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

Re: Yikes!

[rachelmcg.livejournal.com]

No problem. I thought of another series, though, that I've read the first couple of, and they're okay. The series contains vampires and weres, but not as main characters. It's Kim Harrison's Hallows series. The protag is a witch and the titles are take offs on the occult theme, like "Every Witch Way But Dead" and "Dead Witch Walking," and "The Good, the Bad and the Undead." The first one is Dead Witch Walking, and I enjoyed the first four or five in the series.

Oh, also, I'll second the rec' for Sarah Rees Brennan's "Demon Lexicon." I just finished it, and it's seriously "couldn't put it down" material. And Nina Kiniki Hoffman often writes urban fantasy sorts of things, although some of her stuff is YA, not all of it is.