Reviews

Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

claygirley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.0

ingo_lembcke's review against another edition

3.0

For some reason I had this marked as "read", but could not find it (the supposed paperback) and cannot remember reading it. Maybe it will come back when I read it, but I just read the prequel story Alpha & Omega in "On the prowl" and in it the people read like new to me, so I guess I marked it read by mistake and just rated it 4 stars. When I finish it, I will think about the rating and justify it or change it accordingly, but so far 4 stars feel right. Bought the Kindle version today, so if I have somewhere the paperback lying around, which given my huge stack of TBR real-paper-deadwood books around my rooms is a real possibility, I now own it twice.
Nope, I am sure, I have not read it before.
And I had to rate it 3 stars. The story is too straight for me, not complicated enough, and too much (werewolf) romance. Sex only hinted at, not detailed, but with a bit of werewolf thrown in.
Could have been more complicated or the sex more explicit.
The main players where interesting, but some things where explained again and again, or too much.
No real twists and the end was clear nearly from the get-go, only leaving open who would die, and even then the only real surprise how many lived.
Also no vampires so far, but there was a preview of a Mercy Thompson book, I skimmed, and there where vampires. Still might be interesting so see what Briggs does with them.
Will probably read the next book in the series, and might go for other books of her, but given I have a lot of backlog to read, not anytime soon.
So, still a recommendation if you can stand the romance, and a solid 3stars.

siu_rose's review

adventurous hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I started these books when on vacation in Montana, and this one was just right. I enjoyed the setting, and I love Anna and watching her learn about her new world and her relationship with Charles. and that she doesn’t always behave as expected. And I appreciate that there is a whole plot beyond their relationship, and they fit together. 

kmcquage's review

3.0

These books are ridiculously fun but I just didn't get into the characters as much as I did while reading previous installments. I think it's because Anna starts out recovering and fragile. She starts to show some spunk, but we haven't really met her at her best, so she's not quite as much fun as Mercy Thompson.

Still liked it though.

mo_mood_reads's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

erikajay's review

5.0

This is easily one of my favorite books!! It has everything - action, supernatural beings, romance, flawed characters, and solid world building! I’ve read it many times and it’s always just as good as the first time.

If you’re thinking about starting this series, do it!

And the audio book is excellent!

kmkilby's review

sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kokechii's review

3.0

2,5 stars really. I got intrigued by the prequel and decided to read on, but I will not be continuing this series.
I had issues with this, particularly concerning Charles and Anna's relationship, some aspects of it. Realistic for the most part but then completely non-realistic, and I'm basing that on the character descriptions and things they said or did. I can see the world building that was started here and did kinfd of like the intrigue of the world and the main characters were okay, but nothing special. I can see how it might play out further on, but it just didn't pull me in. Anna was the main problem, she was really almost one dimensional? For a book with this many pages, I expected more.

acethenerdyone's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

moonny's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75