Book Log 23/2009 - Bone Crossed
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jaceyPatricia Briggs: Bone Crossed
Mercy Thompson #4
This series just gets better and better. Each book continues the story of Mercy Thompson, a coyote shapechanger raised by werewolves, as she tries to make her way in the Tri-Cities as a VW mechanic, whilst juggling the attentions of Lone-Wolf Samuel (her childhood sweetheart) and Adam, the possessive Alpha of the Tri-Cities pack. Mercy is recovering from the after effects of the conclusion of the third book that resulted in some embarrassing publicity which not only reminds her of horrible events she’d like to forget, but also officially outs the werewolves to a (mostly) unsuspecting public with can’t-be-denied camera footage. She’s more or less made up her mind between Charles and Adam when two visitors complicate her life. One is her mother, never a good sign, and the other is the vampire, Stefan, half dead (or deader) from being tortured by Marsilia, the Queen of the local Vampire seethe. Drawing together events from both the second and the third books, Marsilia has discovered that Mercy killed one of her pet-vamps in Book #2 (Mercy’s actions having been covered up by Stephan) and Mercy’s going to pay - not only Mercy, but all those who cares about. Naturally Adam’s not going to let the fanged harridan get away with that, so war is brewing between the vampires and the wolves and Mercy has to get out of town to let things cool down and give Adam time to play immortal-politics. An old college friend pops up to invite her to Portland to exorcise a ghost. Lucky coincidence or evil plan? Guess. But there’s more than Marcilia at work behind the scenes and Mercy will be lucky to get out of this with her furry. coyote hide in one piece.
I like the way that Briggs does consequences. Everything arises from a close intertwining of character and plot. Mercy’s loyalty to her friends, whether fae, vampire or werewolf, has consequences. She puts herself in danger and sometimes she can’t get herself out of it, so bad things happen. Those bad things aren’t easily shrugged off, and her relationship with Adam is going to suffer, which hurts the pack. Mercy’s not all that sure that she wants to surrender to pack politics – she knows what to expect because of her upbringing – but she wants Adam and it’s time to make difficult choices about all sorts of things.
Mercy Thompson #4
This series just gets better and better. Each book continues the story of Mercy Thompson, a coyote shapechanger raised by werewolves, as she tries to make her way in the Tri-Cities as a VW mechanic, whilst juggling the attentions of Lone-Wolf Samuel (her childhood sweetheart) and Adam, the possessive Alpha of the Tri-Cities pack. Mercy is recovering from the after effects of the conclusion of the third book that resulted in some embarrassing publicity which not only reminds her of horrible events she’d like to forget, but also officially outs the werewolves to a (mostly) unsuspecting public with can’t-be-denied camera footage. She’s more or less made up her mind between Charles and Adam when two visitors complicate her life. One is her mother, never a good sign, and the other is the vampire, Stefan, half dead (or deader) from being tortured by Marsilia, the Queen of the local Vampire seethe. Drawing together events from both the second and the third books, Marsilia has discovered that Mercy killed one of her pet-vamps in Book #2 (Mercy’s actions having been covered up by Stephan) and Mercy’s going to pay - not only Mercy, but all those who cares about. Naturally Adam’s not going to let the fanged harridan get away with that, so war is brewing between the vampires and the wolves and Mercy has to get out of town to let things cool down and give Adam time to play immortal-politics. An old college friend pops up to invite her to Portland to exorcise a ghost. Lucky coincidence or evil plan? Guess. But there’s more than Marcilia at work behind the scenes and Mercy will be lucky to get out of this with her furry. coyote hide in one piece.
I like the way that Briggs does consequences. Everything arises from a close intertwining of character and plot. Mercy’s loyalty to her friends, whether fae, vampire or werewolf, has consequences. She puts herself in danger and sometimes she can’t get herself out of it, so bad things happen. Those bad things aren’t easily shrugged off, and her relationship with Adam is going to suffer, which hurts the pack. Mercy’s not all that sure that she wants to surrender to pack politics – she knows what to expect because of her upbringing – but she wants Adam and it’s time to make difficult choices about all sorts of things.
