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Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson #7)

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Mercy Thompson's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman - the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack - 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, a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more. After an accident i...more

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Mar 13, 2013 Schay rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, weres-shape-shifters, vampires-immortals-undead, urban-fantasy, kick-ass-strong-heroine, faeries

"Expected publication: Spring 2013"

*blinks*
*blinks again*
HELL.
NO!
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

UPDATE:
February, huh?
*sniff*

POST-READ
Hmm.Still not sure how I feel about this one...

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Mar 12, 2013 Maja rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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4.5 stars
A few weeks ago, Patty Briggs and her husband Mike joined a chat room to discuss both Frost Burned and Patty’s previous books. The idea was to discuss each Mercy Thompson book separately, but that’s not how it went in the end. I was able to join them just once because the timing didn’t work for me, but the half hour I spent talking to Patty and her fans further convinced me that she is both a great author and a very pleasant person. When I shared with her my opinion that Fair Game, her...more 4.5 stars
A few weeks ago, Patty Briggs and her husband Mike joined a chat room to discuss both Frost Burned and Patty’s previous books. The idea was to discuss each Mercy Thompson book separately, but that’s not how it went in the end. I was able to join them just once because the timing didn’t work for me, but the half hour I spent talking to Patty and her fans further convinced me that she is both a great author and a very pleasant person. When I shared with her my opinion that Fair Game, her third Charles and Anna book, is the best one she’s ever written, she assured me that Frost Burned is even better. At the time, I took that statement with a healthy dose of skepticism, but now that I’ve finally read it, I both agree and disagree with Patty.

Frost Burned is neither better nor worse than Fair Game – both are as good as urban fantasy can get. From the first Mercy Thompson book (so far there are ten books in this universe), Patty has been getting better and better. In pacing, characterization and plot development, she has reached perfection. Big words, you say? Well, yeah, but so is this series.

After all that fear of her mate bond and of losing herself to the pack, it was nice to see Mercy so comfortable in her role as mate of the Alpha of the Columbia Basin Pack. She and Adam have such a beautiful, healthy relationship. In River Marked, Mercy was feeling more comfortable as part of the pack, but she was still adjusting and she still had her doubts. In Frost Burned, she is truly the Alpha’s mate – she thinks as one, acts as one, and protects as one.

I was going to have to come up with a rank for myself besides Alpha’s mate. In the pack, I was just Mercy – but if ten more people called me the Alpha’s mate, I was going to hit someone. It sounded like a chess move.

The addition of Adam’s point of view was so very unexpected that I had to take a moment to think about it and decide whether I liked it or not. I certainly understand the need: Adam and Mercy spent most of this book apart and their mate bond can only be used so much. Besides, I feel that I now understand Adam just a bit better, and Patty did an excellent job writing from a male perspective. And yet, something bothered me about it, and it took me a while to figure it out. It wasn’t the change in perspective, it was the switch from first-person view to third person view. I wish she’d done both Mercy and Adam in first person. I think that would have worked much better.

Although he was mostly absent from the second half of this book, one Mr. Kyle Brooks stole the first half all to himself. Yes, that’s right – an ordinary human (though admittedly a lawyer) won me over by being a bigger hero than all those other heroes Briggs has created. Kyle has always been the brightest star in Mercy’s universe, but I felt that hi finally got due respect in Frost Burned.

All of the secondary characters appeared, at least for a little while, with the exception of Samuel and Bran. I didn’t miss Samuel all that much (I never did warm up to him), but I missed Bran greatly. He was a constant comforting presence both in Mercy’s mind and mine, but I missed his subtle sense of humor and everything else that makes him who he is.

Those of you who are still unfamiliar with my favorite coyote and her wolves should consider giving this series a chance. And I doubt I need to say anything to those of you who’ve read this series before except: We waited two years for Frost Burned to be released and now it’s finally out. Yaaaay!

