This is one of Briggs’ earlier novels, before the Mercy Thompson series, and it’s a stand-alone. It’s a nice book with interesting characters, but I read it just after Moon Called, and the contrast was glaring. This book is much less mature. The heroes are less alive. The plot is less focused. The r...
Contrary to what I've heard and what the back cover says at the top of this book, I didn't find this story all that much beauty and the beast. Yes, the love interest is "different" looking while Aren is a pretty female, but it lacked the other elements to make me consider this a beauty and the beast...
I was in the mood for Patricia Briggs, so I decided to re-read this one.It was nice to revisit Fallbrook. The world felt very believable. From how they focused on what was best for the village, to the contact they had with the rest of the world, to their fears and their prejudices. I liked how the v...
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked this book. I didn’t put it down until I was done. It’s nothing like Alpha and Omega or Mercy Thompson. This is a light, quick, clean, and read. It’s not what I’ve come to expect from Patricia Briggs but I was not disappointed. There’s a really sweet ro...
An enjoyable read in its own right, but fascinating to see ideas and themes that Patricia Briggs uses later in her Mercy Thompson and Alpha and Omega series.
Something a bit different from Ms. Briggs - more traditional setting than her usual urban fantasy, and it deals with aspects of faery (elemental creatures/land ties) I haven't previously seen. In The Hob's Bargain, the land's magic has been suppressed in favor of "blood magic", wielded only by mage...
Not one of Briggs' best. I personally found the book very slow to start and found it difficult to engage with the characters. The magic system didn't seem as well explained as in other books, and the resolution seemed rather rushed and incomplete.I found it far easier to become involved in her Dra...
This is a stand alone world, and it's very very light fantasy.Plot:Aren has the sight but that doesn't help her when her family is slaughtered by raiders. At the same time the magic that binds that earth snaps, and releases all sorts of beings, nasty hobgoblings, spirits, and a hob. The world is not...
Being a fan of Briggs' Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series, I thought I'd try out something from her back catalogue of fantasy, and although I liked the story, it felt rushed, sometimes dry, with characters that needed fleshing out.I can see that Briggs has made huge progress in her writing styl...
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