Smoke Bitten, Patricia Briggs
Smoke Bitten, Patricia Briggs
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Smoke Bitten

Bestseller

Author: Patricia Briggs

Narrator: Lorelei King

Unabridged: 10 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 03/17/2020

Synopsis

Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman.
My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-five 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—until she locked her doors against them. They left behind their great castles and troves of magical artifacts. They abandoned their prisoners and their pets. Without the fae to mind them, those creatures who remained behind roamed freely through Underhill wreaking havoc. Only the deadliest survived.

Now one of those prisoners has escaped. It can look like anyone, any creature it chooses. But if it bites you, it controls you. It lives for chaos and destruction. It 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.

About Patricia Briggs

Montana born author, Patricia Briggs, has worked her way into a very successful author of fantasy novels. She chose to live mostly in the Pacific Northwest which is not typically the hotbed of authors, but she has managed to live a quieter life and still become a New York Times bestselling author. Her most famous series, Mercy Thompson and the Columbia Basin Pack, we're fictional residents of the area in which she resides, the Tri-Cities Washington.

From 1990 on, Briggs has published 17 novels beginning with traditional fantasy, then in 2006 moving to urban fantasy. A unique mark of her novels is that even in a series, each novel can serve as a stand-alone story without leaving the reader to wonder what happens next.

Briggs also writes the Alpha and Omega series, and they are set in the same environment as the Mercy Thomas series. The most recent of that series debuted in 2012, and came in at #4 on the NYT bestsellers list.

Briggs still lives in Washington state with her husband and children. They have a small herd of horses that they enjoy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on March 25, 2020

On sale now! 3.75 stars for this twelfth book in the UF Mercy Thompson series, and that's not counting the five closely-related Alpha and Omega books. :) Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature: Fresh off her clash with black witches in Storm Cursed, Mercy Thompson — the coyote shapeshifter......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 30, 2021

Hmmm. Ok, well. I definitely like this one better than the last one, but I'm starting to think I'm just not as into Mercy as I used to be. It's another good installment, and all hands are on deck to save the day! <--nothing wrong with any of that. I just think I'd rather read about the other characte......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on March 20, 2020

Ugh, the apocalypse sucks! Is anyone else actually getting LESS reading time? And this is the early part of the apocalypse. I am just saying right now that if running for our lives becomes a thing, I'm out. That's enough already. Sheesh! On the other hand.... if things go this way, I'm all in, baby! B......more

Goodreads review by Niki Hawkes on March 13, 2020

[4.5/5 stars] Smoke Bitten was superb! The plot was very engaging, involving the mystery of a body-snatching Smoke Creature, who’s identity I actually figured out around the same time as the main character. Go me!! But more importantly, I love it when books can get you involved in solving things out......more

Goodreads review by Desi on July 15, 2021

Can I just say how much I absolutely detest manufactured conflict? Fake problems inserted into a stable couple because the author has no idea what to do now for a plot? Things that would be addressed by a simple conversation that a couple, prior to said hand from above inserting itself, would have d......more

Quotes

“I love these books.”—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Patricia Briggs never fails to deliver an exciting, magic- and fable-filled suspense story.”—Erin Watt, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Royals series

“Patricia Briggs is an incredible writer....I love hanging out with the amazing characters in this series!”—Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author

“The best new urban fantasy series I've read in years.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong

“Mercy Thompson [is] one of urban fantasy's best-loved heroines.”—SF Site


“An excellent read with plenty of twists and turns....It left me wanting more.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison, on Moon Called

“The world-building is incredibly lush....A fantastic urban fantasy adventure....A wonderful world to lose oneself in as a reader.”—Fresh Fiction

“Briggs' careful and layered building of both her world and her characters is an iron-clad guarantee of an outstanding read! Fans will love this one!”—RT Book Reviews

“Briggs continues to surprise and intrigue readers with Mercy's inventiveness and intuition under duress.”—Publishers Weekly

“Yet again, we see why Patricia Briggs is a master storyteller.”—Literary Escapism

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