As well, much of the beginning of the book felt like a rehash of information that was presented before, adding length without adding to the actual story. I felt like the author needed a group she could use in the pack there and kill off/create other powers for so she tosses in this group with no real build up or lead into. Even at the time when Bran transferred the bonds of all the wolves in in control to others during an earlier book, these wolves where not mentioned, nor was the weight of their issues made known. This story introduces a whole new set of wolves that no one mentioned until now.

However, this story and the last Mercy Thompson book (Though it was the male narration on that audio book that really made it horrible and not so much the story) both hit a sore note for me. I do understand that not every book is going to be a hit and sometimes stories don’t find the same tone or mood for every reader. Author/Story I enjoy or have enjoyed Patrica Briggs’ work until recently. I like many audio fans re-listen to books before listening to the newest release and for those that do this, having such a jarring disjointed voice change for all of the characters in this book compared to the others is annoying and disruptive to the narration.

Holter Graham normally does, and for this series has done an amazing job with keeping the same general tone and feel for and voices of the characters consistent through the books until this one. However, the one thing I dislike from narrators for long running series is the inability to keep the same voices on the same characters through the different books. Narrator I am a huge fan of Holter Graham and I find he does an amazing job with voices and stories.

Burn bright by patricia briggs