A review by geo_ix
Cry Wolf, by Patricia Briggs
3.0
3.5 stars.
Definitely recommend reading the Alpha & Omega novella first, which I DID do and I’m so thankful because even WITH reading that, I was thrown into a world of me not knowing shit but it was expected of me. I guess reading the Mercy Thompson series first MIGHT fix that, as there’s characters in this, that are in that, and that series started first? But honestly, I felt like I was meant to know who half these people are.
I don’t really think this book was any good until past the halfway mark. Mainly because it’s showing all the characters and explaining all that crap. I just felt like I wasn’t told stuff properly or something. Like when you read a spin off and it’s assumed you’ve already met people so they give a glossed version and if you only started there then everyone seems two dimensional and boring?
It also had more of a PNR feel than UF, and I went into this thinking I wouldn’t like it all that much as I don’t tend to love UF, and then I was kinda disappointed I guess because the romance part was everywhere and nowhere at the same time and all the action at the end was much more interesting than these two wondering why the mating bond isn’t happening straight away.
I felt her trauma wasn’t REALLY talked about except in passing here. I felt he would still feel rage over what happened to her and the conditions she was in. I just felt it lacked some of that dramatic animal emotion because everyone wanted to not blow up ever.
Overall I do think the writing was good, I am tempted to read another in this series, and now I’m not so scared to try Mercy’s series either. Whether I read all of these books I don’t know as I don’t tend to read books with the same couples etc but we shall see.
Definitely recommend reading the Alpha & Omega novella first, which I DID do and I’m so thankful because even WITH reading that, I was thrown into a world of me not knowing shit but it was expected of me. I guess reading the Mercy Thompson series first MIGHT fix that, as there’s characters in this, that are in that, and that series started first? But honestly, I felt like I was meant to know who half these people are.
I don’t really think this book was any good until past the halfway mark. Mainly because it’s showing all the characters and explaining all that crap. I just felt like I wasn’t told stuff properly or something. Like when you read a spin off and it’s assumed you’ve already met people so they give a glossed version and if you only started there then everyone seems two dimensional and boring?
It also had more of a PNR feel than UF, and I went into this thinking I wouldn’t like it all that much as I don’t tend to love UF, and then I was kinda disappointed I guess because the romance part was everywhere and nowhere at the same time and all the action at the end was much more interesting than these two wondering why the mating bond isn’t happening straight away.
I felt her trauma wasn’t REALLY talked about except in passing here. I felt he would still feel rage over what happened to her and the conditions she was in. I just felt it lacked some of that dramatic animal emotion because everyone wanted to not blow up ever.
Overall I do think the writing was good, I am tempted to read another in this series, and now I’m not so scared to try Mercy’s series either. Whether I read all of these books I don’t know as I don’t tend to read books with the same couples etc but we shall see.