It seems that the Mercy Thompson series is getting weaker. I just haven't like the last few books as much. Might be time to wrap it up.

When it comes to the best urban fantasy Patricia Briggs is in a small group of the best authors in the industry. The group of these five star authors is urban fantasy authors and their books is a small one. The urban fantasy genre is different than paranormal romance, or it is for those of us who read both genres a lot, in paranormal romance the physical relationship of the two main characters is paramount. The love story is very important, what the couple goes through to be together is the thrust of the book, the world these characters inhabit is a hidden one from the mundane real world. In urban fantasy the world has been reformed by the author. Some worlds are completely unique and others mirror our own, but magic has been let out of the closet. The relationships in these books are great, but the sex isn't the main thrust of the book. It doesn't mean there isn't physical intimacy it just means it isn't the main thrust of the book. The world building and the story is where the story arc center. I personally enjoy both genres, and some books stick their toes into each other genres. In the Mercy Thompson books, Mercy and her husband Adam have one of the most loving relationships in a book series. But the sex scenes are tame compared to those in paranormal romance books. Briggs writes more passion and love in a kiss than some author write in explicit love scenes.

The subtitle of this book could be Mercy's ecellent adventure, road trip. Tip one for dealing with Mercy and her scobby gang, don't threatened Mercy's safety. If a character does threatened Mercy's safety their head will find itself missing a body. Now I am more than a little disappointed in Mercy. Having a history degree should have made it easier to navigate around Europe. Mercy did you skip some classes, geez girl. I still adore Mercy despite her cutting Class during her college days. As most reviewers have said this is a stellar outing for Mercy and gang and there are a lot of surprises in this book. As always I adore Briggs blend of her world and the mythology of the world. Bravo Ms. Briggs and thank you for a wonderful read.

I both read and listened to this installment both Lorielee King and George Newbern did excellent jobs narrating. Adam's chapters are narrated by Newbern. OMG I recommend the audio book just for BEN! LMAO.

Silence Fallen is book ten in the Mercy Thompson series. Yes, I said book TEN. I’ve been reading these books for well over a decade and I still get that crazy excited feeling when I know a new Mercy and Adam book is coming out!

If there is one thing about Mercy you should know, it’s that trouble always seems to find her. She can’t help it. Thankfully, she’s tough, resourceful, and has an amazing mate. This book starts out with Mercy being kidnapped by one of the most powerful vampires and taken to Europe. Mercy being Mercy finds a way out of it, but then she gets into another pickle… meanwhile, Adam and an interesting crew comes to her rescue.


Adam, Marsilla, Stephan, Elizabetta and a few others are having their own adventure of sorts while Mercy is doing her own thing. I loved how we got to be in Adam’s head so much in this story. It went back and forth between him and Mercy throughout the book. This book, like all the others left me wondering how Mercy was going to come out completely unscathed. There was a lot that could go wrong, and many moments left me holding my breath and biting off my fingernails.

This book had a few twists and turns that managed to surprise me. It was full of action, suspense, and was well written and captivating. I listened to the audiobook, and like always, the narrator did a fantastic job. She is Mercy to me. This series is one of my favorites, and this book did not disappoint! I just hope the next one comes out sooner rather than later, I know sometimes the wait is 2-3 years. Crossing my fingers it’s sooner than that!

I love this series!! I cannot get enough of Mercy and Adam. The connection between them blows me away everytime!!

This was easily the best book I have read in ages. For a series that has been running as long as the Mercy Thompson one has, it has to be hard to maintain the quality that these books have, but Patricia Briggs somehow manages to do it and do it spectacularly.

Briggs does a few things different with this book. One, is that it is told in split point of view alternating between Mercy and Adam. Not only that, but the timeline between their respective chapters was a little bit off. From another author, this could be a complete train wreck. But it totally worked here.

This is a road trip book of sorts. Mercy has been kidnapped by a super powerful master vampire and spirited away to another country. Adam must gather a team of back-up to journey to get her back. But as we all know, Mercy is not helpless. She manages to take things into her own hands. So we have her story following one path, while her husband follows another.

I hate to gush, but I basically loved everything about this book. The biggest reason, of course, is because of the main characters. I love that Mercy is such a complex blend of physical vulnerability and a power that defies explanation or convention. It’s what makes her such a puzzle to her captor. It’s what makes people underestimate her time after time. And she not only survives, but triumphs. Then, there’s Adam who is easily one of the best Alpha heroes of urban fantasy. Because he can be Alpha without being an Alpha-hole. He loves and respects his wife and he will burn the world for her. As it should be. Not only that, though, he’s also smart and sexy and just so good!

