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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)

Patricia Briggs

Start date: February 1, 2021

Finish date: February 28, 2021

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Aug 24, 2010 Thenia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: magic, reviewed, r-ab, series, paranormal, 2019, vampires, 2010, shifters, 2014

Mercy gets involved in vampire matters when her friend Stefan's simple favor of accompanying him to a meeting turns into (view spoiler) ...more

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Feb 09, 2009 The Flooze rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vanquished_2009, urban-fantasy-paranormal, owned, vanquished_2017

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Jan 14, 2011 Qylie rated it liked it

Blood Bound picks up some time after the first book; in this book Stefan, the vampire that Mercy would loosely call her friend, calls in a favor and subsequently gets into trouble. Werewolves, fae, ghosts, and vampires all play an important roll in catching a demonized vampire. Briggs continues to develop her characters from the first book while also introducing us to some new faces. Mercy is believable as the girl next door who just happens to be smart and resourceful while not afraid of danger ...more

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Apr 15, 2021 Netanella rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021-april-reading-challenges, vampires, urban-fantasy, shifters, chicks-who-kick-butt, werewolves

Review later. Suffice to say Patricia Briggs is awesome with UF.

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Jan 27, 2010 Christina T rated it really liked it

Shelves: 14-000-in-2014-book-count-challenge, 2014-challenge

Blood Bound Patricia Briggs
Rating ★★★★

Synopsis: Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen...

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 Blood Bound Patricia Briggs
Rating ★★★★

Synopsis: Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen...

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

My Thoughts:It's been a long time since I read the first book in the Mercy Thompson series and I was afraid I'd be lost. I was able to just pick up where I left off pretty easily except some of the secondary characters just didn't ring a bell with me.

What I liked :Mercy. Although she's preternatural, she was not super-human. She was quicker than a human but if someone punched her, it hurt her. Unlike some other paranormal characters, who could get beat within an inch of their lives and still walk to the local pub for a pint afterwards. I also liked some of the secondary characters. Stefan is such an interesting character and one I'd like to see more of. Adam and Samuel are also pluses but they didn't intrigue me as much as Stefan did.

What I didn't like: The love....um double triangle? We have Mercy and Samuel. Mercy and Adam. And the possibility of Mercy and Stefan (he cares for Mercy, in my eyes, more than just a friend.) I don't care for love triangles let alone something this complex. Another thing I'm not loving is all the dominance being thrown around with the werewolves. The all seem to want to dominate Mercy. I understand their need to protect but there is a lot of subservience going on that I have a hard time going a long with no matter how much Briggs explains it. Another negative was that I was surprised by all the new world building that happened in this book. By book 2 we've already established general rules and such but this book focused on vampires. There were a lot of vampire rules. At times I felt there was almost too much information coming my way and the term "info dump" kept sneaking into my brain while reading. Oh and what is up with the cover? Mercy has one tattoo. ONE. Why does she have tons on the cover?

In a Nutshell: Not quite as enjoyable as the first one especially with an unexpected info dump which usually doesn't happen in a second book. However, Briggs has created some really good characters. It will be fun to see where they go from there. ...more

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Jul 17, 2007 Kati rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, in-english, 2007, work-translations, queer

The second book in the Mercedes Walker series is just as interesting as the first one. This time, Mercy has to deal with vampires.

I don't mind vampires but I do prefer werewolves in supernatural books. So for me, it didn't mean "now it gets finally interesting". For me, it was just an added bonus.

I love the way Briggs' explores the secondary characters, from Adam's daughter to Samuel. Excellent! ...more

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Oct 15, 2009 Logan rated it really liked it

Shelves: own-bought-ebook

I stayed up late last night to finish this book, which was very exciting but also not as drawn out as I would have liked. This book had a better story than Moon Called, yet the middle investigatory part was too long and the final battle scenes too short. I would have liked more struggle and conflict and a sooner reveal of the culprits.

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May 22, 2008 Christal rated it really liked it

Shelves: demons, fae, ghosts, magic, female-lead, vampires, weres-and-shifters, witches-warlocks-and-mages, urban-fantasy

Just as good as the first book. Actually, I think the plot of this one might have been tighter and more exciting. I liked getting a deeper glance into the vampire world created by Ms. Briggs. Mercy is one of the great heroines in UF.

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