Patricia Briggs

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Hunting Ground

Submitted by ardith on Fri, 2009-09-11 19:05

Patricia Briggs has a talent for writing characters who seem realistic, even if the setting is other worldy.

Hunting Ground is the second book in her Alpha & Omega series. A spin off of her popular Mercy Thompson novels, we are taken deeper into the world of werewolves than ever before.

Previously in Cry Wolf, we met Anna. In her early 20's, she was forced to the Change and suffers for years before 200 year old Charles Cornick meets her. She is saved and, it turns out, so is he. Charles is only second to his father in power and dominance. Under his cold facade, he has a raging beast. And Anna is Beauty to his beast. Or should I say "music." As an Omega wolf, she soothes him in a way that he has never experienced in all his long life.

The second novel focuses on a conference of Alpha European werewolf leaders. Charles' father, the Marrok, is leader of the North American werewolves. With the advent of so much forensic technology, he decides that they have to come out to the public before someone else outs them.

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Bone Crossed

Submitted by ardith on Fri, 2009-03-20 16:58

Patricia Briggs continues her Mercy Thompson books with Bone Crossed. Mercy is part Native American, and also happens to be able to change shape at will. No, she's not a werewolf. She's a walker--not controlled by the moon, but magic. Oh, and she sees dead people.

The novel takes off right after the close of Iron Kissed (the third Mercy Thompson novel). Mercy is vulnerable, tentatively accepting her relationship with local pack-leader Adam Hauptman. But recovering from traumatic events is not as easy as she wishes.