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Mercy Thompson / Patricia Briggs
That's very nice. I can't wait to see what happens next :)
Just finished reading the first in this series and can't wait to read though the rest. Yes, the cover to River Marked is beautiful.
This series is one of my ALL-TIME favorites! I love Mercy! I am so excited for River Marked. :DIt wasn't until Silver Borne that I really got her relationship with *bleep*.
Ok, Amber, out you go ... got some spoilers to discuss. LOL! J/K :D
Steph I loved Silver Borne and how she demonstrated and depicted pack and mate bonds -- Briggs does this supremely in the Alpha & Omega series too. Wouldn't it be great if bonds like that really existed? I really like *bleep*, but I was one of the few people that wasn't sure who she should pick. I have a soft spot for *bleep*. :)
Steph wrote: "This series is one of my ALL-TIME favorites! I love Mercy! I am so excited for River Marked. :DIt wasn't until Silver Borne that I really got her relationship with *bleep*.
O..." Hanging head in shame & wishing I had started reading this series sooner will have to start reading faster so I can catch up.....will be back for the discussion after I've read the series a little more!!!!! BLEEP BLEEP!!!!! LOL
Regina wrote: "Steph I loved Silver Borne and how she demonstrated and depicted pack and mate bonds -- Briggs does this supremely in the Alpha & Omega series too. Wouldn't it be great if bonds like that really e..."LOL Regina. Yeah, I was in the same spot, soft spot for *bleep*, but after SB I realized she really did "fit" with *bleep*.
LOL, sorry, Amber. The *bleeps* are for your best interest, don't want to spoil it for you. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series!
Help! I finally got Bone Crossed and started to read it. Iron Kissed was great but I don't remember the ending enough to pick up Bone Crossed and know what is happening. Can someone please send me a message refreshing my memory.
Eternally grateful!!!
LOL! Yowza, I'd forgotten about the serious spoiler. :D Would you mind blocking it, Regina, now that we can?Who's read the latest release? What'd ya think?
I had to get this one the week it came out... Long time Mercy fan. I liked it. It is mainly centered on just the main characters and you get some more back story on Mercy. It also resolves a few other dangling storylines. I really like the relationship that has developed between Mercy and Adam's daughter.
I was so anxious to get my hardcover copy that when it was takin' forEVER to arrive, I pouted enough that my hubby bought me the eBook to read. :) Yes, I'm spoiled. LOVED it. I liked seeing (view spoiler) I too enjoy seeing Mercy's relationship with his daughter grow. I loved the baddie in this one. Freaky! I also enjoyed (view spoiler)
I agree completely!! You are lucky Steph. :). I liked it so much a I borrowed the audio from the library!
<--- absolutely spoiled and knows it. :)The only downside to that book was the end and following lonnnnnng wait for the next one, IMO.
She does stretch these books out, come to think of it... Have you tried her Masques/Wolfbane books yet?
I haven't, but I know several people around the group have. Have you read them?
I have and I wrote up reviews. I enjoyed them. They aren't mercy but decent.
Steph you need to fix the River Marked link in #1, it no longer works. Didn't I see somewhere she was writing only one book a year and that was the reason for the loooonnnnggg wait? It really annoys me but it would be much worse if she rushed and we got drivel. I'll wait thanks.
I can't, it was created by Regina. Would you mind, Regina? :)I completely agree! "It really annoys me but it would be much worse if she rushed and we got drivel. I'll wait thanks."
Sorry, didn't notice it was Regina, so used to you doing stuff. LOL.
No worries. I'm sure she'll fix up now that we know. :)
Sandra wrote: "Steph you need to fix the River Marked link in #1, it no longer works. Didn't I see somewhere she was writing only one book a year and that was the reason for the loooonnnnggg wait? It really ann..."
I heard that too, and that next year will be an Alpha & Omega book, so extra long wait for the next (and maybe last) Mercy :(
Oh...I don't want to hear that it ENDS! I've (finally...it arrived!) started River Marked...loving it!
