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A review by sophiarose1816
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.5
Pressing forward with the adventures of werewolf opposites and honeymoon pair, Charles and Anna the Alpha and Omega wolves, I put in my earplugs and enjoyed this venture into supernatural intrigue and werewolf politics among the wolves, fae, witches, and vampires of Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson world.
Like with Cry Wolf, I was deeply engaged with the slow burn and slow build of Charles and Anna's unique relationship both as a couple and as a working team. There is mutual respect and love for each other, but both stumble and get in their own way because of their pasts. Plus, both are learning just what an omega wolf is and can do.
All this takes place while they meet with a large European delegation of werewolves to discuss and help transition them for Bran's big announcement that the wolves are coming out to the human public. Unfortunately, this is fraught with all sorts of dangerous pitfalls because there are some very powerful wolves among the delegations who have their own agendas. One in particular is know as the Beast for a reason.
Meanwhile, Anna is the target of someone, a powerful fae may or not be trusted, a group of vampires are loose in Seattle, and a Beast wants to go hunting. Is it to do with the meetings? her omega status? to get to Charles? They must figure out who is behind the attempted attacks before its too late.
Holter Graham does fabulous telling Hunting Grounds and I look forward to more of his work in the next series installment.
Brilliant urban fantasy!
Like with Cry Wolf, I was deeply engaged with the slow burn and slow build of Charles and Anna's unique relationship both as a couple and as a working team. There is mutual respect and love for each other, but both stumble and get in their own way because of their pasts. Plus, both are learning just what an omega wolf is and can do.
All this takes place while they meet with a large European delegation of werewolves to discuss and help transition them for Bran's big announcement that the wolves are coming out to the human public. Unfortunately, this is fraught with all sorts of dangerous pitfalls because there are some very powerful wolves among the delegations who have their own agendas. One in particular is know as the Beast for a reason.
Meanwhile, Anna is the target of someone, a powerful fae may or not be trusted, a group of vampires are loose in Seattle, and a Beast wants to go hunting. Is it to do with the meetings? her omega status? to get to Charles? They must figure out who is behind the attempted attacks before its too late.
Holter Graham does fabulous telling Hunting Grounds and I look forward to more of his work in the next series installment.
Brilliant urban fantasy!