A Spoiler Free Review
First, having seen the cover before I read Night Broken, I was very concerned about the big ol’ fire doggo. Having now read Night Broken his presence makes much more sense and I am less concerned. Hopefully, that holds up for later… which I can now confirm, having finished Fire Touched.
I was so, so happy to see the Pack meeting. So happy to see that Honey has Mercy’s back. I’m not sure how I feel about Adam straight up being done with how people are treating Mercy, but I also definitely agree that the wolves are too dangerous for constant disagreements about her so… yeah. Interesting but clearly necessary development. Was not expecting that.
I enjoy Mercy as a character… which shot straight to love when she quoted The Princess Bride. And speaking of love, I love Baba Yaga so much. She’s awesome. She really only cemented herself as one of my favorite Mercy Thompson characters throughout Fire Touched, though I won’t say any more about that.
Fire Touched had a lot of world building going on. Had to give the Pack a new role in society or, more accurately, cement the role they’d kind of taken over. Had to get the Fae back into the world and not just stuck on the reservations. Had to explain Underhill. Even had to expand the world a little with more development on Thomas Hao. It was definitely more of a world building book that I was expecting, given how relatively insular the Mercy books have been up til now.
Fire Touched was definitely a good read and gave a lot to look forward to in the coming books.
Favorite Lines
"Neutral doesn't work," Charles said. "When you watch you allies commit atrocities and do nothing, who is more reprehensible? Those who rape and plunder or those who could have stopped it but do nothing?" - Charles Cornick
"You say fae, I say witch, and I'm bigger than you -- so I can call myself what I want." - Baba Yaga
"Don't ignore your experts," - Mercy Hauptman
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