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Apr 04, 2013 Lisa (Fic Talk) rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Urban Fantasy Fans

Shelves: adult-fiction, grabby-hands, highly-anticipated, must-have, pub-2013, super-excited-for, urban-fantasy, werewolves, fae, alpha-males, bamf-heroine, cover-lust, emotionally-invested, magic, mythology, native-american, pnr-urban-fantasy, 2013-favourites, 2013-5-stars, 5-stars, all-the-right-things, ass-kicking-heroines, awesome-heroine, bamf-hero, bamf-cover, didn-t-see-that-coming, flail, for-review, ghosts, guy-crushes, heaven-in-a-book, made-me-cry, need-moar, read-in-2013, sobsobsob, strong-heroine, swoon-worthy, vampires, will-read-anything-by-this-author, author-patricia-briggs, orbit-books

NOTHING CAN HAPPEN TO ADAM!!!!

NOTHING!

I LUZ HIM!!

MERCY BETTER KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS TO FIND HIM!

GRRRR!!

UPDATE: LOOK AT THAT COVAH! MERCY IS SO FIERCE!

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I am at a loss for words even though it has been two days since I've finished reading Frost Burned, but let me just say that it. was. worth. the. wait.

Patricia Briggs, you own me.

Review to come later.

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Mar 15, 2013 Kathleen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, pnr-uf

Frost Burned is a fae-rly satisfying urban fantasy involving werewolves, a coyote-shifter, a few fae, some vampires, a witch or two, and humans. I very much enjoyed the bulk of it, but some parts were slow and Briggs left a few loose ends. Or did I miss something? Who is the informant? Is the money man the informant? (Why did Briggs drop the thread? It has to be someone in the know, an insider, like that treacherous wolf from Silver Borne ( my review ).

If you have already read the book, here a...more

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Mar 05, 2013 Regina rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-authors, urban-fantasy-uf, not-published-yet, arc-publisher-netgalley, favorite-series, favorites

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Beyond typing “I loved it. I loved it. OMG I loved it.” over and over again, it is hard to write a coherent review. Why? Because I loved this book so much. It was an emotional and a fun experience reading it. I feel like I lived another life through the pages of this book!

Patricia Briggs’s talent seems to increase with every book tha...more Want to win a copy of Frost Burned? Want to read an interview with Patricia Briggs?!! Then click here! Check out this review and others like it at BadAssBookReviews

Beyond typing “I loved it. I loved it. OMG I loved it.” over and over again, it is hard to write a coherent review. Why? Because I loved this book so much. It was an emotional and a fun experience reading it. I feel like I lived another life through the pages of this book!

Patricia Briggs’s talent seems to increase with every book that she writes. Frost Burned brings a heightened level of complexity and character development to the Mercy world — in the same manner that Fair Game did for the Alpha & Omega world. Like the other Mercy novels, there is danger and Mercy is engaged in figuring out the source of danger. What I like about how Mercy traces down the danger is that she does it in a rational way. She does take chances, but only if she has to. She really doesn’t want to be reckless. And Mercy’s actions make sense. I can see her living a real life off the pages of these books, fixing cars and giving Adam heck. The cast of characters that are involved in Frost Burned is large, but in my opinion it was manageable and oh so satisfying to see “everyone”. Frost Burned feels longer than previous Mercy books and is very meaty. This book is worth reading and buying now.

The monsters are freaking scary and yes this includes the werewolves. Briggs’s stories are engaging because they are not simplistic. She does this by writing horrifying creatures that remind me of what I was afraid of when I was younger and alone in the dark. Vampires are not sexy — well they may be sexy, but only in a terrifying way. Werewolves’ protective nature may be admirable, but it gets in the way of modern life and puts others in the vicinity of a protective werewolf in danger. And then we have the Fae. For those readers that read Fair Game, then you know that the stakes have been upped and the world is suddenly a much more dangerous place for supernaturals. In the midst of all this there is Mercy and Adam. Their humor, banter and flirting shine through the pages and as does their love for each other. Thankfully, their bond is stronger than ever ..

Kyle blinked. “You can talk to Adam when he’s not in the room, and you don’t have a phone?”

Frost Burned gives readers several chapters from Adam’s point of view. These advance the story line and give good insight into why Adam does what he does. But also, (for me anyway) reading Adam’s point of view solidifies that he there is NO doubt that Adam is my favorite werewolf. I live to read when he is frustrated with Mercy and yells, “Mercy!”

I gotta say that I love what being an alpha and submissive means to Briggs. Alpha is not just to push people around and to dominate. Alpha is to protect and care for others. As Briggs writes, having a submissive werewolf in a pack is a gift because it breaks the tension and gives the alphas something to focus on and protect. I love this concept, it is so beautiful.

