Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Category: Adult
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Content: Strong Language, A mild sex scene

 
My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic.

And a coyote shapeshifter.

And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack.

Even so, none of that would have gotten me into trouble if, a few months ago, I hadn't stood upon a bridge and taken responsibility for the safety of the citizens who lived in our territory. It seemed like the thing to do at the time. It should have only involved hunting down killer goblins, zombie goats, and an occasional troll. Instead, our home was viewed as neutral ground, a place where humans would feel safe to come and treat with the fae.

The reality is that nothing and no one is safe. As generals and politicians face off with the Gray Lords of the fae, a storm is coming and her name is Death.

But we are pack, and we have given our word.

We will die to keep it.

This was a great addition to the Mercy Thompson series. I never get tired of reading about the characters in these books. In many ways this felt like a classic Mercy book. Mercy has rebuilt her garage, an aspect of the books that has been mostly pushed aside for a while. Zee and Tad were helping out with running the garage. Mercy was once again driving an old VW, this one she was in the middle of fixing up. Stefan and the mystery machine were back. All those elements were things that were in just about every one of the older Mercy books. Recent books have been more focused on the pack and politics which wasn't a bad thing at all. I like every aspect of this series, but it was fun to have all those old elements back.

We've covered the werewolves, the Fae, the vampires, and Old Coyote a lot in this series, so I was happy that we got to see a lot more about the witches this time around. I was a little surprised at some of the developments concerning Elizaveta, and am wondering what will be next for the witches. We also got more of the Goblins in this book, and I have a feeling a future book will go into a lot more detail with them. There were also some cool creatures added to the book that we hadn't seen before, and I loved the way the author was able to weave zombies into the world. It worked surprisingly well. I'm looking forward to continuing to read this series.