Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Series

I know, I've already stated my general aversion to first person novels in great relief. Why, you ask, are all my reviews on first person novels, then? Honestly, I don't know. It's basically because the ones that are shoved upon me by others are in first person, and I read slowly. It's such a weakness, I know. However, this time it was the newest book in the Mercy Thompson series which caught my eye: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs.

Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic with ties to a Werewolf pack, a powerful Fae, and a kindly Vampire. The books describe all the troubles she gets herself into, as well as develop her as a character and as a Skinwalker(human who can turn into a coyote). The premise, as well as the bare information she cunning weaves into her books, are all that kept me going, at first. My first impression of the main character was that she was stupidly stubborn, and I honestly didn't get much more than that until I was almost through with the first book. However, I enjoyed the roles and persona of the supporting characters, and that carried the story for me.

By the second book, however, I was interested in the main character and her conflicts. Things only got better from there, as the plot centered around the Vampires and then, in the third book, around the Fae. I was engrossed and immersed in the story by the end of the first three, and couldn't wait to read the fourth.

Unfortunately, the fourth was mostly a let-down. The plot was thin, the conflict simple, and the story took the main character away from all the relationships that made her an interesting person. Not to mention, Briggs switched up her writing style for that book, and it seemed rough and unpolished more than anything. Luckily I was full of enough steam from the preceding books to fight my way through it and continue on to Silver Borne, which was back up to par and highly satisfying.

Go ahead and pick them up at the library, if you're interested. I don't recommend buying until you've read at least two and made sure you really like them. That said, if they are your kind of book, they're going to be some of your favorites.