Reviews

Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs

yodamom's review against another edition

4.0

Charles and Anna are left as heads of the pack while Bran is off on a vacation to Africa, without this mate. Yeh it something is weird, but I'll not tell you what. So Charles if left with his mate and Leah. with all their issues and snipping at each other. Talk about a rock and a hard place, ouch. I know you're thinking poor Charles, hah ! those were the easy times. There are some wolves who live on the edge, the windings, bare sane if at all, there are under the pack protection, aka his. One very old and very powerful wolf is captured, her mate who holds enormous power asks for help. This is were you should start feeling sorry for Charles and Anna because things go really bad and have many strings attached. Somebody has betrayed them, perhaps somebody close. But they are not alone, they have the pack, and my favorite big bad wolf is prominent, Asil, the Moor.
Oh my, what a twisted knot. Charles and Anna , aww what a cute mated couple , blah blah blah. Asil, dark quiet mysterious and powerful is finally explored more in this book. His history, the glimpse allowed left me thirsty for more. He is such a tease. I want an Asil book, no I need one. The rest of the pack was interesting, and played well together.
I enjoyed it all, except Bran and... Bran went AWOL and acted out of character from what we've seen of him in the past. Something revealed about his possible motives for something way off base was sort of weird, I hope it doesn't lead anywhere. The mystery of who was pretty easy to figure out, the why wasn't. I was scratching my head going "Hey Wolf ?!?!? Didn't you get that ??? Hello ?" But they didn't hear me or Captain Obvious when he spoke to them.

laura_corsi's review

4.0

I love Anna and Charles and this story was really great after reading Silence Fallen. We got to hear more about what is going on in Bran’s head. Plus, the looming threat of the witches comes more into focus. I also really liked learning about the wildings and what happens when a werewolf gets old. The revelations about Leah and Bran were very enlightening as well.

jerefi's review against another edition

fast-paced

2.0

So there is a lot I loved about this book (adding more color and characters to Aspen Creek area), but there is some revisionist history here that really pissed me off. One conversation in particular literally took this book from↩️ 4-4.5 ⭐️ to 2⭐️

karenreader's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

agirlandherlibrarian's review

5.0

My YouTube Review can be found here from 24th May 2021: https://youtu.be/q9UdLyG40JU

So, if you've read the book you'll understand my next comment - if you haven't, you will after... I'm going to totally ignore the 'conversaion' Anna and Charles have about mercy and Bran... cause, it's out of context and I think it might have been read wrong, however....

This book is stunningly written. The claustrophobia of Anna and Wellesley with Asil and Bran stuck where he is, against the outdoors race to get to the wildlings and see what's going on is beautifully contrasted. Brigg's ability to world build is wonderful, but it does bring Mercy up a few times and I hadn't read Mercy for quite some time, so I was a little out of the loop once or twice. But I have mercy to go back and read soon enough.

As Charles and Anna go, this is an amazing book, Brother wolf's hilariousness over Charles making him look like an idiot by overshooting his stopping distance shows the relationship a werewolf born wolf differs from those made.

Read it, you won't be disappointed, upset by events, but not disappointed. And Asil saying 'children' never ceases to make me giggle.

brookamber's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

fmcfranny's review against another edition

5.0

I love Anna and Charles and the addition of the wildlings were fantastic. It was different while still being the alpha omega series but Anna gets to go out there and be cool and all zen alpha saving wildlings and the pack in general from more loss. And the personalities of the wildlings....yes! Great book.

katieinca's review

3.0

Charles and Anna actually get to stay home for once! Alas, it's because someone is hunting werewolves close to home. Alas, Hester and Jonesy, we hardly knew ye. Close to home was fun, as were a) the new characters and b) more screen time for characters who hadn't had it before. The plot of this one was weird, though. At one point we wondered "um, are we reading two separate novellas that just happen to be nested in the same book?" but she did bring it together.

bitchie's review against another edition

5.0

Well, just like with the most recent Mercy book, I was quite happy to be back among the pack. Not that there's anything wrong with the fae, there's just been rather a lot of it across the two series the past few years. It's nice to be back home, so to speak. In fact, this is probably the most we've spent in Charles and Anna's pack home in ages, those two do get around!

This book brings us home, and with treachery! We meet a lot of Bran's "Wildlings", and someone has betrayed the pack. Fun times were had by all! Well, all the readers, that is!

lyndz_'s review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0