Frost Burned

Title: Frost Burned 

Author: Patricia Briggs
Publisher/Year: Ace Hardcover, 2013
Series: Mercy Thompson series
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Source: Burbank Central Library

Spoilers! If you have not read the first six books in the Mercy Thompson series (and I highly recommend you do) please do not read this review as it is for the most recent book in the series. Mercy and her stepdaughter have decided to go shopping on Black Friday when they get into a car accident that destroys Mercy's beloved Rabbit. The problem is when they try to contact the rest of the pack, including Mercy's husband, Adam the Alpha, no one answer the phone. It becomes abundantly clear that the pack was kidnapped, but by who? And why?

This seventh book started out a bit slow, but once it was made clear that the book was not meant to be a search for the missing werewolves and more of a search to find out who is responsible, it got much better. There was the death of a beloved minor character, which was heartbreaking, but it could prove to be good character development for his mate in future books. Frost Burned also returns the character of the vampire Edward, struggling to maintain what is left of his humanity. The book also brings us back to Mercy's interesting ability to see and communicate with ghosts, something I feel that Briggs could touch upon more as it proves to be very thrilling whenever it happens. Overall this was a great addition to the series, Briggs was able to balance many different supernatural creatures and characters all in the same book instead of just touching upon them in separate books. Bravo, I give this book a rating of 4 out of 5 stars! I cannot wait until the next one!