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    Frost Burned

    Written by Patricia Briggs

    Narrated by Lorelei King

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    Patricia Briggs "has reached perfection"* in this #1 New York Times bestseller, as Mercy Thompson faces a shapeshifter's biggest fear...

    Mercy's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Alpha werewolf Adam Hauptman has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more...

    After a traffic accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can't reach Adam-or anyone else in the pack. They've all been abducted. Mercy fears Adam's disappearance may be related to the political battle the werewolves have been fighting to gain acceptance from the public-and that he and the pack are in serious danger. Outmatched and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from any ally she can get, no matter how unlikely.

    *The Nocturnal Library

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMar 5, 2013
    ISBN9781101604731
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    Frost Burned
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    Patricia Briggs

    #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs lives in Washington State with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses.

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    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book. Mercy's grown up, mellowed in some ways, grown fiercer in others, but most importantly she's settled into who and what she is. It was a delight seeing her interact with Adam, Jesse, the pack, and so many of her friends. It was particularly enjoyable to see her taking good and accurate stock of her abilities and using them based on that assessment.

      As for the romance, she and Adam are married now, and while they aren't yet old-marrieds, they're building toward the sort of relationship that's my favorite kind to read about.
    • 4/5
      Reviewed by: Rabid ReadsWell, it’s been a long time in coming but I am now officially caught-up on the MERCY THOMPSON series. And, what a ride it has been! This latest installment threw me through a loop with its countless twists and turns, the story starts off in one direction only to end in a completely unexpected way. All of Briggs’ fabulous secondary characters come out to play in FROST BURNED, and you don’t really figure out how this book got its title until the plot comes full circle in a brilliant OOHH moment in the final chapters.The previous novels in this series have all revolved around a specific group of supes, but this one showcases all of them which was a real delight. At first glance, this story seemed to be about the werewolves, which surprisingly turned out to be a clever sleight of hand on Patricia Briggs’ part. The furry plot line in itself is masterfully crafted, but when combined with the unpredictable curve balls, you can’t help but take a moment to admire the big picture once it’s finally revealed. I read a lot of Urban Fantasy, and as a result, I have become fairly proficient at predicting possible outcomes—so when FROST BURNED managed to take me unaware; I was happily dumbfounded.I was thrilled that Stephan, Tad, Zee, Sophia, Gabriel and Marsilia, all had roles to play in this book. And, I was beyond pleased that we finally get to meet the infamous Moor in this installment. He’s an ancient werewolf sent by Bran who’s a little (ok, a lot) off his rocker, and I absolutely LOVED his character! So unpredictable and… primal. Mercy and Adam are as amazing as ever; I think this is one of the rare series in this genre where the main couple isn’t dysfunctional. Their relationship is such a breath of fresh air, and just one reason on a list of many that keeps me coming back for more. This novel isn’t without its heartbreaking moments though; I can’t help but mourn the loss of Thompson’s VW Rabbit. This car is such a huge part of her identity that I’m secretly holding out hope that Zee will be able to magic it back to life.After listening to RIVER MARKED, I was on the fence as to whether Lorelei King was the right narrator for this series, but after this installment, there’s not a doubt left in my mind that she’s the right woman for the job. She mirrors Mercy’s emotions beautifully, and seamlessly shifts between the various characters. King knows when to pour on the snark, and when to let Briggs’ writing speak for itself. I used to think of her as strictly being CHARLEY DAVIDSON, but she’s more than proved her versatility with her narration of these audiobooks.FROST BURNED is a great installment in an even greater series! Although, there is one downside to finally being caught-up… having to actually wait for the next book.
    • 4/5
      Another great installation in the Mercy Thompson series. I love Mercy and think these books are still quite excellent even though we are 7 books into the series.
    • 4/5
      This was another great installment in an excellent series. I have been working my way through an audio re-read of this amazing series over the course of this year. It surprises me how much I am enjoying this series during my re-read. This book isn't one of my favorites in the series but it was really good. I wanted to listen to this book for hours at a time because I wanted to stay with Mercy and the gang and make sure that everything would work out for them. This book opens with Mercy and Jesse doing some black Friday shopping. Mercy gets into a small traffic accident while they were out which really shouldn't have been a big deal. They realize that there is a problem when they can't reach Adam or any other member of the pack when they call for a ride home. The entire pack has been abducted. Mercy is such a strong character and great leader. She takes her role as Adam's mate seriously and works to keep everyone she safe. There is quite a bit of excitement as she works to protect the few connected to the pack that were not taken. She is able communicate with Adam through her mate bond so she isn't completely unaware of things that are happening.I really enjoyed spending time with some of my favorite characters. Mercy was incredibly brave and smart in this story. She is willing to sacrifice her own safety to keep others safe when needed. Adam was fierce at times but such a great leader and protector. I do wish that Mercy and Adam hadn't been separated so much during this story. I really enjoyed the focus on Ben, Tad, and Asil in this book since they are characters that we don't always see a lot of. Once again Lorelei King does a fantastic job with the narration. There were a few sections of this book that were told from Adam's point of view and I thought she did a great job with those. She really does bring Mercy to life. There is so much emotion that really comes through in her narration. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite narrators and I look forward to listening to more of her work soon.I would highly recommend this series to others. This is my second time experiencing this book but it will not be my last. It is simply wonderful to find a series of books that you know you will enjoy no matter how many times you read them. I can't wait to listen to the next book very soon.
    • 4/5
      Is the correct term for the abduction of shapeshifters werenapping?