Frost Burned is funny (lots of really good humor) and sweet; it moves the Mercy world forward. Fans of Mercy and Patricia Briggs will not be disappointed.(less)

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Apr 26, 2013 Glamdring rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, paranormal-romances

*Review without spoilers*

Coyote never loses, Coyote told me. Because I change the rules of the games my enemies play. What are the rules of your game?

Unlike many other sequels that have disappointed me over the last year or so, this book didn’t. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because of the lose ends Patricia Briggs left in the plot. That being said, if you are a fan of the series you shouldn’t be disappointed by it. I also would like to say that I am happy I haven’t read the spoil...more

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Aug 01, 2011 Jamie Mae marked it as to-read

Shelves: starring-shifters, series-moon-called-by-briggs, coming-soon

Spring 2013 for the next Mercedes Thompson? I really hope that date is wrong! I'm already waiting till Winter 2012 for the next Alpha and Omega, Fair Game. Now it's 2 years till more Mercy. There are no words to discribe my level of frustration!!!

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Mar 10, 2013 Mandi Schreiner rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: uf

Favorite Quote: He laughed again, and his body softened as much as it ever did – there just wasn’t much soft about Adam. “I love you,” he said.

“I know,” I told him seriously. “How could you help it?”

While the Mercy Thompson series is an absolute favorite of mine, the past couple of books have been a little on the slower side for me. But I am happy to say, Frost Burned brings back the fun action and world building I’ve come to expect from this series. And before I go any further, let me also say...more Favorite Quote: He laughed again, and his body softened as much as it ever did – there just wasn’t much soft about Adam. “I love you,” he said.

“I know,” I told him seriously. “How could you help it?”

While the Mercy Thompson series is an absolute favorite of mine, the past couple of books have been a little on the slower side for me. But I am happy to say, Frost Burned brings back the fun action and world building I’ve come to expect from this series. And before I go any further, let me also say –

We get two full chapters of Adam Hauptman POV.

I’ll give you a minute to recover from this. Because yes, it is that fabulous.

Frost Burned starts with Adam and almost his entire pack being kidnapped by possible federal agents (although everyone is pretty sure they are rogue, human radicals). To take down almost 30 werewolves means these guys are serious and must have a lot of power and knowledge about the werewolf community. What Adam soon learns is that these rogue agents want to set-up the shifters by having Adam assassinate a senator to look bad in the public eye, as public perception of the supernatural population is on very thin ground. Pumped full of silver and drugs, Adam must play these kidnapper games to keep his pack safe, all the while concerned for his Mercy and his daughter Jesse, who have yet to be kidnapped.

Mercy and Jesse were out shopping when it all went down. Unable to get ahold of anyone after getting into a fender bender, Mercy starts to panic. Eventually she finds Gage (Jesse’s love interest), Ben (the only werewolf able to escape – I love me some Ben) and Kyle (Warren’s partner). The three of them along with some help from Stefan (I love this vampire too) set out on a plan to keep Jesse hidden and safe and try to figure out where Adam is being kept and how to get them all out.

I think the Mercy/Kyle/Ben dynamic is a really nice in here. While Mercy is quite upset and panicked that Adam is in danger, using their bond she is able to reach out to him and she knows he is still alive. She actually “visits” him on two occasions through a dream of sorts too, which gives her a tiny peace of mind. Even with the dark cloud hanging over them, this book is still full of some lighter moments, especially when Mercy takes Marsilia’s (head vampire queen) car from her shop (it was in for an oil change). The car is a really fancy expensive model and let’s just say, while Mercy has every intention of just harmlessly borrowing it, horrible things happen to this car which is quite amusing.

When I first read the blurb and noticed that Adam was kidnapped, I was bummed he wasn’t going to be in the book very much, but I was wrong. As I said, we get two chapters of his POV and he has a lot of page time. I really enjoyed what we get between him and Mercy in this book. Now married, they have such a mature relationship, and by getting Adam’s POV, we get insight into how proud he is of Mercy, but also how fragile he thinks she is and his overwhelming need to keep her safe.

