I felt like the author needed a group she could use in the pack there and kill off/create other powers for so she tosses in this group with no real build up or lead into. Even at the time when Bran transferred the bonds of all the wolves in in control to others during an earlier book, these wolves where not mentioned, nor was the weight of their issues made known. This story introduces a whole new set of wolves that no one mentioned until now. However, this story and the last Mercy Thompson book (Though it was the male narration on that audio book that really made it horrible and not so much the story) both hit a sore note for me. I do understand that not every book is going to be a hit and sometimes stories don’t find the same tone or mood for every reader. Author/Story I enjoy or have enjoyed Patrica Briggs’ work until recently.
I like many audio fans re-listen to books before listening to the newest release and for those that do this, having such a jarring disjointed voice change for all of the characters in this book compared to the others is annoying and disruptive to the narration. Holter Graham normally does, and for this series has done an amazing job with keeping the same general tone and feel for and voices of the characters consistent through the books until this one.
However, the one thing I dislike from narrators for long running series is the inability to keep the same voices on the same characters through the different books. I don’t think Mercy has ever recognized that it could be more than that.Narrator I am a huge fan of Holter Graham and I find he does an amazing job with voices and stories. That’s what she needed, and that’s what he gave her. And Mercy has never seen him as anything except a father figure and her Alpha. Say what you will about him-but his wolf has accepted Leah as his mate, and he will not cheat on her. But my da would never have moved on Mercy. You might have a point about Da and Mercy.” “Not like that,” Charles said, feeling defensive because Anna put her finger right on something that he’d been ignoring for a long time. So the musical evenings were a thing between Bran and Mercy?” “Or so everyone is much happier believing,” agreed Anna blandly. “He thinks of her as his daughter, and he doesn’t have any other daughters still alive. “Bran’s not funny about her,” he told Anna, feeling uncomfortable. If you were that funny about Mercy, I would feel the same way Leah does-no matter how likable I might find her.” “I even understand it, much as it pains me to say so.
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