Bone Crossed

Mercy Thompson, Book 4

By: Patricia Briggs

Narrated by: Lorelei King

Length: 9 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

In a world where "witches, vampires, werewolves, and shape-shifters live beside ordinary people" ( Booklist), it takes a very unusual woman to call it home. By day, Mercy Thompson is a car mechanic in Eastern Washington. By night, she explores her preternatural side. As a shape-shifter with some unusual talents, Mercy's found herself maintaining a tenuous harmony between the human and the not-so- human on more than one occasion. This time she may get more than she bargained for.

Have Mercy: listen to another Mercy Thompson chiller.

©2009 Patricia Briggs (P)2009 Penguin

Critic reviews

“The preternatural culture of vampire seethes and wolf pack politics is deeply intriguing. Briggs provides plenty of detail about Mercy's complex world.” (Publishers Weekly)

“Mercy is not just another cookie-cutter tough-chick urban fantasy heroine; she's got a lot of style and substance and an intriguing back-story. Series fans will appreciate the resolution of some ongoing plot lines, and the romantic tension is strong.” (Library Journal)

Still a great series

The story’s line up the same as previous books in that you know Mercy will end up in trouble. How she gets out of the trouble seems simpler than it should be. The characters feelings show through so well and it keeps your attention. Just when you think you’ve solved the mystery there are some twists that keep you engaged.

once again a good story

i believe this was a great addition to the story of Mercy. While i do wish there was a little more time for her to be healing from her SA in the last book, it was a great start. Can't wait to read/listen to more.

Mixed....

This is a strong entry into the Mercy Thompson series, but the narration threw me....I usually love Lorelei King, and maybe I'm just too used to hearing her as Evanovich's Stephanie Plum, but her voice seems too light and upbeat for this series, and especially some of the subject matter in this story.

Not an easy book to put down

First, it IS important to read this series in order. Second, I am really enjoying Mercy's stories. My only problem is that these stories don't have any slow spots, so it's very difficult to find a place in the books where I can stand to put it down and get some sleep! The characters have a lot of depth and are well described. The narrator has done very well, being consistent with voices and reasonable with accents. Stephan's accent could be less "bad vampire movie" -ish and more Italian, and I imagined Adam with a deeper voice when I read the first book in paper format, but a human voice can only be so flexible. She gets the humor in the right places with different touches for each character in such a way that I've laughed out loud several times. A few times I heard laughter in her voice when she was describing a scene, but it added to the experience of listening to the book - it didn't detract. I'm not sure why anyone would give any book in this series a low score just because they didn't like the narrator, unless they had already decided in their heads what each character should sound like and simply disagree with how Lorelie King chose to portray the characters. To me, that still would not justify a low score - these stories are great! I'm looking forward to books 5 and 6, as well as Patricia Brigg's other books. As soon as I catch up on my sleep.

Breathy Sexpot so NOT Mercy...

I *love* Patricia Briggs. It's Lorelei King I could do without. Every sentence ends in a breathy suggestive way that makes the character of Mercy Thompson at best a bubble headed bombshell. Think Marilyn Monroe without the personality...
I feel that Lorelei King would be GREAT narrating for VI Warshawski or Mae West. NOT for characters like Mercy. There isn't a breathy bombshell bone in this character's body so why would ANYONE in their right mind pair this book with that narrator?
I had to go buy the actual paper book to read because I could not finish listening to the audio. I feel a terrible disservice was performed to this book and I can only hope that Lorelei King does not ruin another great Patricia Briggs book.

Another wonderful adventure with Mercy

Any additional comments?

NUMBER OF HEARTS: 4 1/2
Bone Crossed finds us back in Mercy’s world after the events of Iron Kissed with Mercy not herself anymore. She has forever changed and it is making the people around her change too. But the one thing that hasn’t changed is the wolf's need to protect her. Mercy will need all the help from her friends in this book. Because this time the Vampire Queen has Mercy in her cross hairs.
I enjoyed this book. I liked the way that Ms. Briggs tackled the events from book 3 and how Mercy is learning to cope. How Adam and the other are learning to help her too. Adam is so sweet and understanding. I love that Mercy and Ben are becoming better friends (because I am really liking Ben). We get to see a lot more of Stefan in Bone Crossed. He is not at his best and the Wolf’s have to save him a time or two. But we learn just how much he cares about Mercy. Well care might not be the right word for a vampires obsession. But I believe deep down Stefan might really be a good guy. And honestly if Marsilia wasn’t so evil and trying to always kill Mercy I think she would be pretty awesome.

If you have never tried an audio book you really should think about picking up this series. Ms. King is so amazing. The level of skill that this woman has is unreal. There are times with Adam, Stefan, Samuel or really any of them are talking that I totally forget that it is Lorelie narrating!! That right there my friends is the sign of a great narrator!!!

Disclaimer:
I purchased this book from audible.com and this review is my own opinion and not a paid review.

absolutely fantastic series and amazing narrator.

love love and more than love this series. it is exciting and keeps me wanting to listen nonstop!

Surprisingly good!

I loved it even this is not my typical genre. I am usually a classic SF fan but this series has me hooked.

awesome!

I love these books!! The best urban fiction I have ever found!!! I'm an artist and I use these to help me paint. I was excited that audible had her books!!

Vampires want Mercy but for what

Where does Bone Crossed rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This book is a memorable tale of one American Indian coyote with two heads of vampires. One in tri-cities and the other in Spokane. This with working on her relationship with Adam and his pack.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bone Crossed?

When Stephen came into her cell and rescued the child instead of he because she asked.?

Which scene was your favorite?

When Mercedes woke up in bed with Adam and they evoked the pack and mate bonds to a horrible conclusion that took Samuel to SeR right.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Would you trust a vampire!