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NIGHT BROKEN
An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from a stalker. Adam isn’t the kind of man to turn away a person in need, but with Christy holed up in Adam’s house, Mercy can’t shake the feeling that something about the situation isn’t right. Soon her suspicions are confirmed when she learns that Christy has the furthest thing from good intentions. She wants Adam back, and she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get him, including turning Adam’s pack against Mercy. Mercy isn’t about to step down without a fight, but there’s a more dangerous threat circling. Christy’s stalker is more than a bad man—in fact, he may not be human at all. As the bodies start piling up, Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her whole world apart.

FIRE TOUCHED
Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. When coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago by the fae. Defying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans, and the fae, Mercy, Adam, and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. But who will protect them from a boy who is fire touched?

SHIFTING SHADOWS
Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has friends in high places—and in low, dark, scary ones. In this must-have collection of stories, you’ll meet new faces and catch up with old acquaintances—in all their forms.… In a time of fresh starts, Mercy is asked to use an old talent in the story “Hollow.” You’ll learn what happens when an ancient werewolf on his last legs befriends a vulnerable adolescent (“Roses in Winter”) and how Mercy’s friend Samuel Cornick became a werewolf (“Silver”). The werewolf Ben finds “Redemption,” and Moira, a blind witch, assists on a search in “Seeing Eye.” From Butte, Montana, the copper-mining town that vampire Thomas Hao calls home (“Fairy Gifts”), to Chicago, where the vampire Elyna buys and renovates the apartment she lived in while human (“Gray”), you’ll travel the roads that originated with Mercy Thompson. Roads that will lead you to places you’ve never been before….

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs lives in Washington State with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition (October 3, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1536672998
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1536672992
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Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.6 x 6.75 inches

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Whitney

Loved it

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2021

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Night Broken is the eighth book in the Mercy Thompson series and I just loved getting to reenter this world with Mercy. Just when you think there is nothing else that Mercy and crew can face the most difficult challenge to date happens. Adam’s ex-wife comes to town and throws a wrench in everything. Oh my gosh this book was just so good. I was just drawn into this story and I didn’t want it to end. My emotions were just all over the place throughout this story. I wanted to yell at certain characters throughout this book and bang my head against the wall at others. It just wouldn’t let me stop reading this story until I turned the last page. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series.

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DeePrinz

Wah, wah, wah It's not my faaauuuulllltttt !!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2017

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I generally enjoy the Mercy Thompson series and really admire Patricia Briggs talent. While Mercy is sometimes nerve-wracking with her full out dash towards self-destruction, I respect her spunk, her cleverness and the amazing way she can think on her feet. However, I have to say that this book Night Broken caused me to take a hard look at whether I wanted to continue patronizing the Mercy universe. The two biggest reasons for my possible defection are:

1. The constant need for Mercy to involve herself in near disasters.
I realize that she’s unwittingly drawn into some of them, but others she plain old dives head first into without any thought for her safety. She's been physically damaged so many times that it is hard to believe she isn't a walking body of scar tissue.

2. In this book, Night Broken, the high school "mean girl" antics of ex-wife Christy.
Christy is always described as "pretty" so I guess that makes her nastiness acceptable. She shows up unannounced at Mercy’s doorstep and goes full-tilt at trying to damage all of Mercy’s relationships. Sometimes it becomes a little too much to take and at times looks as if she’s succeeding. I find it difficult to believe that any woman (or man for that matter) would allow an ex-anyone to abuse them and their home in this way.

Christy, took over Mercy's kitchen, ordered everyone around, put her toiletries in Mercy and Mercy’s husbands bathroom, connived to engender sympathy from and alienation towards Mercy from the pack; says pretty much whatever she wants to say to Mercy and to husband Adam while constantly whining that everything is always someone else's fault. No one comes to Mercy's defense, including Mercy herself (who keeps justifying her lack of defense by saying she doesn’t want to sound jealous and petty). The only person who attempts to support Mercy is Jesse ( the teenaged step-daughter). Warren and Ben make a couple of supportive comments. However, they mostly remain silent letting Mercy and sometime Adam take hit after hit from the verbal assaults of the "pretty" ex-wife.

