Angela James's Reviews > Mercy Blade

I came to add a review that said "I don't know what to think about this book" but before I did that, I read some of the other reviews. And found someone else had already left that review. Glad I'm not alone! The thing is, I didn't dislike this book. But I do know I also didn't feel satisfied when I closed it, and I had a harder time getting into this installment.

I think part of my difficulty with this book, and the series, is that I'm not really sure where it's going as an overarching series. It feels a little aimless to me. So I don't feel like each individual book is driving me towards a bigger story or plot, and that leaves me wondering why I'm reading.

This particular book was interesting, but it also felt as though it meandered a bit, and the author got bogged down by prose and description in areas where I thought we could have lived without them (for instance, the meeting between the vamp clans and the cat-shifters, the room and ambiance was described in detail for several paragraphs. Eh.)

Overall, I'm satisfied giving this book three stars, or a C, as being an okay read but not the best urban fantasy out there today.

Not really a spoiler, but a comment on my general feelings about the ending, so don't keep reading if you don't want to hear that part...







Also, I really (really) hated the ending. Especially in a series where we only see one release a year. I dislike feeling baited by a cliffhanger-type ending in a series that's already drawn out.