• "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs

    From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Wed Aug 16 18:19:05 2023
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs
    https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/

    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author
    has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well
    printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new
    on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one
    of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter, werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the
    law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is
    a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local
    werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/

    My rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    Amazon rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars (12,662 reviews)

    Lynn

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  • From Robert Carnegie@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Aug 16 18:59:51 2023
    On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 00:19:12 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/

    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author
    has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well
    printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new
    on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one
    of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter, werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the
    law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is
    a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local
    werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/

    Is "stalking for fun" something that vampires do
    to be friendly? Or come to think, it's how Dracula dates.

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Robert Carnegie on Wed Aug 16 21:09:35 2023
    On 8/16/2023 8:59 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 00:19:12 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs
    https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/

    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author
    has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well
    printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new
    on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one
    of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series
    including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter,
    werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy
    Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the
    law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is
    a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local
    werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's
    vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/

    Is "stalking for fun" something that vampires do
    to be friendly? Or come to think, it's how Dracula dates.

    It was for fun until another master vampire showed up.

    Lynn

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  • From Hamish Laws@21:1/5 to Robert Carnegie on Wed Aug 16 20:18:24 2023
    On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59:57 AM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 00:19:12 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/

    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new
    on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one
    of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter, werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is
    a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/
    Is "stalking for fun" something that vampires do
    to be friendly? Or come to think, it's how Dracula dates.

    Wulfe is quite an unusual vampire
    I don't think there's huge evidence of the vampires stalking people for fun, although there's a range of vampire behaviour and I suspect that quite a lot of vampires would have just kidnapped anybody they were interested in enough to consider stalking
    and kept them as a food source.

    I think book 1 in the series establishes that coyote shifters in the native american population were historically targeted by vampires and, iirc, we get an explanation for why near the end of it

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Hamish Laws on Thu Aug 17 02:12:32 2023
    On 8/16/2023 10:18 PM, Hamish Laws wrote:
    On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59:57 AM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 00:19:12 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs
    https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/

    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author
    has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well
    printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new
    on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one
    of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series
    including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter,
    werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy
    Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the
    law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is
    a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local
    werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's
    vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/
    Is "stalking for fun" something that vampires do
    to be friendly? Or come to think, it's how Dracula dates.

    Wulfe is quite an unusual vampire
    I don't think there's huge evidence of the vampires stalking people for fun, although there's a range of vampire behaviour and I suspect that quite a lot of vampires would have just kidnapped anybody they were interested in enough to consider stalking
    and kept them as a food source.

    I think book 1 in the series establishes that coyote shifters in the native american population were historically targeted by vampires and, iirc, we get an explanation for why near the end of it

    Yup. Coyote shifters can not be mesmerized by vampires. And coyote
    shifters have a bad habit of killing vampires. At least from the
    vampire point of view, the bad habit that is.

    Lynn

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  • From Andrew McDowell@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Thu Aug 17 11:10:52 2023
    On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 8:12:39 AM UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 8/16/2023 10:18 PM, Hamish Laws wrote:
    On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 11:59:57 AM UTC+10, Robert Carnegie wrote:
    On Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 00:19:12 UTC+1, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    "Soul Taken (A Mercy Thompson Novel)" by Patricia Briggs
    https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Taken-Mercy-Thompson-Novel/dp/044000165X/ >>>
    Book number thirteen of a thirteen book dark fantasy series. The author >>> has written several other books in the universe also. I read the well >>> printed and well bound MMPB published by Ace in 2023 that I bought new >>> on Amazon recently. The first book in the series, "Moon Called", is one >>> of my six star books. I have read all of the other books in the series >>> including the "Alpha and Omega" series.

    This book series is a very complicated universe. Coyote shapeshifter, >>> werewolves, vampires, fae, and several other mythical creatures. Mercy >>> Thompson is a coyote shapeshifter, a magical creature that violates the >>> law of constant mass. She grew up in a werewolf town in Montana and is >>> a loner. But life forces her to take a part in the life of the local
    werewolf pack alpha who lives next to her in the Tri-cities.

    One of Mercy's acquaintances is Wulfe, an old and possibly insane
    vampire. In fact, Mercy is being stalked by Wulfe for fun. And now
    Wulfe and his master vampire, Marislia, are missing. Along with Mercy's >>> vampire friend Stephan.

    The author has a website at:
    https://www.patriciabriggs.com/
    Is "stalking for fun" something that vampires do
    to be friendly? Or come to think, it's how Dracula dates.

    Wulfe is quite an unusual vampire
    I don't think there's huge evidence of the vampires stalking people for fun, although there's a range of vampire behaviour and I suspect that quite a lot of vampires would have just kidnapped anybody they were interested in enough to consider
    stalking and kept them as a food source.

    I think book 1 in the series establishes that coyote shifters in the native american population were historically targeted by vampires and, iirc, we get an explanation for why near the end of it
    Yup. Coyote shifters can not be mesmerized by vampires. And coyote
    shifters have a bad habit of killing vampires. At least from the
    vampire point of view, the bad habit that is.

    Lynn
    Reminds me a bit of Kinnison telling Nadreck that he wants information, not assassination.

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