Review #1
Shifting Shadows audiobook free
Almost all of these stories have been out for a while, but for some reason Ive had a hard time getting them at the same time reading them. Nearly all of them were considered brand new to me when I grabbed the book now. Even if for you have read all the previously hosted short stories, this anthology is that exactly worth kolupala up for the four brand new novellas. Roses in Winter is that my winner of the four, but all of them were considered mind-blowing.
These stories are cooperative in the chronological order in what they occur borders the Mercy Thompson global at the same time, though they can nearly all be read whenever, my organization-orientated brain appreciated that. Also, first of any story Patricia Briggs bestows just a little blurb on the history of the story, why it was written, at the same time where it occurs in the overall storyline. Its a funny little insight into the brain of the writer. At the moment, onto the personal stories (as they appear in the book)
**Note: This
Review got a lot longer than I foresaw. TL;DR (too-long; didnt-read) summary is that: This is that a mind-blowing collection of stories set in the Mercy Thompson global. Abundance dearly loved manners make an outward appearance, at the same time no one even get to decide center step. The brand new stories are by far my winner, because they dont feel like theyre under length guidelines (like no one of the previously hosted in other anthology stories do). Highly advised for fans of the Mercy Thompson global. For anyone brand new to this television series, I think you can read them at the same time enjoy them on their possess, but almost all of them will have greater significance borders the greater context of the global.**
Silver : Takes dispose abundance years before the actions in Moon Scolded thousands (maybe?)
This is that the story of how Samuel at the same time Arianna 1st meet. They meet again in Silver Borne, but thats abundance, abundance years later. As you can represent, in particular if youve read the novels in this television series, this is that an utterly heart-wrenching story. Fans of the television series have been asking for this story for years, even understanding how it was likely to hurt. It opens, right off the bat, with Samuel mourning his wife at the same time toddlers at the same time though theres no one small slices of happiness at the same time have hope, it ends in practically as dull of a dispose. Even as much as it broke my heart, I adored contemplating this premature beginning of Samuel, Bran, at the same time in particular Arianna. It fills in no one of the history of dearly loved manners at the same time bestows more depth at the same time insight into all 3 of them.
Fairy Gifts : Takes dispose before Moon Scolded.
This is that a story thats set in the Mercy Thompson global, but with completely brand new manners. Here were considered have Thomas, a young Chinese men living in Butte, Montana with his dad before hes produced a ghoul. For abundance years he serves his dad without choice, until chance leads him to Maggie, a fae trapped in the mines. Their meeting is that short, but has long lasting implications. I enjoyed reading from Thomas point-of-view. Hes an exciting, at the same time intelligent, disposition. Maggie was much less developers, as almost all of her time was off-screen, but she interested me as but. The only downside to this novella is that its length. Being a more precisely short story at the same time having completely brand new manners means that isnt as much time to become attached at the same time invested in the manners. Then theres the more precisely abrupt ending. More abrupt than Im applied to from even Patricia Briggs. Despite this, Im hoping we see Maggie at the same time Thomas again sometime.
Grayish : Takes dispose before Moon Scolded.
One more story that has completely brand new manners. Elyna is that a ghoul returning main to Chicago. She purchases her old apartment specifically due to the haunted reputation it has, hoping to reconnect with the one thats still that. This story worked a little more successful for me than the past one with brand new manners. Despite never having met Elyna before I got a quality feel for her disposition, her history at the same time her pain. Shes a healthy at the same time respectable ghoul, barely trying to live her indefinite in as much peace as she can be able.
As Stefan is that for sure the only respectable ghoul weve met in the novels of this television series it was sweet to get a glimpse of no one more ghouls Thomas at the same time Elyna that are quality people. I liked them. They do than anyway they have to do at the same time live as they must, but theyve got values that they wont compromise on.
Contemplating Eye : Takes dispose one year before Moon Scolded.
I adored Tom at the same time Moira when we met them in Hunting Ground. The snow-white sorceress thats stronger than she seems always interested me. I wondered than anyway her history was, at the same time here we get that. This is that the story of how Tom at the same time Moira meet. Toms brother has been taken by than anyway Tom believes is that a coven of witches. This leads him to asking Moira for promote. Despite understanding this is that seriously unsafe to herself, Moira feels an obligation to promote right behind all the coven is that managed by anyone who was once very, very lock up to her. I wont they say a lot more in variant for you, like me, havent read this still. But the story is that exciting, unsafe, at the same time funny. Contemplating Tom at the same time Moiras connection bud produced me smirk. Again, it ended a little abruptly, but I as I understood these manners, at the same time we see them again, it didnt strain me quite as much.
