FORMAT: Unabridged audiobook, 10 hrs and 2 mins
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
GENRE: Urban Fantasy
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.
Blood Bound is the second book in the Mercy Thompson series.
Mercy is contacted in the middle of the night by her undead friend, Stefan, who asks for her help. She owes him a favour for his help in the last book, Moon Called, so she agrees when he asks her to accompany him in coyote form to visit another vampire named Cory Littleton. Stefan knows that Littleton will not be threatened by Mercy’s coyote and that it is unlikely that he will be able to use mind control on her. Stefan, however, is not so sure that he is immune to Littleton’s powers, who is not just an ordinary vampire but also a sorcerer. He allowed the demon to take possession of him, which makes him dangerous. While the two survive the encounter, Stefan has been ordered by Marcilia, the leader of the local vampire seethe, to bring Littleton to her so that she can take him under her control. When Stefan disappears and is presumed dead, no one is more surprised than Mercy when Marcilia asks for her help in finding Littleton and putting a stop to him.
Stefan was one of my favourite characters in Moon Called, so I was really stoked that he was featured prominently in Blood Bound. I enjoyed the book, but I am afraid that Briggs has spoiled me with her Alpha & Omega series. I love Mercy, who totally kicks ass, but I am missing the hot romance that is present in her other series. The love triangle between Mercy, Adam, and Samuel has potential but there have not been any major sparks so far. I am hoping that this will change.
I’m still a fan of the series and will keep reading!
Lorelei King does this series justice. It is often difficult for female narrators to successfully pull off the male vocalizations, but King pulls it off. I also think she does a great job with the tongue-in-cheek humour that is sprinkled throughout the book.
4 stars!! It was really good, and you should add it to your TBR list.
This book qualifies as:
#39 for my 2013 Outdo Yourself Reading Challenge
#39 for my 2013 Read-a-Latte Challenge
#19 for my 2013 Quick Fix Challenge
#31 for my 2013 Women Challenge
#10 for my 2013 2nds Challenge
#14 for my 2013 Sequel Challenge
#32 for my 2013 Books-in-a-Series Reading Challenge
#15 for my Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2013
#15 for my 2013 TBR Pile Reading Challenge
#16 for my Embarrassment of Riches Reading Challenge 2013
#14 for my 2013 Dusty Bookshelf Challenge
#10 for my 2013 Catch Up Reading Challenge
#23 for my 2013 Audio Book Challenge
#23 for my 2013 Audio Book Challenge
#23 for my 2013 Let Me Count The Ways Reading Challenge: Audio Version
#20 for my 2013 Genre Variety Reading Challenge
#13 for my Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2013
#20 for my 2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge
#3 of Category #4 for my 2013 Immortal Reading Challenge
#17 for my What An Animal Reading Challenge VI
#6 for my 2012 Patricia Briggs Werewolf Challenge
TBR Pile Knockout: May Pick
#3 for my The Summer Reading Challenge
#17 for my 101 Fantasy Reading Challenge (Item #35)
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#3 for my The Summer Reading Challenge
#17 for my 101 Fantasy Reading Challenge (Item #35)
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This is one where i think each book gets stronger and stronger. I really love the romance that develops in it. It's not the steamiest melt the pages one but it's good none the less. And oh I am a Stefan fan too! Such fun secondary characters :)
ReplyDeleteHappy listening!