I'm not sure how to write this review without excessive gushing. Gushing hurts my credibility as a reader. Well, I think it's clear that I'm not above a little gushing if I love a book. But I do try to be objective. However, sometimes a good book deserves gushing, and lots of it. Such is the case with Cry Wolf. My tastes are somewhat simple when it comes to a book. I want to be involved and entertained. When I read a book that takes me to that next level of pure emotional enjoyment, catching me More...

I was first introduced to Briggs' writing with the story Alpha & Omega in the anthology On the Prowl. The story is a prequel to this book in which we get to meet Anna, a reluctant member of the Chicago Pack werewolves. Three years ago, she was turned against her will and since then went through emotional, physical and sexual abuse by her Pack. This was done to 'break her' as Anna didn't automatically act submissive around more dominant wolves. Anna is special: she is an Omega, which means sh More...

My second helping of this wonderful book. I still love it. Because it leans a bit more towards romance, taking the time for relationship development, it is perhaps my favorite urban fantasy series involving werewolves. (The setting is rural for this book, but the series is urban). I enjoyed Cry Wolf for the primary H/h relationship development (but it does begin with instant soul-mate recognition), the characters (including the old Vietnam vet, Walter Rice), and the suspense plot. Told in 3rd p More...

"I'm not threatening to kill myself. But you need to know this about me because—if you want to be my mate—I won't be like Leo. I won't let you sleep around with anyone else. I won't be forced either. I've had enough. If that makes me a dog in the manger, so be it. But if I am yours, then you damned well are going to be mine." - Quote from Alpha & Omega: A Companion Novella to Cry Wolf

This series is urban fantasy done right. I can't remember the last time I was so engrossed in a UF, nor the l More...

I don't know how popular completos is in America, only that nobody has heard of it here in Australia except those of us who are tight with the ever-growing Chile population.

Basically, Completos is madness in a bun.


Sweet, sweet madness...

It's a hotdog with guacamole, tomato, mayonnaise, mustard and sauerkraut.

See what I mean? Madness! But a good, delicious kind of madness.

Well, Cry Wolf is kind of like Completos only not quite as awesome.

It's a good book, enjoyable, interesting, nicely written wi More...

Happy dance commencing. I should start out by saying I'm a fan of Patricia Briggs' books since "Moon Called", the first Mercedes Thompson book. So I was anxious to get my hands on "Cry Wolf" which is set in Mercy's world, but isn't about Mercy per se.

I really like the fact that the heroine in this book is Anna. In the last Mercedes book, Anna was introduced as the horribly brutalized, forcibly turned Omega. In "Cry Wolf" Anna is finding her strength, both by herself and with the help of her mate More...

I can't put this down! They are more then addicting, like great black chocolate: you say only one more small piece and then you end up with all of it eaten! 24~25 July


15~26august
If it. s possible, i live the book even more the 2nd time around!

Having read the first novella in this series in the On the Prowl anthology, I rushed straight out and got this book. It goes to show that sometimes it's worth reading all the stories in an anthology because you just never know if there's a hidden gem. I got On the Prowl just for the Sunny story - and although that one was pretty much a disappointment, Alpha & Omega made it all worthwhile.

If you haven't started this series, you really must read the Alpha & Omega short story first, or you' More...

With the release of Cry Wolf (the first in a new series), Patricia Briggs fans can now look forward to two Briggs books coming out per year. A Mercy Thompson in the winter and an Alpha and Omega in the summer. So. Very. Awesome. After inhaling the original "Alpha and Omega" short story in On the Prowl last year, I could hardly wait to follow Anna and Charles's story in full-length book form and now, having finished it, I can honestly say it was a treat.

Picking up immediately after the events o More...

**original review (November 2009, updated March 2012):

4/5; 4 stars; A-

I'm re-reading the first two books in this series before reading the third one which just came out. This is the review of the paperback, separate from the audiobook.

This is a great story. Anna is a rare Omega werewolf who was first introduced in a story in the 'On the prowl' anthology. This story crosses over with the Mercy Thompson series at least in the characters. However, the story of a mad witch threatening the Marrocks p More...

I didn't like this book as much as the Mercy Thompson series - Anna's mood swings during the first half of the story were just plain annoying and the book relied too much on romance. On the other hand, I really love Patricia Briggs' world and I loved Charles, Samuel, Bran, Tag, Asil and Sage very much. And I actually teared up in some places - Patricia Briggs has a great talent for emotional scenes: Doc Wallace's funeral, Walter's fate... So yeah, I do prefer the "Mercedes Thompson" series but I More...

4.5 Stars

Cry Wolf is the continuation of the relationship development between Charles and Anna all the while hunting down a rogue werewolf and putting an end to the death and destruction this rogue is leaving behind.

Still in love with Charles! I've enjoyed seeing him off kilter and how he's becoming accustomed to his new life with a mate. And Anna I love because she's very 'real' to me. Someone who wasn't particularly special, just a normal girl who was turned into what she considers a "monster More...

This was a very entertaining read. I think Patricia Briggs writes extremely well, and I liked her characters. Her plot wasn’t too implausible (considering it’s a werewolf story) and the ending was fast paced.

Actually, I started off on this series reading the short story in “On the Prowl.” Now the short story, I simply could not put down. It was SO good. The problem with it though, was that it was way too short and not fleshed out enough. So of course I grabbed up “Cry Wolf” as soon as I could g More...

