Review: Oh Mercury...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2011
Who else but Mercury could find himself in a cave bar being threatened by an ancient mafia, his only weapon being threats of changing them into iguanas?This is billed as a prequel to Mercury Rises.  I'd call it more of just a 'Oh, desperate for some Mercury?  Can't wait for Mercury Rises?  Here's a tease of a short story to remind you of why you love him to tide you over' short story that doesn't necessarily go with Mercury Rises but if you really stretched your imagination, you could squeeze it in there somewhere.Having read Rises before reading Swings?  I have to give this one 5 stars where I gave Rises 4 (would have been 4.5 if I could have).  A short tends to really force focus in on one or two characters, in this case the title character of the series -- Mercury (sorry, no Christine here).  I personally love love love these little side adventures Mercury seems to find himself a part of as they're far more interesting and really let us get to know the characters vs the bigger storylines on the main books which are sometimes so busy that our main characters get a little lost to us in all of the drama.  It's hard to imagine one of these short  Mercury adventure scenes being anything less than 5 stars.