Blood Bound (Mercedes Thompson, #2) - Patricia Briggs

292 pages

Rating 4.5/5

Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an average citizen...

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...

In typical Briggs style, the book gets you involved in it from the get go.
There's more of the vampires in this book. Stephan asks Mercy for help when going to check out a new vamp in town who turns out to be more than just a typical young vampire. The wolves get involved to help stop the killings, and its up to Mercy to save them all.

This book had some lovely scary scenes (i like scary scenes, hence the 'lovely'), like when Stephan and Mercy first meet Cory Littleton the vampire or when he scratches Mercy's trailer.

I like the vamp characters in this book. There's more of Stephan, and like i mentioned during book 1, anyone driving the Mystery Machine is awesome in my books. The vamps aren't your typical bloodsucking-but-good-guys types. They're more concerned bout themselves and have no value for human life (They call the humans they feed off 'Sheep') or anyone not vampire - something i found refreshing. Except for Stefan. Who seems to have a heart. I hope there's more of Stefan in the books to come. Also more of Wolfe, i liked the idea of a wizard vampire, and he has a interesting character.

Mercy is still torn between Samuel and Adam. Sam is now living with her ("So how are you going to explain to your neighbors that there is a strange man sleeping on your front porch?" when Mercy refuses to let him stay) and Adam and her are finally getting somewhere. I can see her with Adam, but i do hope Briggs has something good in store for Samuel.

The part where he talks about his life in Texas and asks her "I wonder if she knew that I had money, would she still have killed my baby?... Was it my fault?" broke my heart.

Once again i didn't see the end coming. I'm usually good at guessing the whodunnit. Mercy had the balls to fight the good fight knowing there would be consequences, and i think that is one reason I'm still reading these books and will continue to.

Review for book 1 - Moon Called