for Mercy begins when Mercy ends up using her gift on someone because she got angry, Now, she must face the consequences when someone dangerous comes to find her and get back what was taken from them, She never imagined she and the few friends she has would end up in danger, but that's exactly what happens, Mercy must now do everything in her power to keep those she cares about safe no matter what,
This book was okay, It wasn't really great, and I got a little bored with it at times, but it was still okay for the most part,
What I liked:
I liked Mercy, She was a pretty cool character with spunk and very gutsy,
I liked the over all idea of the story, Like the powers that Mercy has and how she wielded them,
What I didn't like:
I just hated how it felt kind of repetitive, The same thing over and over again,
I was annoyed with the way Mercy and Sam handled their relationship, And how you really couldn't "feel" their feelings for each other,
These were really the only things that bothered me, but I really don't see myself reading more in this series, This is a new author for me, I thought this book was great, I can't wait for the next one, Twists and turns you don't expect which for me are great, Mercy is an unusual young woman who has capbalities to press people, And when I mean that I think reading the book is the best way to find out what I mean, There is drugs, murder and losts of mystery, Oh yeah even a Love interest, I enjoyed Mercysst person POV, I thought she was witty, comical and smart, The conflict with her struggle between using her powers or not was consistent throughout plot and I was drawn in from the first page read in less thanhours including some sleep time.
I thought Sukey was funny and total polar opposite from Mercy, which was why they were good for each other as friends, Sam was someone Id like to meet, definitely, I was glad Rocko, Dominic and Sergio got theirs in the end and I was happy Cupcake was rescued by the girls, Beyond a doubt, worth the read, Im looking forward to the nextbooks, I've never been certain I'm human
Oh, the Xrays and blood tests are normal, and most people have no reason to suspect I'm more than I appear to be.
But if I tell you to do something You do itno ifs, ands or buts,
I call my power the 'press, '
My name is Mercy Hollings, and if you think that having the power to control people makes my life easy, you're dead wrong,
Because when I get angry, everyone around me is at riskSukey, my friend who has frightening taste in men my clients, who, ironically, come to me for help my neighbors, who regard me as a loner and Sam, aman who wants to know my darkest secret.
I have hurt people in the past, and I don't want thatto happen again, But now a powerful stranger is threatening the new life that I've made for myself,
And I'm afraid my anger is taking over, This was definitely an interesting book, and for me it was the first of it's kind, I have read a lot of paranormal books but never a book about a woman who has the ability to "press" people, Meet Mercy who is hiding her ability to use "press", This means she has the power to make people do whatever she wants, and it comes out most when she loses control of her anger, Unfortunately, lately she's been getting pissed, She tends to do that when people threaten her friends, She is minding her own business when someone ends up hurting her friend Sukey, And Mercy ends up involved in a case that threatens the lives of everyone she knows, including her own,
I would definitely read the next in the series, I'm curious to see in what direction the author takes, So this book was different, For once the character had a different ability then most people, She could "press" people, or get people to do what she wants by forcing her will onto them, That in itself was an interesting plot development,
The character was okay I found myself wondering if she was just too much of okay, Very boring always saying how she hates to get to know people always shocked when she discovers that she has friends, . . You have lived in the town for a few year a small town no less of course people view you as friends get over it, Anyway the villian was intersting but nothing exciting and it really didn't pick up until the end,
Although this is a series I will be passing on future books unless something dramatic happens and I find nothing else to read, Mercy Hollings has an unusual power of mind manipulation she calls “The Press”, With the help of her best friend, Sukey, she successfully builds a business as a hypnotherapist, She helps people overcome their psychological problems, from excessive drinking to nicotine addiction, Mercy has kept her power a secret from everyone around her and only believes in using her powers for good until a mysterious figure by the name of Dominic threatens to change everything.
When Sukey doesnt show up for work one day, Mercy finds herself in a fight to save their lives, Everything she believes in will be sacrificed and her power tested to the ultimate limit, but will she be too late
It wasnt too action packed and there was enough plot line to keep the pages moving.
Since it took a different perspective on a supernatural power, it was very interesting, There is some romance build up and there is graphic sexual content towards the end of the book, so I wouldnt recommend it to teens, though us “young” adults would probably find it entertaining.
For a romance novel I wish there was more of the graphical sexual content, but I did find all the characters in the book to have enjoyable personalities and, with all the excitement that happens, you cant wait for the next book in the series.
Beg for Mercy does just as the title says, Though it was easy for me to put down when I needed to, I picked it right back up when I got the chance, My life is pretty busy so having to put the book aside at times wasnt by choice, trust me,
I mostly enjoyed this one up until about/through when we hit the major crisis, The tension between Sam and Mercy is nice and their first intimate encounter was really well done, however once Mercy realizes Sukie's been taken, it all falls apart.
Why do Sam, the two strangers she once "pressed" to help her and the old lady just help her without asking any questions Yeah, let's go after a violent drug dealer just because this girl we hardly know asked us to.
Sorry, don't buy it. I didn't have a great connection to these characters throughout the book, which might be part of the problem, I don't think I'll continue the series, The blurb for this book made it sound very interestingthe not quite human, trying to hide her secret supernatural power to manipulate minds and suppress her desire to use it to her own advantage.
It sounds like a dark urban fantasy book that will be full of ass kicking by our heroine as she faces dark forces around and within her.
Great! Lets give this book a try! And doesn't it also have a great cover to entice you to buy it!!
Sadly this was not what the book was.
