2009 Reading #73: Moon Called

[snurri]

Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
71. The Elephant's Secret Sense by Caitlin O'Connell.
72. Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness by Berke Breathed.

73. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs. I'm trying to grok the contemporary urban fantasy phenomenon, which seems to be on the verge of taking over the genre, at least in terms of sales. I don't know that this book helped much. I like Mercy as a character pretty well, but she too often feels like a minor player in her own book, and there's a lack of urgency to the story despite the kidnappings and near-deaths. I can't decide if I'll be trying more urban fantasy soon or not, though I'm open to recommendations. (Preferably books without werewolves and/or vampires, if possible. I particularly don't grok the appeal of the werewolf thing.)

Comments

[nballingrud.livejournal.com]

Dude. Werewolves are cool. Full stop.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

Heh; as soon as I'd posted this I thought of three or four werewolf things that I liked or was looking forward to. But the concept in itself feels like it's been stretched way too thin, at least for me. One of the things I loved about your story was that the monster was there and then gone--a terrifying and unexplained intrusion with lasting consequences. A lot of the current werewolf fiction appears to be more concerned with developing an anthropology of werewolves, and I'm sorry to say that I am bored to tears by it.