Reviews with content warning for Suicide attempt - Silver Borne

This is such a great series. Granted this book took me a little bit longer to read the others since it didn't hold my interest as much as they did, it was still very good. I absolutely love Samuel's story in this book.

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My heart broke for him when it was discovered he tried to commit suicide. He felt such pain.

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adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I saw another reviewer complaining about how these books are all the same, and I had to laugh. Yes, in every book she has to track down which mystical creature is secretly causing problems in her life this time, and fight and outsmart them, while dealing with her emotional trauma and personal life complications. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ALL READING THESE BOOKS FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE. :-D

And not only do I enjoy the formula, but the fact that the character makes some (however slow) progress in figuring out her personal life and overcoming her fears and flaws in every book, really keeps it from feeling like the same thing over and over to me. I especially love the progression of her relationship with Adam, and she is slowly figuring out that having a very protective strong male who really cares about her around is a good thing, even for a strong woman.

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Rating: 2.5 Stars

CAWPILE: 5.071

Ah, the filler read.

I’ve found myself really drifting towards fantasy books the past couple weeks, so I figured it was time to pick up another Mercy Thompson book. This edition follows Mercy Thompson as she deals once again with the fae, and some issues in her personal life as well.

I finished this book yesterday and I honestly can’t remember much of it (and I normally remember most of the books I read for years after). It really felt like a book that was written for the sake of being written, rather than to progress the overall plot of the series.

We get a lot of conflict with Samuel, the loser of the love triangle from the first three books of the series. This is a spoiler, but I think that it definitely does need to be spoiled due to its potentially tiggering or harmful nature: at the start of the novel, Samuel attempts to commit suicide and is trapped in wolf form by his other internal half. To me, this came completely out of the blue and I don’t think that it was handled particularly well. I felt very neutral on it, which is strange considering the stakes that it should represent.

We also see a real absence of some of our favourite characters in this book: no Stephen and barely any Warren. I would have liked to see the vampire at least appear considering his close relationship with Mercy. There was some female on female hate over a man too, which is weird considering the feminist tone of the series in general.

Silver Borne definitely wasn’t a satisfying read, but it was okay to pass the time. I really hope this isn’t the start of the downfall of a series I’ve come to love.

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