A review by capsandclauses
Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

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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