Storm Cursed

Patricia Briggs

2019 • 384 pages

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In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves… My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic. And a coyote shapeshifter. And the mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin werewolf pack. Even so, none of that would have gotten me into trouble if, a few months ago, I hadn’t stood upon a bridge and taken responsibility for the safety of the citizens who lived in our territory. It seemed like the thing to do at the time. It should have only involved hunting down killer goblins, zombie goats, and an occasional troll. Instead, our home was viewed as neutral ground, a place where humans would feel safe to come and treat with the fae. The reality is that nothing and no one is safe. As generals and politicians face off with the Gray Lords of the fae, a storm is coming and her name is Death. But we are pack, and we have given our word. We will die to keep it.

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Daniel Vanzin

Another solid story. The author does an splendid job providing us with just enough information from the previous books as they are necessary to understand the current plot and characters.

Tri-Cities area of Washington state are under the protection of Mercy's wolf pack, and they have a zero tolerance policy for the kind of magic that uses pain as a source of power, black magic that is. During one of the her routine errands, where she and some wolves are dealing with a miniature zombie goats infestation, she begins to unravel a plot to invade her territory by someone capable of performing necromancy, a black witch.

Meanwhile, she is in charge of arranging a meeting between the Grey Lords of the fae and the human leadership, none other then the president of the United States and his staff, in order to discuss the terms of a truce. It turns out this meeting is against the witch's best interest, and it seems that she is not working alone.

With Elizaveta's absence of the country, she who is the current leader of the witches in the Tri-Cities area, and one of the most powerful witches Mercy know of, the city is ripe for the taken. It is up to Mercy to defend the humans under her protection, together with the help os some of her supernatural friends. The vampire Stefan, who is maintaining his status of independent from his previous seethe. The previous owner of her mechanic shop Zee, one of the most ancient and powerful faes, and his son Tad, also powerful as well. And of course, some of her werewolves, including a witch born one. Not to mention she herself, who is a shape shifter daughter of the god Coyote, which gives her plenty of resistance to magic and a lot of luck.

Unfortunately even with all this firepower, a coven of black witches is just too powerful to handle. Mercy must also rely on the help of someone she most definitely does not trust or like, but is an expert o the matter if witches, being one himself.

July 30, 2019