Ms Briggs did a lot of justifying as to why stalwart, take no prisoners Mercy would tolerate this kind of behavior. After a while, however, it just became excessive. I'm a woman and as much as I acknowledge that women have been abused (and continue to be), it doesn't make it acceptable for another woman to step into the role as the abuser and/or take advantage of another woman- especially in that woman’s own home.

Eventually, there was some minor attempt at giving Christy her due, but other readers will have to decide whether it was enough.

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Wonderfully written, intense tension

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2015

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Only a great writer could make a walking stick one of my favorite characters in this series. I missed The Walking Stick after River Marked, and am glad it resurfaced. Coyote and Gary Laughingdog have very well rounded personalities. The dialogue was hilarious, especially Mercy's inner dialogue wondering about Coyote's motivation. Briggs' excellent writing also differentiated half siblings Gary and Mercy. Without Mercy's keen insight into people, as well as her support system, Gary has a more bitter, jaded view of life, with few ties. However, he does share a nascent protective instinct, similar to Mercy, because he breaks out of jail and goes against his inner "Run Away! Run Away Now!", perfectly normal instinct to defend friends and family he's just met. I also enjoy how Mercy has such a strong Coyote attribute of not following the laws, but she does so in her intense drive to protect everyone around her (except herself) from harm. Which also made me want to smack some members of the pack for not appreciating a person who has bled buckets of blood for them. In fact, if Briggs keeps having Mercy get injured, I doubt she will have a square inch of unscarred skin left, and she's not going to be able to do karate anymore from all the soft tissue and joint damage.

I was frustrated with Adam. I felt a lot of drama could have been avoided by making a very public announcement to Christy: "I love Mercy. I am with Mercy. I am never leaving Mercy. If Mercy died I would spend the rest of my life alone, mourning Mercy. So nothing you do is going to ever get you back into a relationship with me." I also felt that he should have had a talk with Arielle about how she would have felt if the pack decided that Darrel would be better off with some old girlfriend and created pressure to break the mating bond. I'm pretty sure there would have been massive carnage.

But I suppose Adam needed some flaws because he was too close to the perfect husband. You know, the guy who can literally fight monsters for you, sees you for who you are and accepts and loves you, has resigned himself that you will continue to break the rules and not do as you're told, etc.

This was very well written with characters I've become very attached to

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Anne

Very satisfying read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2014

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The core of this book is the reappearance of Adam's ex-wife Christy as a damsel in distress triggering his protective instinct and creating havoc in the lives of Mercy, her family, and the pack. Everyone knows someone like Christy - her ability to play the victim and to belittle and blame other people is breathtaking but very realistic and hugely funny as Mercy does her best not to lose her temper or otherwise react. Christy really is in trouble and by fleeing to the pack for help (and also to try to get Adam back) she brings danger with her without the capacity to deal with it. The search for Christy's stalker and his revealed identity represents the real danger in the werewolf world and contrasts well with Christy's nonsense.

The joy of getting to this volume in the series is that the author doesn't just tell the same story over and over again but she has actually developed her characters through their experiences in previous volumes and we see that in the way that they react to each other and the events of this book. This means that it is probably best if you have read some or all of the previous books as you will understand many of the nuances better than if this is your first exposure to the series. I have read all the previous books and the Alpha/Omega series too and it really added to my enjoyment of this book as there are fleeting references to all sorts of previous events which add real depth to the story (there is also a delightful passing reference to Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden novels which nearly made me laugh out loud).

The core of the book is Christy's return, the effect that it has on Mercy's relationships with the pack, and the problems that she brings with her. The author creates a fascinating adversary for Mercy in a god from the Canary Islands. There are other sub-plots too which are neatly interwoven with the main story and which leave lots of new story lines to be explored (hopefully) in future volumes; these include a fellow walker for Mercy to get to know, an unexpected discovery about Stefan the vampire, trouble for Tad with the fae, a secret government agency which has nefarious designs on werewolves, a new submissive werewolf for the pack with his secrets, a new member of the pack who is not a werewolf, and a difficulty with the ownership of the magic walking stick. I am really looking forward to seeing what the author does in the future with some of this material.

