Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, #2)

by Patricia Briggs

“Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson” (Publishers Weekly) has leapt to the forefront of today’s urban fantasy heroes, thanks to bestselling author Patricia Briggs. Now, Mercy finds herself in the middle of a bloodbath—with only one way out...

Mercy 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.

When the undead and the werewolves sent to find him don’t return, the local vampire queen turns to Mercy for help. A coyote is no match for a demon, but Mercy is determined to get her friends back—including the two werewolves circling around her heart.

Reviewed by Angie on

2 of 5 stars

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I'm not sure what it is, but these books don't grab my attention or hold my interest. I feel like the only person who doesn't like this series. I will say that the plot was much better in Blood Bound than in Moon Called, but for me that was mostly because we got to learn about a new paranormal species: the sorcerer. It's not totally clear what they are exactly, but (I think) they're basically a vampire possessed by a demon, but has some kind of control over that demon. I am sure that they're really dangerous though.

I still don't have a clue who Mercy is, which is a problem. She has no personality whatsoever. In the first book everything she did was just to prove that she doesn't have to follow the rules of the wolf pack. This time, I'm not even sure. She was extremely helpful to the vampires and did whatever they needed her to do. Other than that, she's just boring. She works on cars, gets beat up, and avoids doing what Adam says. I have no sense of what kind of person she is, not to mention, I still don't understand the whole skinwalker thing.

The info-dumps are kept to a minimum this time, but they're still there. However, they've mostly been replaced by repetitive statements. I'm not sure why we had to be constantly reminded that werewolves are super duper dangerous, Mercy's trailer was built in 1978, and Adam has "claimed" her as his mate to offer her protection from his wolves. I think we got the message the first time, and those latter two certainly aren't important points plot wise. I'm sure there are a few more, but my brain probably chose to gloss over them.

This series just isn't working for me. If I don't know and don't like the main character after two books, something is wrong. I can't bring myself to care about anything that happens to her, and I just find Mercy irritating. The plots are slow, uninteresting, and the pacing is inconsistent so I don't stay interested for long. I might as well admit defeat and abandon the rest of this series.

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