This is a more vampire-centric installment than we’ve had in a long time. And as much as I’ve enjoyed the fae books, I really liked getting back to this element. I’d missed Stefan more than I realized. It was great spending time with him again and Marsilla and learning more about their roots and history together. I loved meeting some of the other big supernatural players around the world and seeing Adam and Mercy through their eyes.

And I loved the twist with the hidden identity of one character in the story. I never saw it coming, and now I want to go back and re-read the whole thing to see if it all still fits. (No doubt, it will.)

The world building is fantastic as always in these books. The pacing is darn-near perfect. I didn’t want to put the book down, even to go live real-life.

If you’re not reading this series –or if you’re a few installments behind– start one-clicking. Briggs writes some of the best shifter UF you’re going to find.

Rating: A

I am going to start this post with a confession. I'm not really a size zero....just kidding! My confession is that I made some poor reading choices this week. Not that the books I read weren't good...rather that I read them too early. I received a few books from NetGalley and in my excitement to read them I didn't check the publication dates and I can't tell them you about them quite yet. I do have a couple of books to tell you about though so don't despair.



I received Patricia Brigg's 10th instalment of the Mercy Thompson series Silence Fallen via NetGalley a few months ago. This was another book I read too early, couldn't review immediately after I read it and then forgot I had. Sorry! I did a quick re-read in order to review it for you as soon as I remembered I had it!

This instalment starts quite dramatically with Mercy being abducted not far from her and Adam's home. She wakes up in Europe in the home of a ruthless and evil vampire. Mercy's link to Adam is cut off and she is on her own and it is going to take all her skill and luck of the coyote to survive this. While Mercy looks to escape Adam is forming an unlikely alliance with the vampire queen Marsilia and Stefan in order to rescue Mercy. Told from both Mercy and Adam's POV we travel across Europe as both the hunted and the hunter in search of answers and in search of mercy.

I thought it was interesting that Briggs decided to tell this story from multiple POVs and you can't beat Prague for an atmospheric setting. I really think that Brigg's needs to wrap up this series as the story lines are starting to feel forced. There are only so many times that Mercy can just miss dying. It feels like her 9 lives should have been used up already. It is difficult to see where else Briggs can go with these characters. Good book if you need a time filler but I wouldn't say it was essential reading in the series.



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A number of people have recommended Benedict Jacka's Alex Versus series to me and it has taken me a while to decide to buy one of the books. That time arrived and I got my chance to see what everyone has been talking about by starting with Fated. Qwill reviewed this book back in 2012 so you can read what she thought about it here.

As not to repeat the synopsis of the book again I am just going to tell you what I thought. I liked Alex Versus and thought he was an engaging and conflicted character. I usually always enjoy books set in London and this was no exception. My friends who have recommended this series said it was really funny and while I didn't necessarily think it was a laugh a minute I did find Alex mildly amusing. I have also heard comparisons to Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden but again, I couldn't really see the connection - both wizard/mages? That is about it other than they were both loners. I enjoyed Fated but I can't say I would stop reading other books to move onto book 2. Having said that the next time I am looking for a nice enjoyable read then I will check out the next instalment of this series.

That is it for me this week. Wishing you a productive week ahead in reading and remember - check the publication date! Until next week Happy Reading.

When beaten down and desperate, Mercy is at her best. I can’t get enough of each new edge of my seat adventure for Mercy and this one involving the most powerful of the world’s supernatural community is no exception. The ‘why’s behind a deadly vampire’s actions are as intriguing as the ‘how’s behind Mercy’s desperate escape across Europe and Adam’s relentless pursuit to bring back his mate alive and safe. I’m warning you now to clear your schedule from the moment you start this one because you are not going to want to put it down for love or life.

Silence Fallen is the latest in the Mercy Thompson Urban Fantasy series and it should be read in order. This book begins a new adventure, but the situation and the world building assume the reader is familiar with what came before.

Mercy is enjoying some down time when out of the blue she is kidnapped and taken by the most powerful vampire in the world who has connections to the local vampires. She wakes up at his home and orchestrates a daring escape only to find her situation is still rather desperate as she finds herself in need of help in the middle of Europe. She stirs things up and must now face more trouble than the vampires hot on her trail.

