Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3) by Patricia Briggs
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Book Reviews of Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)
Book Review: I love this series, it is great.
Summary: 5 Stars
Mercy is a shape shifter, but she shifts into a coyoto. She it also torn between two men, Sam who she grew up with and Adam her neighbor. Adam is the leader of the werewolf pack. The book is the third in the series and her former mentorMercy is a shape shifter, but she shifts into a coyote. She it also torn between two men, Sam who she grew up with and Adam her neighbor. Adam is the leader of the werewolf pack. The book is the third in the series and her former mentor is accused of murder and left to rot behind robs for a murder that Mercy knows know he didn't commit, she sets out to prove his innocent. Along the way, she runs into some serious trouble, toward the end of the book, the situation, becomes violent toward mercy, will she survive? Can she be she healed? I looked forward to reading the next book in the series? Do yourself a favor and read this series, you won't be disappointed. Mercy is a shape shifter, but she shifts into a coyote. She it also torn between two men, Sam who she grew up with and Adam her neighbor. Adam is the leader of the werewolf pack. The book is the third in the series and her former mentor is accused of murder and left to rot behind robs for a murder that Mercy knows know he didn't commit, she sets out to prove his innocent. Along the way, she runs into some serious trouble, toward the end of the book, the situation, becomes violent toward mercy, will she survive? Can she be she healed? I looked forward to reading the next book in the series? Do yourself a favor and read this series, you won't be disappointed. is accused of murder and left to rot behind robs for a murder that Mercy knows know he didn't commit, she sets out to prove his innocent. Along the way, she runs into some serious trouble, toward the end of the book, the situtation, becomes viloent toward mercy, will she survive? Can she be she healed? I look forward to reading the next book in the series? Do youself a favor and read this series, you won't be disappointed.Book Review: Coyote Kissed
Summary: 5 Stars
I got into the Mercy Thompson series by accident. I have never read a fantasy novel before. I picked up Moon Called on a whim because I liked the cover. Then I slowly became infatuated with Mercy. I thought Moon Called was a 3.5 star book due to all the tangents the story took. However, I liked Mercy enough that I decided to give her another shot. I Loved Blood Bound. I gave it 5 stars. The story in Blood Bound was a lot more focused and fast paced and the action scenes were a lot more fulfilling than in Moon Called. Blood Bound is by far my favorite so far.
Which brings us to Iron Kissed. I loved this book. The story is intriguing with a dangerous urgency. I could not put this book down. I think the Fae are the most evil adversary Mercy has faced so far because they don't operate with any guiding principles like vampires or werewolves, and their loyalties remain unclear.
Although I loved this book and gave it 5 stars, I think the unfortunate chain of events that involve Tim hurt the book and the series. I kept saying to myself, "Say it ain't so!!" As a guy, I enjoyed the tension between Samuel, Adam, and Mercy. I was enthralled by the romantic sub-plot of who would finally "get" this very cool chick. We find out who finally "gets" Mercy, BUT the magic of the romantic story was destroyed because of what Tim does. Which to me, fundamentally changes the allure of this series. After I finished reading Iron Kisses, I said that "I loved this book, but I think this was the last Mercy Thompson novel that I will read." Would it have killed Patricia Briggs to have had Adam save the day? HONESTLY? All the books in the series following this one are not going to be about an underlining love story, but a trauma survivors story. That's just not appealing to me. Mercy's world was dreamy, dangerous, and infused with the magic of exotic friendships and finding love. Unfortunately, it will never be the same.
Goodbye Coyote Review: Loving this series!
Summary: 5 Stars Mercy has been through a lot the past six months, but she's not prepared for the deaths she is asked to sniff out. But she owes the Fae a favor, and she's not one to not return favors. Mercy finds herself torn when her ex-boss and mentor, Zee, is arrested for the murders and says for her to stay out of it. She doesn't want to leave her friend behind bars no matter what him or the Gray Lords say. When Mercy finds out secrets about the Fae while investigating, she then understands why the Fae conceded to staying on the reservations. But the Gray Lords also know that she knows their secrets and they aren't going to stand by while she tries to solve this puzzle and find the real killer. They want Zee to be the fall guy, and pay the price so there will be no further investigations by the human police.
