Fair Game

When your job is dealing harsh justice sometimes the ghosts of those killed don’t let go. Using the guilt against the human form gets in the way of relationships. This book is so well written that you don’t want the bad guys to win. Nobody is completely innocent yet plenty are more than guilty. It’s hard because the werewolves can’t safely mate yet the Fea mate with humans so they don’t die out but this weakens the bloodline. When they start becoming serial killers there’s only one answer and that’s death. Our criminal system is when a death sentence is given, you can still die from old age before they ever see justice done. I wonder if we had a swift death if that would deter criminals? Knowing that a death sentence really means that you die immediately after it’s given and not years and years later if we would have people who would think harder about killing others. Maybe this fictional writing should be an argument for it? Sorry but this is where my brain went reading this one. Nobody is exempt from killing because jurors are less likely to condemn a pretty woman than a man. Looks are deceiving. Just think about what hell Jodi Arias did and wonder why she’s not dead or even on death row. If a man had done the horrific things she did, that’s where he’d be.

Charles is nearly broken. As the Marrocks’ Tool for Justice, he doled out punishment to any who broke their laws for 200 years now. Recently, he started to question if some of his orders were unjust, that some may even be innocent enough that a stern warning be issued instead of a death sentence. Werewolf law is strict. The Marrock being the North American law of all packs, the Alphas of these packs reported only to him. Charles was seeing the ghosts of his unjust kills. It was effecting his bond with his mate. The Marrock thought the Boston Job would be good for both of them, Anna as the Omega would help see through the emotional aspect and Charles the Investigator would be the operative. That the FBI requested the werewolves Assistance was indeed part of their job to present to the humans their ability to interact with humanity z. When they learn many not the victims were Fae and that three werewolves were also murdered, Charles and Anna suspected there was much more to this killing spree than the FBI were telling them.

I am half way through the series and it is definitely in the top 3 series I have ever read, if the rest of the books in the series match the 1st 3 plus the introductory novella it could move to number 1.
I purchased the 1st book, “Cry Wolf”, 12 days after after it came out in 2008. I never realized I got less than a few pages into the book and it got lost in the 3000+ Kindle books I have. When the latest book, “Wild Sign”, came out I was surprised the only book I had of the series was the 1st, I decided to read all of the series in order (as I usually do) and decided to start with last few chapters of “Cry Wolf”, when I load it into my Kindle App and found I never finished it I start at chapter one. I realized quickly that Charles and Anna story started before book 1 so I reread “Alpha and Omega” and finished “Cry Wolf”.
Every book has been so powerful (crying, laughing, lusting for justice and satisfied at the ending) that I haven’t gotten much sleep. But there are only 3 more books left, do I need a break to calm down, nope, on to book 4!

I’ve loved all the A&O books, they just keep getting better. Briggs’ use of custom, characterization and believability are used with such understanding in her world building. I would live there, raise my kids there and expect to flourish in their world, which is so attuned to ours. It is a sad observation that humans sometimes just won’t get along and accept the differences between us. This is the crux that makes this series so fascinating. Anna and Charles struggle, like the rest of us with right, wrong and finding the balance of things that life requires. Characterization of groups are not tidy and like life, requires the reader to bring an open mind in order to assess what is really happening. Meeting new characters in this book; like agent Fisher and the Boston alpha Isaac, have me hoping they will be in future books as well. All in all, an excellent read, keeping me at night because I just had to know….

Wow! Fair Game? Yes please! I loved this book. I’ve just finished reading the Mercy Thompson series so I thought I would try the Alpha and Omega series. It’s just as great if not a little better. (I will say I didnt care for Storm Cursed, 11th Mercy Thompson book though) I just finished reading this book today and omgosh yes! she did it again. I love love LOVE Anna and Charles! I love their relationship. It’s a little rough but they are in it for each other. One thing I love about Patricias books is she never pins Anna and Charles or Mercy and Adam against each other. They are always in it together. Their love is strong and are always there for each other. I’ve never been into fantasy books, especially not werewolves and such but these are awesome books.

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