First we have to endure uberdumb, useless bimbo from hell best friend Sukey with her conveyer belt of bad choice boyfriends and lack of personality, This girl is such a pathetic weepy whiner that I wanted to give her a damn good slap every time she appeared on a page, I really cannot stand this type of character and she does nothing to enhance the story, I swear I lost half of my front teeth because I kept grinding them together when Sukey was aroundand sadly, she was ever present,
Then Mercy herself seems to just spend the first section of the book telling us what a loner she is and how sad her life is.
Well ditch the idiot Sukey and that might be a good start, Then she starts to obsess about the new guy in town with endless whining thoughts about whether he could like her or not, She soon develops flaming pants syndrome for her handsome new friend and off we go talking and thinking endlessly about her love and social lives, The plot mostly seemed to care about whether or not Mercy could maybe have a relationship with this guy, while I was sitting thinking 'is anything supernatural or interesting EVER going to happen Or are we just going to play dating games for the rest of the book Where is the PLOT
Personally I got tired of waiting for something interesting to happen.
The story idea itself was good and there was nothing wrong with the writing skills of the author for me, But there was too much emphasis on the social life of Mercy and not enough on the paranormal aspects that had attracted me to the book in the first place.
This was just a poor imitation paranormal romance dressed up as urban fantasy to make fans of the latter waste their money on it, For that I blame the publisher more than the author, I didn't relate to or care about any of the characters and certainly won't be reading the rest of the series,
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Sooner or later I'll have to find the will, if not the time, to create a new shelf, Cheesiness. Or something like it.
One reviewer wrote:
Failed as a romance, failed as a mystery, failed as an urban fantasy,
And I can't deny that with this rude sounding but utterly true statement a fellow reader hit the nail on its boring square head.
I found many problems with this story, There was no worldbuilding at all, The clichéridden heroine was the only character with some paranormal aspect, together with the villain, and being adopted it was easily ignored and glossed over,
We can't really say this is UF, as there's no fantasy in it, There's no mystery, as everything is uber spelled out either by the plot that really lacks any mystery and by the heroine's power,
Let's not talk about the romantic thread, It was too heavy handed to be a secondary aspect, as it should have been, and way too cheesy to be interesting, It sounded bad as the worst pnr to me,
The plot was moved on only by the heroine's stupidity, It couldn't stand on its legs, But she was not the only problem, All of them were pretty flat, from the best friend to the villain, At worst they were barely sketched,
As stated in the opening line, the heroine may not know what she is but she knows she's not quite human, This powerful and vastly unwanted 'gift' of persuasion has made her guard her secrets well and to put up that emotional wall between her and life in general.
Childhood experiences when the push came out has shaped her into a reclusesomeone who shuns relationships and is thought of by those around her to be 'mysterious' and illusive.
But as her teen years molded herself, her adult years have shaped her, When she finally came to terms that this 'press' as she calls it is a part of her life no matter how much she might wish otherwise, she sets rules for herself.
How can she justify not using her powers if it means a man stops smoking and risking cancer How can she justify wanting a woman die inside because of depression or watch a man be horrible and rude to the only true friend she has She may not have a lot of friendsin fact you could argue the fact the Sukey is her only friendbut the heroine is loyal and protective of those she's got.
It's this lesson she teaches to her friends would be date that lands the heroine is a whole lot of trouble she could have easily avoided, She tells the man to be terrified of her and when he causes her friend to overdose, she chases him down to the pier and watches as she steals a boat and crashes it into a fueling station.
She then tells him to take his heroin and run as far away as he can, But the damage is done, However, it's because of this disastrous night that she meets the hero, a local rental salesman and owner of the fueling station, Guilt ridden, or perhaps because of her awakening to the idea of human contact, she helps the man rebuilt his store and even 'pressing' the contractor to start the repairs on a loan.
She grows close to the hero who is so sweet and quiet and everything she wants to be, But when a man starts sniffing around looking for the date she chased off, she realizes her troubles haven't even started yet, This man is something to truly fear because he's like her in so many ways, He too has a gift and even teases her with the idea he knows what she is and who her parents were, Regardless, he is a danger and it's made clear
when he threatens he love one if his heroin is not returned, Now, the heroine, who was once a reclusive loner, must rely on the help of those she's built a relationship with to help her, She realizes that her life is not so lonely after all and though the fear of losing any of them cuts deep into her heart, she's taken comfort and warmth in their concern and their love.
Now she has to make a chose about her morals, Rule numberis will not do harm but if she doesn't stop the villain can she live with the retaliation But can she also live with the consequences
What a lovely start to the series.
I really liked it despite it having none of the 'traditional' elements I normally look for, First off, it's never explained what the heroine is, just the fact that she can control people through words and that whatever she is it's mythical, I really liked the continuation of the mystery and I think it's smart because now I have to read the following story to see if the truth is revealed.
Secondly, while this is romance, it's not the main focus, The hero had his screen time and them did have chemistry and a freaking of the wall sex scene but they didn't fall in love by the end and she didn't confide in him about her powers.
I both admired this and disliked it, While I would have loved for a bit more romance to follow the interesting story, I do think sometimes characters fall in love just a little too quickly.
This seemed real because it allowed for more development, The heroine, who was the main focus, was a complex and tortured character, She was constantly torn between her gift and her morals, She rationalized some things and completely dismissed others, But as they story went on, she knew she had to make use of the press if she was to save her friends yet this didn't stop the pain and guilt that came with it.
She was both vulnerable and strong, not crying or breaking down but just weighed down by her problems and the habit of putting everyone at a distance.
It was a good book, interesting, I recommend it.
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