Mercy review

Mercy was written by Rebecca Lim. It is the first novel of the Mercy series. Mercy is a young adult supernatural novel. It was published in 2010. I read this novel several months back and found it to be not too bad.

It was not as grabbing as I would have liked this novel to have been. It was pretty good, but there was something missing that just did not capture me, as some other novel have.  There were also times were the plot was rather slow or events in the novel just did not have a big impact. I did not immediately race to finish the novel even after the big climatic events took place. I just finished it because I wanted to be finished.

Besides from my personal feelings towards how gripping the novel was, Mercy did have an interesting plotline and characters. The main character, Mercy, was no idea who she is or how she comes to be in different people’s bodies. Mercy’s character is not developed as much as I would have liked. I want to read about Mercy and the different sides to her personality. I also want to read more about Mercy’s past and why she is the way she is. While she possesses these people, she tries to help them by dealing with whatever situation they have to resolve. In this novel, Mercy helps Carmen, the girl that she is possessing, stand up for herself and she helps solve a serial kidnapping case.  

This kidnapping case is something that changes Mercy’s life. Throughout the novel, she gets closer to Ryan and it sparks the beginning of a romance. Mercy tells Ryan about the real her, not about Carmen. Ryan’s sister is one of the kidnapped girls, so Mercy offers to help.  Mercy is even further involved when she, as Carmen, is kidnapped as well.  I hope to see much more development of both characters, Ryan and Mercy, and of their relationship and how that continues in the next novels.

I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys angels, mystery, and young adult novels. Mercy was not one of the better novels that I have read but is a decent read.  I would love for the next novels to have more development of the characters and for Mercy’s past to be fully revealed.  I look forward to finding out about the next woman that Mercy will possess.