Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)
by Patricia Briggs
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Author: Patricia BriggsEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-02
ISBN: 0441015662
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ace
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- ISBN13: 9780441015665
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)
Book Review: What the...? - Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
I loved the first two books and this one, until the end. I like how each book has mostly focused on one of the types of supernatural beings in Mercy's world, and it was interesting learning more about the fae.
***SPOILER ALERT***
However, if I'm reading reviews and find that there's a sexual assault in a book, I stay away. I know it happens in real life, but it's such a horrible thing that I don't understand why an author would write it into the storyline (I'm sure there are a few exceptions in fiction), particularly so far into a series, and for a main character. I didn't start the Alpha and Omega series after reading reviews and I was glad she hadn't gone that route in this series. Then I read Iron Kissed.
Someone said that the build up made it clear what was going to occur, but I disagree. When not much happened at the house, I thought that was it. Given the time it took trashing the garage, talking, etc., I thought help would arrive or Mercy would find some way out herself. Like another reviewer, I wasn't even sure it happened because the writing got jumpy and vague (believe me, though, I didn't need graphic). One minute Mercy seems to be fighting the magic, then the next thing she, and the reader, knows, she's being raped. I don't know what Patricia Briggs' reason for it was, but it wasn't necessary to illustrate that bad things happen to good people, or to make Mercy more sympathetic or real. Then, we find that another character had been sexually abused, and as a kid, no less (this seemed tacked on to explain his ability to help Mercy).
I also didn't get the point of Fideal's character, unless it's a set-up for him showing up in a later book. It seemed like the author remembered he'd been in the book earlier and his final appearance felt like an afterthought, especially after what had already happened.
Finally, I had a very hard time believing that a woman who'd been raped would hop into bed with someone less than a week after her attack, man of her dreams or not. It seemed thoughtless and out of character for him (okay, for anyone) to expect her to let him know if she was going to be his mate so soon after the attack.
So, two sexual assaults in this series (so far) and one that I know of in Alpha and Omega. Seriously, what's up? I don't expect puppies and rainbows in my books, but I'm definitely a (relatively) happy ending girl, and this series has been seriously messed up for me. I don't know if I'll be buying the fourth novel, but I'll definitely not read any other books by Patricia Briggs.
Summary of Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)
When her former boss and mentor is arrested for murder and left to rot behind bars by his own kind, it's up to shapeshifting car mechanic Mercy Thompson to clear his name, whether he wants her to or not. And she'll have to choose between the two werewolves in her life-whether she wants to or not.Briggs, Patricia Books
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