Sophia Rose Reviews Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs

I'm so happy to be back to blogging and it's special that my first feature is by my blogging partner Sophia Rose who is sharing her thoughts on Patricia Briggs, Winter Lost #14 in her Mercy Thompson Urban Fantasy series.

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Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs

#14 Mercy Thompson

Urban Fantasy

Publisher:  Ace

Published: 6.18.24

Pages:  416

Rating: 5

Format: eARC

Source:  NetGalley

Sellers:  Amazon

ADD TO: Goodreads

GoodReads Synopsis:

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this exhilarating entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

In the supernatural realms, there are creatures who belong to winter. I am not one of them. But like the coyote I can become at will, I am adaptable.

My name is Mercy Thompson Hauptman, and my mate, Adam, is the werewolf who leads the Columbia Basin Pack, the pack charged with keeping the people who live and work in the Tri-Cities of Washington State safe. It’s a hard job, and it doesn’t leave much room for side quests. Which is why when I needed to travel to Montana to help my brother, I intended to go by myself.

But I’m not alone anymore.

Together, Adam and I find ourselves trapped with strangers in a lodge in the heart of the wilderness, in the teeth of a storm of legendary power, only to discover my brother’s issues are a tiny part of a problem much bigger than we could have imagined. Arcane and ancient magics are at work that could, unless we are very careful, bring about the end of the world. . . .

 

Sophia Rose's Review:

Gate crashing a holiday wedding in the wilds of Montana during a magic-induced snow storm created by Norse god, Mercy and Adam must once again save the world.  Patricia Briggs has once again and without surprise produced a rip-roaring Mercy Thompson adventure that makes one regret there is only one first-time read experience.

 

Winter Lost is the fourteenth installment of an amazing urban fantasy series that is a must-read in order.

 

Winter Lost is told predominantly from Mercy’s perspective, but happily has expanded on previous book’s style in that Adam gets a large chunk of the telling along with other familiar and brand new characters narrating.  This gives a chance for a story that has past parts and multiple story threads with very little happening off page to the great reader fan’s satisfaction.

 

There is no mystery why I suggest this book be read in order.  Part of the plot and character development is directly linked to the books that came before it.  Mercy is suffering greatly after the Soultaker adventure and the vampire Lord of Night, Bonarata looms lethally over Mercy and then there is Jessie’s side plot of something interesting with Tad and the other big side plot of how the Columbia Basin Pack, top heavy with Alphas, has to work out the dynamics of working together to do the job of providing a supernatural haven in the Tri-Cities.

 

But, the new and exciting is Gary Laughing Dog, Mercy’s half-brother, landing on her door step needing her help and a fascinating new winter adventure with a dip into the realm of Fae meets Norse mythology.  Mercy and Adam are up against the clock to find a magical artifact and the one who stole it before something worse than a Montana snow storm on steroids and monsters attacking out of the snow happens.

 

Again, I planned to take my time and savor Winter Lost, but the story is just too compelling and drove me to keep reading rapidly and lost to the world of real life around me.  Fans will be deeply satisfied and to those who look at a series in double digits and hesitate? Worth it!

 

 

Author Bio:

Patricia Briggs steadfastly refuses to write a biography. She considers them narcissistic, and besides, she’d rather write something interesting! But. . .that is what a husband and trusty assistant are for (and if she doesn’t like it, she can’t complain!)

Patricia is the #1 New York Times best selling author of the Mercy Thompson series and has written twenty four novels to date; she is currently writing novel number twenty five. She has short stories in several anthologies, as well as a series of comic books and graphic novels based on her Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega series. Patty began her career writing traditional high fantasy novels in 1993, and shifted gears in 2006 to write urban fantasy. Moon Called was the first of her signature series about Mercy; the non-stop adventure left readers wanting more and word of this exciting new urban fantasy series about a shape-shifting mechanic spread quickly. The series has continued to grow in popularity with the release of each book. Patty also writes the Alpha and Omega series, which are set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson novels; what began as a novella expanded into a full new series, all of which debuted on the NY Times bestsellers list as well.

Patty was born in Butte, Montana, back in 1965. If you’re good at math, you’ll have deduced that she’s currently twenty-nine. In fact, she’s been twenty-nine for a while and has no intention of getting any older. Fiction authors don’t obey the laws of space and time, they invent them. Don’t argue, or she’ll make up a dragon right behind you . . .

Patricia was born book-privileged. Her mother was a school librarian, and she shared a room with an older sister who loved to read. Long after they had been put to bed, her sister would use the small night light to read Patty stories; her early favorites were fairy tales. Knights and castles, fair maidens, and monsters of every ilk became their nighttime companions.

Soon, Patty learned to read, and whole worlds were hers to explore. She rode on the Black Stallion, and flew the skies of Pern on a dragon. Sometime during that period she stumbled onto a treasure trove. Her older sister had begun collecting comic books; pristine originals were place in cellophane sleeves and organized in cardboard boxes. When her sister was away, they were removed by grubby fingers smeared with peanut butter and jelly for a clandestine read, returning with a faint smudges and wrinkled pages from reading under the covers. To this day, her sister periodically calls Patty and tells her how much more her original copies of the X-Men would have been worth if left pristine in their sleeves. The number keeps going up.

Patty is a prevarication professional. She lies for a living, telling whoppers and fibs so outrageous that people pay her to fib some more. Her only concession to honesty is that she tells people she’s lying to them, which is what separates a fiction author from a politician. She loves to play with her imaginary friends, and meeting with readers who know her imaginary friends is a treat. Her biggest complaint with writing is that she has far more ideas for stories than time to write them.

Patty and her family reside in Eastern Washington near Tri-Cities, home of Mercy Thompson; yes, it's a real place! When not working on the next book, she can be found playing truant out in her horse pastures, playing with the newest babies.

Website:  https://www.patriciabriggs.com/

Sophia’s Bio:

Sophia is a quiet though curious gal who dabbles in cooking, book reviewing, piano-playing, and gardening. Road trips and campouts, museums and monuments, restaurants and theaters are her jam. Encouraged and supported by an incredible man and loving family. A Northern Californian transplant to the Great Lakes Region of the US. Lover of Jane Austen, Baseball, Cats, Scooby Doo, and Chocolate.

As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing. Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators. Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance. Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.

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