And to the way the female protagonist has chosen to not stand up for herself during her entire marriage. So corny that I had a hard time not rolling my eyes and saying 'OH Really'? to some dumb turn of events. He came back and maid the town librarian not the cheerleader that everyone thought he'd end up with-shes a writer and has returned to town for a opening preview and reading from her newest book. Todays Chief of Police, one Cameron McDonald really wants to be a tourist writer but he had to return home because his father had died and it was his turn to become chief of police. Yep.Diana Gabeldon ran across Jodi Picould one day while they were a'roamin ye auld highlands and they agreed to write a book together.or many they didn't but it just seems that way from this book.I think Nora Roberts might have joined in on this mess of a book too.theres a lot of her in it, including her key phrase of 'He fisted her hair and drew her to the floor' Theres a lot more uncensored lovemaking in Gabeldons books-plenty of sex, but none of it ticked me off as much as the cheating sheriff does in Mercy, Wheelock Mass was settled 200 years ago by McDonalds mostly,along with a few other scotish surnames after the battle at Culoden and the Laird of the Clan McDnals has been the top cop in the little town ever since. Picoult meet Gabeldon whilst searchin' the heather Such a disheartening way to leave the only character I grew to care for. Spoiler - Change the ending so that Allie does what she should have! She should have been strong and not settled for less than what she deserved.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Mercy? She did well - no complaints about the reader!

What about Alyssa Bresnahan’s performance did you like? Throw in a bunch of scenes that did nothing to further the plot and a rushed ending, and you get a dud from a usually stellar author.

The Jamie and Maggie storyline had potential, but just fell a bit flat to me. I rooted so hard for Allie to finally stick it to Cam for never being who she deserved and then betraying her on top of it, but instead saw her go back to him like nothing had happened. Spoilers -Like other reviewers I could not find a single redeeming quality in Cam or Mia - and usually Picoult is so good at making us see the silver lining in everyone. I am a huge Jodi Picoult fan - but this one was just no good.

Mercy by Jodi Picoult