After a violent introduction to the world of Werewolves- on the night she became one herself- Anna Latham sees nothing redeeming about being a werewolf. Violent and frightening, the dominant males of her pack beat her down until death seemed the only option out. Yet somehow she found the courage to reach out- and found her mate in the process.

Werewolf enforcer, Charles Cornick knows Anna won't fully trust him after the abuse she suffered at the hands of those who were supposed to protect her, bu More...

I always read through Patricia Briggs' werewolf novels as if I were eating down to the bottom of a bag of potato chips. She's very good at writing the page turner where at the end of every chapter there's some situation of heightened action or heightened emotion that forces you to continue reading even when you have other things to do such as sleep. Her writing is solid, but nothing special. It's her talent for constructing characters and placing them in dangerous, emotionally trying situations More...

One of the problems with this book is it seems to start in the middle of a story so the first 50 pages are almost incoherent even if you, like me had read, the Mercy Thompson books. There apparently is a back story here in which one of the main characters rescues the other from an evil head wolf of a pack that answers to Bran, but its not easy to understand this story as its not set right out in the book.

Still when I kind of got the hang of it, the book turned out pretty good as it involved an e More...

3,5 stars

It feels kind of strange not be giving one of Briggs stories, more than four stars.
But i have some issues with it. I know that Anna is a werewolf, but due to what she went through,(view spoiler)[the whole physical/mental/sexual abuse for three years (hide spoiler)] i felt like the romance went a little too fast.
This is not to say that i didn't like Charles.
I did...he's a great guy....wolf. He's considerate and caring..and i don't remember him growling: "Mine"!

It's just that i got used to that mix of different types More...

After Mercy, Anna just comes across as a wimpy teen. After reading 150 pages of self pity and listening to her wallowing about her luck, I have decided to quit this book. I would pick Adam, Samuel or Stefan any day over Charles!

This book was one sidelong glance after another. Does he like me? Does she like me? Come on, Charles. You are over 200 years old. Act your age!

However, one thing I really appreciate about this and the Mercy Thompson books is how Patricia Briggs examines the effects of sexual assault. She never gives it a simple or quick solution.

Noelle keeps hinting about BIG things happening in this series that affect the Mercy world so I'll keep reading, especially with Frost Burned coming out soon.


...Uh, I m More...

For some reason, I thought I'd enjoy Cry Wolf a little more than I did. Alpha & Omega had me completely - hook, line, and sinker - for this spin-off series and even with such a short novella, I already felt invested in the lives of Anna and Charles. As such, it came as a surprise to find that, at the end, I only just liked this book. It wasn't mind-blowing and it certainly wasn't on par to Iron Kissed or Bone Crossed, but I have high hopes for the next two installments. Patricia Briggs has n More...

It pains me to give anything Patricia Briggs has written a poor review, so I'm going to keep this short.

I did not read the short story prequel before starting CRY WOLF, and that was a huge mistake. The short story tells us how Charles and Anna met and recognized one another as mates, and describes Anna's difficult history with her first pack. Not having read the short story, CRY WOLF often felt incomplete. I don't think it fully stands on its own.

This ought to be a minor problem, in the hands More...

Tenía CRY WOLF abandonado desde hace mucho, mucho tiempo, y no sé realmente por qué me ha dado por rescatarlo del fondo de mi estantería para darle una segunda oportunidad (bueno, segunda no, realmente es la tercera...). Pero bueno, se la he dado y, por fin, lo he terminado.

¿Qué decir de CRY WOLF? Que tiene unos fallos bastante gordos. El primero es que el relato que dio origen a la saga, que vienen al final del libro, es infinitamente mejor. Menos de 70 páginas que te meten de lleno en el mundo More...

Alpha & Omega continues the story of Charles and Anna, right after the events of the short story that can be found on the On The Prowl anthology. If you haven't read that, and you're interested in starting this series, I strongly recommend that you do.

In the first part of this book, Anna follows Charles back to his home in Montana, as his mate, and they both have alot to learn about the mating business and about each other. Charles treads carefully, considering that Anna had suffered severe More...

It's hard to review a book in a series that's become a favorite. Even while re-reading this book I couldn't help but think of the overall series, and world. Implications, and realities that are learned.

The first 1/3 is definitely slower than I'm used to in PB books, I think that's partly due to the fact of the beginning really starting in Alpha & Omega (the novella). I really enjoyed some of the conversations that took place there, and I like the way that Charles and Anna's relationship dev More...

I really do love Patricia Briggs, and I'm pretty sure I like this series much more than I do The Mercy series, and I really like the Mercy series.

This book follows the story of Charles Cornick and his omega mate Anna. You get the story of how they meet and some very important information about Anna and some interesting information about Charles in the anthology ON THE PROWL, and this book pretty much picks up about 12 hours later. It also nicely gives you some back story on Bran, the Marrok, and More...

Charles has been alone for so many centuries, he has lost hope of finding his mate. Thus he wasn’t prepared for his reaction when he met Anna, a young wolf who has been abused by her alpha and her pack. He must protect her at all cost and his rational side is having a hard time processing all those new emotions.

Cry Wolf is the first novel in a spin-off series of the highly popular Mercy Thompson series. The Alpha and Omega series features Charles, the son and enforcer of Bran, the Marrok (a.k.a. More...