Age Group: Adults
Genre: Paranormal
Published: February 2009 (Ace Books)
Hardcover - 309 pgs
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By day, Mercy is a car mechanic in the sprawling Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her perternatural side. As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, Mercy has often found herself having to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human. 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.
At the end of Iron Kissed I was convinced and disappointed Briggs was going to gloss over any further repercussion from the events of that book. Instead, Mercy continues to struggle with what happened which was realistic and I liked that Briggs took the time to address it. Mercy continues to develop as a character and the entire cast of characters finally feels fleshed out and full of personality.
Bone Crossed is
mostly a bridge book. Mercy needed time to recover, like I mentioned before,
and Briggs needed to fill in some holes she had left open during the first few
books. The book did its job though the plot of this installment was a little
bland for me. Most of the details have already escaped my brain. The romance in
this series is starting to take a larger role as well, but it is nicely
balanced and everyone had issues to work through.
There is a distinct
lack of women in this series though. Mercy doesn't have many close female relationships
and she is combative with most of the women in her circle. I'd like this to
change, there are some promising signs, in the future. Even though most
werewolves are men, it would be nice to see Mercy have some female
relationships.
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