I have to give Patricia Briggs a lot of credit for the way she writes her shifters. She makes their wolf part of them, so realistic. So violent, so feral, so….not human. Adam has to make some decisions in this book that are hard core, and I love that she shows the reader his complete alpha side. We see the ramifications of pissing off the leader of the pack. We see the ramifications of supernatural power and how human police also need to follow through with their procedures. This author portrays so well how a shifter world would integrate into a human world and is really careful with the details. And that is something I really appreciate with this series. As well as the fabulous characters – all of them, even the small supporting ones add so much to each book. Such a well done urban fantasy world. I really enjoyed.

Rating: B+(less)

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Mar 07, 2013 Ami rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy-paranormal-futuristic, 5-stars_rating

The scene opened with Mercy accompanying Jesse for Black Friday midnight shopping -- on that note, I LOVE how Mercy addressed Jesse as "my stepdaughter". I have a weakness for family story in any of the urban fantasy series I follow --. But since this is Mercy we were talking about, trouble soon found her. She and Jesse were involved in a car bump (after Jesse shocked Mercy with a question about baby) -- which made them late to came back to the pack.

It turned out to be a bit of a good thing, be...more

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Mar 10, 2013 Esra rated it 5 of 5 stars

OMG! the cover !

and if something happen to adam ....

EDIT :
Kitabı bitirdik. ne beklemiştim bu kitap için ama beklediğime geçrektende değdi. jesse'nin sorusuna bende katılıyorum adam ve mercy'nin ne zaman bir bebekleri olacak? :D:D

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Mar 05, 2013 Marissa marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: fae, series, shifters, urban-fantasy, werewolves, vampires

2013??? Are you freaking kidding me?
Oh Adam, I will wait for you, no matter how long it takes!

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Mar 10, 2013 Suzanne the Mighty ~Satin Seductress~ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: author-patricia-briggs, coming-soon-mar-2013, action-adventure, faeries, fugly-cover, girlies-i-would-take-for-a-tequila, hot-male-in-my-harem, kings-of-the-harem, mad-bad-and-dangerous-to-know, mages-witches-magic-users, paranormal-creature-menagerie, smexy-shifters-and-werewolves, urban-fantasy, va-va-voom-vampires

I am not going to bother with a blurb for this one, I figure if you have gotten to book 7 of a series you are probably going to get it no matter what the blurb says! All you need to know is Mercy, Adam and the Pack face some troubles, which they then proceed to beat the crap out of.

Adam and Mercy are one of my favourite couples, they seem far more real than other couples I have read, they argue, they piss each other off and they have separate interests but they are still unmistakably in love. T...more

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Mar 12, 2013 ♠ Sharon is an emotional book junkie ♠ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2013

I was so happy that this book took place back at home especially after River Marked. I was really missing the pack, the fae and especially Stefan but of course, we don't get any time to enjoy it. Right at the start, Mercy and Jesse are involved in an accident. When Mercy is trying to call someone to pick them up, all she gets is voice mails and no answers. Turns out the pack has been taken...thank goodness for the pack bond!

This book is action packed and practically non-stop with a lot of varia...more I was so happy that this book took place back at home especially after River Marked. I was really missing the pack, the fae and especially Stefan but of course, we don't get any time to enjoy it. Right at the start, Mercy and Jesse are involved in an accident. When Mercy is trying to call someone to pick them up, all she gets is voice mails and no answers. Turns out the pack has been taken...thank goodness for the pack bond!

This book is action packed and practically non-stop with a lot of variables involved but not enough for it to get confusing. When the pack is held hostage, an extremely sad part happens that just killed me but I felt better about how PB incorporated things later on. And at the end, we get a good battle scene...I think my only complaint is that I wish it was more detailed.

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We get to spend time with most of our favorite characters but because almost everyone was involved, some of the character's page time was limited. (What in the heck happened to Samuel??) I really enjoyed catching up with Stefan and Mercy spending time with Ben but I missed having more Warren. There are a few new characters (Hello Hao) and one from PB's other series, Alpha & Omega, Asil. Asil's one of the old but yummy werewolves with some problems. I have a sneaky feeling something might happen with a certain female werewolf. Anything to get her out of Mercy's hair...that's dragged on long enough!!

We do get some good Adam and Mercy time, namely Chapter 9, but alas, not really any smexy time. I swear the 'fade to black' drives me crazy sometimes! But...we do get a couple of chapters from Adam's POV which I really liked.

