Smoke Bitten

Mercy Thompson, Book 12

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Smoke Bitten

By: Patricia Briggs

Narrated by: Lorelei King

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I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only 'superpowers' are that I turn into a 35-pound coyote and fix Volkswagens. But I have friends in odd places and a pack of werewolves at my back. It looks like I'm going to need them.

Centuries ago, the fae dwelt in Underhill. When they were cast out, they left behind their great castles, troves of magical artefacts...and their prisoners. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.

Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like any creature it chooses and if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction and can make you do anything - even kill the person you love the most. Now it is here, in the Tri-Cities. In my territory.

It won't - can't - remain. Not if I have anything to say about it.

Mercy Thompson returns in another thrilling instalment from number one New York Times best-selling author Patricia Briggs.

Books by Patricia Briggs:

The Mercy Thompson books

Moon Called
Blood Bound
Iron Kissed
Bone Crossed
Silver Borne
River Marked
Frost Burned
Night Broken
Fire Touched
Silence Fallen
Storm Cursed
Shifting Shadows (Stories from the world of Mercy Thompson)

Fantasy

Fiction

Paranormal

Wolf

Werewolf

Shifter

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Critic reviews

"Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer...I love hanging out with the amazing characters in this series!" (Nalini Singh, New York Times best-selling author of the Psy-Changeling series)

"It is always a joy to pick up a new Briggs novel." (RT Book Reviews)

"Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic and fable filled suspense story." (Erin Watt, number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Royals series)

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This is first and foremost a love story. Yes the escaped fae talked of in the synopsis is part of the story, but there are two other strong strands to this book, and while there is danger and battles and injuries (my how Mercy gets battered, in every book), what made this different, and really enjoyable for me, was the love story - it's not schmaltzy or girly - this is a grim determination to stand and fight for what you want, and in this case, it's the person you love.
There's are inner monologues from Mercy, sometimes at times of high intensity when I'm thinking, just get on with it girl, enough with the introspection, there's bits and bobs of input from some of the favourites plus a few who haven't featured much before, but this a very much Mercy's show, there's a Wulf issue that goes nowhere, and after the revelations about Sherwood in the last book I was hoping for more on him, but he's not around - but overall I very much enjoyed this.
Brilliantly read as always.