Irene L H. (NonExistence) - reviewed on 2/22/2011 + 239 more book reviews

Mercy Thompson is a new entry in the tough-chick, alternate universe, preternatural Fantasy/Thriller, Urban genre. She's a skinwalker - a coyote - and inhabits a dangerous world of weres, vamps, "faes", witches and other supernaturals, managing to navigate them all.

I particularly like that this heroine is a self confident business owner, who accepts what she is. She recognizes her limitations of size and strength (against both men and wolves), and accepts that it's okay to leave the fight to others every once in a while.

Ms Briggs manages to write "light," fast-paced, easy and quick to get through books without them being dumb. Her characters give you something to hook your heart onto, something to love about them, a reason to root for them, without that feeling that you've seen their type a thousand times before.

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