A review by amcgriff
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
2.0
I had an inkling from the first book in the series that the author was conservative based on the lack of drinking and cussing for situations that are prime drinking and cussing moments. Although I guess some people drink tea or hot chocolate after a major round of fighting and running for your life? Also, Mercy has moments of religiosity, but without a clear path or explanation as to why, but also sort of begs off in passing that she's not very religious.
The author's moral and political leanings are confirmed in this book with the language she uses to talk about abortion. For the man in the story, it makes sense he would use the phrase "kill my baby" based on the personality of the character that was developed over these first two books. But it doesn't really seem to make sense for Mercy's character who seems to be guided more by logic/fact rather than morally driven. To have Mercy use that phrase as well instead of "she had an abortion" or "killed his baby, as he put it" was out of place.
The majority of the time the author's personage fades and I can image the characters and their space while I read these, put that moment pulled me out of the story and had me envisioning the author sitting at her desk typing away in righteous right-wing fervor.
In the U.S. abortion is so very complicated because of morality and politics not because of anything scientific or fact based. But more importantly it is stupid crazy common, so there are definitely many readers who have had abortions who are reading for escape just to be smacked with judgement for no reason. Tossing it into an easy breezy supernatural mystery book when it's not necessary to the story arc and it's dripping with morality and finger wagging is selfish, lame, and annoying.
With all that said, it's was still an easy breezy supernatural mystery. It takes up maybe a page or two of the whole book. It's a quick exchange in part of a longer scene. I'll probably still read the others the library has, it's just disappointing and worthy of a good eyeroll.
The author's moral and political leanings are confirmed in this book with the language she uses to talk about abortion. For the man in the story, it makes sense he would use the phrase "kill my baby" based on the personality of the character that was developed over these first two books. But it doesn't really seem to make sense for Mercy's character who seems to be guided more by logic/fact rather than morally driven. To have Mercy use that phrase as well instead of "she had an abortion" or "killed his baby, as he put it" was out of place.
The majority of the time the author's personage fades and I can image the characters and their space while I read these, put that moment pulled me out of the story and had me envisioning the author sitting at her desk typing away in righteous right-wing fervor.
In the U.S. abortion is so very complicated because of morality and politics not because of anything scientific or fact based. But more importantly it is stupid crazy common, so there are definitely many readers who have had abortions who are reading for escape just to be smacked with judgement for no reason. Tossing it into an easy breezy supernatural mystery book when it's not necessary to the story arc and it's dripping with morality and finger wagging is selfish, lame, and annoying.
With all that said, it's was still an easy breezy supernatural mystery. It takes up maybe a page or two of the whole book. It's a quick exchange in part of a longer scene. I'll probably still read the others the library has, it's just disappointing and worthy of a good eyeroll.