Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3) by Patricia Briggs
|
List Price: Our Price: $3.50 You Save: $4.49 (56%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $1.49 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, Book 3)
Book Review: Surprisingly emotional
Summary: 5 Stars
Third installment in the Mercy Thompson series, Iron Kissed brings Mercy again involved in a mess she shouldn't meddle in. After the werewolves and the vampires, now her problems involve the fairies. Zee, her mentor as a mechanic and a gremlin fae, asks Mercy to help him sniff (literally) the responsible for a series of murders in the fae reservation, a place filled with secrets that could get her killed for learning too much. Seemed like a simple task until the body count grows and the human police is involved.
Different from the previous books of the series, in this one Mercy finally deals with her feelings and instead of growing into a sweet love story, she's caught by surprise in her adventures trying to catch the killer and the consequences might create psychological wounds that will never heal. Although it's an emotionally hard read for those who've grown to like Mercy, specially the final parts of it, it's superbly well-written.
It was unexpected for me, considering the last two books were very focused on the action, but Briggs managed to describe emotions and reactions with the same great skill she uses to create the mysteries. And, thankfully, she did it without underplaying the later, keeping us, readers, engaged and in the dark until the very end.
Once again I found one ''subplot'' that was not used. The same happened in the previous book but I'm starting to think it's one of the author's tactics to make us blind to the answer of the puzzle. It's clever, since I only discard these characters after the end when they don't come back. I just expected them to be at least mentioned in the last pages, even a single phrase would kill the feeling that they were simply forgotten.
It doesn't change the fact it's another great addition to the series and I'm eagerly waiting to read the next.
Book Review: I love Mercy Thompson
Summary: 5 Stars
The third book in the Mercy Thompson series is Dark. Though I knew the terrible price Mercy has to pay ahead of time (I looked it up), I was still on pins and needles from page one. Iron Kissed has delicious world building and great story telling, although it lacks the humor and light-hearted moments of the previous books. I especially like the world building about the fae that Ms. Briggs brings to life. Forget Tinkerbelle - Ms. Briggs has resurrected the original fairy tales in all their gruesome glory.
All is not right in fairyland. Mercy Thompson is called in to use her superhuman nose to find a killer as grisly murders rock the fae reservation in Eastern Washington. The lords of the fae will do anything and sacrifice anyone to keep the humans from finding out. Humans are already wary of the fae, and no one wants to give fodder to the fae hate groups. But when Mercy's old mentor Zee, who taught her everything she knows about cars and sold her the garage, is arrested for the murders, Mercy refuses to let an innocent man die. She hunts for the real killer even as the fae issue warrants for her death and fae-hate groups plot nefarious schemes around her. Will her loyalty cost her her life? By the skin of her teeth, Mercy tackles her most dangerous mystery yet. But the price is high.
Iron Kissed is great and I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT ONE. What - 2009??? Are you kidding me? I am not a patient person. At least Cry Wolf comes out in August. It is the sequel to the novella in On the Prowl and is about Charles, Samuel's brother and the Marrok's second son.
If you have yet to read any of the Mercy Thompson series, don't start in the middle. I highly recommend them in order:
Book 1: Moon Called
Book 2: Blood Bound
Book 3: Iron Kissed
Book Review: Packs an emotional punch
Summary: 5 Stars
If the first book in the Mercy Thompson series focused on the world of werewolves; and the second book revolved around the vampires; this third installment is book that gives us an inside look at the fae.
Mercy is a shapeshifter, who can turn into a coyote. And she owes the fae a favor for the use of some vampire killing tools she used at the end of Blood Bound. So when her friend and former boss, Zee, asks her to come to the fae reservation to help sniff out a murderer, she agrees. Using her coyote senses, Mercy makes quick work of her task. But things get really complicated when the perpetrator ends up dead and Zee is accused of his murder. That sends Mercy on a mission to clear her friend's name. And she has to go against the wishes of powerful fae to do it.
Mercy's also got a lot going on her personal life. She finally makes a decision between the two werewolves fighting for her love. And she's afraid of how that choice will change her life. And in the course of the book, Mercy is dealt an enormous, unexpected blow that will be very difficult to recover from. It was bad enough to witness the events on page, but the aftermath is even more crushing. How it was handled shows us what Mercy is made out of... and the reaction of the pack shows us where she really stands with them all.
This isn't a series for cursing or hot sex scenes. But the author makes some very bold choices. And this is an exceptionally strong installment to a very solid series. 5 stars.
Book Review: Greatest book yet of the Mercy Thompson series
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE the Mercy Thompson books.I first found out about it on amazon.com.I found the first book here.It sounded really interesting so I ordered Moon Called.The book was great and I wanted so much to find out if there was a second book.I looked it up and found out there is a second book.This time I bought it from a book store.I was just browsing and saw "Blood Bound" and who the author was and got so excited that I had found the second book.I didn't have to wait for it in the mail.I could buy it right there and I did.
Of course I loved that book just as much as the first.The story is just great!The third book is even better I think because it finally tells us who Mercy will be with.O how I hope there is another book after "Iron Kissed".
Iron Kissed:
This was a great book.Of course Mercy was bound to get into trouble again even though she wasn't looking for any.She is asked for help and needing to pay back her friend Zee for his help in Blood Bound she can't refuse.Knowing she is in way over head and could possibly lose it from the Grey Lords for knowing to many secrets of the Fey.But caring to much for Zee for that to stop her.Doing what she can and trying not to tell too much information about the Fae to any human that would get her and them killed.I was also more than pleased to finally find out who Mercy chooses.
I just hope that there is a fourth installment to the Mercy Thompson series and that it continues where it left off and tells us how Mercy and the one she chooses are doing and tells us where there going exactly.
Book Review: Minority Heroine
Summary: 5 Stars
Mercy Thompson is what we've been waiting for! As a half-Indian (with the feather, not the dot,) female, I get tired of always reading about Anglo heroines in my American fantasies and rejoiced to find a heroine who is a minority. Briggs does a wonderful job of catching on to the Indian dry sense of humor, taking the same little stabs that any person could overhear at pow-wow. She handles the parallel between fae reservations and Indian reservations with a respectful perspective. I appreciate the fact that an author will take the time to take in my folklore when writing an epic fantasy, instead of ignoring the fact that before elves and vampires there were actually Native American shape-shifters, or at least stories about them. I appreciate the fact that she knows the difference between skinwalkers (evil and stinky) and walkers (shungmanitou).
This book is third in the series, and answers all the questions that have been driving us up the wall. Who will Mercy hook up with? What is Zee? Will we ever hear from Tad again? How do you date the daughter of an Alpha werewolf? What is the best way to handle bullying in school? Why is Ben such a prick? How do three powerful factions (fae, werewolves, and vampires) get along when they're fighting over one crazy girl, and what power plays are necessary to get this chick to survive? And last but not least, why can't we all just go play music and get along?
What else can I say? This book deserves a whole Hoka-Hey (Yippee!) and an Olowan (song)!