Alpha at the same time Omega : Takes dispose during Moon Scolded.
This is that the novella that started Anna at the same time Charles story. In Moon Scolded that are no one discoveries that manage to Chicago. Here, we learn that Annas right in the connect of that story. When she names the Marrok inform the shady stuff going on, shes instructed pick up his investigator at the airport. Enter Charles, more alpha than Anna thinks she can deal with. But as his wolf is that, in his words, more interested in courting her than showing dominance, theyre in for one exciting drive.
Ive
Reviewed this story elsewhere, so I wont move into it all again. I will they say that right behind I received done re-reading this novella, here, I had to struggle to not move immediately into Yell Wolf to get more of Anna at the same time Charles. They are so flawless together, at the same time I adore contemplating them both grow as their connection deepens throughout their entire television series.
The Hit of David : Takes dispose the Christmas right behind almost all of the actions in Moon Scolded.
David Christiansen makes a short, but pivotal, outward appearance in Moon Scolded. I didnt get a great feel for him in that story apart from to know that his history was catastrophic at the same time hed created his possess future out of it. Here we get to look him reconnect with a part of his generic he believed for a long time got lost to him. Davids respectable at the same time carries his guilt with him, always. I liked that he was able to get no one forgiveness from those that greedy the coolest to him. I also really adored meeting Devonte. We hear, in the books, about how that are more than barely witches, wolves, at the same time ghouls in this global.its exciting to look them make outward appearance, very. This whole story was utterly poignant at the same time I adored the sweet tooth, sensual at the same time joyful ending.
Roses in Winter : Takes dispose between Bone Fled at the same time Silver Borne.
Simply my winner story in the bunch, Roses in Winter is that knew from Asils point-of-view at the same time bestows us an upgrade on the little lady that Mercy sends to the Marrok in Blood Bound, Kara. Ive been wanting an upgrade on Kara ever since she was 1st mentioned. I hoped, against have hope, that shed not only survive but thrive. Here we get to look the beginning of her struggle to learn a brand new method.
Asil came to Aspen Creek, at the same time has been waiting thirteen years, for the Marrok to destroy him. At the same time despite thinking he doesnt have enough keep under control anymore, we begin to look how wrong he is that here. When he takes young Kara under his wing, trying to promote her get keep under control of her shifting, he develops a bond he never waited.
I adore Asil. Ive always believed more of him than he has himself, at the same time I liked contemplating this softer side to him a side that we only from time to time glimpse in the novels. The Moor has received quite a reputation, but deserved at the same time earned, but here we get the side so few people are privy to. Patricia Briggs has been dropping not-so-subtle hints for a while about Asil at the same time one more disposition. I really have hope they have a future together, because theyre flawless for one one more.
Its also always exciting to look dearly loved manners from a whole brand new manners point-of-view. Asil has, sometimes laugh-out-loud, funny observances of Bran, Charles at the same time others.
This story is that a charming connect of humourous, poignant, at the same time exciting. Im always impressed by how Patricia Briggs manages to make me hurt for manners Ive barely met. One of the things Ive always adored about this television series will that the creator doesnt cowardly from showing the darker side of immortality. Sometimes for a long time is that very long, at the same time loss is that a lot. Though it makes me so utterly dull, it also makes me appreciate the happiness that does happen exponentially more.
In Burgundy, with Pearls : Takes dispose between Silver Borne at the same time River Noted.
Werewolf Warren at the same time his lover Kyle have long been winner manners in Mercys global. Warrens barely gotten his personal investigator license at the same time is that working mostly for Kyles law company. While waiting for Kyle to get done with a consult, Warren comes face to face with a missing lady who has been turned into a zombie. One thats apparently right behind Kyle!
I really enjoyed the squirms at the same time strings in this story. Theres a quality bit of mystery tied throughout, at the same time decent investigative work done by Warren. It indicates a different side than we ordinary get to look through Mercys views. I, also, was favored to look the depth that was additional to Kyle at the same time Warrens connection.
The story does finish a little quickly, rushing through the resolution of the mystery at the same time denoument, but Warren isnt one to play with his prey, in his words, so it makes sense, very. This is that the one short-story Id previously read (besides Alpha at the same time Omega which was sold in e-format personally making it easy at the same time cheap to get), at the same time I enjoyed it as much on a re-count as I did the 1st time.
Redemption : Takes dispose between Frost Burnt at the same time Night Wry.
