A fallen angel haunted by her past. Yearning for her immortal beloved. Forever searching for answers.Who will show her Mercy?
Mercy has lost he...
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Apr 13, 2011
Vinaya
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I think maybe Jillian’s got a point about these Australian authors. Seriously, what are they putting in the water down there? And where can I buy me some?!
Australian author Rebecca Lim’s novel Mercy is one of the more interesting books I’ve read this year. And at a 111 books and counting, that’s really saying something! Complex, gripping and dark, this novel definitely marks another author to watch out for.
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Australian author Rebecca Lim’s novel Mercy is one of the more interesting books I’ve read this year. And at a 111 books and counting, that’s really saying something! Complex, gripping and dark, this novel definitely marks another author to watch out for.
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May 01, 2011
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I loved it!!! At last, a book where the main FEMALE character is tough, strong willed and independent - NOBODY messes with Mercy and gets away with it. She can look after herself, thanks very much!
No spoilers here, but I felt like standing up and cheering when Mercy dishes out her own brand of justice at the end. I was also kept guessing right up to the last moment as to who the "baddie" was.
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No spoilers here, but I felt like standing up and cheering when Mercy dishes out her own brand of justice at the end. I was also kept guessing right up to the last moment as to who the "baddie" was.
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May 17, 2011
the golden witch.
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This book’s blurb grabbed me as soon I found it on goodreads a few months ago, so I knew I just had to read it. Thankfully, netgalley to the rescue once again! An e-galley fell into my lap, and so I happily dug in.
From the first page, this book sunk its claws in and never once let go. Lim has an extraordinary talent of retelling the oldest of tales and making them new again. Girls getting kidnapped combined with an amnesiac angel in a pseudo-war with archangels and her lover, Lucife More...
From the first page, this book sunk its claws in and never once let go. Lim has an extraordinary talent of retelling the oldest of tales and making them new again. Girls getting kidnapped combined with an amnesiac angel in a pseudo-war with archangels and her lover, Lucife More...
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Nov 06, 2011
Mercy is a promising start of what is sure to be a captivating series.
This book was so.... different. In a good way. There are definitely elements of this story that I loved and other elements that I felt were lacking in one way or another.
I loved the story of Mercy waking up in these various girls' bodies and inhabiting them for short periods of time, not knowing exactly why she's there, but somewhat unseeingly helping them all the same. She feels their presence within the More...
This book was so.... different. In a good way. There are definitely elements of this story that I loved and other elements that I felt were lacking in one way or another.
I loved the story of Mercy waking up in these various girls' bodies and inhabiting them for short periods of time, not knowing exactly why she's there, but somewhat unseeingly helping them all the same. She feels their presence within the More...
Feb 09, 2011
~Tina~
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Aussie Book challenge 2011 #1
Soul-jacking is something that is necessary rather then natural to Mercy. See she's an on-the-run (so to speak) angel that has to hide in bodies till she can find herself and the boy who captures her dreams; Luc.
Till then however, Mercy has to live the lives of her host bodies but at least she tries to make some good out of them.
This time Mercy has the body of Carmen, who is in a choir group which brings them to a town c More...
Aussie Book challenge 2011 #1
Soul-jacking is something that is necessary rather then natural to Mercy. See she's an on-the-run (so to speak) angel that has to hide in bodies till she can find herself and the boy who captures her dreams; Luc.
Till then however, Mercy has to live the lives of her host bodies but at least she tries to make some good out of them.
This time Mercy has the body of Carmen, who is in a choir group which brings them to a town c More...
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Jul 20, 2011
Nafiza
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This might just be me but I truly love books that offer something convoluted where the main character is concerned. Not convoluted as in perverse but convoluted as in richly complex where issues of identity are concerned. This complexity inherent in the main character is one of the main reasons that I enjoyed Mistwood so much and it is also one of the main reasons I gave Mercy five stars.
There are two distinct personalities living in one body and though the human personality does no More...
