Mercy Thompson 01-05 - THE MERCY THOMPSON COLLECTION

predictable…a fun read for a lazy afternoon.”
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    â€œAuthors the likes of Tanya Huff, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Charlaine Harris have successfully peopled our modern world with vampires, lycanthropes, and other supernatural beings who, to some extent, coexist politely among us mere mortals, living within complex hierarchies, bureaucracies, and clan protocols. Add Patricia Briggs to the list… Moon Called is an exciting new entry in the field of dark urban fantasy…I will be watching for Mercy Thompson’s next adventure with great anticipation.”
    â€” Rambles
    â€œInventive and fast-paced…Mercy’s first-person narrative voice is a treat throughout…an entertaining book from start to end.”
    â€” Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Praise for the novels of Patricia Briggs
    R AVEN’S S HADOW
    â€œPatricia Briggs is a talented storyteller who enchants her audience with a spellbinding tale.”
    â€” The Best Reviews
    â€œA great novel for grown-ups. I look forward to the next installment in the series.”
    â€” Crescent Blues
    D RAGON B LOOD
    â€œ[Patricia Briggs] is an inventive, engaging writer, whose talent for combining magic of all kinds—from spells to love—with fantastic characters should certainly win her a huge following, and a place on many bookshelves.”
    â€” SF Site
    â€œBriggs writes in a fantasy setting, but deals with abuse and love and delivers action and romance.”
    â€” The Alien Online
    D RAGON B ONES
    â€œTightly written with fully developed characters and a lavish backdrop, Ms. Briggs’s latest fantasy delivers a thrilling coming-of-age story.”
    â€” Romantic Times
    â€œ[Briggs] possesses the all too rare ability to make you fall hopelessly in love with her characters, including the utterly, delightfully inhuman ones.”
    â€” Crescent Blues
    â€œPatricia Briggs is a natural-born storyteller.”
    â€” Midwest Book Review
    T HE H OB’S B ARGAIN
    â€œIt is easy to like Patricia Briggs’s novels…Her books are clever, engaging, [and] fast-moving.”
    â€” Romantic Science Fiction & Fantasy
    â€œBriggs has a good ear for dialogue and pace and a marked talent for drawing complex characterizations…This is a love story on many levels, all of which are satisfyingly resolved.”
    â€” Rambles

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