I fixed it! :) Thanks for the reminder!By the way, have any of you listened to the audio versions of these two series? I loved the narration for Mercy Thompson. I wasn't crazy about the narration for the Alpha & Omega, so I stopped listening to it but it could have just been my mood.
Thanks Regina and no sorry I haven't listened to the audiobooks.Bite your tongue Vivian, don't want to hear anything like that.
Steph wrote: "I haven't, but I know several people around the group have. Have you read them?"Not yet, but have them sitting on my TBR bookshelf that is overflowing. I might have to bump them up the list...
I've only picked up a few Mercy books in audio. I still prefer the Mercy series to the A&O series. But Charles is growing on me more.
Vivian, hush you, don't even think it. It will never end. LOL! :}I haven't listened to these on audio, but I'll look for the next Mercy one and see how I like it.
LOL Judithe! Enjoy, I know you will. :)
Hey, don't kill the messenger! I've heard the original contract was for 7 books, but if anyone has any info that says otherwise, I'll happily celebrate with the rest of y'all :)
LOL! We'd never do that. ;)
Just potentially maim in our angst over the news....Hmmm...maybe the contract will be extended....(if it's only for 7). I hope it continues as long as she's got more great stories to share, but would rather it end than see the story line do a concrete-face-dive... I'm not particularly worried about Mercy doing that though!
There is no one villian in an over-arching storyline, so she should be able to keep giving us great stories along the way. At least I hope so ;)
My hubby just finished listening to Moon Called and really enjoyed it. He said, "Have you got me reading urban romance?" LOL! He may joke, but he's also looking forward to bk2! >;)
So fun!! I love the audio of these books.
Great work Steph!
Yay! Keep converting him!!
I think Mercy must have a lot of universal appeal. A friend of mine (a manly type) in another group who is a devout epic fantasy lover with some UF thrown in, really likes Mercy. He even recommended them to me but he hates PNR. (And I mean hates.) Mercy must be one of those series that has 'got it goin' on'. :D
LOL! Thanks :) I'm trying to pull him in, slowly, but surely. He's all frustrated b/c the Philly library doesn't have #2 available right now. He's still waiting for Catching Fire too. I think he'll really enjoy this series (Mercy). The romance bits kinda creep in there slowly and even then it's not full on PNR. He was going to try Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series, but the Philly lib didn't have book #1, only the others. Didn't understand that.
I think a lot of libraries have scattered ebook/audio book selectuons still. Some of it has to do with donations or requests. For longer running series, some libraries will start with most recent, then work their way backwards. At mine, they started with 6, and I think they're filling them in, so we've got 1, 2, and 3. I'm sure there's a method to the madness :)What bugs me is when they have a series partially in audio, partially ebook, but maybe its because I'm not an audio person.
Yeah, I'm sure you're right. Frustrated me though b/c he's into audio right now, no time to read a book. They had 2-8 or 9, but no 1. Go figure. Oh well, I found Mercy for him and he's happy now waiting for CF.
Isn't it weird? I was happy to have Bitten, then could jump into the next ones there. But hate reading out of order, and if I buy it, I hate having an "incomplete" set....Hopefully they'll fill in some of those "blanks"!
Yeah, it is weird. Hope so too.
I'm enjoying my first audio book...and it's
with "Seeing Eye" by P. Briggs. A very enjoyable experience so far, but I don't remember the story as well when I'm listening to it...LOL...
I have a harder time with my reviews when I listen v. read them. I annotate and select favorite quotes and stuff while I'm reading (eBooks anyway) which help with reviews. But, when I listen I'm always doing something else at the same time and can't do that. Enjoy! It's fun listening to books, I think. Esp if the narrator is really good.
I read this interview with Briggs and thought you all would be interested. I get the need to change locations (which I guess happened in River Marked as well), but I will miss the gang and the usual location. But we have a long time to wait, it is 2013 that the next one will be released, right?
Thanks for that article, Regina. I feel that way about Mercy & Anna; good to know that's how she means it to be. :)I will miss Mercy & Gang in the Tri-Cities too. Hopefully the locale change will not take away from the story.
Yep, "Spring 2013", according to her site. :( That's like cruel and unusual punishment.
I know! I loved reading her perceptions of them. :)
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