Frost Burned

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Mercy Thompson's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman--the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack--has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy to Mercy's life. But on the edges of humanity, what passes for a minor mishap on an ordinary day can turn into so much more. After an accident in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Mercy and Jesse can't reach Adam or anyone else in the pack for that matter. They've all been abducted. hrough their mating bond, all Mercy knows is that Adam is angry and in pain. With the werewolves fighting a political battle to gain acceptance from the public, Mercy fears Adam's disappearance may be related, and that he and the pack are in serious danger. Outclassed and on her own, Mercy may be forced to seek assistance from the most unlikely of allies: the vampire seethe.

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Fast, energetic urban fantasy. submitted by eknapp on August 15, 2013, 2:31pm The entire Tri-Cities pack is captured by rogue, silver-dart-wielding government agents. Mercy must rescue the pack and find out who's pulling the strings while protecting the families and friends of the taken werewolves.

After the misstep that was the 6th book in the series, Frost Burned is a return to form for Briggs. It's non-stop kinetic, very easy to read.

Briggs accomplishes this blistering pace partly by depriving her characters of agency. She builds this incredibly intricate network of non-human societies--werewolf, fae, vampire, and others--but her protagonists are just people that things happen to: in this case, [SPOILERS FOLLOW******] first the pack is taken by rogue government agents, then they're set free by disaffected government agents, then Mercy is attacked by fae assassins, and finally she's forced to fight a big bad vampire. It'd be nice to see the good guys take the initiative more. A lot more.

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