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Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

3 reviews

opalbookwyrm's review

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Content Warnings: mentioned/implied sexual assault (past), violence, gore, mental abuse, torture, physical abuse, morally grey characters, body horror
Spiciness: 2 Chilis (Steam - No Clothes, Fade-to-Black)
Tropes:
All Myths Are True, Magic Realism, Magical Society, The Unmasqued World, The World IS Not Ready, Post-Modern Magik, Benevolent Monsters, Blue-Collar Warlock, Cute Monster Girl, The Fair Folk, Wainscot Society, Fur Against Fang, Gods Need Prayers Badly, Human Disguise, Modernized God, Occult Detective, Our Monsters Are Different, Unfazed Everyman, Working-Class Werewolves, I See Dead People, Paranormal Mundane Item, Cursed Item, Fantastic Racism


The Mercyverse is one of the best urban fantasy settings I've ever read. From worldbuilding to character development, everything blends together nicely and always leaves me wanting more.

In Soul Taken, Mercy must solve a mystery involving missing persons, when suddenly murders relating to an urban legend begin to appear. With bad publicity aimed at the Pack, it is even more important to get things resolved quickly. Mercy has to dig deep inside herself and learn quickly on her feet before things get really nasty.

Cons: It feels like there's no time for Mercy (or the reader) to breathe. With plot points piling onto the character's shoulders, the tension in my own got worse. (In hindsight, this was probably done intentionally, but still.)
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a_tiny_crow's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Just a big old meh. I don't know when these books started to all run together in my brain but the pacing and the plot points just feel so carbon copy to the rest of the books. I don't feel like there are any real stakes and everyone just has the thickest plot armor even against the
Lovecraftian reality eating level of shit they're up against now. I really thought Adam was going to die in that last fight, but no, it's deus ex pack bonds to the rescue again 🙄
. I'm just so bored by all of it, even the sex scenes are extra bland. The best character is Goblin King Larry by far. I'll stick around for the final book, but I guess I wish more had been done with tens of thousands of words and a decade of writing. The world that's been built is better than most of the stories that have been told in it.
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kbairbooks's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book felt like when you orgasm … and you still came but it’s not the best you’ve had. It felt like a filler book and I want more so bad I itch. Of course authors aren’t work horses but I want the next one so bad!!! Oh and it also surprised me at the lack of sex scenes. I mean you knew it happened several times but your didn’t get ANY of it.
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