There are two distinct personalities living in one body and though the human personality does no More...
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May 06, 2011
Wendy Darling
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What if you were an angel in exile...but you had no memory of why you'd fallen?
Mercy is a fallen angel who repeatedly wakes up in a new body following each time she's helped someone through a personal crisis. She doesn't know why she's doomed to this existence, only that she must somehow try to better that person's life while she's there.
This time, however, she wakes up as a foster child of a deeply troubled family, whose 18-year-old daughter Lauren has been missing for two y More...
Mercy is a fallen angel who repeatedly wakes up in a new body following each time she's helped someone through a personal crisis. She doesn't know why she's doomed to this existence, only that she must somehow try to better that person's life while she's there.
This time, however, she wakes up as a foster child of a deeply troubled family, whose 18-year-old daughter Lauren has been missing for two y More...
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Jan 12, 2012
Melissa
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This is how this book made me feel.
Not like I've read a ton of crappy books this year because I've enjoyed most of the books I've read, but this was pretty creative. Different. This is definitely one of my favorite books of the year. I actually haven't read many angel novels, but this series I'm definitely enjoying. I downloaded this for my Kindle for PC. But now I want the actual book for my collection. Just too cool not to have in my bookshelves.
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Not like I've read a ton of crappy books this year because I've enjoyed most of the books I've read, but this was pretty creative. Different. This is definitely one of my favorite books of the year. I actually haven't read many angel novels, but this series I'm definitely enjoying. I downloaded this for my Kindle for PC. But now I want the actual book for my collection. Just too cool not to have in my bookshelves.
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Jun 19, 2011
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Disney-Hyperion has been so gracious as to allow me to read an ARC of this novel, through NetGalley, prior to its release today, May 17, 2011. I must say, I was blown away by the story. Mercy pulled me in from the very first page, and I was completely wrapped up in the story as I read. While Mercy doesn’t know who she really is, or what she’s truly supposed to do, she does know that she takes over people’s bodies and lives their lives for them for a short period of time. For me, this mysteri
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Aug 07, 2011
Paige
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Also appears on The Screaming Nitpicker.
For Mercy, it's normal to wake up and have no idea who she is or where she is. She's cursed to souljack the bodies of teenage girls for a reason unknown to her and not knowing what else she can do, she tries to help the girl she is possessing. This time around, Mercy is now Carmen Zappacosta, an eczema-afflicted soprano with a gifted voice. On a trip with her chorus group to Paradise, Mercy rooms with the Daley family and discovers their plight More...
For Mercy, it's normal to wake up and have no idea who she is or where she is. She's cursed to souljack the bodies of teenage girls for a reason unknown to her and not knowing what else she can do, she tries to help the girl she is possessing. This time around, Mercy is now Carmen Zappacosta, an eczema-afflicted soprano with a gifted voice. On a trip with her chorus group to Paradise, Mercy rooms with the Daley family and discovers their plight More...
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Mar 01, 2011
Katrina
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Mercy wakes on a school bus to find herself yet again in another body, unsure of where she is or who she is.. She is bound for a town called Paradise and unsure why. Paradise is a place where everyone knows everyones business or they think they do.
Mercy is an angel, she finds herself being thrown back to earth with no previous memories of who she is or where she has been, on her way to try and find her way back to Heaven after taking Lucifars side and now suffering the consequences.
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Mercy is an angel, she finds herself being thrown back to earth with no previous memories of who she is or where she has been, on her way to try and find her way back to Heaven after taking Lucifars side and now suffering the consequences.
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Jan 04, 2011
Rosa
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After “waking” to the sound of someone shouting, Mercy realises that she is on a bus bound for a small and quiet town called “Paradise”. Self-named, main character Mercy is an angel that has been exiled from heaven for reasons she can’t remember. Every time she “wakes” in a body of a complete stranger, barely remembering any previous memories. The unfortunate “host” person this time is Carmen Zappacosta, a girl th More...
