Patricia Briggs

Bone Crossed

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Rating: 4

This series gets better and better as you dive deeper into the series. It is becoming one of my favorite series to read. Mercy is also becoming my favorite character to read. In this book we see Mercy struggle in ways we have never seen before. I was so glad that Briggs portrayed the aftermath of Mercy's rape the way she did. I was nervous that Mercy was going to resume normalcy after what had happened, but I was very happy to see the representation of recovery. It broke my heart watching Mercy try to piece her life together. I also enjoyed Briggs' representation of how survivors of publicized rapes are treated by others in the community. 

I love Adam so much!! He is literally the love of my life. I love how much trust and faith he has in Mercy. He is always trying to be aware of his alpha tendencies and tries so hard to keep them at bay for her. I can't wait to see their relationship grow further. 

Stefan is one of my favorite characters and one I wished had more book time. I loved how this book focused around him and his own of vampire politics. I hated seeing Stefan suffer the way he did throughout this book. I really missed reading interactions between Stefan and Mercy. Their relationship is one of my favorites in the series. I did get more than a little irritated with how Mercy was treating Stefan in the beginning of the book. While I get that Stefan played a role in the murdering of two humans back, it was done so in order to protect Mercy. But, I may just be bias being as I love Stefan. 

Overall, I loved this book so much and I can't wait to continue in the series and read more about her world.

Jacalyn Boggs

The fourth Mercy book keeps up the intense action and mystery packed pace of the first three. We learn more about the magical aspects of bonds between vampire and were's and how they affect Mercy as well as more about Walkers.

An auto mechanic in eastern Washington by day, Mercy Thompson, a shape-shifter with some highly unusual abilities, puts her talents to work maintaining the precarious balance between the human and paranormal worlds, in the sequel to Iron Kissed.

Dawn Keiser

Summary:
Mercy Thompson has a knack for getting herself in trouble. After ridding the world of a demon-possessed vampire and the vampire who made it, Mercy is trying to overcome the aftermath of rape. This has become more difficult when the Mistress of the vampire seethe finds out that Mercy killed the vampire who could create more demon-possessed. Now the Mistress wants her to pay and is using her family and friends to do it. Add to that the vampire of Spokane wants Mercy to himself. Seems like Mercy has stepped in it again!

Overview:
I love this series. It took me forever to get around to reading it and now that I've started I can not (and will not) stop! Mercy is such a strong female character and those are hard to find. Adam is simply delicious. Hot, alpha male, who knows when to step back and let a woman decide her next step. Where can I find that in real life? Needless to say I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys urban fantasy.
Favorite Quotes:
“That’s a pretty lame superhero name,” I told him.
“Scooby-Doo is already taken,” he said with dignity. “Anything else sounds lame in comparison.” 
--Mercy and Stefan

“People who know other people’s secrets can’t afford to do things that impair their ability to control their mouths.” 
--Mercy

“Mercy?”
“Just a minute,” I told Adam. “I'm in the middle of a revelation.” 
--Mercy and Adam

“I give you Mercedes Athena Thompson, our newest member."
Much awkwardness ensued.

“Truth is without flourishes or manners and runs with a logic all its own.”
--Adam

Nickie Mohler

Sara Gaspar Farinha

Acabadinha de ler “Cruz de Ossos” de Patricia Briggs e pronta para ler o próximo livro da série.

Como já afirmei anteriormente, tenho apreciado bastante esta série (“O apelo da lua” e “Beijo de Ferro“). Mercy Thompson é uma heroína fantástica, que tem vindo a desenvolver-se e a amadurecer como personagem. Este livro é mais um exemplo disso, após os acontecimentos traumáticos do volume anterior, Mercy continua a debater-se com a rejeição da sua submissão aos lobos e a um maior entendimento desse relacionamento com o bando. Assim como, com a possível relação amorosa com Adam, o Alfa do bando.

Os enredos levam-na novamente a combater vampiros e a defender aqueles de quem gosta, apesar de nunca perder a noção das suas fragilidades pessoais e emocionais. Esta é uma heroína muito agradável de acompanhar, e as personagens masculinas que a rodeiam não são menos carismáticas ou envolventes.

Fico a aguardar o próximo livro com alguma antecipação.

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Kylie

Julie Kelly

Welcome to Patricia Briggs’s world, a place where “witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters live beside ordinary people” (Booklist). It takes a very unusual woman to call it home—and there’s no one quite like Mercy Thompson. By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shape-shifter with some unusual talents, Mercy’s found herself maintaining a tenuous harmony between the human and the not-so-human on more than one occasion. This time she may get more than she bargained for. Marsilia, the local vampire queen, has learned that Mercy crossed her by slaying a member of her clan—and she’s out for blood. But since Mercy is protected from direct reprisal by the werewolf pack (and her close relationship with its sexy Alpha), it won’t be Mercy’s blood Marsilia is after. It’ll be her friends’.

Sheena

Local Vampire Queen Marsilia is out for revenge against shapeshifting mechanic Mercy Thompson, but since Mercy enjoys the protection of the werewolf pack, Marsilia will need to find more indirect means of achieving her vengeance.

Bone Crossed

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