      Our favourite coyote is back, the rest of her pack less so. Some mad fool has decided to abduct Adam and the rest of the Tri-Cities werewolves. They also come after Mercy and all of her friends. That's one way to invite yourself to be dinner I suppose.

      Halfway through the novel I was reminded why I've been enjoying the Mercy Thompson series so much. Patricia Briggs sets a plot in motion but doesn't follow the standard path you would expect. Without spoiling things, we get more plot and a different endpoint than you were initially expecting. Most authors would set that initial plot in motion and try to make the ride enjoyable. Briggs makes the ride to the shops enjoyable but also changes the destination for somewhere with ocean views.
    • 5/5
      I love these books a great, fast-paced, reliable urban fantasy. Only complaint is that it wasn't longer!!
    • 4/5
      Pretty good! The creepy swords and daggers were much appreciated. :)
    • 5/5
      Love this series!
    • 4/5
      I am a huge fan of Patricia Briggs, I love her writing style and I love the way the characters have evolved over the years. To say I am a big fan of Mercy would be an understatement. I have to admit I was a little worried about how this next book was going to go, the last one wasn't my favorite, and less face it the longer a series goes on the harder it is to keep the characters interesting and exciting while still keeping the things we love about the characters in tact. I have to say that I did enjoy Frost Burned a lot more than I was expecting. The action in this book starts from page one and then just when you think it's all over and you have everything figured out, it turns out there was so much more going on behind the scenes and the action continues on. Briggs has always done a great job with fight scenes and building up suspense that keep the reader wanting to turn the page. She brought those skills to his book definitely. As for the characters, she brought back a lot of my favorites. You have Stefan finally acting a little like himself. Wulfe makes an appearance, and let's face it, he's just as creepy as he has ever been. Jesse and Mercy definitely are starting to have a stepmother/daughter relationship, which is fun to watch. I loved that Ben was back on the scene, he's such a great departure from the standard werewolf. And even better Briggs brought The Moor over from Bran's pack, and I really love him in this. Oh and Tad and Zee make an appearance, which always makes me smile, what's a Mercy Thompson book without a little fae in your life? On the down side, the book has a couple of things I wish were a little different. But primarily I thought that there was not enough time between Mercy and Adam, or Mercy and the pack. It was action all the time, and for most of it Mercy was separated from the pack, so you don't really get to see the relationships between the characters evolve. Also if you don't have a great memory of the books you have read in the past, you may have a hard time recollecting all the character dynamics because Briggs doesn't waste a lot of time rehashing the past, nor does she introduce new characters. One thing I have to mention, because I really enjoyed it, was Adam got a couple of chapters to himself. Briggs through in a couple of Adam's POV, and it's in those chapters that you really get to see how much Mercy and Adam really love each other. I really appreciated those pages. Long story short, I always recommend picking up a book by Briggs, she is awesome. And this is a pretty good book, not my favorite of the seven, but definitely worthy of Mercy Thompson. I look forward to what comes next for Mercy.
    • 5/5
      The pack had been kidnapped and Mercy needs to find and protect the ones that are left. She goes through a bunch and again gets caught in a compulsion spell of sorts. We get to see Adam's POV a bit and I really enjoy that.
      There's a bunch of vampire politics in this one and we meet Thomas Howe.
      I really would like to see more of Asil and how he interacts with Mercy's pack.
    • 5/5
      Better than the last couple a nice twist some 2/3 way through changes what had been more or less pedestrian into something more challenging with good hooks for the future.There's references to a few events not detailed in the last book, so I suspect there are short stories inbetween these titles.
    • 5/5
      How did I not review this? Weird. Loved it. Read it when it came out and again and again.