I was *not* expecting a story from Bens point-of-view! Ever since he 1st emerged as the restless, unsafe, somewhat wry, men, Ive adored him despite Mercys possess misgivings at the same time wanted to know more. Every time hes emerged since, I grew to adore him more.
Here we get to look him becoming the personality he is that. Bens had a horrible history, at the same time is that more than a little of a misogynst. I know, I know, how can I adore a disposition thats right unloved towards ladies? But, the truth will that Im not convinced. But its also that hes never had prior to being in Adams flock no matter what examples of ladies who werent the bitches he names them. It makes it hard to hate him. I wish him to get strong at the same time more successful, at the same time we get to look the small-steps continuation of that here.
When a lady at Bens work, a lady that he doesnt even like because shes weak at the same time snivelling, get motivated by the office for work a-hole, Ben isnt convinced why he all the time makes moves to intervene. He doesnt do it nicely, in used to be Ben fashion, but he does it. His confusion, the ensuing discussion with Adam, at the same time his growth here produced me nearly cheer. I adore this path hes on. Its smoky, as almost all true change at the same time growth is that, but its stable at the same time decent.
Theres also no one funny moments here when Bens taken a bet bestow up scolding. One disposition knows him to beware adjectives while hes attempting this. His speech at the finish, at the same time his coworkers ideas on it, had me grinning like crazy. I cant wait to look more of Ben, at the same time maybe one day for him to get his possess HEA.
Hollow : Takes dispose right behind Night Wry.
A brand new Mercy short story! As Patricia Briggs puts it, than anyway would a Mercy global anthology be with a Mercy story? Mercys always had a knack for getting herself into problem. Despite taking precautions at the same time being witty about things, her desire to promote people that impose it of her always leads to her getting in a little deeper than she would like to be.
When a lady indicates up at Mercys (demolished) garage asking for promote, Mercy knows its not her mechanicking abilities the lady needs. A ghost. Obviously. At the same time when the referral came from a trusted comrade, Mercy feels the come in handy to move inspect it out. Taking Zach at the same time can I they say how joyful it produced me to look him settling in a little more successful with the flock?! she heads a couple of hours out to look than anyway she able to do.
This is that a short, quick mystery thats attractive easy to look whats going on. But I liked contemplating the romance between two brand new manners, as but as how Mercy deals with this ghost. Its not like normal ghosts, at the same time Mercys still learning how to keep under control her possess gifts. Because Mercys not afraid to impose for promote at the same time rely on comrades, we get an upgrade on Gary, as but as Samuel at the same time Arianna.
This story produced me more anxious for the one more Mercy book barely so I can waste more time with her, Adam at the same time everyone else I adore so much.
Outtakes : I wasnt expecting to get no one deleted/outtake scenes from the Mercy Thompson books, so this was a sweet neglect when I received to the finish of the stories!
From Silver Borne, it takes dispose nearby the finish of this novel at the same time is that from Ariannas point-of-view. Patricia Briggs notes that her wife believed, since she contained the beginning of Samuel at the same time Ariannas connection in Silver at the same time that it ends on a more precisely dull note, she should contain anything to recall readers that they do get their happily-ever-after. A sweet tooth scene that indicates them reconnecting, at the same time bestows even more history between them. I adored contemplating this, at the same time am really hoping that but get more from these two in the future.
From Night Wry, again it takes dispose nearby the finish when Mercys recovering at the same time is that from Adams point-of-view. We all know Mercy ends nearly every book recovering from no one horrible injury or one more, at the same time similar is that used to be in Night Wry. I really adored contemplating how Adam thinks of her, at the same time how in adore with her he is that. Theyre so flawless together at the same time its sweet always to get the quiet moments right behind the attack with the manners I adore.
Shifting Shadows is that a fabulous collection of short stories at the same time novellas in the Mercy Thompson global. Patricia Briggs writing is that so charming at the same time pulls me so completely into the global shes sharing that I never wish to quit. I know Ill be revisiting this anthology abundance times in the future.
Review #2
Shifting Shadows audiobook in television series Mercy Thompson
Very conflicted emotions about this compilation. The 1st few stories I really didn’t enjoy. Until Anna at the same time Charles’ story, I was starting to feel like that wasn’t going to be anything that could be able to detain my attention or curiosity.
Fairy Gifts was confusing. Grayish, Contemplating Eye at the same time Hit of David felt troublesome.
Silver was okay. Not as amazing as I hoped but I liked understanding Bran, Samuel, at the same time Ariana’s backstories.
