Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Another book that feels like a good White Wolf crossover game rolled into novel form. Mercy is a coyote shapeshifter who interacts a lot with the local werewolf pack. Elsewhere in the book are Mages and Vampires (from a much more distant vantage), and a Fae gremlin. They all integrate well; while each mostly sticks to their own kind, there is enough familiarity between the supernaturals that they interact. In many ways it’s like Dresden Files, but with a coyote shapeshifter as the hero, skewing the perceptions of the other supernaturals to match the new vantage.

The writing is solid and clips along at a good pace; Mercy is a sympathetic main character, while the other significant characters hold up and have depth. This book has a lot of intra-werewolf politics and implies that the other supernaturals have similarly complex internal relations. It features a solid plot and likeable characters; I’ll look for the sequel. [The remaining books are: Blood Bound, Iron Kissed, and Bone Crossed (in Feb. 2009).]