Search - Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, Bk 5)

Wow, wow, wow. I adored this installment of the Mercy series, and it is definitely one of my favorites. This book was a bit of a change from the rest of the series though. Usually Mercy's adventures are action driven with a lot of humor, wit, danger, and a sprinkle of romance to tease readers. With this book though romance definitely took the front seat in terms of plot with action/plot taking a more secondary role. Either way though it was fantastic.

The plot combined my 2 favorite elements in the Mercy universe - Werewolves and the Fae. Werewolf politics are amazingly structured, confusing, and strict. Every peek we get into the complexities of dominance, gender issues, and the magic behind their ties is so detailed, insightful, and engaging. The Fae continue to be the more intriguing and mystifying species that I have come across in any urban fantasy series.

The character development is wonderful as well. Samuel has been on the back burner a bit since Mercy became Adam's mate and getting a peek into his very old mind and the strife he is dealing with was great. Although discovering just what a teddy bear Adam can be, and his intense and unconditional love for Mercy was beautiful. Mercy herself grew a great deal in this book as well. She has come to accept and welcome the pack, wants to belong, wants to be involved, all while retaining her independence and unique qualities. I only wish we could have seen her as a coyote more this book. Some of my favorite secondary characters like Zee, Warren, and Ben made appearances this time around and any chance to have them in a scene is totally welcomed.

Crazily enough I cannot think of a bad thing to say about this book. Others have thought negatively on the length of the challenge scene which I greatly enjoyed as it revealed so much more about hierarchy in packs, or Mercy's ability to always get out of her insane problems with little consequence (although the climax of Iron Kissed disproves this greatly I think). Yes, the solutions through out these books tend to be a bit convenient but are well thought through, developed, and make sense.

All in all, this is the best urban fantasy series out there, and to me all others are weighted against it. I can't wait for the next anything Brigg's puts out! Especially the 3rd installment in the Alpha and Omega series!

I would have loved to savour this book and make it last and last reading a page or two at a time to enjoy it for days, but that was impossible. From the day I began reading it I was lost in the world that surrounds Mercy Thompson and was so caught up in it that hours and hundreds of pages had passed before I realized it. This is one of the best series I have read, I'm an avid reader and mostly in this genre and I'm hooked on the Mercy Thompson series. Bring on River Marked!!

In this book Mercy finds herself back in hot water with the fae, dealing with Samuel drama, and falling deeper in love with her very own Alpha- Adam (yum). I'll begin with the fae, that's one scary bunch! I love the Zee described without his glamour. The faerie world runs on a different time than reality, Mercy become trapped and cut off from her bond with Adam until Bran finds her (faerie) walking stick. Samuel finally loses it, he becomes trapped in his wolf form as his wolf takes over for him. I like the destinction that Mercy has between Samuel and Sam. The care and consideration she puts into their friendship that ultimately saves his life is so nicely written. I'm loving that he has a love interest I hope that get presued further in the next book. Finally...my fave because I am a hopeless sucker for a love story: The love between Adam and Mercy makes me all a-tingle. I love that he loves her exactly the way she is and embraces the parts of her that she finds unattractive. Their love is so real and unconditional. I love that it's not syrupy sweet but, still sincere and HOT at times. Their date that started off bad and went worse was still so perfect in it's Mercy and Adam way. Finally the last scene in the book (relax I won't give it away) was so intense. WOW! Who would want a guy who felt like that about you?? I was so happy for Mercy that she finally got to that point!

Love this series can't wait for more!!!

Yet again another Mercy Thompson book that is wonderful!

I absolutely love this series! Mercy gets better with each book. Mercy must save Samuel from himself while dealing with pack politics. Her relationship with Adam heats up and her position in the pack creates challenges. Add to that, a loaned item is coveted by a crazed fae. No one is safe. Excellent read! I always feel like a glutton after reading one of the books because I basically inhale it and then regret it. Fortunately, I have the next one in the series ready to go. 4.5 stars!

NOTE: Has spoilers.

I was sort of disenchanted with this series and hated this book at first try. Then I read "River Marked" (the book after this one) and remembered why I liked this series in the first place. So I went back and read Silver Borne again. I'm glad I did because I liked it quite a bit.

I'm not much into the Fae but I liked the storyline here. I also liked how Mercy was starting to make a role for herself in the pack. I'm so glad Samuel found someone and his role in the story was very intriguing.

There are only two things I disliked about this book. One, Briggs have a tendency to quote scripture which I find a bit annoying. I gather she is Christian and that's her way of giving props to her god. She used to be worse about, this dedicating huge paragraphs on good vs. evil and getting right with god. I'm so glad Briggs has tone that down. The second thing that kind of bugs me was that Mercy doesn't really take an active role in her relationship with Adam. In one of the books, Mercy never really choose Adam. I think Samuel made the choice for her. Here, she doesn't really have a choice but to move in with Adam because her place burns down. I guess it shows that Mercy goes with flow a lot, but I can see why Adam is so insecure about there relationship.

I would love to read a book about Samuel and Ari and more with Anna/Charles. I absolutely loved those books.

#5 Mercedes "Mercy" Thompson paranormal mystery set in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State. Mercy is a coyote shapeshifter whose mate is the Alpha werewolf of the local pack. Not everyone in Adam's pack is happy about Mercy, a non-wolf, being mated to their leader, as she discovers when one or more of them get inside her head and attempt to influence her behavior while she and Adam are out on a date.

Mercy hadn't realized that the pack could have that much influence, and it takes her awhile to figure out what had happened--but then, she's got other problems, including her roommate Sam 'going wolf' after a botched suicide attempt and a missing friend, owner of a bookstore who left a strange looking book with her before he disappeared--only to have some very powerful fae looking for the book and for Phin. Another enjoyable visit with Mercy, Adam, and the gang as Mercy continues to feel her way around trying to make her life situation work within pack laws.

Because of all the different elements to the book (various storylines) it did feel a bit scattered at times, but the author did a nice job of tying many of those threads together into a somewhat cohesive plot. Looking forward to River Marked!