Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4) | Patricia Briggs | It's official....I am certifiably...

Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4) | Patricia Briggs | Mercy does it again!

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	Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson, Book 4) Patricia Briggs Ace Hardcover, 2009 - 309 pages average customer review:based on 185 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

New in the #1 New York Times bestselling urban fantasy series.

In a world where "witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters live beside ordinary people" (Booklist), it takes a very unusual woman to call it home. By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in 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.

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It's official....I am certifiably obsessed!!!!

Each book in the series gets better and better....which is hard to imagine because the first 3 were great...but they do!!!!!! I can't wait until the 5th one comes out!!!!

Mercy does it again!

As always, Patricia Briggs does it again! I love her books and as always, Mercy is at her best!

Another action-packed book in the Mercy Thompson series

Bone Crossed is action-packed and adventurous. It is interesting from the very beginning. Because I read so many different urban fantasy / paranormal series, I did have to keep pausing to remember what happened in past books. I prefer doing this, though, rather than reading too many recaps within a book.

There's a bit more (not a lot) romance in this book than in past books in the series. In previous books I was torn between Adam and Samuel (even though I knew one of them would not work out). Mercy finally admits to herself, and to the man, that she does in did like/love him. How exciting for Mercy fans!

Bone Crossed contains adventures with Mercy the shapeshifter (coyote), werewolves, vampires, and different types of fae. There really isn't a lull in the entire book. My only complaints would be that it was too short (as is all in this series and the Alpha and Omega series -- I'm guessing it may be the publishers determining book length). I feel this book could have been at least another 100 pages. The way she dealt with the last bit of controversy in the book really needed to be longer. It seemed to be completed so quickly.

I do have a hard time spending the money on this series in hardback, since they are such short books. I waited for Bone Crossed to come out in paperback, but I'll admit that I did pre-order Silver Borne in hardcover. Bone Crossed was that enthralling to me!! I highly recommend this book. However, you will NEED to read the previous books in the series to completely enjoy (and understand) it.

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Mercy Rocks!

Mercy is on the mend emotionally and physically. She's trying so hard to let Adam get close to her, but events leading up to their mating have made it difficult and have made Mercy flinch at a surprising touch or have a panic attack if something brings back memories of the events in book three. She's able to take her mind off this for a bit when Stefan shows up at her trailer mostly dead (well, as dead as a vampire can get) and nearly at the same time a surprise visit from her mother and and then a friend from college, Amber. Stefan has been starved and banished from the local vampire seethe by the Mistress, Marsilia, for his past actions and protecting Mercy. Mercy, Adam, and Samuel decide that by starving Stefan and then kicking him out, the queen was hoping Stefan would head straight to Mercy and kill her.

Amber claims to have seen an article about Mercy and everything that happened to her, and says she has a ghost in her house and she needs Mercy's help. But Mercy thinks this is strange as she hasn't seen or heard from Amber in years. To get Marsilia off of Mercy's back and to negotiate with her, Adam and Samuel think sending Mercy out of town to help Amber is a good idea. Stefan agrees to go with since there is a vampire called The Monster that has taken up residence there. Little do Mercy and friends know The Monster plays a bigger part in Mercy's visit than they realize.

There is a lot going on in this book, but none of it seemed rushed. I do find that sometimes the endings drag on for about 10 pages too long, but what's 10 pages hurt? Mercy is in a world of trouble in this book. Not only are the vampires after her in her own town, but there is a ghost haunting her friend Amber's son...haunting almost to the point of killing the child. There is also Blackwood, the vampire called The Monster, who has his eye on Mercy and has had his eye on her for a very long time.

There are a lot of interesting revelations in this book. Mercy comes to understand her powers better. She also understands more about vampire politics. And finally knows she's meant to be with Adam and for the long haul. She still worries for Samuel's well-being and hopes that it won't hurt him too much if she ends up leaving and staying in Adam's home. The wolf pack is not very happy about Mercy joining them. She's not really one of them, and having her be above them in the pecking order pisses some of them off. There are a few who are Mercy's friends and are okay with it though.

I felt really bad for Stefan in this one. He goes through so much and loses so much that it's hard to imagine he will make it through the book. He really does care for Mercy, but I'm not sure if it's just as a friend or more. This whole scenario kind of freaks me out, because I'm scared there will be another girl/wolf/vampire triangle and then the series will go the way of LKH's Anita Blake. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't! Stefan seems to respect Adam enough and doesn't seem to want to step in between what Mercy and him share.

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Reviews by The Bibliophilic Book Blog

Summary: Car mechanic and sometime shape-shifter Mercy Thompson has learned - the hard way - why her race was almost exterminated. When European vampires emigrated to North America, they found Mercy's people had a hidden talent for vampire slaying. Unfortunately for Mercy, the queen of the local vampire seethe has discovered her true identity.

The undead queen is also furious when she learns Mercy has crossed her and killed one of her own. Mercy may be protected from direct reprisals by the werewolf pack (and her interesting relationship with its Alpha), but that just means Marsilia will come after Mercy some other way. So Mercy had better prepare to watch her back.

I was a bit disappointed with this book. After the amazing and awe-inspiring third book in this series, I expected this one to be a home run, or well, a grand slam - if I am using baseball analogies. It seemed like the whole climax of the story was rushed through, I would have loved to have a better description of what went on when Adam and Mercy finished bonding, and also more about the mysteries stick that keeps following Mercy around, although it finally comes in handy in this book. I did like that we learned a bit more about Mercy's powers, and met some new and different characters. I am also still completely in shock and awe of what the mistress did the poor abused Stephan, that was just messed up. This book is a good read to hopefully bridge for a better book in the 5th installment of this series.We shall see.

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