Kadomi reviewed Thunderbird (Miriam Black) by Chuck Wendig
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4 stars
While not rising to the heights of my favorite Miriam Black book, Mockingbird, Thunderbird is a solid entry in the series that I enjoyed more than her adventures in Cormorant in Florida. This time filthy-mouthed, broken, ass-kicking Miriam is in Arizona, in the saguaro desert, a setting I am familiar with because a trip to Tucson and the Saguaro NP is one of my favorite memories from traveling the US. Miriam is looking for Mary Scissors, a fellow woman with a superpower like Miriam's, with the ability to fix Miriam and take her curse away. As a reminder, her curse is that Miriam experiences when and how a person will die when she touches them. I wouldn't advise anyone to read this as a stand-alone novel at all, btw.
So Miriam and her friend/lover Gabby (from Cormorant) follow Mary's trail across the US and end up in Arizona, crossing paths …
While not rising to the heights of my favorite Miriam Black book, Mockingbird, Thunderbird is a solid entry in the series that I enjoyed more than her adventures in Cormorant in Florida. This time filthy-mouthed, broken, ass-kicking Miriam is in Arizona, in the saguaro desert, a setting I am familiar with because a trip to Tucson and the Saguaro NP is one of my favorite memories from traveling the US. Miriam is looking for Mary Scissors, a fellow woman with a superpower like Miriam's, with the ability to fix Miriam and take her curse away. As a reminder, her curse is that Miriam experiences when and how a person will die when she touches them. I wouldn't advise anyone to read this as a stand-alone novel at all, btw.
So Miriam and her friend/lover Gabby (from Cormorant) follow Mary's trail across the US and end up in Arizona, crossing paths with a nationalist militia in the desert that is collecting people like Miriam in order to topple their 'weak' government. As far as villains of the series go, Ethan Key and his militia The Coming Storm were on the harmless side, not anywhere as scary as the ones from previous books.
But it all works. Miriam is a deeply flawed character, which makes her captivating, and her power keeps growing and evolving. I like the side characters, and wish Miriam and Gabby worked out. The horror elements are less pronounced this time but still there. I couldn't put this book down.
I have to say though that the book ends on the worst cliffhanger ever! I mean seriously, Louis as a murderer? Really? Does that mean Samantha is a bad apple? Aargh, I need to know NOW! Bring on more Miriam Black, please.