I think my one main complaint is that I felt PB over explained things. I don't remember it being this much before! One example is her telling us that Mercy can see well in the dark. Not only is this the seventh book of the series and we should know..and remember that by now but she explains it at least four other times. It was a bit frustrating!

Overall, I thought it was a good addition to the series. I guess there are some tradeoffs with every series. In this one, we got caught up with the characters but I did miss having more humor...and even that darn walking stick! The funeral pyre at the end was a great help to end things on a lighter note..."just because."

Favorite quotes:

♦ "When are you and Dad going to have a baby?"

♦ "I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn’t Buffy—I was so screwed."(less)

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May 05, 2013 Dija rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mar-2013, could-have-been-sooo-much-better, everyone-loved-but-dija, great-disappointment, meh, mini-reviews, read-in-2013, sequels-challenge, uf-or-pnr, waste-of-anticipation-energy, why-do-i-even-bother, wtf-abkjkad

I skimmed through most of the book, skipped entire chapters, and read only the first 15% and last 5%. Since doing that alone took me over a month, I think it's safe to say I'm done with this series. I'll only reconsider reading the rest of these books if the focus shifts from the boring plot to ~~Adam~~ the characters.

*Buddy read with Jenny. Read her review here.*

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Mar 12, 2013 Yodamom rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: owned, yummy-men, werewolves, vampires, used-to-be-better-series, so-so-slow

Mercy the coyote is finally gaining some knowledge of her power and her ancestry. When Adam and her pack are taken, she steps up as Alpha and shows her skills to the haters, and doubters. Even the ones that believed in her are shocked at her abilities, including herself. Danger is coming from all sides it seems and she turns to her trusted friend, Stefen. Bran sends one of the most dangerous wolves The Moor Asil. Two scary and very dangerous allies. When one of the pack is killed things escalate...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Michelle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: patricia-briggs, read-in-2013

This is the seventh book in the Mercedes Thompson series and to be honest, I was a little hesitant to start it. Mainly because I didn't enjoy River Marked as much as the rest and I was scared that the series was starting to lose that special something that hooked me in book 1 and made me fall in love with this world that Patricia created. Thanfully my fears were unfounded and Patricia Briggs has proved to me why she deserves to be on my auto-buy author list.

Mercy is not your typical heroine, sh...more

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Mar 08, 2013 BamaGal rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: library, pnr-uf

4+ solid stars. While Mercy and Jesse are out shopping, they find that the entire pack has mysteriously disappeared. Mercy must try to find out what happened to her mate, Adam, and the rest of the pack; while keeping the bad guys from finding her and Jesse. Some renegade federal agents have captured Adam and the pack, and have plans to force Adam to assassinate a powerful senator who is anti-werewolf. This is a move which will bring down all of humanity against the newly 'outed' werewolves; who...more

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Mar 20, 2013 Marisa rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Mercy Thompson and supernatural fans

Shelves: owned, ebook, english-books, fantasy-urban-fantasy, wishlist

Esta review está escrita em Português e Inglês.
This review is written in Portuguese and English.
I apologise for any spelling error, since english is not my first language.

EM PORTUGUÊS
Desde o primeiro momento que coloquei os meus olhos na história da Mercy que fiquei completamente rendida à mesma. De tal forma que não consegui sossegar enquanto não li os seis volumes que, até à altura, tinham sido editados.

A cada livro que li a história foi melhorando, o triângulo amoroso foi ficando cada vez ma...more

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Mar 09, 2013 "E" rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'd give this 3.5 stars if I could. It was much better than the previous book, River Marked, and most of the supporting characters were back in full force in this book.

While I enjoyed the action in this book, it seemed really disjointed with most of the book dealing with the disappearance of the werewolves and then switching to a completely different situation for the last part of the story. And there seemed like an awful lot of threads that were dropped in an effort to have more and more of th...more

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Apr 12, 2013 Susana rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, favorites, patricia-briggs-mercy-thompson, urban-fantasy, 2013-favorites

This whole situation of Goodreads being purchased by Amazon, left me with practically no wish of reviewing books. Especially since i found out that Goodreads had already changed my profile settings allowing them to share my reviews with his other "partners".

VERY BADLY DONE!

Also changing the setting of my email, allowing everyone to see it,(WTH??) i found that to be a gross disrespect for your users privacy!