      read 3 times so far. The audio book versions are good, too!
    • 4/5
      Review originally posted on My Urban FantasiesThe Mercy Thompson and Alpha & Omega series usually coincide with each other. If you follow the storyline there is another book between River Marked and Frost Burned, that book is Fair Game (Alpha & Omega #3). While you do not have to read Fair Game to follow Frost Burned, it will give you a better understanding of why the Fae removed themselves from society declaring that the United States no longer has any authority over them. Frost Burned takes place a few months after River Marked. Mercy and Jesse are out shopping on Black Friday. While Mercy is not thrilled with this she agrees to go because it's an easy way to cheer Jesse up and Mercy loves spending time with Jesse anyways. They are on their way to the last store when Mercy has what feels like a panic attack, thinking it has something to do with Jesse's baby question, and plows into the car in front of her. The Rabbit, may it rest in peace, is totaled.Jesse tries to call Adam to come pick them up but can not get through. She then tries Darryl and gets the same results. Mercy pulls out her cell phone and notices a bizarre message from Bran. She tries calling Bran back, nothing, then Mercy tries Samuel and gets his answering service. Bran's text is starting to bother Mercy now and she realizes her earlier panic attack may not be what she thought. Mercy tries calling more pack members; Warren, Ben, Honey, Mary Jo and even Paul, who hates Mercy but would rescue Jesse, with no results. Mercy tries to reach Adam through her bond but is distracted before she can get through. Mercy tries changing tactics and calls people who are not were-anything. She calls Kyle and Elizaveta, no answers, then Jesse tries Gabriel, again nothing. Mercy tries to reach down her bond with Adam again, this time she senses only rage and pain. Someone is hurting Adam. Mercy and Jesse hitch a ride with the tow truck driver back to Mercy's garage, where she finds Gabriel and Ben. Mercy's fears are confirmed, the pack has been abducted. While I loved River Marked, it was nice to have the gang back together. I was afraid that because Adam was kidnapped in the beginning of Frost Burned, the book might be Adam light. I'm very happy that I was wrong, Adam has a strong presence in Frost Burned. Their are even two chapters from his point of view. Yay! Now for some sad news, Samuel is not in this book. I know, it completely sucks. There is however a surprise character from Alpha & Omega, Asil. Asil is not as grumpy as he was when we first met him, though he's still a little nuts. I love how Asil and Mercy interacted with each other, so funny!Mercy, Adam and Ben will always be my favorite characters in this series. But I have to mention what a total bad ass Kyle was. Kyle is snarky at its best, attitude all the way and I completely loved it! He was on fire. I know that Warren keeps Kyle in the dark about some of the supernatural stuff, but Kyle definitely proves that he can handle anything thrown at him.
    • 4/5
      Plot was convoluted but I liked it. I'll read the next one.
    • 4/5
      4 1/2 stars. I may push it up but have to give it time to sink in. I feel a little like this was a good finish, yet I want more of the side characters. I want another spin off, where Mercy might play a part but the action centers on someone else from the two series. My favorite pick would be Stefan, but Zee or Tad, Asil, maybe Samuel or Ben, or even Jesse would be nice. I still would like more Anna and Charles but Mercy, a feel has run her course.

      Does this mean I didn't like the book? No, It was all it should be, great story line, action, relation building, etc... read through it in one night and one afternoon so very engaging. But at the end I was, "hey great ending", as ending. Hmm...

