad in this one. Although I would love to know more about Zee and his past journey to where he is now because the more I learn about him, the more I am curious to see why he mellowed out so much. I would definitely be game to read a Zee spin-off series.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, it's a fun series to escape into and very quick to read.
3.5 stars.
Frost Burned is the first Mercy Thompson book I've picked up in a while, but it was so easy to get back into it. I remembered most of the characters and although I maybe could not quite remember all the nuanced relationship issues between Mercy and some of the wolves, it was a book that was very easy to pick back up. The Mercy Thompson series is a strong urban-fantasy series that has lots of fantastic elements and is a world that I was glad I found. In terms of paranormal/urban-fantasy it's probably my second favourite series behind Black Dagger Brotherhood and just ahead of Psy-Changeling series.
There were a couple of elements in this book that prevented me from rating it higher.
One being Briggs' recurring trope: Mercy goes in all guns blazing to save the day, which resulted in her nearly dying and getting beaten up and then Adam coming to save the day and being annoyed because she's not physically strong enough. I get that many books have patterns, but I feel like this has been the whole series so far and it's a little bit boring.
I also felt like half-way through the book was winding down to a close and I was a little surprised I was only 60% of the way through. I felt like that was the moment the plot should be ramping up a little and I had to focus on reading the next few chapters to hit the action again.
Despite the couple of issues I had with the book, there were still a few surprises in the plot and hopefully more major plot-lines that will unveil themselves in future books in regards to the government conspiracies and the fae situation.
I also really enjoyed that we got to see a little more of Zee and his son Tad in this one. Although I would love to know more about Zee and his past journey to where he is now because the more I learn about him, the more I am curious to see why he mellowed out so much. I would definitely be game to read a Zee spin-off series.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, it's a fun series to escape into and very quick to read.