Adam and his wolf side are in pursuit, but it will be a close thing if he holds back from starting a vampire-werewolf war in Europe to get his mate back. He is accompanied by an interesting group of allies who understand that Mercy’s kidnapping is only the beginning of a deep game played by an old vampire.

As I said, this one offers up an intriguing adventure that adds some breathtaking action and twists. Mercy encounters a new form of supernatural in the heart of old city Prague and new vampire troubles that must be handled delicately to avoid war. But she is not Coyote’s daughter for nothing. Things just seem to happen around Mercy though thankfully, she is her sensible and strong heroic self.

I loved getting a split narration between Adam and Mercy since there are really two adventures going on here with her escape and his rescue attempt. I’m being deliberately vague because this one has some good surprises that I want other readers to encounter on their own. And that last surprise made me laugh and want to go back and re-read passages.

In summary, this is an abso-fab installment to the series that I just devoured. I have no doubt that it will be a hit with others and I can’t push Urban Fantasy lovers enough who haven’t had the chance to start this series to do so.

I rec’d this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.

Another triumph by Patricia Briggs!

I love this series. Mercy and Adam have a great relationship and I'm always happy to see it grow. Mercy is an awesome character, she can take care of herself but still relies on people. This book put her in the situation where she is leverage and she has to find a way out, by herself.

I adored this book.

Silence Fallen is book 10 in the Mercedes Thompson series. Book 10! In this series Patricia Briggs has created a world that with each book becomes stronger, richer and more complex. Mercy, Adam and their pack have been captivating readers for a long time and with good reason. Silence Fallen explores the vampire politics of Europe when Mercy is kidnapped by enemies unknown and must do what she does best....survive. This series has slowly but surely become a favorite of mine and this author a must-read. I highly recommend Silence Fallen. It doesn't disappoint!.

I've seen these Patricia Briggs books pop-up in my recommended reading lists for years because I love books like the Chicagoland Vampire Series by Chloe Neill, but like you I have a never-ending TBR pile, plus books to review, a social life I attempt on occasion, family, friends, and a demanding career, so I saw them, but I didn't really see them, if you get my drift. Then one day I was looking for something paranormal to read during some unexpected down time and I happened to walk by Moon Called in the library. I was back to the library the next day to get the next four books in the series... and a few days after that to get the next four. Needless to say, I fell in love with Mercy Thompson and her rag-tag crew of miscreants. What took me so long to read these?! I was definitely missing out. And if you haven't read the Mercy Thompson series, you are missing out too.

There's so much to love in the Mercy Thompson series. Mercy is half Native American, married to an Alpha werewolf, friends with fae and vampires alike. There's a lot of diversity in this series. I like that the heroine is Native American, that one of her best friends is gay, that the werewolves come from all different backgrounds and ethnicities, as do the vampires. Mostly I like that Mercy is a grown ass woman capable of being in love with an Alpha werewolf and telling him to go to hell when he becomes too over-protective or overbearing. That while Mercy often has help in surviving her adventures, she's not helpless. In fact, she's probably the most capable of all the badass supernaturals she deals with. She's able to admit when she needs assistance and accept that assistance, but is never the damsel in distress in need of saving. More often than not, she's the one saving all these super beings and the big strong men. Mercy is a heroine we can look up to and admire (even while we envy her being surrounded by all these gorgeous super beings).

Silence Fallen is book 10 of the series and finds Mercy and Adam separated by an ocean and new enemies. While no one knows better than Adam that Mercy can handle herself, he is understandably worried to discover she's being held by the Lord of the Night. While he launches a rescue mission, Mercy, being Mercy, escapes. And that is just where the fun begins.

You would think that a series would begin to feel repetitive or too over the top ten books in, but Silence Fallen was fresh and interesting. A bumpy, yet fabulous ride for the reader as Mercy gets into her own unique brand of trouble and finds new and thoroughly entertaining ways of surviving. And when you get to the end of Silence Fallen, email me or send a message on Facebook or twitter, because I love the symbolism of this ending so much (at least what it symbolizes to me) and need people to discuss it with since my fellow BiblioJunkies don't love paranormal and urban fantasy like I do and I can't spoil anything for you!

Of course, now I'm sad that I'm all caught up and the next book likely won't be out until next year. Why do you torture me so?! I guess I have to go back and re-read them all!

