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Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

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koreydobbert's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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jon_rash's review

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Mercy gets wrapped up in a vampire plot while dealing with the aftereffects of Iron Kissed.

This book picks up right where Iron Kissed ends. The beginning of Bone Crossed is a more detailed version of the ending of Iron Kissed and I would recommend reading the previous books in the series before picking this one up.

This is not my favorite of the Mercy Thompson series but isn't bad. It wraps up some of the things that occurred in Blood Bound and Iron Kissed.

Bone Crossed lays much of the groundwork setting up the next group of books and Mercy experiences a large amount of growth in the book. It also sets up Mercy's relationship with the pack and sets up how that will grow and change.

One of the things Patty does really well is character growth. The Mercy from Book One is not the same character in the later books. She grows through each book. The same can be said of Adam, Samuel, and the Pack. By having an open-ended series, Patty can take the time and show how their relationships grow and change through their experiences.

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molls's review

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medium-paced

Coming off a strong #2 and #3 this installment was disappointing. It felt like the author had a plot she wanted to write and was shoehorning her characters into it. Everyone is being way, way, waaaaay too chill about vampire stuff. It's super jarring after how book 3 ended; Mercy and her found family should be and in fact are on higher alert in the beginning of the book, but that apparently doesn't apply when it's convenient for the plot. I'm doing a series re-read trying to figure out where I gave up the first time and I'm wondering if it was this book.

Mercy can barely tolerate a hug from her brand new mate. The forced distance feels like a way to delay the inevitable, which I wouldn't begrudge if it made sense. Mercy almost died a week ago and became national news, but sure, go out of town on a highly suspicious side quest without any werewolf backup while marked for death by the local vampires. How is Mercy having panic attacks all over the place but totally unbothered about being bitten without her knowledge by a strange vamp and then having to submit to a coercive and potentially permanent bond with Stefan? She casually mentions being Stefan' new sheep, as if the end of the last book and the beginning of this haven't been about her recovering from an attack where she was under someone else's control. As if she has not spent the entire series resisting both Samuel and Adam because she didn't want to be controlled.

The plot does a disservice to all of the character building done on Adam and Mercy (and to a lesser extent everyone else) previously, and fits in awkwardly with pivotal series moments

such as Adam officially declaring Mercy his mate.

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jessereadsthings's review

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fast-paced

3.0

Mixed feelings, but fun. Though boy does some of the racism/ableism and other issues I have with this book really prevent me from enjoying it as much as I could be.

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mariexlupin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This one just puts its toe over the line of how much adult content I'm comfortable with, but it's kind of plot/character development necessary after the trauma Mercy went through last book, and from that stand point I really like how the arc and relationship are handled in this book. (If that content level is a new series standard I'll probably have to either stop after the next book, or switch from audio to print so I can skip scenes more easily.) Also loving how she's starting to realize that even a 'strong independent' woman can benefit from having an even stronger male around, especially one who really cares about her. <3

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