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Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs

10 reviews

nkep4614gmailparkwayschoolsnet's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Mercy gets hurt and Adam and Sherwood are 2 of the most powerful werewolves in the pact. Sherwood also lost his memories and Mercy finds out who or what he is at the end of chapter 2.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol and Blood

knr

opalbookwyrm's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Torture, Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Stalking, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Confinement

healingtothemax's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

a_tiny_crow's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, and Torture

ceruleanseas's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The latest installment of the Mercedes Thompson series is another excellent story. Wulfe has disappeared and Mercy needs to find him, a task rather complicated by an ancient fae artifact and a string of serial murders. 

I thought this was a delightfully convoluted murder-mysyery-esque plot line. We get a lot of vampire backstory and a little of Mercy learning more about herself. I also appreciate that Patricia Briggs lets her characters grow and doesn't rehash the same relationship problems over and over. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Death

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

meereswogen's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Cursing, and Blood

literaryintersections's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I always love Mercy Thompson books and the latest installment is no different. Briggs just keeps delivering. 

My only question is where do you go now? This is book # I don’t even know and I’m not quite sure how Briggs will wrap this up. But I think I am ready. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

kponturo's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Death

kbairbooks's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

soulwinds's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Blood

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, and Kidnapping