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs (Amazon | B&N | Kobo) is the 10th book about Mercedes Thompson, daughter of Coyote (Native American demi-god). In this tale the happily married Mercy is baking cookies when she finds herself without enough eggs. She plans a quick jaunt to the store figuring she should be home in time to feed the mass of werewolves in her basement looking for snacks after a hard nights gaming. All does not go according to plan though; Mercy is kidnapped by vampires and taken directly to Europe. Without her pack and without her mating-bond to Adam, Mercy has only her plucky, ingenious self to rely on.

Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs

The great thing about these books is the continuing love story of Mercy and Adam. We know he will scour the Earth for her and we know she will do anything to get back to him. While they spent quite a bit of time apart in this latest tale, there were still a few moments of togetherness to remind us of just why we love them:

We made love under the water. He kissed my bruises and I kissed the healing slice over his shoulder. We said the kinds of things that wouldn’t make any sense to anyone else. And when he was buried inside of me, his breath rough and his skin hot, that’s when I knew I was home.

Fans of the series will be delighted with this latest offering which has all the action, adventure, magic and romance we’ve come to expect. Make sure to watch for an appearance of a Doctor Who incarnation!

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The tenth book in the Mercy Thompson series sees our intrepid heroine off on her own, kidnapped to another country. While the series is beginning to show its age, I still very much enjoy these characters, and choosing to set the story in a new location added a new dimension to a familiar story.

Mercy Thompson remains my one of two favorite urban fantasy heroines (right up there with Kate Daniels), and, as the series has progressed, she has been the primary draw for my returning to the series. As I mentioned earlier, this is the 10th book, and with a long-running series like this, its not surprising that story arcs can begin to feel familiar and the cast of characters begins to be unmanageably large. Briggs uses a clever trick to side-step both of these issues by setting this book in Europe after Mercy is kidnapped by a powerful Italian vampire. Suddenly we're in a new location and the cast of characters involved is greatly reduced to only Mercy herself and Adam and the select few others he brings along on his "rescue" mission (the term "rescue" always requires quotes when it comes to Mercy as she is typically as capable of getting herself out of trouble as she is at getting herself into it, though she gets a pass on that last part in this one as her kidnapping was clearly not of her own volition). We've had a few other books where we've swapped viewpoints between Mercy and Adam, and here that format is utilized once again.

Mercy's storyline is fairly straight forward. Escape her kidnappers, travel across Europe, somehow land in even more hot water, and learn more about her shapeshifter heritage and how her unique powers to see and talk with ghosts could mean even more than she had previously known. The first bit is pretty par for the course. At this point there really isn't much tension that can be built around Mercy's original dilemma. We've seen her kidnapped or in the clutches of a much more powerful being one too many times to be really intimidated by this setting, and, smartly, Briggs moves past this fairly quickly.

One of the remaining mysteries in this series is Mercy's background as a child of Coyote, a powerful Native American spirit, and what gifts this has bestowed upon her. My favorite parts of this story revolved around the added depth that was given to this topic and the introduction of a much more vast and expansive history for Coyote's influence and work in the greater world. Briggs also introduced a new creature with the Golem of Prague, a powerful being whose mysteries Mercy must unlock to save herself and the city.

Adam's storyline was much more...political. While I enjoyed seeing a few of my favorite characters back (Stephan has been absent quite a lot in the last several books), it was also disappointing to find that much of his story arc ultimately served very little purpose. The larger dynamics that take place within the vampire seethes worldwide was interesting, but Briggs sets up the Italian vampire lord as one of the most powerful supernatural beings in the world and then...it all kind of comes to nothing? There were a few exciting moments, but much of this arc was taken up with carefully worded negotiations and power plays, but very little action. And in the end, the reader is kind of left wondering what was the point of it all?

There was also a neat twist towards the end that I didn't see coming. However, it also threw a few things into question. Adam's perspective makes up half of the story, and we know that he would be informed of this particular secret, but when we're reading his earlier sections, it reads as if he is unaware of this. I know that this is to keep the reader in the dark, but it doesn't ring true that Adam would think/act this way knowing the truth that we later find out. When it was revealed, I found it to be very jarring and had to go back and re-read several section to both now further appreciate what was going on and to confirm that yes, it was weird that this was written this way in the first place given Adam's knowledge of it the whole time. This seems like a small quibble for what was actually a very neat reveal. But I wish there had been a way to neaten it up so that that same fun reveal wasn't undercut by what had come before.

