Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Aug 17, 2010 April rated it it was amazing

Shelves: reviewed, paranormal, shifters, chicks-who-kick-a, 2010, amazon-review-posted, wolf-shifter

While I like Sam I am totally routing for Adam!! This was a great book super well written and great pace. The ending is a bit rough especially if you have issues with drugging and forced intimacy. It is very well written but could be touchy subject matter for some.

Here we are at the reread and this book was a rollercoaster. I love the Fae and everything about them! They are among my favorite denizens of the tri-cities. Z and Uncle Mike are my absolute fav trouble makers. We get a bit more back s While I like Sam I am totally routing for Adam!! This was a great book super well written and great pace. The ending is a bit rough especially if you have issues with drugging and forced intimacy. It is very well written but could be touchy subject matter for some.

Here we are at the reread and this book was a rollercoaster. I love the Fae and everything about them! They are among my favorite denizens of the tri-cities. Z and Uncle Mike are my absolute fav trouble makers. We get a bit more back story here and hints of who Z was in the old times. Always a delight seeing Mercy try to unravel his history.

This book took is to the Walla Walla Reservation and hints at mysteries to come. Still no real idea about Yo-yo girl, but I expect she will be terrifying. The Carian Crow Namiie is another Fae we met and I expect she has more to her as well. We also meet more Far who are of the less gentle variety. I expect there will come a day when Mercy has a faceoff with The Grey Lords. She is just that kind of gal.

No vamps in this book, which I am fine with cause they are not my fav. They are just so dark and angsty!

We finally get a resolution to the love triangle. Frankly I do not like love triangles and am happy this is not going to be a through line of the series. I had my preference and I was happy to find that Mercy and Sam came around to understand their feeling pretty much at the same time. Better to be found family. I always felt they had more brother sister energy. Adam is so yummy and I cannot wait to see they get closer.

As far as the ending goes this one is rough. Serious trigger warning in effect. It is handled so well as far as the aftermath and what everyone is going through. Mercy is a strong woman but for her head to have been messed with so much, it will take time to get past. The events in the end of this book to have impact on her psyche for several books to come, but she relies on her strength, gets therapy and leans on those around her when she needs them.

Also, this is the book where Ben started to be more than a jerk and I started to adore him as a fav side character. He also shows growth!!

I am kind of stalling on the next book as it is vampire heavy and really changes some things. The only thing in this series I will complain about is the focus on the vamps so often. But hey, I get it! ...more

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Nov 02, 2016 fleurette rated it liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, shapeshifters

I have came back to this series after reading Alpha and Omega books and liking them so much more than Mercy series. I've read the second book about Mercy and it was good enough to make me read this one.

Unfortunately, I wasn't as pleased with this story as with the previous one. First, Mercy does some stupid and risky things. Like, going in a possible dangerous place without telling anybody and so on. I thought she is smarter than that.

Also there are some dark parts in the end of the story I ge ...more

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Feb 08, 2010 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal, fae, shifters, uf, kindle, pb-also

Well, Mercy finally makes a decision about Adam and Samuel while trying to save Zee from a murder sentence and then something horrible happens.

What I enjoyed:
* The characters are great.
* Learning more about the fae of this world.
* The triangle goes away! And in a way that doesn't really hurt anyone.

What could have been better:
* The horrible thing was very uncomfortable to read.(view spoiler)
* I nev ...more

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