Mercy Thompson: Homecoming by Patricia Briggs
Series: Mercy Thompson #0
Published by Dynamite Entertainment
Published on: August 25, 2009
Genres: Graphic Novel, Werewolves
Pages: 112 pages
Source: Purchased
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Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart.
When Mercy travels to the Tri-Cities of Washington for a job interview, she quickly finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a gang war between rival packs of werewolves. And as if fangs and fur weren't bad enough, Mercy must deal with the scariest creature of all: her mother, who is convinced that Mercy is making a mess of her life and determined to set her daughter on the right course.
The thrilling adventures of Mercy Thompson "Moon Called, Blood Bound, and Iron Kissed" have topped the New York Times bestseller list. Now Mercy makes her comics debut in an exclusive new story created by Patricia Briggs. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming is sure to please longtime fans and capture new ones with its mix of unforgettable characters and thrilling supernatural intrigue.
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I read this graphic novel when it first came out. It is a story I really love and decided that I wanted to read through it again. Since I wasn’t reviewing when I read it the first time, I thought I would share my thoughts on it now.
This is a prequel to the Mercy Thompson series. It tells the story of how Mercy moved into the Tri-County area and how the Columbia Basin Pack became the pack in the area.
So Mercy comes to the area to interview for a job as a teacher (what she really wanted to do before becoming a mechanic). When she finds out that the school is more concerned with her ability to be a coach than her ability to teach, she gets frustrated. She decides to go on a run and comes across a rogue werewolf pack. Then a second pack comes along to help save her.
When her car is damaged in the fight with werewolves, she takes it to the closest shop, which happens to be Zee’s only he isn’t there. Tad is manning the shop. A vampire comes in and tries to intimidate Tad. Mercy steps in. Oh and Stefan makes an appearance. We even see how Mercy finds her trailer and how Adam ends up as her neighbor.
I really enjoyed this prequel to the Mercy series. I loved seeing some of my favorite characters, Adam, Daryl, Tad, Zee, Stefan and Uncle Mike. I’m not a huge fan of the illustrations in this book, though there are some that I love (young Mercy is my favorite). Some of the illustrations are very graphic. There’s quite a few of naked Mercy and others that are very gory. If you’re a fan of Mercy Thompson, I recommend you give this book a try, even if you’re not a huge fan of graphic novels. It is a great way to give them a try.
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I’m Melanie and I live in Ohio. I have two horses and a dog. I’m an animal lover, avid book reader and audiobook listener. I like to live vicariously through fictional characters. I enjoy reading and listening to mostly fictional books in the paranormal genre, including Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance and Horror. My favorite paranormal creatures are shifters, doesn’t matter the flavor.
This looks like a graphic novel I would enjoy. 🙂 I just recently read book one in the Mercy series, so behind, sooo behind…lol.
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I hope you get a chance to try it. It is a cute story. This is a prequel, so feel free to try it at any point, now that you’ve read book one. (I do think book one helps understand the players in this book).
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I’d like to try these 🙂
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I love this series. A coyote shifter that seems to find trouble at every turn. She’s no damsel either.
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I’m so determined to read these books soon. I’m rereading the first book for a refresher. This is cool!
Joy // Joyousreads recently posted…Hoarders, Books Edition: Episode 198
This is a favorite series of mine, especially on audio. I recommend reading Alpha & Omega too. Same world, different pack. The stories do overlap some.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
What fond memories you rouse! I loved this graphic story prequel, too. Some of this had been covered in her backstory, but it was neat to get it all first hand. I agree, the graphics were sometimes more distraction than anything for me.
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I loved going back and visiting this story. I think this is the fourth time I’ve read it. I loved seeing it more than just as flashbacks. You get more here.
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This sounds so interesting! I’ll have to try it. It would be great to see the characters way back when. Anne
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I hope you get a chance to try it. I love this story and seeing how fast Mercy makes friends. 🙂
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
I haven’t read the Graphic Novel for Mercy Thompson, but it does look interesting. Maybe I’ll see if my library has it. ^_^
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I know of two original stories that are in graphic form for Mercy. This one and one set later in the series with Jessie in high school. I know that they also have Moon Called as a graphic novel too.
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Ok. Ill have to look fro them.
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I haven’t really given graphic novels a try. I know some of my favorite series have put out a few. This one sounds so great! I will definitely have to put it on my TBR!
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I started out with graphic novels of Anita Blake. Then I grabbed some from Mercy. That got me to try other stuff, like Jessica Jones and Deadpool.
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I’m not a graphic novel reader but might just break down and get this one! Thanks for the post.
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I don’t read a lot of them. I started out with Anita Blake. That series has a prequel original story (like this one) and I think the first three novels in the series (not sure if they continued after that). I found that I sorta liked them and have ventured in a few other stories.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
I saw the blog post and thought – what the heck, how did I miss a Mercy book… but it is a graphic novel. I see!
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To my knowledge, there are two original stories in graphic novel form. This prequel and one with Jessie in high school after Mercy and Adam are married. I know that Moon Called is also in graphic form, not sure if there are others.
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This looks cool. I might just have to get this one!
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I hope you get to try it. It is fun to see Mercy before the series starts.
Melanie recently posted…Review: The Forests Of Dru by Jeffe Kennedy (@mlsimmons, @jeffekennedy)
I read this a while back. I don’t usually like graphic novels, but I did enjoy this one. I agree about some of the illustrations.
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I love the story, but the illustrations could be better. The first graphic novels I read were Anita Blake. Those were done by Marvel and the illustrations were great. Almost every graphic novel I’ve read is Marvel. They have some amazing illustrators.
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I should definitely grab this especially now that I’m finally caught up in the series.
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It will give you something to tide you over before the next book. I loved revisiting the world again.
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You know you’ve tempted me with these graphic novels before and I’m absolutely going to pick up this one. I like that I can get a little more backstory on Mercy. I also really like that, from what you’ve said, these stories add more to the story overall. That makes them worth reading. I’m glad you enjoyed your re-read, Melanie. 🙂
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I don’t read a ton of graphic novels, but I’ve enjoyed the ones that I’ve grabbed. I really enjoy the ones that give me different parts of series that I already love.
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That’s different and sounds like a lot of fun. I don’t read graphic novels but I know they are big right now.
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I haven’t read a ton of graphic novels. Most of the ones I’ve read are like this one, either re-written in graphic novel form or from a a series that I read as novels.
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I haven’t started this series yet, but I do have the first two books and was just thinking earlier that I really wanted to start it. Not a fan of graphic novels though, but it probably was a great way to tell her beginnings-at least it sounds that way. Glad you enjoyed it!
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I don’t read that many outside of series that I read as novels. I found that I that I enjoy them and I’ve tried a few others (from movies and TV shows that I’ve enjoyed).
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I have got to read this!! I love graphic novels and I love the Mercy Thompson series so in my opinion this is a definite must have.
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Mercy has two original stories in graphic novel form. This one and Hopcross Jilly is another. It follows mostly Jessie.
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I haven’t tried any graphic novels before, but this sounds like a great way to start the series. I like that you got a few glimpses of characters that feature in the series reads. Awesome review!
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My first comic books were Anita Blake, so I started with stories I already knew. I think it’s fun to see the stories in a new form.
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