Ultimately, I very much enjoyed Mercy's story line, but I was left underwhelmed by Adam's. I still loved reading chapters from his perspective, but the arc he was given wasn't strong. For an Alpha werewolf, he was given very little actual action, and the end results of his storyline didn't feel worth the time it was given throughout the book. In the end, I'm not quite sure why it was even necessary to split this book into two parts. The ending would have needed to be changed, but it feels like very little tweaking would have been necessary to focus this story in on the more interesting arc and do away with the overly extended political maneuvering all together. Especially given that, by the end, things simply felt re-set and I was still left questioning the point of it all.

Rating 6/10: The original strengths of these books (its main characters) are still going strong, but the series is beginning to fray at the edges.

Review appears in the April 2017 issue of SFReuv.com.

I have been holding off on reading this installment of the Mercy Thompson series until the perfect time for me. In other words, when I needed a pick me up. With a rainy weekend looming, and a gimpy dog to worry me, I decided it was past time to find out what troubles were in store for our intrepid heroine, whose superpower, in her own words, are causing chaos.

When Mercy is kidnapped by the Lord of Night, aka Marisilia’s ex-lover, the Master of Milan, things look very grim for the coyote shifter. Jacob Bonarata cares little for anything but his position of power and his seethe in Italy. Having lived centuries, he’s a pretty nasty dude. Addicted to werewolf blood, he has already destroyed an Alpha and his entire pack, making the Alpha’s mate his blood slave. Lenka is a pitiful creature, her wolf broken. When Jacob leaves Mercy in Lenka’s tender care, she realizes that Jacob means for Lenka to kill her. Relying on her wits, and her coyote speed, she escapes, setting herself up for even more danger when she has to ask Libor, Bran’s mortal enemy, for help.

I loved this book. At first I was a little distracted and couldn’t get engaged in the story, but I think that is more about my current frame of mind than the book. Once Mercy flees from Lenka – BAM! I was hooked. Lenka, not so much. Her mishap on the road made me cringe and think – Good for Mercy!

The story is told from Mercy’s 1st person POV, with alternating chapters from Adam’s 3rd person POV. I love Adam. Love him. His struggles to control his wolf, who wants to rend, bite, and destroy until Mercy is returned to him, made me believe that Adam really was a hair trigger away from coming completely unglued. And that he was forced to work with both Marsilia, his old rival, as well as Stefan, the vampire who shares a blood tie with Mercy – wow! I can’t gush enough about how much I enjoyed the interactions between all of the characters, both old and new. Jacob is an evil douche, but even he earned a place of endearment in my heart.

If you are a Mercy Thompson fan, this should earn a spot on your keeper shelf. If you haven’t started the series, what are you waiting for? Both the Mercy Thompson series and Alpha and Omega are in my top 5 favorite Urban Fantasy series, so that should tell you something. Recommended

Grade: 4.75 stars

It is rare for an author of larger book series to keep their characters interesting and developing, but Patricia Briggs does this admirably. My only regret is that I read it too fast and now have a long wait for the next one!

SILENCE FALLEN proves that time and again, Mercy Thompson is a delight to tag along with. Even after all these years, Briggs manages to surprise and enthrall with every page. While SILENCE FALLEN reads more like a "monster of the week" episode than anything driving the world forward, that makes this installment of the series no less enjoyable to read.

Mercy's pack has expanded to the point where sometimes I need a few reminders to remember the newer members, but that brief orientation didn't slow down this story a whit. I was particularly pleased by how quickly (and smoothly) Mercy was operating with autonomy, something this independent coyote does best. I didn't expect the "big bads", and found both the magic and political aspects of the story delightful. It's hard to go into detail without spoilers, but fans of the series will find SILENCE FALLEN to be an exercise in both Mercy's and Adam's strengths, with a more than a few cameos and surprises thrown in for spice.

A wonderful romp, Mercy is a joy to follow as she problem solves, charms, and slips her way through trouble. Much like Ilona Andrews, Briggs lavishes detail in her world building, which will thrill both process nerds and history buffs alike.

This has to be one of my favorite series to read. I have been hooked from the first story and none of the books have disappointed. This latest book had me a little worried, because it involves Mercy on her own, stuck in Europe after an elaborate kidnapping. Also, it had different POVs which usually do not go over well with me. However, this book was fabulous and the different POVs help the story move along.

