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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Book Review ARC: Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs + giveaway

Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8)
By: Patricia Briggs
Hardcover, 352 pages
Expected publication: March 11th 2014 by Ace Hardcover


#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson series has been hailed as “one of the best” (Fiction Vixen). Now, Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest—one that brings a threat unlike anything she’s ever known.

An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from her new boyfriend. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need—and Mercy knows it. But with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right.

Soon, her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the farthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to make it happen, including turning Adam’s pack against Mercy.

Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. Christy’s ex is more than a bad man—in fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.


I am late to the Patricia Briggs fan club. I started with the Alpha and Omega series and picked up the Mercy Thompson series at book 7 Frost Burned (yes, I have a lot of catching up to do!). A reader can pick pick up any book in the series and slip right into the Mercy Thompson universe and feel right at home. One of the things I love about her books is the comfortable feel to her prose.

Night Broken brings an age old threat to Mercy’s home—the ex-wife. This was my first meeting with Christy and boy did Briggs make me sympathetic to Mercy’s situation. I wanted to rip the woman’s eyes out in the first few pages! But to be fair, Christy did have a serious problem stalking her, even if it was her own stupid fault. Yeah, I’m judging.

Kudos to Briggs for creating such a unique antagonist. He is brutal and broken, and you do feel sympathy for his situation, but he is a force that must be put down. You don’t throw a finger at Mercy and not expect repercussions.

I was so glad to see the Fae Lord Alistair Beauclaire from Fair Game (Alpha and Omega #3) make an appearance. He wants to reclaim the walking stick Mercy obtained in Frost Burned. The only problem is she must find Coyote and get it back from him. We learn more about Coyote and it turns out Mercy isn’t his only child. A new werewolf submissive, Zack, has showed up in town and I am hoping we will get more of his possibly heartbreaking story in the next book.

Once again a great read from start to finish from Briggs. You don’t have to start from the beginning of the series to appreciate Night Broken, but why rob yourself of all the thrills and chills (I’m talking about the kind you get from reading about alpha werewolves, hubba hubba) you get by starting with book one Moon Called


5 “rainbow farting” Sheep




Sharon Stogner

About the Author:
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Patricia Briggs, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series, lives in Washington State with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses. She has written 17 novels to date. Briggs began her career writing traditional fantasy novels, the first of which was published by Ace Books in 1993, and shifted gears in 2006 to write urban fantasy. In Fall 2010, Patricia made another foray into traditional fantasy, when Ace published a revised version of her very first book, Masques (2010), and its never-before-published sequel, Wolfsbane (2010), both of which debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list for Mass Market Fiction.

In 2006, Ace Books published Moon Called, the first book in her #1 New York Times bestselling—and signature series—about Mercy Thompson. The non-stop adventure left readers wanting more and word of this exciting new urban fantasy series about a shape-shifting mechanic spread quickly. Blood Bound (2007), the second book in the series, debuted at #12 on the New York Times bestsellers list. After the incredible success of Iron Kissed (2008), which landed at #1 on the New York Times list, the Mercy Thompson saga continued to win the hearts of readers and grew in popularity with the release of each book. Bone Crossed (2009), the fourth book in the series and first to be published in hardcover, debuted at #3 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list, where it stayed for four weeks. The most recent hardcover, Silver Borne (2010), debuted at #1 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list and stayed on the printed list for a total of three weeks!

Briggs also writes the Alpha and Omega series, which are set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson novels. What began as the novella “Alpha and Omega” in an anthology called On the Prowl (2007), was then expanded into a full new series. The subsequent books were Cry Wolf (2008) and Hunting Ground (2009), both New York Times bestsellers. The third book of the Alpha and Omega series is Fair Game (2012) and debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestsellers list.


18 comments:

  1. total Fan girl here I love this author and this series I have to get my hands on this one ...Thank you for the chance to win one .<3

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  2. Hubba Hubba indeed. I hope I win since Ace has not sent this to me and it is making me crazy. Thanks for the chance to win it.
    I have mentioned before my dismay that Mercy seems to have had breast augmentation since her last cover. Maybe they are trying to tie it to the graphic novels in the series.

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    1. I was so surprised by the boobage that I went back to the last cover to compare. Mercy is well endowed, but they have gotten bigger. They look like balloons now! Maybe not so harsh on the highlights next time

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  3. Thanks for the great review. LOVE this series. Can't wait for my copy to arrive.

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  4. I love this series and can't wait to read this one.

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  5. I have been seeing this series around and can't help but be curious. A character with a boob job, not so surprising in this day and age. LOL

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    1. the character didn't have a boob job...the cover artist gave her one!

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    2. I guess they figure it will sell better. ^_^

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  6. Great review, I love this series and am so glad that it is staying consistently yummy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us :)

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  7. I really love her writing. She writes such realistic characters that are full of flaws and insecurities but you can't help but love them.So glad this was another great addition, can't wait to read it.

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  8. So excited to read the next book! This series gets better and better. Wonder how Mercy will feel to learn that there are more skinwalkers.

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  9. That is a hell of a push up bra on Mercy. The first few covers, wasn't she a little smaller? lol I don't care I love this series, I love Adam, I love it all!

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  10. I've been reading this series since the first book was released and I love it. Mercy is fantastic as is the world Briggs has created.

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  11. I can't wait to read this one!!!

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  12. Regarding the boob situation, I read in a recent interview that the model the artist uses for Mercy is/was pregnant while the making of the cover...hence the boob job. So looking forward to reading yet another Briggs story :D

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  13. Patricia is one of my favorite authors... Thanks for hosting this great interview and giveaway. I hope I get to place the winning book on the shelf of my home library.

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  14. Love Mercy Thompson and Patricia Briggs.

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