After “waking” to the sound of someone shouting, Mercy realises that she is on a bus bound for a small and quiet town called “Paradise”. Self-named, main character Mercy is an angel that has been exiled from heaven for reasons she can’t remember. Every time she “wakes” in a body of a complete stranger, barely remembering any previous memories. The unfortunate “host” person this time is Carmen Zappacosta, a girl th More...
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Jan 04, 2012
Kimberly
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A Paranormal-Mystery-Fantasy.
But how much do I need to know about choir?!
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I was trying to figure out the mystery with Mercy and Ryan - who kidnapped Lauren. Nothing was given away and I was just as clueless as the characters were. Once they thought they knew who took Lauren and where she was I thought the same, then BAM! Nope, I was wrong and they were wrong. It was shocking to find out who the kidnapper was and the real story in the end.
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But how much do I need to know about choir?!
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I was trying to figure out the mystery with Mercy and Ryan - who kidnapped Lauren. Nothing was given away and I was just as clueless as the characters were. Once they thought they knew who took Lauren and where she was I thought the same, then BAM! Nope, I was wrong and they were wrong. It was shocking to find out who the kidnapper was and the real story in the end.
The en More...
Dec 19, 2011
Zuleeza
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...was the first word I mutter when I finished reading this book. Can't the author have some 'mercy' for her readers?
I don't know about other people but I wish there were more background story about Luc, Mercy and Uri was explained. It's mean you see, having read all 280 pages of this book and left feeling like this book is some sort of an episode from CSI i.e Ryan, Carmen, Lauren are just characters for an episode, filling in for a side story.
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I don't know about other people but I wish there were more background story about Luc, Mercy and Uri was explained. It's mean you see, having read all 280 pages of this book and left feeling like this book is some sort of an episode from CSI i.e Ryan, Carmen, Lauren are just characters for an episode, filling in for a side story.
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Aug 16, 2011
Anamy
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Mercy is definitely special as it's unlike any YA paranormal book I've ever read. I really enjoyed the freshness of it.
The only real concern I had with this book was the fact that we don't learn much about Mercy. I was literally speed reading by the end of it hoping we'd find out more. It's all very mysterious. A little too mysterious.
Now what I did like about Mercy was the concept behind it. The idea of been thrown in to an arbitrary person, and having to somehow work o More...
The only real concern I had with this book was the fact that we don't learn much about Mercy. I was literally speed reading by the end of it hoping we'd find out more. It's all very mysterious. A little too mysterious.
Now what I did like about Mercy was the concept behind it. The idea of been thrown in to an arbitrary person, and having to somehow work o More...
Aug 15, 2011
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On this week’s episode of Quantam Leap, Mercy wakes up as Carmen. The girl is on her way to a two week stay with a host family for a multi-school choir concert. Mercy gets just enough time to figure out her new name before she meets the Daleys, still grieving the two year disappearance of daughter Lauren. She doesn’t know much but decides to help Lauren’s brother Ryan in trying to find the missing girl.
Mercy’s prickly and she doesn’t find a lot to like in anyone. The one person she d More...
Mercy’s prickly and she doesn’t find a lot to like in anyone. The one person she d More...
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Aug 14, 2011
Lisa
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There are not many great mysteries in YA literature and when I picked up this novel I thought it was going to be more paranormal romance than anything else, but it turned out to be a wonderful mystery.
The plot was intriguing and fast paced. I was constantly guessing who could have kidnapped Ryan's sister, Lauren, and my culprits changed every few pages up until the end. I was right with Mercy every time she figured out a new lead or wanted to question a different person. The searc More...
The plot was intriguing and fast paced. I was constantly guessing who could have kidnapped Ryan's sister, Lauren, and my culprits changed every few pages up until the end. I was right with Mercy every time she figured out a new lead or wanted to question a different person. The searc More...
