Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson: Book 2)

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Engaging and smart Blood Bound is a definite must read.
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Something is wrong in the Tri Cities.  A shadow has fallen across its inhabitants just as surely as if the sun hid behind a cloud.  A new vampire has come into town with out stopping by the local seethe to pay his respects which is a very bad thing as Mercy is about to find out.  Stefan, a vampire (who comically painted his VW bus to look like the Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo) and friend of Mercy’s is to stand trial for murder and be executed if she can’t get to the bottom of what is going on in the cities.  Its left to Mercy to discover who and what she truly is before things go to far and more people die.  The more she digs the more trouble Mercy finds herself in and the more trouble she finds herself in the more she wonders if it’s just a vampire she’s hunting.

True to books past this newest book by Patricia Briggs is just as brilliant as the last.  Now adding a true element of a love triangle as Adam and Samuel posture for Mercy’s affections Patricia Briggs loses none of her energy.  Running full throttle through the city, seethe, and even darker shadows the reader is dragged along through vampire politics and deeper mysteries.  Engaging and smart Blood Bound is a definite must read.

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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson Novels) (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: Patricia Briggs
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 304
Publication date: 2007-01-30
Publisher: Ace Books

RRP: £6.99
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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2) (Amazon.co.uk)

Author: Patricia Briggs
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 304
Publication date: 2007-01-30
Publisher: Ace

RRP: $7.99
Lowest new price: $3.93
Lowest used price: $3.50

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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.
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