BBAW Unexpected Treasure

Today the Book Blogger Appreciation Week topic is to share a book or genre you tried due to the influence of another blogger. This was not a hard question for me to answer. Hands down the genre would be urban fantasy, which seemed so far out of my league at the time. I can’t nail it down to just one blogger either. It was a combination of Goodreads friends and the glowing recommendations of several bloggers that kept on piling up in my mind until I finally caved in.

The series that I tried first was the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs that begins with the wonderfully-werewolf ridden Moon Called:

Yeah, these covers were definitely a turn off. Was that kind of tatted-out, butt-kicking, tough chick going to be for me – not to mention her being scantily clad? Would generally conservative, gentle me like reading all that gruesome action? After initially feeling a little lost in the worldbuilding and politics. (I mean, I didn’t even know what fae meant.) I felt right at home with all the werewolf, vampire, and fae goodies and baddies and fell in love with super cool mechanic Mercy. We’re different but the same and I wanted to have a friend like that in real life. I’ve read a few other UF series I’ve enjoyed even more but it all started with Mercy. More than happy I gave you a chance.

Here are the different covers for the rest of the series:

Reading Order
Blood Bound – my review
Iron Kissed – my review
Bone Crossed – my review
Silver Borne – my review
River Marked (Spring 2011)