Jul 24, 2011
Michelle
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Mercy wakes up to find herself on a bus to Paradise in the body of a singer called Carmen. She is a fallen angel who finds herself in different bodies, sort of like possession, but she has no choice over the body or when she leaves said body. Usually it is because that person/soul needs help of some kind. There is not a lot of background on why Mercy is in this position. There are cameos of another angel called Luc who visits Mercy in her dreams and flashbacks to things that have happened in
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Jul 22, 2011
Elizabeth
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"I am my own worst enemy; that much I've figured out."
Mercy has little recollection of who she was and any of her memories. However, she knows that she is constantly forced to enter a different earth-bound body without any guaranteed time frame. When Mercy wakes up in the life of Carmen, a renowned soprano singer, she is unaware of what she has gotten herself into. Carmen is staying with the Daleys, a family that lost their daughter Lauren two years ago. While Lauren's parent More...
Mercy has little recollection of who she was and any of her memories. However, she knows that she is constantly forced to enter a different earth-bound body without any guaranteed time frame. When Mercy wakes up in the life of Carmen, a renowned soprano singer, she is unaware of what she has gotten herself into. Carmen is staying with the Daleys, a family that lost their daughter Lauren two years ago. While Lauren's parent More...
Jul 18, 2011
Sara
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Plot: 4 Stars
This novel was a great blend of mystery and the paranormal. It was slightly reminiscent of The Body Finder and Dirty Little Secret in the mystery aspect, but with a different paranormal twist. The first chapter grabbed my attention immediately. I wanted to know what was going on as much as Mercy, being thrown into a new body and a new life. It was very interesting to follow along as Mercy tried to blend in and carry on in the life she had been thrown into, without acting out o More...
This novel was a great blend of mystery and the paranormal. It was slightly reminiscent of The Body Finder and Dirty Little Secret in the mystery aspect, but with a different paranormal twist. The first chapter grabbed my attention immediately. I wanted to know what was going on as much as Mercy, being thrown into a new body and a new life. It was very interesting to follow along as Mercy tried to blend in and carry on in the life she had been thrown into, without acting out o More...
Jul 18, 2011
Kimberly
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Mercy, an angel in exile, is kept off balance by the knowledge that on the whim of a higher power she can be plopped in any human body of any age at any time in history. The only common thread is that a blindingly bright being, Luc, offers her guidance in her dreams. As an angel, Mercy is expected to observe but not interfere in the course of earthly events but her strong sense of justice prevents her from abiding by that mandate. Today Mercy finds herself inside the body of Carmen, a talented b
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Jul 15, 2011
Kristen
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Mercy was a captivating novel that had my guessing with each page I turned. It was a wonderfully written novel with beautiful imagery.
I really enjoyed Mercy. I was a little confused at the beginning of the novel. It took me a little bit to understand what Rebecca was getting at with her story line but once the novel picked up I really loved the spin she took on the story.
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I really enjoyed Mercy. I was a little confused at the beginning of the novel. It took me a little bit to understand what Rebecca was getting at with her story line but once the novel picked up I really loved the spin she took on the story.
A unique way of telling the story from different a point of view. The character's in the story were well More...
Jul 11, 2011
Elizabeth "Liza"
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I love to read fantasy. I like werewolves, vampires, fairies, angels and other supernatural beings. I have to say this one was a little weird. You can probably learn more about the story by reading the synopsis that by reading the actual book. It is so mysterious that very few answers are revealed.
Mercy is a complex character that exists as a spirit and its assigned a host that she tries to help to the best of her ability. It was really hard for me to sympathize with Mercy, fo More...
Mercy is a complex character that exists as a spirit and its assigned a host that she tries to help to the best of her ability. It was really hard for me to sympathize with Mercy, fo More...
Jun 29, 2011
Mary
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Mercy is (we're left to guess) an angel who is thrust from one life to the next, ostensibly to make the life of those around her better in some way. Each trip helps her learn a little more about herself even though she eventually forgets most of what has happened when she is thrust into the body of another person who's life needs help. Mercy needs to figure things out on her own as she goes, with no hint at first of why she is somewhere and in someone's body.
