I did not expect it to end in actual rape at all…I guess I’m a real newbie when it comes to this plot device. It wasn't hard to follow the scent of blood to the living room where the fae had been killed. Adam, Samuel, and the pack actually helped save Mercy from Mercy…her mortal wounds were not only physical.I liked your review but I have to say I really liked this installment of the Mercy Thompson series. Avoiding the full consideration and musings on if she wants them spares herself a lot of pain. That’s a good question. I know someone who both she and her brother were conceived by it-‘from two different types of rape, by two different guys, less than two years apart. Will it change her, probably, all experiences do, but underlying is this same chick who came out and killed the guy anyway. The issue of rape comes up in other genres and mediums, but what I’m specifically referring to here is how rape is used as a narrative shortcut in the fantasy genre. My hot button is rape. One character was raped as a young boy and submitted to a nonconsensual relationship through his adult life (protecting others) and another is brutally tortured and as part of the general personal dismemberment also is raped. Patricia Briggs has used rape/molestation/torture in her other work but I think the way she does it is best illustrated in her Ward of Hurog duology. There was no reason for the rape, though it made me glad that she did not write a rape screen for Jesse in the first book. It struck me that the resolution was too fast in that she figured this out over pizza. The trope even has its own name: Rape and Revenge.See this is where we differ, Jia.
That’s greater than a woman’s odds of getting breast cancer.Definitely agree with you on pretty much all of this.
On the other hand, Mercy was already a superduper fighting chick…so it would be interesting how this is going to play out in the next book.Hmm…I actually loved this book and say it’s my favorite of this series. Andy Irons: Kissed By God (2018) A film about bipolar disorder and opioid addiction as seen through the life of three-time world champion surfer Andy Irons.
Red Sonja is an example of this. “You don’t really want me for your mate, just your pack”? She's also currently dipping her toes in the new adult genre but remains unconvinced by the prevalent need for traumatic pasts. I thought it was a job well done, but of course that’s just my two cents worth.That being said, I felt a small stumble over the resolution of the triangle too. Was it just me or did Adam get hotter in this book? There are some people out there struggling to deal with what happened to them that can relate to and draw strength from characters like Mercy. One in 4, maybe even 1 in 3. After making herself hot chocolate Mercy and the other two discuss what Mercy found in O'Donnells' house and Mercy asks Mike if O'Donnell took any fae artifacts, how many fae on the reservation can turn into a raven and how many have the strength to rip off a mans' head. The first (?)
Rudy, who rarely misses a penalty kick, takes one on Liesel and she stops it.