This was by far the best Mercy book yet. Relationships are expanded upon, and Mercy finds herself having to finally choose between Adam and Samuel. It's pretty obvious that she's known all along who she will end up with. I loved this mystery Mercy was working on. There were so many players and the Fae are quite intriguing. There was a good 10 pages where I was shedding a few tears even - last time I did that it was during Rachel Vincent's Prey. Mercy definitely shows a vulnerable side here, but it's not her own doing which makes it such a difficult read.
Briggs continues to make the secondary characters have their own roles to play, and I think that's the most important part. Without the Werewolves, Vampires or Fae Mercy wouldn't be who she is today, well, and she probably wouldn't be in as much trouble either. That's besides the point though. I really liked the addition of the Fae hate group, it adds a whole new dimension to the series. I'd wondered when the humans would get more involved, and here they are!
This one is a gripping page turner, and I was up way too late on a school night to finish it! Can't wait to get my hands on book 4!
Book Review: Iron Kissed
Summary: 5 Stars
Once again Mercy gets tangled up in trouble. The action starts when she agrees to help Zee and Uncle Mike sniff out the murderer on the Fairyland reservation to end a debt she owes the fey for helping her end the vampire demon from the last book.
Mercy determines that the murderer must be a human man named O'Donnell who works as a security guard at the Fairyland Reservation. This is puzzling news to Zee and Uncle Mike since no human should be able to kill the fey like O'Donnell managed to. Uncle Mike and Zee go to talk to O'Donnell but when they get there their suspect is already dead and the human police have just arrived and take Zee into custody.
Since Zee is a personal friend and Mercy knows that while her old gremlin friend is capable of murder that he did not kill O'Donnell. Mercy hires the best lawyer she can find and starts digging for evidence herself.
As usual the plot is complicated and Mercy gets in way over her head. The werewolves and her fey friends help out a lot but there is no mention of the vampires in this particular book. Once again the tension between Adam and Sam is present but in this book it comes to a head and Mercy has to make a choice.
I particularly appreciated the last few pages of the book where the author takes some time to ponder feelings of guilt that sexual abuse victims may carry. I was almost ridiculously pleased with the revelation about Ben (the snarky, usually snarly werewolf that was abused as a child and stood up to protect Mercy). I knew there was a reason that I liked him/didn't hate him as we were obviously supposed to. That part was also particularly heart-wrenching and added a whole new human emotional depth to the story that doesn't usually find it's way into urban fantasy novels.
I think this was my favorite of the three so far and now consider myself to be well and truly hooked on Patricia Briggs.
Book Review: Werewolves and Vampires and Fae, Oh My!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you haven't been reading this series stop right now and pick up Moon called (book 1) and Blood Bound (book 2). If you like the paranormal genre I doubt you'll be disappointed. That clarified, Iron Kissed is the third installment in an already popular series. Blood Bound left us with Mercy in danger from the vampires she had worked for and not feeling any comfort regarding her current living situation. With Samuel as her current roomate and Adam still her neighbor the love triangle has certainly not gotten any less pointy around the edges.
But who has time for sorting out man troubles when there's a mystery to solve? Enter Mercy's mechanicing mentor, Zee, with some dirty, little fae secrets. There've been a handful of murders out on the Fae reservation and since they govern themselves they don't want the police involved. Sometimes it's better not to have the humans know things- like just how powerful the fae really are. Here Briggs gives us our first real glimpse into the world within a world that are her fae. Mercy sniffs out the murderer and when Zee and Uncle Mike, the bartending fae we met in the last book, go to handle the murderer someone has gotten to him first. Conveniently the police arrive just in time to catch Zee with blood on his hands and he is arrested.
From here on out Mercy has to prove Zee's innocence, find the murderer's killer and stop them, and if she's lucky sort out her love triangle. Briggs hits it out of the ballpark again with her original story and world-building, vivid depiction of south-eastern Washington (which she uses greatly as its own character in this series), and of course, making her secondary characters an important part of the book. If you loved Moon Called and Blood Bound you shouldn't miss out on this one! Expect lots of nail-biting suspense and some very satisfying resolution to threads that have carried over from earlier in the series.