4.5 stars. It’s pirating night in the werewolf house, and Mercy, a coyote skinwalker married to Adam, the handsome Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack, quickly gets killed out of the werewolf pack’s computer-based pirate LARP game. She heads to the kitchen to make a double-quadruple batch of chocolate chip cookies for the pack (her habit of baking treats after being exiting the game having more than a little to do with why someone always kills her off early in these games). Only, there are no eggs in the house, even though she’d had four dozen in the fridge two days ago. Werewolves are a hungry bunch. So Mercy makes a quick run to the local convenience store. Her last memory is getting hit by the airbags in her SUV.

When Mercy wakes up, she’s imprisoned and alone in a strange, metallic-sheeted room, covered with her own blood but otherwise uninjured, if weak and nauseous. More alarmingly, her psychic “mate bond” with Adam, through which she can always sense his presence, is completely missing.

"Silence had fallen between us, not the electric, expectant kind. This silence was the emptiness that falls in the dead of night in the middle of a Montana winter when the world is encased in snow and icy cold, a silence that engulfed my soul and left me alone."

Two vampires, strangers to Mercy who look like Italian gangsters, enter the room and greet her. One radiates power and the other … nothing at all. But she thinks she knows which one is in charge, and it’s extremely bad news. He had her kidnapped because he was told, by someone being deceptive, that she was the most dangerous person in the Tri-Cities. Now he’s beginning to realize that she isn’t as valuable a hostage as he had hoped. Clearly escape is a good plan, the sooner the better, except that Mercy suspects that the vampire in charge wants her to try to escape, so his crazed werewolf guard can ― oops! ― kill her.

Meanwhile, Adam is gathering an impressive rescue team. He, Marsilia and Stefan (two of the most powerful vampires in their alliance), the witch Elizaveta, and a few other friends are trying to figure out where Mercy is and how they can get her back … without causing a deadly interspecies war between vampires and werewolves. In a very real sense, Mercy is more dangerous than she or her captors think.

A major change of scenery and particularly intricate plotting are distinguishing points in Silence Fallen (2017), the tenth book in Patricia Briggs’ MERCY THOMPSON urban fantasy series. The different setting is a breath of fresh air, and Briggs takes advantage of the rich culture, including a guest role by the famous Golem of Prague. Briggs weaves the Golem into the twisty plot of Silence Fallen, along with Iacopo (Jacob) Bonarata, the vampire known as the Master of Milan. He’s been mentioned in several prior books in this series, and it’s great fun (if you can call meeting a Renaissance prince vampire fun) to finally meet him and see both his flaws and his mastermind level of manipulation and plotting. Briggs does her own complex plotting in Silence Fallen, with various layers that are gradually revealed and then tie together in a very satisfactory way in the end, with a few surprises along the way.

Mercy’s narration and Adam’s point of view alternate in Silence Fallen, as they try to find their way back to each other and deal with separate but interrelated dangers. The timeline isn’t entirely linear as it jumps between Mercy’s and Adam’s points of view, sometimes backtracking a day or more. It’s a bit disorienting, and I’m not entirely sure it really helped me that Briggs (in a foreword note) and Mercy both mention the time shifts, since it pulled me out of the story. But that’s a minor issue, and one of my few dissatisfactions with this story.

Silence Fallen is a strong addition to a great urban fantasy series, but the books do need to read in order. For fans of the genre, it’s well worth your time.

This was a little weird and different from your typical Mercy Thompson book. There is a chunk of it that's written out of the time line and has notes from Mercy to help you not get as confused.

However, this felt like a filler book to me. Not a whole bunch of vital things happen except Mercy is forced to explore a power that she has with ghosts that she has been warned not to do in the past. Parts of the story were interesting and parts of it left me wanting more with this one.

It was enjoyable and I liked how it was set in Prague and Milan. Mercy gets into trouble and is kidnapped by a big, bad, powerful vampire but escapes and ends up in Prague and captured yet again by a vampire witch.

Adam goes to Europe and ends up in Milan to confront who took Mercy only to find that she escaped his clutches. He leans on pack and a few others to help and basically saves the day and finds Mercy in the end and they live HEA for another day.

Mercy, coyote shifter, has been kidnapped and escaped to Prague, and her werewolf alpha husband Adam is in pursuit. Werewolves, ghosts, vampires create a political stew of the first order. Patricia Briggs has given another brilliant paranormal adventure in Silence Fallen.