Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4)
by Patricia Briggs
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Author: Patricia BriggsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-02-03
ISBN: 0441016766
Number of pages: 309
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Book Reviews of Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4)
Book Review: Back in Mercy's world
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to say that overall, I really like this series. I don't usually read urban fantasy, but someone reccomended it to me at the bookstore so I gave it a try and I've liked them enough, I keep reading the new ones.
First, the positives....
Mercy is her usual strong, yet not attitudy heroine. I like that she can be capable, intelligent, loyal and strong wihout having to resort to bad attitude, language and postering like some of the other urban fantasy books I've occaisionally skimmed through. Mercy is someone I could be friends with. The same goes for Adam, Samuel and Bran three men I wish were real. Adam, in particular, as Mercy's love interest is a great combination of strong alpha mixed with a great ability to sense and appreciate WHY people do what they do.
Storywise, I wasn't sure when the back cover made it seem like the vampires were attacking her family and friends, but in the book nothing really devestating happened, which was a relief. After the horror of the last half of the last book, this one needed to be a bit lighter or she would have lost me. I still can't believe what happened to Mercy, actually happened. The plot was easy to follow, quick and without too many jump out at you surprises and, in a way, it followed Ms. Briggs' formula with Mercy jumping in and trying to help someone with she or someone else getting captured and rescued at the end. This time though, the rescue was a little different than the other books and I was surprised at how quick it was. Not unhappy, just surprised. It did occur to me her stick might come in handy and it did....
As for the negatives...
There's a real underlying darkness in this world that sometimes bothers me. The Fae, the vampires, the witches and even the werewolves to an extent are fundementally evil. Out of all the groups, the werewolves have retained the most humanity and there is a mix of good people and bad. But, with the vampires for example, the only really good vampire is Stefan, which is a little odd to me given that all the vampires used to be human at one point. Why do they all turn bad? Same with the Fae. Sometimes when I'm reading, I feel like Mercy's surrounded by evil with very few people she can trust. Even the werewolves-if the wolf gets the better of them-can kill indiscrimminately. There's a little bit of a horror element when Mercy interacts with the vampires and Fae.
And...the book ended too abruptly for me. The other three had some 'clean up and calm down' time after the action. This one really didn't and it left me wanting a little more.
Last, and this is really just a little thing, I know the author loves the artwork on the cover so this must be how she imagines Mercy to look, but that's not the way I read the description of her. The only tattoo mentioned is the coyote print on her stomach and she's usually described as wearing jeans and a tshirt-not half naked and covered in tattoos. It bothers me when the cover art doesn't the characters described within, but that's probably just me.
So...to sum up. This one felt considerably lighter in feeling than the previous book, and was a nice, easy, quick read with an easy to follow plot, likeable characters and several villianous problems that were neatly tied up at the end. It was worth the hours of reading time I gave it and I closed the book feeling happy with another chapter of Mercy's life. If you liked her previous 3, you'll like this one.
Summary of Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4)
View our feature on Patricia Briggs?s Bone Crossed.
Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson hit the #1 spot on the bestseller list with Iron Kissed...And she's planning a return trip.
Marsilia, the local vampire queen, has learned that Mercy crossed her by slaying a member of her clan. Now, she's out for blood. But since Mercy is protected from direct reprisal by the werewolf pack-and her relationship with its sexy Alpha-it's not Mercy's blood Marsilia is after...
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