![]() ![]() ![]() Briggs has an elegance to her pacing and phrasing that delivers a punch in every sentence. The writing isn’t bogged down one bit by this attention to detail – in fact, it is all dovetailed with extraordinary emotional development. Her world has a smell and taste, and I can feel the characters’ environment on every page. (First – sincere apologies for the grammar in this paragraph, but I just can’t force myself to adhere to The Rules tonight.) One of the things I like the most about Briggs’s writing is how rich in detail it is. Cry Wolf is set in Mercy’s world and focuses on the leader of all the American werewolves – the Marrok – and his pack, of which Charles and Anna, our hero and heroine, are part. Unless those opposed to the revelation get their way. And, soon, werewolves will be part of the known universe. “Normal” people are slowly being introduced to the not so normal – fae, vampires, etc. With the Mercy Thompson books, Briggs created a world where the paranormal is beginning to take hold in everyday life. It looks like I’ll be waiting, equally impatient, for future releases in the “Anna and Charles” series. I wait, very impatiently, for each new Mercy release. Patricia Briggs has been on my very short list of favorite writers ever since I read the first book in the Mercy Thompson series, Moon Called, in February 2006. Urban fantasy/Contemporary paranormal romance released by Ace 29 Jul 08 Gwen’s review of Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega, Book 1) by Patricia Briggs ![]()
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