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Dead Heat

por Patricia Briggs, Patricia Briggs

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Series: Alpha and Omega {Briggs} (4), World of the Marrok (21)

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"For once, mated werewolves Charles and Anna are not traveling because of Charles's role as his father's enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal-or at least it starts out that way... Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous Fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The Fae's cold war with humanity is about to heat up--and Charles and Anna are in the cross fire" --… (más)
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This was a definate snack. After books by Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews, Sanderson and McClellan, the book--while good just seemed....short.

It wasn't bad--there was good characterization, lessons learned, blah, blah, blah, but it felt, IMO, like a book meant to keep the series going rather than integral to the series. ( )
  jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |
Superb. ( )
  thanbini | Nov 15, 2023 |
Needs more Bran.

re-read: It cracks me up that we meet one of Charles's exes in each book. ( )
  aeryn0 | Jul 23, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
Advance copy received through Netgalley

Patricia Briggs juggles about five different plots with this Alpha and Omega installment and does so gracefully, never letting the interest or action lag. Reading this made me want to go back and re-read the Alpha and Omega novella for the millionth time. And I probably will.

I love the world Briggs has constructed over the years with her two overlapping series. The werewolves' way of life is so ingrained at this point, any reader can see potential dangers and character conflicts. So when a new werewolf is made in this book, we all know the stakes are high. Good thing Anna is there, with Briggs' wonderful reinterpretation of what an Omega wolf is all about.

I've always thought Briggs must have a soft spot for horses, mainly when I've read her older fantasy; now it's front and center, as Charles and Anna travel to a friend's ranch in Arizona to get a horse for Anna. There turns out to be a deeper reason for taking the trip at this time, to this place, and we get a look into Charles' past, probably the biggest so far in the series. And, crazily enough, even with Maggie's age, and the fact that everything between her and Charles was in the past, I still felt jealous on Anna's behalf. That's what this author's characterization does to me.

Lots of cool fae action in this one too. I'm not always a fan of how the fae come into urban fantasy plots, but I enjoy Briggs' take. The looming war between the fae and the humans is growing ever closer, and I can't wait to see how things go.

Reading this early means I have that much longer to wait until the next one. Rats.

2019 reread: This held up nicely. I liked seeing Anna and Charles in this setting, working with characters new to me—with the exception of the wonderful Leslie—on a crusade to rescue a kidnapped child. Charles with Amethyst once they found her was easily the most heart-melting scene in the book.

I’m not sure what I was thinking in my original review with the line about five different plots, but the book did address multiple issues while following the main plot, and it was done well. I wouldn’t mind seeing the Sani family again in future books.

2021 reread: I know I’ve given it 5 stars every time, but I felt like I especially enjoyed this the third time through. I loved all the horse business, and it really was tightly plotted. I had forgotten how much I liked the Cantrip agents in this one—I hope I see them again. I was also glad there was no funny business with the mating bond. Yay!

2022 reread: Not much to say, except this unexpected reread was as enjoyable as all the rest! ( )
  Harks | Dec 17, 2022 |
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Nombre del autorRolTipo de autor¿Obra?Estado
Briggs, Patriciaautor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Briggs, Patriciaautor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Briggs, MikeAuthor photoautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
del Rosario, KristinDiseñadorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Dos Santos, DanielArtista de Cubiertaautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado
Graham, HolterNarradorautor secundarioalgunas edicionesconfirmado

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To the lovely people who've made the journey with the Arabian horses so much fun: Brenda, who was there at the beginning; terrific travel companions Ed and Adriana; Alice, Bill, and Joan of Rieckman's Arabians, who made the trek before I did and tendered useful advice along the way; Dolly, Doug, and Peggy at Orrion Farms, who provided a jump start and guidance; Deb, Kim, and Portia at High Country Training for turning my ponies into good citizens; Robert and Dixie North, who love the horses as much as I do; and Nahero, my big Arab gelding, who has been my companion these twenty-eight years. But mostly to my very patient husband, who is particularly gifted at making dreams come true.
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The fae lord stalked back and forth in his cell of gray stone. (Prologue)
'Okay,' said Charles Cornick, younger son of the Marrok who ruled the werewolves in North America, and also, Anna had come to believe, the rest of the world. (chapter 1)
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Cantrip [acronym for 'Combined Nonhuman and Transhuman Relations Provisors, as stated in chapter 2 of Fair Game] seemed to attract a variety of people, from the true-believer geek to the rabid 'kill them all and God sort 'em out' kook and most everyone else in between. Leeds, Anna thought, was of the geek variety, but Marsden seemed to be a disbeliever. That didn't make sense. Why would someone who didn't want to believe in magic become an agent of Cantrip? (chapter 7)
[Leslie Fisher to Jim Marsden]

'...It was your people, Cantrip analysts, who first alerted us -- that would be the FBI -- that the fae are sending out... a few individuals who have particularly nasty histories and letting them loose on the general population.' (chapter 8)
Humans weren't used to following the hierarchy of the pack, but it still worked on them. At least it worked on them when Charles was giving the orders. It wasn't magic. But there was a reason Charles was usually the most dominant in his world that was filled with dominant wolves. Even humans had that primitive brain that drill sergeants around the world tapped into, the part of the brain concerned with survival. That part heard an order and just obeyed. (chapter 10)
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