      OK, this book is the first time that I noticed that the point of view changed from first person Mercy, to third person Adam. It threw me for a loop for a second in chapter 6 but I understood it because she wanted to explain a situation where Mercy wasn't present but in chapter 8 I just didn't understand it and actually had to switch to understanding that it was no longer Mercy's POV since she was right there. Funny how with Anna and Charles I never have that problem and it is all in 3rd person. Maybe I'm just really used to hearing Mercy voice explain it all.

      Great read, will have to decide if it is a 4 or a 5. Why-
      There were things I just felt like were missing to shorten the book. Why Honey was at the end fight, to see Peter? Why Asil? What was happening between Asil and Marsilia and was that why he was there? It felt like he didn't play a big enough roll for him to have been included. What happened in the dominance fight between him and Adam? Maybe Briggs doesn't know yet. Then there is Stefan, I wanted to know more of what was happening with him and what does it mean that he still has this connection with Mercy? What kind of connection is it? I wanted an explanation of what happened to him and more of him since he was pretty absent from the last 2 books and a big part of book 4 and 2. I miss him. I think I feel like I have enough of Mercy and wanted more of the others.
    • 5/5
      The fact that hitting the mall with Jesse post-Thanksgiving turkey isn't a family tradition didn't save Mercy's beloved Rabbit, but it did mean that whatever snatched the entire pack didn't get her and Jesse. Now, with anger, pain and grief screaming over the pack bonds, Mercy's faced with a new enemy and missing her usual shock troops. As if Black Friday shopping wasn't terrifying enough...Couldn't wait to see where Briggs was going to take the action next, and this installment definitely didn't disappoint.
    • 4/5
      Another story in the Mercy Thompson series about Adam Hauptmann's werewolf pack. Non-stop action, a lot of fun to read.
    • 4/5
      I am a huge fan of Patricia Briggs, I love her writing style and I love the way the characters have evolved over the years. To say I am a big fan of Mercy would be an understatement. I have to admit I was a little worried about how this next book was going to go, the last one wasn't my favorite, and less face it the longer a series goes on the harder it is to keep the characters interesting and exciting while still keeping the things we love about the characters in tact. I have to say that I did enjoy Frost Burned a lot more than I was expecting. The action in this book starts from page one and then just when you think it's all over and you have everything figured out, it turns out there was so much more going on behind the scenes and the action continues on. Briggs has always done a great job with fight scenes and building up suspense that keep the reader wanting to turn the page. She brought those skills to his book definitely. As for the characters, she brought back a lot of my favorites. You have Stefan finally acting a little like himself. Wulfe makes an appearance, and let's face it, he's just as creepy as he has ever been. Jesse and Mercy definitely are starting to have a stepmother/daughter relationship, which is fun to watch. I loved that Ben was back on the scene, he's such a great departure from the standard werewolf. And even better Briggs brought The Moor over from Bran's pack, and I really love him in this. Oh and Tad and Zee make an appearance, which always makes me smile, what's a Mercy Thompson book without a little fae in your life? On the down side, the book has a couple of things I wish were a little different. But primarily I thought that there was not enough time between Mercy and Adam, or Mercy and the pack. It was action all the time, and for most of it Mercy was separated from the pack, so you don't really get to see the relationships between the characters evolve. Also if you don't have a great memory of the books you have read in the past, you may have a hard time recollecting all the character dynamics because Briggs doesn't waste a lot of time rehashing the past, nor does she introduce new characters. One thing I have to mention, because I really enjoyed it, was Adam got a couple of chapters to himself. Briggs through in a couple of Adam's POV, and it's in those chapters that you really get to see how much Mercy and Adam really love each other. I really appreciated those pages. Long story short, I always recommend picking up a book by Briggs, she is awesome. And this is a pretty good book, not my favorite of the seven, but definitely worthy of Mercy Thompson. I look forward to what comes next for Mercy.
    • 4/5
      Another great book from Patricia Briggs. Mercy Thompson is becoming one of my favorite characters. She seems to always be in trouble, but it is so much fun reading about her finding a way out.
    • 3/5
      Well I really liked the cover. :) But the rest of the book didn't do it for me. Which is a real shame because I love the first four books in this series. This one didn't get my blood pumping. There were parts that got me halfway there but the book just isn't what it was suppose to be. Mercy's eyes went gold halfway through the story and she says that's never happened before. I thought it would become something there but the golden eyes were never mentioned again. They just became a loose thread. I'm still in my 'blah' mood and it's taking me longer to finish books right now, but I'm positive that there was more problems than me just not being into it. I never did connect with the storyline, nothing seemed connected to each other, and none of the characters grow or develop. However, since I like the characters and loved the beginning of the series, I had enough drive to read the whole book. And it wasn't horrible. I just wanted better and didn't get it. Oh well. The series is continuing on so my hope is that the next book picks it up. And in the mean time I'm going to read some of Brigg's other older series.
    • 4/5
      In this book, we get to see all the characters we've been missing for a while. While Zee and Stefan, make a small appearance, we see more of Kyle and Tad. We also learn a lot more about Tad and what it means for him to be half fae. We also learn more about Mercy's coyote side. Adam is still a little overbearing for my liking, and Mercy's too, I think. I would like him to start to see, that while he really wants to protect her, she isn't a person to stand around and wait for someone else to save her friends. He wouldn't love her if she just sat on the sidelines or screamed and ran the other way every time there is trouble.