In this story, Mercy is thr More...
In this story, Mercy is thr More...
Jun 22, 2011
Jennifer
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Another fallen angel book, you say? Well, kind of – but it is different enough to stand-out apart from the others.
When I started the book, I felt a bit lost and disjointed but then realized that the author was doing a fantastic job of making me feel exactly as our main character was feeling! Mercy really has no idea who she really is or what her past entails. She does know that she moves from body to body and retains only memories of the most recent “possessions.” When she awakens in More...
When I started the book, I felt a bit lost and disjointed but then realized that the author was doing a fantastic job of making me feel exactly as our main character was feeling! Mercy really has no idea who she really is or what her past entails. She does know that she moves from body to body and retains only memories of the most recent “possessions.” When she awakens in More...
Jun 11, 2011
JoYee
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This was actually pretty good, i started it before i finished my assignments, i know, i shouldn't've, really should've finished assignments first, BUT I COULDN'T WAIT, OK?! *huff* I finished it the night i finished uni for the semester, so that's good...ish.
Anyway, i've been waiting for it to be on the shelf at the library for forever. xD Or considered buying it, but never got around to it.
The idea kind of is like what i gathered from The Host by Stephenie Meyer, but this More...
Anyway, i've been waiting for it to be on the shelf at the library for forever. xD Or considered buying it, but never got around to it.
The idea kind of is like what i gathered from The Host by Stephenie Meyer, but this More...
Jun 05, 2011
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
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Mercy is a fallen angel who has the ability to take over someone's soul for a certain amount of time. In doing so, she doesn't remember much about the previous soul she took, nor does she remember much about her own true identity. With each soul she's sent to takes her further from her true self and her long lost love she won't stop searching for, which is one of the things that drew me to the book. One of the things I liked about the story was Mercy's quest to find herself, her long lost and pi
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Jun 04, 2011
There is something very wrong with me.
I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any age and anyone, all over again. It is always this way. (7)
The novel's protagonist and titular character is a fallen angel<sup>1</sup> who has been forced to spend her time occupying a series of unsuspecting hosts, a state she refers to as "soul-jacking." Logistically it's a bit like Quantum Leap, thou More...
I can't remember who I am or how old I am, or even how I got here. All I know is that when I wake up, I could be any age and anyone, all over again. It is always this way. (7)
The novel's protagonist and titular character is a fallen angel<sup>1</sup> who has been forced to spend her time occupying a series of unsuspecting hosts, a state she refers to as "soul-jacking." Logistically it's a bit like Quantum Leap, thou More...
Jun 02, 2011
Ellen
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Mercy is a fallen angel who finds herself plopped down in the middle of a mortal's life which she then goes on to make better in some manner. Past good deeds have included getting a girl to leave an abusive boyfriend. In her current incarnation, she is Carmen, a brilliant 13-yr old soprano challenged by severe eczema on a school singing trip. Carmen herself seems to be somewhat ok, in spite of the uncomfortable skin condition, so Mercy tackles the mysterious disappearance of a local teenage g
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May 29, 2011
Fans of books like Cynthia Hand’s Unearthly and Lauren Kate’s Fallen series will find more angel-inspired drama in Mercy by Rebecca Lim, the first in a new paranormal series. But it may not be for everyone.
There are a lot of elements going on in Mercy, and at times, they can be hard to follow. It’s pretty critical you read the “back of the book” synopsis before cracking open the first pages — because the text itself is not altogether clear. Told from Mercy/Carmen’s perspective, the re More...
There are a lot of elements going on in Mercy, and at times, they can be hard to follow. It’s pretty critical you read the “back of the book” synopsis before cracking open the first pages — because the text itself is not altogether clear. Told from Mercy/Carmen’s perspective, the re More...
