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Jul 13, 2016adeline_meryt rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Always a fun romp. And yet, this was a "quiet" book for me. I felt Mercy was facing less adversity than in previous novels. She isn't quite the same freewheeling single agent as she was at the start of the series, nor even as "alone" as in the previous book. Indeed, the pack's partial aversion to Mercy was handled - with some finality - such that no sympathy-rage was drawn from me. Overall, I was less emotionally involved and didn't feel the stakes were quite as high as in prior books - although objectively, they really were. In fact, the novel resolves elements that were coming to a point over the course of the series, making the climax rather masterful. Also, the portrayal of Underhill this time really gets its alienness across. Unfortunately (for me!), the climax/climax-adjacent events involving the Mercy/Adam/new character trio went by pretty quickly and fairly smoothly, such that I feel somewhat cheated, like it was too easy. The "ease" is justified (by well defined characters with established strengths), still... I want more! I am eager to see what developments will come to the new character.