      This book isn't without loss. We do lose a very important person to Mercy and her friends. Even if this person was a minor character to the book, this person was very important to the other characters. This character will be missed.
    • 5/5
      This was not dissimilar to River Marked, in that it's about an established couple and their adventures. I adore Mercy, she works what she's got and Adam is pretty great too.

      This was another solid instalment, but perhaps a little formulaic. I wonder if it is time for the series to end? Ride off into the sunset. I'd hate to think the author would put the characters through something hellish just to up the ante in the series. Maybe pick up the threads of one of the other characters. More Warren and Kyle!!!!

      In saying this, maybe it's ok for them to just continue having wild adventures. I loved reading it, nearly did it in one sitting. It was great. Just a little unsure where it's heading.
    • 5/5
      Epically awesome! An excellent and tightly woven installation to the Mercy Thompson series!!!
    • 4/5
      3.5* Enjoyed this book but I didn't get sucked into the story like I usually do.
    • 2/5
      Buddy read with the delectable Dija. ^_^


      Alright, because I did manage to finish this, I'm giving it 2 whole stars.

      I came to realize by the end, that it was mostly the plot that repelled me. I do still like the characters, but I don't know if I'll be reading the next one.
    • 4/5
      "The Scottish Play. It's 'the Scottish Play.' You should know better. There are some things you never name out loud, like Macbeth, the IRS, and Voldemort."For some reason this installment felt way longer to me than the others have. Maybe it is because halfway through it felt like the danger was gone and everyone was safe, even though that was not the case. There was somewhat of a twist towards the end regarding who was behind the kidnapping of the pack and quite frankly it wasn't really all that satisfying to me. It just felt like something thrown in to the book to breathe a second life into it. I admit that I did like the action at the end but I just felt like it was a different book.While this book may have felt a bit different to me, it still had the same characters that I have grown to love (and also a new character that I really like). Pretty much it seems like Adam and Mercy will forever be trying to save each other. I love their relationship and I like how the relationship Mercy has with her stepdaughter, Jesse. Tragedy does strike the pack in this one and I really felt bad for the wolves. A new werewolf is introduced in this one (well he may be new to readers but he is really old), Asil, and I feel like he made a great addition to the story. I really hope there is more from him later in the series. I also loved that Zee's son Tad was back. He helped Mercy out when Zee was unable to and I loved it.So while I wasn't big on the plot all that much I did enjoy seeing old characters come back and a new character being introduced. Unfortunately my Mercy marathon will be ending soon as the next one that I read will have me finally caught up with the series.
    • 4/5
      This book follows after both the events in River Marked and Fair Game. Mercy quickly finds herself unable to reach Adam or the rest of the pack. Since she can't reach any werewolf, she calls every other person she knows to get help and keep the human members of the pack safe. This is great that you get everyone that you haven't seen in the last several books back into the story line and catch up with them. A good reminder to the reader that there are vampires in this universe setting even if they don't come out to play that often. A very enjoyable read and now to wait a year for the next book.
    • 3/5
      I enjoy this series. It's heads and shoulders better than Twilight. So there's that.
    • 4/5