The book is told all the way through in the first person from Mercy's point of view and is full of her wry observations about other people and her sarcastic wit. There are some very funny moments, some very scary ones, and some tender scenes. In all, this is a captivating read - I was gripped all the way through up to the very sudden, but effective, ending. It is going to be very difficult to wait for the next installment.

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Mary Heron

Mercy and Adam face enemies at home and abroad.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 17, 2020

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Adams ex wife Chrissy phones in the middle of dinner, she's in trouble, she has picked up a stalker who is getting really dangerous. The police are taking the matter seriously but they can't find him and Chrissy is scared, she asks Adam for sanctuary, as an Alpha werewolf he has the strength to protect her as well as a while pack of wolves to help him. Mercedes would look really small and selfish if she refused Chrissy sanctuary so goes along, though she's not thrilled to have Chrissy move in and immediately start acting like the last of the house again, cooking gourmet meals and taking care of the domestic duties. Mercedes expects it to just take Adam a few days to sort the situation out but unfortunately as ever things do not to go plan, turns out Chrissys stalker is more dangerous than anyone could have foreseen and now Adam, Mercy and the lack are facing their most dangerous foe yet.

Debbie

Blue shampoo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 24, 2021

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Oh wow this was good, seriously good. So Adam's ex wife caught the eye of the wrong guy and ran back to the pack. Not only does she try to undermine Mercy at any given opportunity (loved the shampoo incident) but keeps reminding Adam how good their lives were and did he remember etc etc, along the way she pulls the pack into her games.

But Mercy's family gets bigger and she collects another 2 members for the pack - but her backside was in the fire with the man that Cristy had attracted, as in he is a volcano god!

But did love that the walking stick came back again!

Ms. Theresa M. Derwin

Shifty Stalker

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 18, 2019

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In this book, Christy, Adam’s manipulative ex wife, is brought to live in Mercy and Adam’s house as she has acquired a rather scary stalker - who is more than human.
Mercy is in the physical and emotional wars yet again, this time battling stalkers, secret agents and (walking) sticks, never mind psycho serial killers who are magic and monstrous.
Tensions are high as Christy tries to win all of the werewolves over and set them against Mercy, whilst she tries to assert her dominance as alpha mate without being heavy handed.
I blitzed through this one, enjoying the banter, the romance, the comedy, the ongoing mystery and the violent battles.
And at the very last cliffhanger - oh boy, I can’t wait to read the next one.

Grumble

Another great instalment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2014

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Briggs writing draws me in so easily. I ended up reading this book in one sitting.

Night Broken is #8 in the Mercy Thompson series of urban fantasy novels. If you have read the previous seven books then the main characters need no introduction. If you haven't read them I highly recommend you go read the first book in the series, Moon Called, as Night Broken is not really a stand alone novel.

Night Broken is about Mercy's 'ex-wife in-law' Christy calling and saying she fell for a guy who's now stalking her and killing people, basically, she needs help. Mercy offers the woman sanctuary at her and Adam's home.

Whilst dealing with the manipulative ex living in her home is going on in the background we have Mercy trying to deal with Christy's homicidal stalker, an investigation into the local brutal murders plus a personal request from a powerful fae.

I enjoyed the story and the action, which as usual was excellent, but I felt Night Broken was more focused on relationships. Not only the romantic ones but all relationships between several characters in this series. I normally tend to get frustrated with romantic writings within urban fantasy. However, I found the small tender moments between Adam and Mercy to be some of the highlights of the book.

The ending felt slightly abrupt to me I had to check a couple of times to see if I had missed a few pages or an epilogue. The main story was wrapped up but there were many sub-plots left open which I am sure will be investigated later.

Overall, an essential read for all fans of Mercy Thompson.

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