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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2) Review

Blood Bound is the second installment in the Mercy Thompson series. In this one, Mercedes is woken in the middle of the night by Stefan, her vampire friend, who needs someone to witness his encounter with another vampire. Reluctantly, she goes with him only to find out that the unknown visitor is not merely a vampire but a demon as well, a pretty mean one at that. A demon is an enemy she has never faced before but the violence he's spreading is enough to convince her to take some action.

With the book's main focus on the mystery, we, along with Mercy, have to endure the tension of not knowing who the enemy really is, why he's acting and where to find him or her. I have to admit that all my guesses were wrong while reading.

Like the first story in the series brought a lot on the werewolves, this one's main theme are the vampires. As the plot develops, we get to know more about the kind of vampire Briggs chose to have in the series, about Stefan as an individual and the structure behind the vampire's seethe (lair). We also learn more about Mercy's abilities as a walker but we only begin to understand why she's considered a threat to the vampires.

The only problem I had with this one was the annoyingly slow pace until at least half the book. It wasn't enough to make me stop reading, but Mercy stays in the side lines for a long time and we have to follow her musings about her non-existent love life while she has three different love interests. She can't seem to decide who she's going to give a chance and stubbornly avoids contact with the males she's considering (considering is a strong word here, because mostly she avoids considering as well). Also there was a side plot that made me expect more but had little meaning in the tale as a whole, perhaps it might come back in the next one.

The series continues to engage me, I would have rated it 4,5 stars if I could here and I'll definitely read the following installment, I just hope Mercedes doesn't dwell too much on her unfounded doubts and pointless fears in the future.

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ISBN13: 9780441014736
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Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson, Book 2) Overview

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.

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Customer Reviews

worth reading, but not as good as Moon Called - C. Elgin - Palo Alto CA
Im so happy that I didn't fully enjoy this book. Recently I read Briggs' 'Moon Called' and enjoyed it quite a lot. Then I picked up Charlie Huston's Joe Pitt series and devoured several novels from this series. They were great. Suddenly I was finding myself as a Vampire genre fan. What the heck? this is one of the hokiest genre's ever in my opinion. Romances gussied up as fantasies.

Blood Bound is a good story... its obviously a satisfying entry in this series for anyone who enjoys Briggs style. Moon Called was in my opinion a unique take on the genre, but Blood Bound is (a SEQUEL)... a sequel in the most Hollywood big budget action flick kind of meaning. Those are almost always underwhelming. A rehash of a story along almost exactly the same lines. In a lot of ways, Blood Bound is a duplicate of Moon Called.

The story here is secondary to the 'romance' between several characters. Mercedes Thompson, a walker, (think werewolf only instead of wolf, a coyote mixed with native american sensibilities). Stefan, a vampire (does this vampire have feelings for Mercedes?). Sam (a werewolf from Mercedes past). And Adam (a local wolf pack leader). Between these characters, you have 200 pages of heavy panting werewolf love).

The plot itself rotates around a sorcerer/vampire who is possessed by a very evil Demon who routinely kills handfuls of innocent people for pleasure and pawns the blame off on mystical people for kicks. There is a lot of goofy story line action here. I wont go into great detail here. If I did, I would be giving away the plot. But let me just say that its pretty strained.

So... the story itself... not too good. The characters, a lot of people will enjoy these characters the way people enjoy characters on afternoon soaps, not fully my cup of tea.

Great - jperez -
The series is getting better. The momentum is great. Glad I finally found the mercy series.

Even Better! - Carolyn G. - Columbus, OH
I'm officially addicted to this series. I found this book even better than Moon Called, but that's what should happen as I get to know Mercy more. Mercy gets more immersed into the vampire world while possibly attracting Stefan more, just to add to the Adam and Samuel love triangle. I like how the romance is just a sub-plot throughout the series and doesn't take too much away from the main story. The author really develops interesting characters and you can't help wanting to know what is going to happen to them next! This series is a must read for any urban fantasy fan.

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