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“the 1st one was like wow then this one is like wow times times one hunder
Donella S wrote this review 18 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of him.
Nisareen - So Much To Read So Little Time wrote this review Tuesday, December 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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“I've finished reading this book... and I love it almost as much as the first book... except for cory littleton (the evil demon-ridden vampire who gives me the MAJOR heebie jeebies!) I still can't get enough of the WEREWOLVES!!!”
Tani N wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This series is like crack. If you crossed the crack of Stephanie Plum, crossed it with Anita Blake, and took out the disturbing sex scenes, this is what you'd get. YAY!”
Abi Cunningham wrote this review Thursday, December 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Yeah, excellent. Briggs knows how to write an interesting plot, it was good.”
Maya A wrote this review Monday, November 30 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not as good as the first in the series, but still enjoyable. I didn't go back for the next one though.”
Laura O wrote this review Sunday, November 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Mercy Thompson #2: Blood Bound, by Patricia Briggs
leeanna c wrote this review Friday, November 6 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Owing a vampire a favor can be a very dangerous thing, as Mercy is about to find out in this sequel to "Moon Called."
Stefan comes to Mercy in the middle of the night, needing the special defense against magic that being a walker provides to her. He is going to meet with another vampire, but fears that the other vampire may be able to manipulate his memories. Stefan's fears turn out to be right, leaving Mercy the sole witness to a dangerous bloodbath. The other vampire turns out to be a sorcerer - a magic user possessed by a demon. And he's been busy killing.
Though Stefan and the werewolves tell Mercy to stay out of it, she knows she can't. Especially not when one of her favorite werewolves, Warren, is severely wounded by the sorcerer. But how can one little coyote face off against a demon-vampire?
In the second book of the Mercy Thompson series, Briggs introduces us more thoroughly to vampires. Her vampires are much like those of legend - they can't go out in the light and sleep during the day, some have superpowers, and they can be killed by using a stake and burning the body. But Briggs' vampires also keep menageries - humans that have willingly agreed to be vampire food. Stefan is probably the most atypical vampire - he drives a van painted like the Scooby Doo van and is kind to his menagerie; he's experimenting to find how vampire blood can help blood-borne illnesses. But the rest of them...well, I'd be scared to meet them in full daylight, let alone in the dark.
"Blood Bound" fleshes out more of Briggs' supernatural world populated with werewolves, vampires, fae, and more. I didn't think it was quite as captivating as "Moon Called," but it was still a very solid book, with lots of action and an intriguing plot that will keep you reading. I'm a little over-saturated with vampires, that may be why I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the first book. But don't let that keep you from picking this up, as the story in "Blood Bound" will keep you bound to the pages.
4/5.”“First stand alone read on this author...didn't speak to me. ”
Nancy B wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Now that Mercedes (Mercy) Thompson had the werewolves public figure head (Adam Hauptman) as a neighbor, Dr. Samuel Cornick as a roommate and the oddly kind vampire (Stephan Uccello) as a kind of friend and her, with limited abilities other than being a ‘walker’ that shape shifts to be a coyote, what could she do about all the dominant men in her life. When the volume of violence started to increase in the area even her cop friend Tony came to Mercy to ask for help and advice. Having the mistress of the local vampire seethe ask for help even though they knew all the trouble was caused by an out of control sorcerer that had been turned to vampire (making it the vampires problem) that had the ability to control werewolves and vampires alike, left Mercy wondering what else there was about her that no one was telling her. Anyone could see that being immune to most of the magical control that a vampire has might help her defeat this monster, but what would being able to talk to ghosts help.
Debbie wrote this review Friday, October 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Book 2 ….. I thought it was over and then I read the last couple of chapters. They weren’t entirely necessary, but it did wrap things up for this story nicely before going to the next. Mercy is quite a unique character. Yet her cast of friends are even better. To have a story that has so many dominant, strong and controlling men yet have the women be the ’weakest’ player and still be able to hold them all together. This character is written in a way that makes her sensible in the a way that attracts the men and the reader to her. This character never takes anything away from any of them either, she may be stuck in the middle of them all but she shows respect to each and yet she is the strongest character. I like that, I just with she would decide. On to the next of the series (Iron Kissed), but there is also the related series (World of Marrok - the werewolves) that I think I want to read also, I will have to figure out which one to get next, but I am enjoying this series and want more of it. ”