      I was late to the Mercy-love, and was only convinced to try this series a few months ago. I LOVE it when that happens, as it means that there are lots of delicious stories just waiting for me to gorge myself on. And even though the series is darker than I usually like in my books, a bit more gory, a bit more creepy and violent, gorge is exactly what I did. I totally fell for all the characters: Mercy is someone I'd choose to be friends with - she's neither butch, nor victim, nor susie-mary-sunshine. Adam, while not my personal type (Samuel comes closer) is a good mate for Mercy. Stephan and his Scooby Van? Priceless! I held off ordering Frost Burned hoping that I could string out the reading to get me closer to the March release of the new book, but when push came to shove, I couldn't leave it any longer on the TBR pile. I can't believe anyone interested in UF hasn't already read this book, but in the interests of thoroughness, Frost Burned starts with Mercy and her step daughter Jesse are in a car accident during a midnight shopping spree on Black Friday. Calling for assistance, Mercy finds that everyone in the pack is missing: no one is answering their phones and a cryptic message from the Marrok indicates that phones are not safe to use. Mercy needs to find her mate, find her pack and figure out who's behind the mass kidnapping and what they hope to accomplish. It's obvious from my rating that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, so when I say that I found the structure of the story to be a bit different, that's a good thing. As many books as I read, I sometimes find myself a bit bored by the tried and true path most fiction takes: introduction, conflict revelation, build up of tension as the conflict is worked through, climax, and the wrap up. It's a cross-genre structure and it works, but it adds a bit of predictability to any book, no matter the plot line. So, when the book starts off with the pack's abduction, my first thought was "ok, I'm now going to read 20 chapters of Mercy searching for her mate and pack, fighting off random attacks from bad guys, going down blind alleys and chasing down false clues until she finally finds the pack and engages in a final battle to free them". Hah! Frost Burned surprised me - Ms. Briggs tweaked the formula; this is a book that has at least two sets of conflict/buildup/climax arcs, offering a story that is quick to action. It felt like the book and plot were off and running well before I expected it to be, and what I though was the major plot point was resolved almost immediately, which means I was thoroughly sucked in because I wanted to know what was going on?! It also means this was a very intricate, complex plot that left me in a completely different place at the end than I expected to find myself. Also, KUDOS! to Ms. Briggs for having Mercy contact the police and tell the truth about what was happening! I love that she did not make the plot more convoluted or complicated than it had to be. Bringing the goals of the kidnappers out in the open and publicly announcing them to the press is exactly what a very smart, very clever strategist would do and I just ate it all up like a custard donut! Why not 5 star? That last star was lost because as Machiavellian as the villain was in this book, I felt like a few things that were front and centre at the beginning of the book were lost at the end. The plot was just a bit too twisty without a more thorough explanation of a few points at the end; I was left wanting at the wrap up stage. There was a very, very big deal made for the first half of the book about the plotted assassination of the senator. By the end it's completely dropped but I was left wondering: what was Frost's purpose with the assassination? Did he hope to accomplish something? Was it all for show? Was the assassination plot even real? He was trying to take over all the vampires in the country the way the Marrok ran the weres, but how did kidnapping Adam and his pack further that aim? Did it? or was it more smoke and mirrors and if so, why? If all he wanted to do was leave Marsilla vulnerable, I have to say, it was all a bit overkill. I'll wrap up by mentioning that Frost Burned picks up after Fair Game in the Alpha & Omega series, so if you're picking up Frost Burned but don't read A&O or aren't current, there are events mentioned and repercussions to live with, that won't be familiar to you. It's not a show stopper, but I can see how it might leave people confused at the beginning. If you haven't read the A&O series, it's a good read; not as good as Mercy IMO, but well worth it's place in the TBR pile.
    • 5/5
      I liked this installment in the Mercy Thompson series so much that I finished it in one day. Very suspenseful with interesting characters, I couldn't put it down. I've become somewhat addicted to this series.