A review of “Silver Borne” a Mercy Thompson novel by Patricia Briggs
So far, the fifth book in this series is my least favorite.
Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book the way I did the others, I was so
frustrated with the plot I had to take a break from reading it before I
continued. This book takes place shortly after the last book. Mercy and Adam
are fully a couple now, and there is some sort of wolf pack magic where the
pack can communicate telepathically. This causes Mercy to freak out and be
uncomfortable, because someone is messing with her mind.
The problem I have with this book, is that there are too many
old and new plot lines in this book, and some don't get resolved or have to do
with one another. So, there the ongoing Mercy and Adam love story that is now
interrupted by a pack member trying to break them up. This plot line leads to a
conspiracy to overthrow Adam and gets resolved easily. Then there is a separate
story line about Samuel's attempted suicide, and how his wolf is in control and
Mercy needs to save him. No one really talks to Samuel about his attempted
suicide and in the end, he finds something or someone to live for, so we'll see
where this plot line goes. The only thing this plot line adds to is that it
forces Sam and Mercy to stick together for the whole book and they team up to
solve a mystery.
Then there is the “main” plot where a TV bounty hunter gets a
false warrant to capture Adam, only to cover up someone trying to kill Mercy.
The bounty hunter never returns and his producer that sets him up is the fae
that tried to kill Mercy, but both get dropped. This is all to obtain the book
that Mercy borrowed from a fae back in the third book. The book owner is
missing, and Mercy investigates to uncover the Fae Queen, who wants that book.
The problem with this story line, is that it loses focus, doesn't build up any
mystery, the bounty hunter part is useless, and the Fae Queen captures Mercy's
employee Gabriel, instead of capturing Mercy. Then it's all too easy to find,
trick and defeat the Fae Queen.
There is just so much going on in the novel that it doesn't
not flow properly from plot to plot. These books have never had huge character
depths and emotional connections, but this book really lacks the impact these
characters have on each other and their environment. Mercy's house burns down
with all her possessions (the cat lives) and yet we don't get any of her
reaction, other than 'oh that's sad'. This book just doesn't deal with the
situations properly.
One of the things I do like about his book (there's not
much), is that it delves deeper into the Fae realm. We get a lot of the
character Z, we learn more about how the fae home world Underhill works, and
how their magic works. We get a new fae character that has a history with
Samuel and is super powerful. I love learning about how the fae folk and magic
work in this world. I'm still enjoying some of the cheesy romance stuff, it's
not too sexy but I like flirting the line.
I hope that the next book gets better in terms of plot. I understand that five books in, there's a lot of stuff to build on and continue, but the stories need to flow together in a way that doesn't feel incomplete or disjointed. I'm going to take a break from the series to listen to other things before I come back to the series. I still like these characters, so I'm hopeful that none of the other books are as bad as this one.
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