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It's a paranormal romance series that follows a friend group in a small town called Mystic Bayou. Well more like chosen family by the end. It is a sweet connection and none of them are the bad boy types. They are a bit spicy though. It's a series of 8 books each following a different couple getting together and bonding with everyone while they all work to help fix the town's troubles. (Continued in comments)

RedxoHearts You could honestly read them alone but I think its much more rewarding to read them all. The story just came together so nicely. Also loved how the author picked other less common beings like a dragon, selkies, a banshee and a werebear. So this review is for all of them and my official rating is 3.5 so round up to 4. My main complaint is that I want more from Mystic Bayou 1w

Deifio Sounds really good! I read a couple of her other books. Too bad that it's an audible only series. 😢 1w

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julesG

Murder of Crows: A Novel of the Others | Anne Bishop

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Tamra 😜 3w

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 3w

MemoirsForMe 😁😁😁 3w

peaKnit Love this, great advice from a trash panda lol 3w

TNbookworm 😂 3w

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rachelsbrittain

Moon Called | Patricia Briggs

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Urban fantasy meets supernatural romance in this series that started in 2010. It feels a bit like Twilight for grown ups, repressive gender norms & all. (Actually worse with the gender norms. According to the mc "women's liberation" still hasn't gotten to the werewolves. Yoiks.) Despite that I find myself hooked? It's a compelling story, and I want to see where it goes. Basically a coyote shifter among werewolves and lots of supernatural intrigue.

rachelsbrittain To be clear, the Twilight comparison isn't meant to be negative. It's the regressive gender norms that are the problem, and even Twilight does way better on that front 😅 2mo

SpeculativeFemale I enjoyed the first few books of this series a while back, but then kind of lost track of it. I should really go back to it someday. 2mo

robinb I 💚 Mercy and her crew. Between this series and Briggs‘ Kate Daniels, these are how I got started in urban fantasy. 😊 2mo

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5feet.of.fury @SpeculativeFemale same here! 2mo

5feet.of.fury @robinb Kate Daniels series is Ilona Andrews but I agree I loved it so much! 2mo

iread2much One of my favorite series, it‘s a lot of fun. I‘m rereading them right now 😊 2mo

robinb @5feet.of.fury thanks for the catch there. 😊 I sometimes forget who wrote what. 😂 The heroines remind me of each other. 2mo

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MeganAnn

Blood Bound | Patricia Briggs

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Last of my catch-up reviews for this week.

Book 2 in the Mercy Thompson series. It started off a bit slow with some repetitive info from book 1 (I understand this is necessary, but in this case it slowed down the beginning). However once our Mercy got roped into the vampire‘s problem it picked up. We find out more about the vampire seethe and how it works. We also got a bit more about Mercy‘s walker powers & some werewolf politics of course.

MeganAnn As I get back into this series, it‘s interesting to see Mercy‘s relationship with the pack, Adam and the other local creatures starting to develop. Again, I remembered little about the plot but find myself noticing details I know will come into play later. 4.5⭐️ #mercyreread (edited) 4mo

Schnoebs Dang, I‘m falling behind 😂 4mo

MeganAnn @Schnoebs I‘m keeping you motivated 😉😆 4mo

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MeganAnn

Moon Called | Patricia Briggs

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Reading this series in full is one of my 2025 goals. I read this book 15+ years ago & loved it. It was borrowed from a friend at the time so I have not revisited the series since. I‘ve been itching to revisit it & have managed to collect most of the books from secondhand stores.

Since it‘s been so long, I remembered none of the plot so it was almost like reading it for the first time. So good! I love Mercy & am excited to see what she does next.

MeganAnn 5⭐️ #mercyreread 4mo

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I‘m currently rereading these books too! I forgot how much I love them 🤩 4mo

MeganAnn @Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures I can‘t believe I‘ve waited so long to reread these! I think I read through book 5 before but that was before I started actively tracking my reads online Goodreads so I‘m not positive. It will be interesting to see where the newer books take Mercy when I get that far. @Schnoebs is doing a reread of this series as well. 4mo

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Schnoebs

Moon Called | Patricia Briggs

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4⭐️

I forgot how much of a comfort read this is for me. It makes me more excited than I already was to reread the series. I think my favorite part of this first book is how Mercy stumbles into this role we see for her throughout the series just because she‘s trying to be a good person and not judging people based on the type of creature they are. And the discovery of just how powerful Walkers can be is only just starting. #reread

MeganAnn Rereading this series is one of my 2025 goals as well! 5mo

Schnoebs @MeganAnn I‘ve read like the first 6 books in this series and the first 3 in the alpha and omega series. I‘m trying to catch up on both this year! 5mo

MeganAnn @Schnoebs Me too! I think I‘ve read the first 5 books in the series and only the first Alpha & Omega. I borrowed them from a friend who no longer lives close when I read them many years ago so I never had my own copies to do a reread until now. I‘ve been collecting used copies of the series whenever I find them for the past six months for that purpose. Just found Moon Called on Pango Books so when that arrives I‘m planning to start. 5mo

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MeganAnn Looking forward to seeing your reviews as you reread! It will be fun to have someone else revisiting the series at the same time. 5mo

Schnoebs @MeganAnn we definitely need to check in with each other on our progress. Keep us accountable 💪 5mo

MeganAnn @Schnoebs yes absolutely! I‘m starting Moon Called now. 😊 5mo

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Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures

Blood Bound | Patricia Briggs

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I recently discovered graphic audiobooks in the last year. Now I‘m working through my old favourites (like this one) as well as new finds
What do you think of Graphic Audio “a movie in your mind”??

Butterfinger I like them. As I was reading, I heard the man's voice. LOL. I listened to Fourth Wing and the ACOTAR series. I like how they use the same voice actors for the characters through the series. I'm sure that is tough to do. 5mo

Butterfinger It reminds me of the radio shows. 5mo

Julies_Bookshelf_Adventures @Butterfinger I think that‘s why I like them, so far the books I‘ve read are continuing the voice actors throughout the series. I love radio shows and am so glad that audiobooks are making this transition! 5mo

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DebinHawaii

The Bloody Ruin Asylum & Taproom | Seana Kelly

October had some good but not great books & so my #12BooksOf2024 ended up being this 7th book in a paranormal romance series I enjoy.🤷🏻‍♀️ Now November was a great reading month & it will be a struggle to pick a favorite.

Honorable Mentions include: Vampires of El Norte (audiobook), So Hungry