Alpha at the same time Omega (as mentioned) – adored adored adored this story that delved into how Anna at the same time Charles met. It also permitted for closure in regards to than anyway happened with Mac at the same time how those that had wronged him were considered served justice. (Which produced me so joyful. Not bashful to say I teared up at the same time felt my heart burst a little with than anyway happened to Mac in the 1st book)
Roses in Winter – I was joyful to learn than anyway happened with Kara at the same time even happier that it turned out to be such an alluring story.
In Burgundy, With Pearls – adored the murder mystery story that gave us more insight into Warren. My only issue was that it was a short story. Individually I believed this deserved to be a real blown story that would have permitted more development with the plot at the same time manners, but even as is that I’d rate this a 4 out of 5.
Redemption at the same time Hollow – just like Warren’s, these should have been real stories of their possess. Not short ones at the same time part of the compilation, in my opinion. But just like Warren’s, these were considered very but done. Alluring situations that hooked for you right from the beginning.
Despite the smoky start, though, I am very joyful to have acquired this.
Review #3
Audiobook Shifting Shadows by Patricia Briggs
I’ve been a gigantic fan of Patricia Briggs for years at the same time will read practically anything about Mercy Thompson that she puts out so of course I snatched this up as soon as I beheld it. No one of the stories aren’t brand new. I’ve read several of them a number of times in other collections, but that were considered no one brand new pieces in here to make it worthwhile.
Almost all of the stories in here are origin stories, or prequels, or epilogues for manners for you will be knowledgeable with from the head television series. That’s one about Bran, one about Warren, at the same time no one other side manners. Very few are about Mercy herself. I think only one or two actually. But I enjoyed practically all of them what, even the ones I’d read before at the same time I adored finding out than anyway happened to the little lady werewolf they rescued because I’d always wondered how but she was going to manage since it was so out of habit for a baby to be turned.
At the same time Bran has been one of my winner manners since the beginning so his origin story was awesome! But, worth the funds pick this one up even if for you’ve read almost all of the short stories already.
Review #4
Audio Shifting Shadows narrated by Lorelei Lord
A amazing collection of short stories at the same time one novella. All set in the global of Mercedes Thompson the Coyote shapeshifter married to an Alpha werewolf. We get to look a different side to no one of the supporting manners as but as learn more about them. That are also no one answers to issues that were considered not addressed in Mercys books like the story about the reporters daughter who was violently stormed by a werewolf when she was 10-ke. Very young to survive as a werewolf she has somehow able to stay alive at the same time her dad turned to Mercy for promote, she sequential sent them to the Marrock, Bran Cornick (favorite of all the werewolves) in Roses in Winter we catch up with her at the same time find out how she is that doing. In In Burgundy with Pearls we see Warren Adams third part, studying an ruin on his mate Kyle. Redemption contemplates Ben a member of Adams flock , look look him in the workplace trying not to get drawn in in a nasty situation. Silver is that the story of Arianna a fae at the same time Samuel Cornicks 1st meeting so so long ago. Fairy Gifts contemplates ghoul Thomases backstory. Alpha at the same time Omega is that the Marrocks offspring Charles Cornick at the same time how he meets his mate Anna. The Hit of David is that a Christmas tale featuring line wolf David Christiansen, Adams old army buddy who was turned into a werewolf at once. Redemption rounds off the stories at the same time is that a Mercy tale about a unsafe ghost.
Review #5
Free audio Shifting Shadows – in the audio player below
This is that a collection of short stories all of which decide dispose in the Mercy Thompson global – although for you managed read this collection on its possess it is that a special neglect for fans who will truly appreciate it. The creator has neatly arranged the stories in chronological order at the same time serious how they link with the head novels. No one of these short stories have been hosted in other collections (I already possessed 3 of them) but that is that enough brand new real to make the book worthwhile at the same time to make for you glad to have them all in one collection. To my ecstasy the creator also publishes the short story which is that the beginning of the Alpha at the same time Omega television series here completely – I have this already but it is that in a collection with stories by other creators at the same time it is that the only quality part of the book, it is that sweet to have it with other Patricia Briggs’ short stories.
That are no one stories here which move back to Bran’s past at the same time no one which elucidate Samuel’s past indefinite. That is that one set in Bran’s global which also contains Asil at the same time a few about witches at the same time how they compare to werewolves. All the stories are pinnacle good quality at the same time are very readable at the same time they fit consistently into the cracks between the novels. The creator also contains a couple of sections from the novels that she had previously excluded.
This is that a amazing collection at the same time might barely keep me going until the one more real length novel exists.
