The last time I let myself get dragged into somebody else’s problems and investigate things that really weren’t any of my concern anyway, I got fucking raped. If this ever happens again, there is no sane reason whatsoever for her to reply to such a request by saying anything but the following: “Thanks, but no thanks. Consider that Mercy’s two previous adventures have been instigated by one of her friends in the supernatural community - vampire Stefan in Blood Bound, fae Zee in Iron Kissed - coming to her to ask if she might help them in some capacity with a problem. By allowing her heroine to get raped at the climax of Iron Kissed, Briggs has potentially painted herself into a corner, in that there is very little reason, from a standpoint of pure storytelling logic, for the Mercy Thompson series to continue at all. Or at the very least, stop saying yes when all of her vampire, werewolf, or fae friends show up at the door asking a favor. Maybe it’s time for her to just pack up and move.

Opening literally right as the previous novel ends - the first few pages of this one overlap the last few of Iron - it throws Mercy right into another heap of trouble without giving the poor girl a moment to breathe. With Bone Crossed, Ace has taken a look at Patricia Briggs’ soaring sales and finally decided she rates a hardcover. Iron Kissed, the third Mercy Thompson novel, left such a nasty taste in my mouth that it was with more wariness than enthusiasm that I began the fourth. Share book reviews and ratings with Thomas, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Book cover artwork is copyrighted by its respective artist and/or publisher.

Bone crossed by patricia briggs