A review by reader44ever
Hopcross Jilly by Tom Garcia, Patricia Briggs, Rik Hoskin
4.0
This was a fun story. And I liked the art better in this graphic novel than in that [b:Homecoming|5582295|Mercy Thompson Homecoming|Patricia Briggs|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1440212769s/5582295.jpg|5753516] one. Adam and Mercy both looked closer to how I see them. Zee's look, though... This was not how I imagine him without his glamour.
But apart from Zee and a few other things (like Darryl's human form looking white *grrr*), this was a really good story. In it, Mercy, Adam, and the pack find some buried bodies; and Jesse meets the new girl at school.
Like in [b:Dead Heat|25489436|Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4)|Patricia Briggs|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1453864597s/25489436.jpg|26949988], this story's Big Bad was
But in the end,
I am a little dissatisfied about that resolution. It seemed too easy. Is this I'm doubtful, but I'm also not very hopeful about learning more. This book seems pretty open-and-shut.
But apart from Zee and a few other things (like Darryl's human form looking white *grrr*), this was a really good story. In it, Mercy, Adam, and the pack find some buried bodies; and Jesse meets the new girl at school.
Like in [b:Dead Heat|25489436|Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4)|Patricia Briggs|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1453864597s/25489436.jpg|26949988], this story's Big Bad was
Spoiler
a fae released from the reservations to wreak havoc on the humans. I found this fae, Hopcross Jilly, to be quite sinister.But in the end,
Spoiler
with Mercy and Adam riding to the rescue, Jesse proved to be the fae's undoing. It looked like Hopcross Jilly was dead, killed for trying to kill Jesse, who was NOT a bad child.I am a little dissatisfied about that resolution. It seemed too easy. Is this