Having said that, i can only say that i loved this book. Great storyline, great characters...more

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Mar 04, 2013 Kaetrin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paper-book, pnr-uf

review copy from Hachette.

4.5 stars, rounded up.

Why I read it: I received a review copy from the publisher. I *may* have done a happy dance when I opened the package.

What it's about: (from Goodreads) Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson's life is calming down, at least enough that she can focus on mundane matters like Black Friday sales. But on her return, Mercy is unable to contact her mate, Alpha Adam Hauptman, or the other members of their pack. All she knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. With t...more

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Mar 07, 2013 Bubbles Hunty rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: m-f, no-sex, d-i-k, lol-funny, love-the-cover

I'm excited for this book

And the book is here! So happy to be reading it.

Stayed up to finish this, too tired now to review it so will just say I loved this book a true page turner that I didn't want to put down.

Oh and Ben and Tad would rock together. even though they didn't interact in this I could see them having great chemistry together and would love to see that!

I planned to try and write a decent review but there are already so many I decided to just be lazy. And honestly by now you like...more

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Mar 20, 2013 Carina rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: highly-anticipated, hell-to-the-yeah, top-priority, want-to-read-soon, all-time-fav-books, favorite-authors

The name is book....Kick-Ass Book.

It all began six books ago...well, 10 if you count the Alpha and Omega books, and I do. I was just a todler in the reading world, a baby in the UF genre. Yes, I had been reading for months, and had been lucky enough to have come across some amazing PNR, High Fantasy and Contemporary books. But there was something missing.
I was so naive. So, so very naive, not knowing that the hole in my tummy wasn't hunger. Not for food. It was ~~hunger~~ NEED, DESPERATION, for some...more

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May 29, 2012 Evangeline Holland marked it as to-read

Hopefully this goes back to the awesomeness of Bks 1-3, because the last book was a DNF and I'm beginning to find Mercy insufferable.

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Mar 06, 2013 Dr susan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, need-to-buy, read-again, re-read

I have it!!! ... "The Game is Afoot." Patricia Briggs is incredible. She continues to write stories that grab her readers, make them laugh and cry and forget to breath. I do not like reviews that reveal story details, so I will only say very bad things happen, good things happen, and I have new fodder for my Ben and Asil fantasies. Frost Burned will end up on my 'read too many times to count' shelf. I will start now by reading it again...And if I did not have a stack of new releases from the lib...more

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Mar 03, 2013 D.G. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy

AMAZING!!! Review to come...

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May 10, 2013 Ashley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Loved it!!

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Mar 15, 2013 Anzu The Great Destroyer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Mercy/Adam fangirls

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Say hello to my most disappointing read of 2013.

I am not being a drama queen. I am a huge, and I mean HUGE, Mercy Thompson fan and I was expecting this book to be as awesome as the previous ones. Well, it wasn’t. Frost Burned single-handedly pissed on all my expectations and presented me with a snoozefest as compensation.

Well, you know what? I am not the kind of person who will bend over and take it just because I love an author or a series. My expectations are, and always will be, high from the...more

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Mar 09, 2013 Blodeuedd Finland rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I do not think it was as good as the rest of the series, but it sure was better than River Marked. But then I was really disappointed in River marked.

Anyway, the book starts with a bang as all the wolves are missing. Why and who is behind it? Therefore I do think the book lacked a bit of Adam even if we got his POV too. But I wanted more Mercy and Adam time.

We did get Stefan and Ben, and I really like Ben more and more. Not much of Sam but then he has moved on and then I am just not interested a...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Ellese rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I love Mercy Thompson. This book was another bestseller by Briggs and a nail biter to boot! There is plenty of action, lots of tension, and a story that threw in something I wouldn't have expected. I admit, Briggs was getting a little predictable, and in this book too you could see some things, but overall it was still great. Chalk another one up for Patricia Briggs fans!

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Patricia Briggs was born in Butte, Montana to a children’s librarian who passed on to her kids a love of reading and books. Patricia grew up reading fairy tales and books about horses, and later developed an interest in folklore and history. When she decided to write a book of her own, a fantasy book seemed a na...more

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“Do they always flirt with biblical quotes?" Asil asked Tad.

In long-suffering tones, Tad said, "They can flirt with the periodic table or a restaurant menu. We've learned to live with it. Get a room you guys.” — 42 people liked it

“I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.” — 32 people liked it

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